The Web Designer’s Idea Book: The Ultimate Guide To Themes, Trends & Styles In Website Design (Web Designer’s Idea Book: The Latest Themes, Trends & Styles in Website Design)

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Inspiring Web Design at a GlanceThe Web Designer’s Idea Book includes more than 700 websites arranged thematically, so you can find inspiration for layout, color, style and more. Author Patrick McNeil has cataloged more than 20,000 sites on his website, and showcased in this book are the very best examples. Sites are organized by color, design style, type, theme, element and structure. It’s easy to use and reference again and again, whether you’re talking with a co-worker or discussing website d

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White Space is Not Your Enemy: A Beginner’s Guide to Communicating Visually through Graphic, Web and Multimedia Design

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Designing a brochure or web site without an art background? Step away from the computer and read this breezy introduction to visual communications first. Written for non-designers, White Space is Not Your Enemy is a practical graphic design and layout text introducing the concepts and practices necessary for producing effective visual communications across a variety of formats, from print to… Read the rest

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The Web Designer’s Idea Book, Vol. 2: More of the Best Themes, Trends and Styles in Website Design

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Web Design Inspiration at a Glance

Volume 2 of The Web Designer’s Idea Book includes more than 650 new websites arranged thematically, so you can easily find inspiration for your work. Author Patrick McNeil, creator of the popular web design blog designmeltdown.com and author of the original bestselling Web Designer’s Idea Book, has cataloged thousands of sites, and showcases the latest and best examples in this book. The web is the most rapidly changing design medium, and this book offer

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Top 10 Free Drupal Themes

I remember looking at the selection of Drupal themes late 2007 and thinking; who is actually using these? They all seemed to resemble a developer’s perspective on design. As a result Drupal themes used to be very boring indeed. In doing my research for this article I was truly astounded of the quality of free and premium Drupal themes available. It’s testament to how Drupal has grown that the quality of the themes prove that it’s no longer just developers that are interested in the technology but designers also.

Here’s my run down on my top 10 free Drupal themes. I’ve picked these themes not just because I think they’re some of the best looking themes available but because in my experience they’ve been flexible enough for me to do what I like with them and still hold there own. I’ve bought premium Drupal theme’s in the past (being lazy) and some haven’t stood up to actual usage which I think is pretty important. On with the main event…

Top 10 Drupal Themes

1. Root Candy

Root candy is the most important theme I’ve ever come across. It is an administration theme, which makes it a dubious contender for the top spot however it’s the only place you can really use a free theme when developing for a client.

It’s normally pretty hard to find a theme that does both the visitors and administrators. Sure Garland .etc. does a pretty good… Read the rest

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How to Install Ubuntu Themes

Many of you may not be aware of Ubuntu. Ubuntu is basically a great looking, secure, super-fast intuitive operating system. It is an absolutely free operating system, which powers the laptops, servers, netbooks and desktops.

Originally, Ubuntu comes in a default, Human theme. You can change this default theme by any other available theme as Ubuntu using the Gnome desktop environment. Ubuntu offers many themes and varieties of Gnome themes are available on different websites which you can download for absolutely free. However, there are few websites which need payment for their offered Gnome themes.

Changing a theme on your Ubuntu involve few steps. First you have to download good looking and elegant themes which enhance your desktop with different colors, corners, buttons and scroll bar styles, on your computer. Later, you have to install the chosen theme on your computer by following the given method:

Go to: System à Preferences à Appearance or Theme

Once the “Theme Preferences” window is open, you need to drag the downloaded theme files onto the preferences box so as to make them appear in the list.

Ubuntu themes usually include:

-    Controls: These are also known as GTK Themes
-    Icons
-    Window Borders:  These are also called Metacity Themes.

You can find all these in a single theme or some themes include two or only one of them. F you want to check any theme for the presence of these elements, simply go to “Customize” or “Theme… Read the rest

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