Archive for January, 2008
Free Fonts, anyone?
I am currently obsessed with this site! You know, I type "DKM" in the box, and click hurrraaaaaaay! Now it’s time to pick the best font for my future log for DKM – that’s going to be fun…Note: The site offers various ways to get a live preview of the fonts, either by clicking on a font which lets you preview the font in many different ways (sample text, character set, different sizes, etc) or by dynamic mouseovers to let you see the full character set without refreshing the page which can be real time savers..... countinue reading
Duke University's Digital Collections
Duke University has this extensive digital images libraries: Duke Libraries > Digital Collections. Also check this one too..... countinue reading
KUTLU | Photography | Flash Photo Gallery
I have developed this Flash /XML driven template for a friend - Kutlu. He is an amazing talented photographer. This Flash Templates is XML driven so no need flash software or knowledge to modify the content. Or you don't even need to know how to code in Flash. All informations can be modified from a simple NOTEPAD or any html editor use them as they are, or modify any part of the flash FLA source file (macromedia flash MX are higher version is required to edit FLA sources)..... countinue reading
Drop Cap - Capital Letters with CSS
The orginal source is from smashinmanazine titled "53 CSS-Techniques You Couldn't Live Without". Drop Cap - Capital Letters with CSS is another amazing CSS technique. Go check out. Here's one sample what can be done with using this method (nice, isn't?)..... countinue reading
Random Link: CSS Resources
I was just checking Veerle's site for "A CSS styled table version" when I found out some extensive links as PDF format to CSS resources around the web. The list is quite nice and covers pretty much all good CSS resource sites. if you haven't gotten yet, go get them.... countinue reading
How to: CSS hover effect
How to Create a Block Hover Effect for a List of Links- Learn how to create hover effect when you mouse over the list items to see the block hover effect in the demo here.
How To Make Clickable Areas Bigger - One basic principle of interaction design is that the larger the link you’re trying to click on, the easier it is to click it. With this in mind, if you are using text-based links (for example in a navigation bar), the actual ‘clickable’ area should be as large as possible.
Anchor tags for block elements- You can see a demo here..... countinue reading
Star Rating Techniques
OK you probably have seen it all over web sites (from Amazon.com to CSSMania). I believe one of the best one out there is Unobtrusive AJAX Star Rating Bar. This star rating script done with PHP and backend powered by mySQL that allows users to rate things like can be done on Netflix or Amazon..... countinue reading
Starbox: star ratings for prototype
Check out Nick Stakenburg's web site for star ratings for prototype. Starbox allows you to easily create all kinds of rating boxes using just one PNG image. The library is build on top of the Prototype javascript framework. For some extra effects you can add Scriptaculous as well. Check the demos below to see what Starbox is all about and read on for more information on how to customize your own Starboxes. While checkin starbox, also check excellent lightview - an excellent way to change the way you overlay images on a website..... countinue reading
CSS Resources
Finding the right information on the net could be totally pain and finding the right web site with right information is even more challenging. There are a few web sites out there that have nicely organized links to CSS resources. Here's some of my favorite CSS resource link farm:.... countinue reading
CSS Website Gallery
There‘s probably over 100 web site that lists the best CSS sites [such as; CSS Mania, CSS Zen Garden, CSS Remix,.etc.]. I check out most of them. Most of featured CSS sites are very inspiring, and beautifully crafted. You can learn a lot just looking at the sites and their source codes. Of course, checking all the featured CSS sites takes a lot of my time. So I have decided to showcase some of my handpicked CSS sites here - this is not ultimate list, but somehow they surfaced on the top when I need to look for inspiration and fresh ideas..... countinue reading
