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Minimalistisch webdesign

opper.hoofd — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 21:49:05 +0000

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It can easily be argued that the best type of design is clean, simple, and minimal. I know for myself, I enjoy a website that is uncluttered, easy to navigate and elegant in design. here you find 30 WordPress themes that accomplish all of these things

free and premium email templates for great newsletters

opper.hoofd — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 14:22:03 +0000

In this modern phase of business, newer and more effective marketing strategies are being invented every day. Emails could be a great source of the newer form of marketing. Companies can accrue a good amount of potential business through emails and newsletters. But often these items are not paid deserved attention as a source of marketing and promotion. However, a little bit of retrospection on this issue can make wonders in the business. Some creative souls have thought about these and come to some great email solutions for companies who want to promote their site as well as their business in a different manner. These emails have stunning designs and great functionality to make your potential or existing customers aware of your upcoming or latest ventures.

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29-website-designs-using-bold-color-schemes

opper.hoofd — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 12:34:31 +0000

A powerful color scheme can make or break your entire website. It’s important that when designer’s plan on a layout they take all aspects into consideration. If properly planned you can turn some of the most extravagant colors into a memorable layout design.
In the showcase below I’ve put together 29 awesome examples of bold website colors. These designs often feature intense color schemes, UI elements, or other page aesthetics. It’s the perfect technique to capture your visitor’s attention and hold their interest in the long term.

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looking for some free (wordpress) themes?

opper.hoofd — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 19:34:14 +0000

ThemeLand is a marketplace where buyers and sellers come together to offer their products. Our marketplace is entirely free for personal use, you can download any product on this site for free if you intend to use it on a private website or for personal use. For commercial or government entitites, you are required to purchase a license to use any products listed on this site.

add impact to type-driven projects

opper.hoofd — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 19:27:43 +0000

When working with type-driven projects it is of utmost importance to create a distinct hierarchy in the design, while adding emphasis in all the right places. This sense of logical progression from one element to another on will help users better understand your website and navigation tools.

Creating hierarchy is about much more than size. While type appearing at larger point sizes will serve as a guide, it is not enough. The best type-heavy projects use a combination of fonts, sizes, weights and flair to create an effective overall design.

Web Design Inspirational Cocktail #29

opper.hoofd — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 20:58:35 +0000

Nowadays, the development of new site designs is not standing on the same place. Web designers use various tools, their skills and when they get inspired they create a new masterpiece. If you do not have new ideas or just want to look at the work of other authors, then you should certainly see our weekly selection of the best web site designs for inspiration. Here you’ll find some amazing, funny, creative and sometimes unusual designs.

75+ Awesome Fullscreen WordPress Theme Collection

opper.hoofd — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 23:43:49 +0000

WordPress portfolio themes are great for showcasing your work as a photographer, creative artist, designer or photojournalist but using a dedicated fullscreen WordPress theme will undoubtedly catch the attention of your visitors in a new, powerful and exciting way! The use of the entire browser area adds a great dimension to your blog drawing all the attention on showcasing your images or videos in an intense and vivid full size manner. Widget, sidebar and banner areas have been minimized or entirely removed making it a very minimal, clean and attractive way of promoting your business and strengthen your online presence.

Common to most of these themes is the use of a fullscreen slideshow that showcases either images, videos or both maximizing the user experience. Some of them even use an audio player to further enhance and intensify the experience which is a wonderful way to impress your visitors or clients when they visit your site. The portfolio parts of these themes have specifically been designed to showcase your work in the best possible way, complementing the style and layout of the main theme like ordinary WordPress themes for photographers. Don’t be fooled by the simple look of these themes, they are powerful and packed with useful and cool features with user friendly option panels that will allow you to do adjustments with ease. They are made to make you do what you do best rather than fumbling with a cumbersome theme.

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30-clever-logos-with-hidden-messages/

opper.hoofd — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 21:52:11 +0000

If you are a designer or just an average Joe, you’ve seen hundreds of logos in your lifetime. Being bombarded with advertising, we naturally learn to ignore it. Some companies slack and use Microsoft Word to create their logo. Innovative companies on the other hand, put thought in their logo design. Have you ever stopped to appreciate the hidden details in a logo? Today we have collected many famous logos that contain hidden messages. Some might be well known, but we hope you will learn about new ones as well!

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20-cool-web-background-patterns

opper.hoofd — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 22:00:26 +0000

Have you ever seen a boring plain web background that does not create a mood for your design? I mentioned about web background because web background pattern is important for a website. It should match with your website design theme while creating a nice mood and tone for the website. If a website is attractive and fun to read, I will most likely visit it over and over again. Seeing the design that satisfies my taste is very pleasing.

Eye candy is very important, you might lose viewer because you design does not = the content quality. Being smart and combining beautiful design along with informative material is the key to a readers heart! The following design freebies are absolutely free without any hidden fees. We understand that your time is very important, so we went ahead and only searched for premium quality patterns. Without further ado we present to you web background patterns that will help you match your theme and improve your website’s look.

here they are

Unusual website navigation

opper.hoofd — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 19:20:02 +0000

Navigation plays a crucial role in the success or failure of any website. An easy to navigate website is more likely to be explored in more detail as compared to a website with more complex navigation. Regardless of the functionality of the website, the navigation is the first thing that must be taken care of.

Accomplishing matchless navigation that successfully performs its function is almost similar to mounting Mt. Everest. Getting an exceptional navigation with wonderful functionality makes the website easy to navigate and interesting for the visitors, therefore assuring a better user experience.

At this time, we have selected some websites with marvelous and distinctive navigational elements that will not only enthuse you, but will demonstrate to you how to merge novelty with realism. Enjoy!

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