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In social media we can show our love for websites and articles in many different ways, we Digg things, Sphinn them, Float them, and even Bump them.

The social media sites all have different ways of showing this love, I’ve collected some of the iconography here.

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One-page websites, or “one-pagers” as I like to call them have proven to be a very simple and effective way of relaying all needed information effectively. An issue with the standard website is that visitors need to go through a plethora of different pages before they find the information they are looking for, whilst if a visitor where to go to a one-page website, he/she knows that if the information they’re looking for isn’t available on that single page, it is not stated at all.

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Forums are important for web designers and web developers. Web Design companies, freelance web designers as well as website owners themselves rely on forums for a number of reasons such as finding solution to web design or technical issues, to research new areas or simply to participate in discussion with other designers.

Having another designer’s PSD file is as good as owning a chef’s recipe book. The only difference is – we designers are willing share and sometimes we even distribute them ourselves so others can download and learn from our techniques.

Style switchers can be used to give visitors more options according to their preferences, or they can be used simply to add something dynamic and interesting to the site. The potential uses are nearly limitless but some common approaches include using style switchers to give choices in terms of background images, color schemes, font sizes, and layout.

The admin templates post has proved to be one of the most popular articles in the blog.

Today I noticed that in its Free Monthly file, Theme Forest is giving away an admin template, one that wasn’t even in my original post!

The template by author rzepak is available via the Theme Forest Blog.

Here you’ll find 38 mainly jquery and CSS based drop-down or just multi level menu tutorials with down loadable files and explanations as well.

Wireframing is one of the most valuable parts of any web design project. It can save a designer tons of time by hashing out the details of a site’s architecture, functionality, and content prior to actually starting a visual design. But if done inefficiently, it can end up costing more time and can even create bigger headaches for both the client and the designer.

Flags are a popular mechanism for displaying website visitor locale, yes we shouldn’t use them to display language choices, but don’t waste your time drawing all those flags.

Below you’ll find a collection of 8 Flag Icons sets, some free — some not, which contains flags for just about every country. I needed flags for a new website I was working on and I hope you find them useful, please add any others you now in the comments.

FamFamFam

247 icons — in GIF and PNG formats — representing most countries in the world as small pixel icons. These flag icons are available for free use for any purpose with no requirement for attribution.

Price: Free
URL: http://www.famfamfam.com/lab/icons/flags/

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Whether you’re a designer, developer or writer, taking the time to craft a quality, professional portfolio that outshines your competitors, suits your needs and gives you a better chance of a successful and sustainable career is extremely important.