Category Archives: Webguides

Ajax-Magic For Your Website

April 14th, 2008 by Gerrit Tebrake

At first what does Ajax mean?

AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML), is a web development technique used for creating interactive web applications. Ajax is asynchronous, in so far as extra data is requested from the server and loaded in the background. This is intended to increase the web page’s interactivity, speed, functionality and usability. Ajax function calls are usually made in Javascript using the XMLHttpRequest object. The asynchronous content doesn’t need to be formatted in XML.

Scripts for your Website

As quite every modern website makes use of at least a bit of Ajax you may want to have a few of those cool effects for your page. So I collected the best scripts for you. All of them are free to use and easy to install.

Lightbox 2 - Lightbox is a simple, unobtrusive script used to overlay images on the current page. It’s a snap to setup and works on all modern browsers.

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Stunning Digital Art Wallpapers

February 28th, 2008 by Gerrit Tebrake

Desktop wallpapers express the individual style of everybody. In this post I want to show you the best and most creative digital art wallpapers!

I must admit that I am not the guy who frequently changes his desktop wallpaper, but sometimes everyone needs a new and fresh one. So here you see a collection of websites which offer high quality art wallpapers.

Or do you want to make your own wallpaper? Then have a look at these pages:

Art Wallpapers

Iunewind - 51 stunning and colorful wallpapers

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Desktopography - Many dreamful nature wallpapers

http://www.desktopography.net/

Endeffect - A lot of stylish and dark wallpapers

http://endeffect.com/gallery/

MyBestDesktops - Many beautiful photographys and digital art

http://www.mybestdesktops.com/

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64 Ultimate Design Inspiration Resources

October 5th, 2007 by Gerrit Tebrake

Over the past years website design has become more and more beautiful. You can find thousands of inspirations online - Logos, Icons, Websites, Colorschemes…

I have carried together the best and largest sites. So sit back, relax and let yourself inspire!

Logos

LogopondLogoPond - Identity Inspiration

faveupfaveup - Design Inspiration Gallery

logosauceLogoSauce - Logo design, inspiration and information

Icons

iconbuffetIconBuffet - Free Icons, Stock Icons, Custom Icon Design

iconbaseIconBase - Connect ideas

iconfactoryIconfactory - World leader in icon design

Website Style Showcases

thebestdesignstheBestDesigns - The Best Flash and CSS Web Design

theFAWFWA - Favourite Website Awards - Web awards at the cutting edge

unmatchedstyleUnmatchedstyle - CSS Web Design Inspiration and CSS Gallery

most inspiredMostInspired - designs from all the popular css and design galleries

Web cremeWebcreme - Web design inspiration

screenalicioScreenalicio.us - Get inspired!

css basedCSSbased - Designers love nature

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Stay Organized - Become Productive

October 2nd, 2007 by Robin Tebrake

Time - time management means productivity, means money! In a world of multitasking you have to reduce stress and improve your self-organization. You can use pen and post-its or you try one of these web-based equivalents…

Online Mindmaps

1. Mindmeister is an Ajax driven web application specialized on collaborative mind mapping. Also it allows you to instantly start a Skype conference with your friends/partners.

mindmeister

2. Mindomo, a very heavyset mindmapping tool, enables you to structure your maps in every detail. It’s one of a few which supports image-integration.

mindomo

3. Bubbl.us uses Ajax and Flash for creating beautiful and simple mindmaps. You can share them with your friends or print your work.

bubbl.us

To-do Lists

1. Rememberthemilk is a powerful to-do list tool that allows you to locate tasks, share, publish and get reminded of them via IM, SMS or email.

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A Comprehensive Guide to Free Fonts

September 26th, 2007 by Robin Tebrake

Font

It’s always difficult to find the right typeface for a logo or even a website. Here are some resources of free fonts but remember if your are using special fonts on your site less visitors will be able to see the site with the actual font and most see the site in a standard font. I recommend you to use rare fonts just for your logo but if you really want to use such a special font for your site be sure to declare alternative font styles in your stylesheet.

Free font resources:

  • Dafont.com offers user created free fonts. 7500 typefaces have already been submitted to Dafont.
  • Grsites.com has a big collection of about 6800 fonts, including a logo and button maker.
  • 1001freefonts.com gives you 1001 fonts for nothing.
  • There are 11202 nicely categorized fonts on Abstractfonts.com. It’s one of the biggest free anthologies out there.
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