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These are excellent, insightful, thought-provoking articles that may be able to help you in your own design career. Some are new and some are a few years old, but they all have something valuable to say. To make it easier to digest, I’ve categorized them according to topic (with a general category at the end). Choose a few areas that are particularly challenging for you and see what you can learn from these experts. CSS: Which CSS Grid Framework Should You Use for Your Web Design? - NETTUTS 6 Keys to Understanding Modern CSS-Based Layouts - Jonathan Snook Faux Absolute Positioning - A List Apart Creating Sexy Style Sheets - Vitamin Efficient CSS with Shorthand Properties - 456 Berea St. CSS Float Theory: Things You Should Know - Smashing Magazine CSS Specificity: Things You Should Know - Smashing Magazine Top Reasons Your CSS Columns Are Messed Up - Warpspire 100% Height Layout Using CSS - Dave Woods
Typography: Typography Essentials - A Getting Started Guide - Freelance Folder Typographic Contrast and Flow - Web Designer Wall 10 Examples of Beautiful CSS Typography and How They Did It - 3.7Crea.tv Layout: Grid-Based Design: Six Creative Column Techniques - Smashing Magazine Five Simple Steps to Designing Grid Systems - Mark Boulton Building a Semantic 4-Column CSS Layout - Mirificam Press Indestructible Website: How to Build an EM Based Layout that Won’t Break - Mirificam Press Multi-Column Layouts Climb Out of the Box - A List Apart Setting Type on the Web to a Baseline Grid - A List Apart An Introduction to Using Patterns in Web Design - 37Signals CSS Layouts: 40+ Tutorials, Tips, Demos and Best Practices - Noupe The Incredible Em & Elastic Layouts with CSS - Jon Tan Whitespace - A List Apart Color: Color for Coders - Color and Design for the Non-Designer - SitePoint Choosing Color Combinations - Veerle’s Blog Creativity: 12 Ways to Tap Into an Endless Well of Creativity - PSDTUTS 8 Web Design Tactics to Help You When You’re Stuck - SEOmoz Usability: Why and How: Styling TeXt Links - Andy Rutledge Design Decisions vs. Audience Considerations - Digital Web Magazine Practical Usability Testing- Digital Web The Ultimate Web Design Usability Checklist- Not Usable 10 Usability Nightmares You Should Be Aware Of- Smashing Magazine 30 Usability Issues to Be Aware Of - Smashing Magazine 23 Actionable Lessons from Eye-Tracking Studies - Virtual Hosting Blog Usability 101: Introduction to Usability - Jakob Nielson’s Alertbox Business: A Simple Guide on How to Effectively Talk to Clients - Six Revisions Getting Design Approval: The Single Mockup Theory - Fadtastic 10 Ways to Get Design Approval - 24 Ways Free Resource: Pre-Design Questionnaire - Outlaw Design Blog Design Processes and Why Every Designer Needs One - Positive Space Blog Accessibility: Evaluating Website Accessibility Part 1 - Background and Preparation - 456 Berea St. Evaluating Website Accessibility Part 2 - Basic Checkpoints - 456 Berea St. Evaluating Website Accessibility Part 3 - Digging Deeper - 456 Berea St. 10 Colour Contrast Checking Tools to Improve the Accessibility of Your Web Design - 456 Berea St. 7 Accessibility Mistakes Part 1 - Digital Web Magazine 7 Accessibility Mistakes Part 2 - Digital Web Magazine Standards: Developing with Web Standards - 456 Berea St. 5 Most Common Misconceptions About Web Standards - CSS Globe Portfolios: Creating a Successful Online Portfolio - Smashing Magazine Build a Killer Online Portfolio in 9 Easy Steps - Freelance Switch General: 10 Principles of Effective Web Design - Smashing Magazine 12 Steps to Creating a Professional Web Design - Chromatic Sites 9 Essential Principles for Good Web Design - PSDTUTS 25 Ways to Improve Your Site in 5 Minutes - Fadtastic 35 Designers x 5 Questions - Smashing Magazine Web Design-isms: 7 Surefire Styles that Work - Vitamin 20 Pro Tips .Net Magazine 7 Crucial Tips for Designing and Maintaining a Large Site - NETTUTS Design Cheat Sheets for Front-End Web Developers - Six Revisions Understanding YSlow: What Matters; What Doesn’t - Templature
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