Beautiful Styling In Web Design

[Little Asterisk 1]

Rightly said. Portfolio site can easily be based on Flash without problems.

 

As a side note, two other Flash problems are:

saving pages off-line, you have to save the whole .swf

SEO, although many solutions are available

 

I remember seeing a blog made in Flash once. It looked great. But lacked search, tags and categories, etc.

I tried to make one like it too. But it got very hard so I gave it up.

 

 

 

Right again. And that is kind of how I meant it.

For example, try using TiddlyWiki: http://tiddlywiki.com/

Its a great piece of software. But it has made my browser unstable even while using offline.

 

The good thing about JavaScript is that it doesn't require a server-side software. It even runs perfectly well on mobile phones.

 

 

 

Again, very true. Web sites should be based on standards. They never get old. Although, coming up with a creative design could be more work then.

 

As for creativity while not abusing current trends (that's right, Web 2.0, I am in deed looking in your direction!), Elliot Jay Stocks makes valid points in one of his presentations ( http://www.elliotjaystocks.com/speaking/ ) about finding your inspiration in the offline world - like Jason Santa Maria ( jasonsantamaria.com ) did with his blog taking inspiration from the print design world and styling articles individually.

 

That way, you don't get stuck in a loop of same-design-all-the-time and get to make interesting designs. For instance, Brian Hoff got his inspiration for The Design Cubicle's site ( thedesigncubicle.com ) from his neighbour's fence! - More about that on http://abduzeedo.com/brian-hoff-talks-about-redesign-tdc

 

As for Flash, it's not perfect in any way - but it's designer-friendly more than any other language (again, one of the valid points Elliot Jay Stocks makes in his presentations). That's what makes it very popular with designers and other creatives. Well, that and the fact you can make really cool effects with it (like shift the screen totally upside-down).

 

I'll try TiddlyWiki for sure. At least to see how much Javascript can my HP take at once.

[Shahrukh 0]

As for Flash, it's not perfect in any way - but it's designer-friendly more than any other language (again, one of the valid points Elliot Jay Stocks makes in his presentations). That's what makes it very popular with designers and other creatives. Well, that and the fact you can make really cool effects with it (like shift the screen totally upside-down).

That is true. I used to play with it a lot.
But I don't think a website should be made on Flash only. I even think the splash page of KS should not be a Flash page.

Another side note, you can't go 'back' and 'forward' in a Flash-based site.

I'll try TiddlyWiki for sure. At least to see how much Javascript can my HP take at once.

You do that. This is the biggest TiddlyWiki I have found: http://www.tiddlytools.com/

[Little Asterisk 1]

That is true. I used to play with it a lot.But I don't think a website should be made on Flash only. I even think the splash page of KS should not be a Flash page.

This is interesting in deed... http://forums.xisto.com/topic/71810-the-flash-Xisto-site-and-a-couple-of-other-advices/

I STILL play with Flash a lot, but it's mostly fun and games - I've left Flash out a bit in favour of Javascript (X)HTML, PHP and CSS (and similar languages). I've never made a website in Flash to this date, but if a client were to ask me to I would have no problem with it.
Edited August 6, 2010 by Little Asterisk (see edit history)

[Shahrukh 0]

This is interesting in deed... http://forums.xisto.com/topic/71810-the-flash-Xisto-site-and-a-couple-of-other-advices/
I STILL play with Flash a lot, but it's mostly fun and games - I've left Flash out a bit in favour of Javascript (X)HTML, PHP and CSS (and similar languages). I've never made a website in Flash to this date, but if a client were to ask me to I would have no problem with it.

Hey, you noticed that too!

I have totally abandoned Flash. It isn't fascinating anymore. Especially since the invention of AS3. It made the designer and programmer areas separate, which is good for serious production but not for playing around.
I think Fireworks and Flash were better with Macromedia.
Dreamweaver has certainly improved since moving over to Adobe.

[Little Asterisk 1]

Just a quick post today; goes into the web design area. ( Sorry Shahrukh, no more dialogs between us currently Maybe a bit later, huh? )Happy Cog ( happycog.com ) is one of the best web design companies out there currently, run by one of the legends and biggest authorities in web design, Jeffrey Zeldman ( zeldman.com ). They've got a nice and unconventional design layout (notice there's no ACTUAL menu, but only a nice little intro) and regularly publish case studies of sites they (re)designed which are a great insight for starting (and even the ones not starting) web designers and developers into how it all works. :)My favourites are the Wordpress case study ( only because it is Wordpress we're dealing with - http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/) and Zappos ( http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/ ) - because not only is Zappos famous, but also because it's more extensive than the average. However, I suggest you browse through all of them - it is really a great reading, not too long, but just exactly as it's needed to be.

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Now, since I've already talked about Veerle's blog (veerle.duoh.com) I think it's just OK to talk about Duoh's actual website and blog ( http://www.duoh.com/ and http://www.duoh.com/news/ ). It's a great piece of artwork, I think it goes very well with Veerle's stuff and it also gives powerful insights into development and design of some of their client's works.Again, as with Happy Cog - be sure to check it out!

[Little Asterisk 1]

Oh, so I see this topic is really becoming popular (hehe ) so here's a very good read on Web Typography:http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/ cool tips here

[web_designer 7]

Oh, so I see this topic is really becoming popular (hehe ) so here's a very good read on Web Typography:

 

https://code.tutsplus.com/tutorials/an-analysis-of-typography-on-the-web--net-14235

 

Some cool tips here

 

this is a very interesting and useful topic. i bookmarked it and save it. it contains a lot of tricks that make things easier to be done in web designing. thank you little asterisk for sharing that, and keep on feeding this thread of good links.

[Little Asterisk 1]

Yeah, so - since there haven't been many posts around here for a while, I've decided to share some cool links here for your viewing pleasure. So, let's start:

1. http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/ - It's a site for an Android application that allows you to view Webcams. It's not too special, but it's interesting because:

- You don't see many Android application websites around the Web too much
- It's actually looking pretty good.

2. http://v4.jasonsantamaria.com/articles/ie9-and-the-lost-worlds-fairs/ - This is, in fact, "just" an article about Jason Santa Maria's (and his friends') creation for the launch of Internet Explorer 9 Beta. They showcase what can be done with WOFF on IE and how fonts display. You should definitely read his article if you'd like to find out more about the background process on this, and also visit the website "Lost World's Fairs". You don't have to visit it in IE in order for it to work, but I'm definitely going to do that once I install the IE9 Beta because I'm interested in that stuff.

Other articles about the same Website (from other five contributors):

- http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/
- http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/
- http://trentwalton.com/2010/09/15/lost-worlds-fairs/
- http://daverupert.com/2010/09/lettering-js/

(P.S. I definitely like the Atlantis Poster on the site best )

3. http://www.denisechandler.com/ - Love the big octopus in the "header" (it's not really a "header" when it's over 700 pixels high ), and also the lovely typography.

4. http://tapbots.com/ - Since I featured an Android application already in this column of mine (), I'd also like to showcase a (perhaps even more) beautiful iPhone application website. It's Calcbots, and everything screams "Apple" (that's also what I don't like about the site - it's like they copied most of the stuff from apple.com, but it makes sense since they sell iPhone apps) on the website.

5. http://www.cameronmoll.com/ - Cool site from Cameron Moll, it's a Tumblog (Tumbler-blog) and looks pretty decent.


That's it! Come on, does anyone have anything to add to this list?