10 Mixed Web Design Inspirations

If you have been in the design industry for a while you must have come across the deviantART website that features creative works of art and design from users all across the globe. I have picked out a mix of 10 web interfaces and web design mockups from deviantART that looks beautiful and amazing. Some...Read More

CSS Sprites, What are they and a working example

25th Nov ‘09
 by Adriaan

So what are CSS Sprites? CSS Sprites is a technique used on websites where you add all your graphics into one single image file, almost in a grid format, where you can use these graphics through CSS by defining the graphic’s position and dimension with the background-position property. What’s...Read More

Remove Dotted Border on Hyperlinks with CSS

10th Nov ‘09
 by Adriaan

I’m sure you’ve seen this happen on many websites – a dotted border appears on hyperlinks when you click on the link. This is specifically noticeable on images and also happens when clicking on an element inside an embedded flash object. You can see the visual representation in the...Read More

Dynamic CSS Buttons from David’s Kitchen

1st Oct ‘09
 by Adriaan

This tutorial from David’s Kitchen on how to create scalable CSS buttons is worth a mention. By using PNGs and CSS he shows us how to create completely dynamic scalable buttons which resize horizontally and vertically when the font size is adjusted. With this method he achieves full scalability...Read More


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