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25 Beautifully Colorful Websites - Part 4 During the past year or so, I have published 3 collections of colorful websites. Today we’ll take a look at another 25 sites that make exceptional use of color. There is a wide variety of color schemes and design styles represented here, so I hope the work of these designers provides some inspiration for your own work. Looking for hosting? Web Design Friday: 25 More Beautiful Web Designs | Static-Romance.Org Happy Monday! I know it’s not always happy but today it is because Creatives Couples is back! I’m very excited because this one of two times you’ll be seeing the lovely Lisa Yoder, a developer from Philadephia, on the blog this week. What makes you a creative couple? Lisa: We’re both professional web developers, which is a pretty creative endeavor unto itself. Chad: The band that Lisa referenced will be reborn this year, but we’re working much harder to make it a shared endeavor this time (previously it was mostly my baby). How does your relationship inspire you creatively? Chad: Hmm… Tough question! Lisa: Chad is constantly working on a new project or mulling over a new problem. Chad: Ok, Lisa’s answer reminded me of something. Do you think being creatives makes it easier to understand each other? Lisa: Yes and no. Chad: Haha, yes. How are your creative styles different? Chad: I guess we just answered that a little bit in the last question! But they differ in lots of ways.

30 Exceptional CSS Techniques and Examples | Six Revisions In this article, I’ve pieced together 30 excellent CSS techniques and examples that showcases the capabilities and robustness of CSS. You’ll see a variety of techniques such as image galleries, drop shadows, scalable buttons, menus, and more – all using only CSS and HTML. Clicking on the title will direct you to the documentation/tutorial, while clicking on the accompanying image will direct you to the demo page if it’s separate from the documentation. 1. A pure css-based gallery; hovering over an image enlarges it. 2. A creative and complex navigation scheme. 3. An accordion effect; hovering over an image expands it. 4. Part of an article entitled "Supercharge your image borders" showcasing how you can use CSS styles to make images look more interesting. 5. Aan image effect demo and discussion based on a A List Apart article entitled, "CSS Drop shadows". 6. Hovering over the tabs changes the category, while hovering over an image enlarges it. 7. 8. Mimics a table layout, but uses lists. 9.

24 Great Niche Galleries | Most Inspired Blog CSS galleries can be a great source of inspiration, but if you’re looking for something in particular they can be a bit of a nightmare. They can also be a little repetitive, you’ll often find the same design repeated on many of the galleries. Since niche galleries have a tighter focus it allows them to be more detailed when adding sites to the gallery, and although they don’t update as often the quality usually makes up for it. Given their focus the same design is a lot less likely to be featured on more than one of the niche galleries. This is not to say the general galleries are going away, they provide a steady steam of inspiration, but when you’re looking for something in particular niche is nicer. Below you’ll find a list of niche galleries, that focus on things from color schemes, to layout, and specific content types. Color Schemes Light On Light on Dark is a showcase of well designed & coded web sites with light text on a dark background. Layout Content

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