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Timeago - a jQuery plugin

We found a unique jQuery plugin called Timeago. It was smartly built by Ryan McGeary and allows you to display automated timestamps refresh update on your website, for instances:

* user last login timestamps (Mr. X opened this page about 5 hours ago, Thomas last seen 4 days ago, etc.)
* user status related to timestamp queries (date of born, date of registration, etc.)

First, load jQuery and the plugin, then attach it to your timestamps on DOM ready. Getting warm up for the next step? Better read the rest of installment that can be found on Timeago source page now :D

08.19.08 | Comment? |
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150+ Seamless Pattern from Squidfingers

There are lots of patterns available on the internet, but if you are looking for a crafty and high quality pattern for your website background, Squidfingers could be worth to visit.
It collects more than 150 patterns. Some of the them are geometric or decorative patterns and the rest are having counterculture look. They are colorful and detailed beautifully ;)
Have your say by visiting Squidfingers pattern directory now or save this post permalink in your favorite bookmarkers if you like it!

08.15.08 | 1 Comment |
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XXX Inspiring Desktop-Space and Book Theme Web Designs

We found many of portfolio’s designers are typically done in “Desktop-Space” themes, since they need to personalize their sites. What we mean is a desk where every designer enjoys the work with a cup of coffee, a pencil, a note papers to sketch and bunch of designing tools on it. Another interesting part of this kind of web design are adopted “Book” themes for aesthetic reason. Book theme in web design is also a good pick to introduce services to the visitors; for instance: a restaurant, or hotel because it has the welcoming look in overall.

And why XXX? Well, right now there are 15 sites and if you know any other good looking desktop-space or book themed web designs, drop us a comment and let us know so we can add them :-)

So here we go:

Councours de Theologie

http://www.concoursdetheologie.fr/
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08.14.08 | 9 Comments |
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DoTemplate.com - Free Professional Website Templates

DoTemplate.com is a free online web templates generator. All templates are customizable as you can easily tweak the colors, the fonts, and apply a bunch of graphical effects (gradients, drop shadow, and round corner) to create a unique professional template.

Customization made easy, because there are some controls to let you edit typeface and the design of web elements such as: background, container, banner, title, slogan, navigation and also the sidebar. Pick a template then start to customize! You will be surprised of how easy to have a nice looking professional website with a touch of personal style simply by downloading this tableless XHTML template for free :D

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NicEdit - WYSIWYG Editor for Websites

NicEdit is an innovative website content editor. Integrated Javascript NicEdit makes any element/div editable or convert standard text-areas to rich text editing. This will provide visitors an effective means to express themselves in rich text.

NicEdit custom features are:
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08.13.08 | Comment? |
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JavaScript Color Fading Script

Are you looking for another simple effect that can bring something brilliant to your website appearance? Try this lightweight JavaScript Color Fading Script. It gives you color transition that is fading gradually to another color.

You can apply this script for tables, divs and many more.
Some elements that you can target are:
- background
- border
- text color

You will need to set the hex value of starting color, then hex value to fade to and number of times to divide the color difference. Experiment a bit on some different transition speed values to see how the color fading effect work beautifully for you!
The good news is, Michael Leigeber has written this script with the demo page! Visit the site to check it out ;)

08.12.08 | Comment? |
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Design & Coding RAP

Lets start the day with something to smile :-)

Lyrics:

Your site design is the first thing people see
it should be reflective of you and the industry
easy to look at with a nice navigation
when you can’t find what you want it causes frustration
a clear Call to action to increase the temptation
use appealing graphics they create motivation
if you have animation
use with moderation
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08.12.08 | 1 Comment |
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Search Icons using IconLook

IconLook is a simple icon search engine. Currently in Beta version, this new website allows you to look more icons in custom search. For instance, if you are looking for icons in specific size starting from 48×48 to 128×128 pixel, then all you have to do is to mark the check box that stated the size of those icons. Click the LOOK button and all icons match to your custom search will be shown together with the resolution size details. Another great thing is, you can also search icons using tag clouds.

Whenever you want to take a peep on the most downloaded icons you can go to this link http://www.iconlook.com/popular.icon
This IconLook is a real time saver for you! So take a journey to look for more quality icons with IconLook.

08.08.08 | Comment? |
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