Doctype is a free question and answer site for web designers. You can ask questions about CSS, HTML, web design and email design. Everything is editable, just like a wiki. This means answers are accurate, neat and up-to-date.
—If you use HTML and CSS this is the site to subscribe toWeb design Q&A - Doctype where you can ask or answer questions related to HTML and CSS
The Spoon.net Browser Sandbox lets you run any browser instantly from the web with no installs. Spoon.net launches applications in an isolated virtual machine using a small browser plugin. Settings and state synchronize to your Spoon.net account.
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Browser Sandbox - Run any browser instantly from the web
If you are a web developer one the challenge is cross browser testing. Most of the browsers have increased the update cycle it has become difficult for web developers and designers to ensure that website rendering, look and feel and working of the web pages is the same across all browser versions and OS.
Spoon.net Browser Sandbox is the tool that makes it easy to test the website rendering across browsers and different versions. It is a sophisticated system which allows you to run different versions of the main browsers on virtual server. You do not have to install anything extra.
Have you used tool? I have use the tools about 4 times and I have not been disappointed.
Oh! before I finish did I tell you spoon.net Browser Sandbox it is free!
If you happen to visit the website check out the other applications developed by Spoon.net. Thank you to everyone at Spoon.net for developing the tools which make lives easier.
Free image placeholders for your mockups and wireframes
Placehold.it - Quick and simple image placeholders
Welcome to PLACEHOLD.IT A quick and simple image placeholder service.
While building mockups if you need image placeholders of different color and different size then Placehold.it is the place for you to get them from. Just insert the recommended code (easy to understand) and you will have image for the html and css prototypes you are building.
Hack a website with Hacakasaurus
X-Ray Goggles Remix, make and share webpages instantly.
Hack a website using X-Ray Goggles which allow you to edit any website on the Internet by editing the site and that is why the name hackasaurus - hack a website
BlueGriffon - one of the best html and CSS editors
BlueGriffon, The next-generation Web Editor based on the rendering engine of Firefox
BlueGriffon is a new WYSIWYG content editor for the World Wide Web. Powered by Gecko, the rendering engine of Firefox, it’s a modern and robust solution to edit Web pages in conformance to the latest Web Standards. The best part is that it is free and is being regularly updated.
Free images for website mockups
Placehold.it - Quick and simple image placeholders
Welcome to PLACEHOLD.IT A quick and simple image placeholder service.
Images of different sizes are available on the Placehold.it website which can be used in your mockups.
Iconize the links on your website using this code snippet
Iconize Textlinks with CSS - pooliestudios
Links are fun, but sometimes we don’t know where they take us. With this little CSS technique a user can identify a link by its icon. This whole thing was inspired by the “Showing Hyperlink Cues with CSS” article of Ask the CSS Guy. The idea is pretty simple, if a link points to a .pdf file, we show the .pdf icon after the link. Here are some more examples which are already implemented:
The download on the website is a must if you want to create a good looking and sophisticated looking website. Just download the archive and add the CSS code to the stylesheet and images to images folder and you are done. You do not need to change anything. Is’nt that amazing?
Purpose of a website
The Whys And The Hows Of Textures In Web Design | Smashing Magazine
The entire purpose of the Web is to disseminate information
So true and common sense but I have and seen others forget this. We the developers and designers have to remind the clients of the purpose of a website.
Brushd - create an online portfolio for free
Brushd - Build Your Online Portfolio Website!
Build An Online Creative Portfolio Effortlessly Brushd helps you create and manage your online creative portfolio.
The website is very easy to use and has a drag and drop interface and it easy to create a nice looking portfolio without being a web designer.
Normalize CSS for standard website designs
Normalize CSS is the code that I use for every project I undertake, What Normalize CSS is a CSS which makes browsers render all elements consistently in line with the normal standards that are advised. The file was originally developed by Nicholas Gallagher and he has also been helping in keeping it updated. For those who are not aware Nicholas Gallagher has been acitively helping the community and one of the well known project is boilerplate. You can get the file from Github repository.
