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Free Admin Panel Template PSD

Freebies / UI / Web Design

Free Admin Template – PSD Download

We have seen for quite sometime old-fashioned admin templates for web applications. Although old-fashioned is not always the wrong way, we feel it’s time to give these admin templates a complete new make-over. Conspicuous and easily distinguishable UI graphic elements, with a splash here and there of carefully selected bright colors, and an uncluttered look that makes easy and fun all the analytics, statistical data, and graphical presentations. That is how we believe a modern admin template should be like. This free admin panel PSD template is an attempt on our part to capture evolving and invigorating design trends in modern day admin panels. Hope this new design will inspire you to infuse a bit of chutzpah and lots of freshness into your designs.

Icons / Inspiration / Mobile

A Showcase of Beautiful Mobile App Icons

Before Apple released the iPhone, well-designed mobile software was a rarity. User interfaces were awkward and clumsy, and web and desktop software design was light years ahead. The iPhone changed all of this – with Apple’s obsessive focus on gorgeous design, people’s standards for what they expected out of their mobile device were raised.

Articles / Tips

Get Your Customers to Open Your Emails

A common marketing tool of ecommerce merchants and online business owners remains the humble email. Whether you use autoresponder messages, newsletters, or daily emails, the point of these writings is to increase your customer loyalty as well as to boost your sales. However, according to the Direct Marketing Association, only about 1 in 4 emails ever get opened. This means that about 75% of your emails and hard work are going straight into the trash bin.

PROS and CONS of using Twitter Bootstrap

HTML-CSS / jquery / Tips / Web Design / Web Development

PROS and CONS of using Twitter Bootstrap

What is Twitter Bootstrap? Simply said, Twitter Bootstrap is an absolutely free, thanks to Twitter’s Mark Otto and Jacob Thornton, “multi-toolkit” for web designers. Twitter Bootstrap offers HTML and CSS-based design templates for typography, forms, buttons, charts, navigation and other web design components.

Free Icon Sets

Freebies / Icons

25+ Free Icon Sets You Must Have

If you want your design to be an attractive one by having eye catching icon sets placed on it? Than you should look for some free icon sets available on internet. The designers out there keep on sharing their work within the community and hence a good deal of time is saved by not reinventing the wheel. It is after all a win-win situation where the designers share their creative work and in return they often find some interesting designs. However, we must appreciate those creative designers who voluntarily keep on sharing free icon sets on regular basis.

Web Application Example

Design / Web Design / Web Development

20 Beautiful Example of Web Application Designs

Recently there has been explosion of online web applications. Businesses around the world are choosing to have online web applications to run their businesses. As a matter of fact, some new business models depend exclusively on web-based commercial applications. A good web application should be able to attract and engage consumers and induce them to buy products or services online. This is only possible if the web application has a functional and intuitive layout and design. In other words, a web application should be simple, easy-to-navigate with an attractive graphic design.

Vector Artwork Graphics For Your Design Bucket

Resources / Vectors

30+ Vector Artwork Graphics For Your Design Bucket

Being a designer means you are constantly on the lookout for high quality graphics and images. Any experienced designer will bear testimony to the importance of a well organized and sizeable library of useful resources. Today’s collection consists of over 30 vector artwork graphics. You may already be familiar with the usefulness and the design value of vector graphics – you can resize a vector graphic based on your design requirements. What sets a vector graphic apart from other graphics is that a vector does not lose its quality if it is resized.

What Will Happen If Usability And Aesthetics Co-Exist Harmoniously

Articles / Web Design

What Will Happen If Usability And Aesthetics Co-Exist Harmoniously

A website is a visual expression of a web owners soul. The aspect of aesthetics are usually emphasized before creating a website. Let us think of an empty website as a plain white canvas. The artist, being the web designer, breathes life into it by filling it with his preferences and beliefs – thus, transforming it into a work of art. However, many web designers commit the sin of neglecting another important element that makes a web design great: usability.