Flower images in web site layouts and design

No matter what images you have chosen for your production or your web page design, if they have been selected based on your color sense and experience, you can't go wrong.

Flower images in web site layouts and design

Image Borders With CSS

The subject of this article is image framing on your web pages.
Add emphasis and visual interest to your pages without increasing the page loading time.
Check examples for image frames using CSS border & background-image properties.

Image Borders With CSS

A javascript based image gallery

This is a javascript based image gallery that displays larger versions of thumbnail images dynamically when the mouse hovers over them.

A javascript based image gallery

Female orientation in web-design

Female orientation in web design

Oh, MiGod, not pink again!

Women and men have different aesthetics. If you know you are designing for women - what graphics would you use?

Female orientation in web-design

Masculine orientation in web-design

Men and women worlds apart when it comes to what catches their eye on the Internet.

"Male subjects tended to assign higher ratings to pages designed by men.
Men responded better to dark colors and straight, horizontal lines across a page.
Men were more pleased by a three-dimensional look and images of "self-propelling" rather than stationary objects."
(http://www.glam.ac.uk/news/releases/003056.php)


We decided to check some of America's largest corporate sites at http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune500/

Do you think the majority of them displayed a masculine orientation?

Bright colors,straight lines, no color in the background, a lot of blues, reds, and blacks....

Masculine orientation in web-design

AJAX your photography site

With AJAX you can update the content on your pages automatically — every day and every hour without changing the page itself.

The example below is just a starting point in AJAXing your site.

AJAX your photography site

Timeline AJAXy widget - 1 day of FeaturePics.com in terms of "who has uploaded photos?"

Timeline AJAXy widget - 1 day of FeaturePics.com in terms of "who has uploaded photos?"

Web2.0 makes the Internet a much better place to live. It provides new ways to inform and entertain. Data visualization visual communication are the most important aspects of Web2.0.

1 day of FeaturePics in terms of "who has uploaded photos?" using Timeline AJAXy widget

Timeline AJAXy widget - 1 day of FeaturePics.com

"Image Reflection" effect using javascript

You can find a lot of advice regarding color schemes, layouts, and other suggestons from "web design gurus" - they are about design.

Naturally, we should follow basic design criteria, but the fact is, nobody but us, can make our sites very individual, very personal, and very different.

Visual or special effects can be good, bad, or ugly. Interesting visuals, or special effects that don't override content but complement it, are good.

Reflection.js is a cross platform script which allows you to add reflections to images on your web pages.

"Image Reflection" effect using javascript

Tag cloud. Key words visualization

You can employ more than one color with discretion.

One way to use colors in your cloud tag:
- select a main color, assign it to the biggest font;
- "blend" this color for smaller fonts.
A "coloring" example at
Tag cloud. Key words visualization

Our tag cloud (or weighted list in visual design) is a visual depiction of keywords, image name, and image caption used to describe images in the Weather category.

Tag cloud

ThickBox by Cody Lindley and Image Gallery using ThickBox

ThickBox is a webpage UI dialog widget written in JavaScript on top of the jQuery library.

"With ThickBox, and not unlike Lightbox in order to view a full sized image with a caption, all you have to do is create a link, add the image path (src value) to the link, provide a title value, and then give the link a class name of "thickbox"..."

How to Implement ThickBox http://codylindley.com/thickbox/

Combine still life images into your interior design statements

From spicy color combinations to hues that warm the soul, 2007 color trends contain palettes that work independently as a "statement color" or as a subtle backdrop where home furnishings and accessories take center stage.
"Many of these palettes will find a home in rooms from coast to coast," Debbie Zimmer, color and decorating expert for the Rohm and Haas Paint Quality Institute and member of the prestigious Color Marketing Group, an international organization that helps shape the latest color trends said. "What I enjoy most about our palette grouping this year is the homey and nature-like quality afforded by each."

Comfort Colors
Biscuit and wheat neutrals, cocoa brown, pumpkin orange and cinnamon apple pie, are just a few of the comfort colors that will wrap your room with warmth and promote a stress-free space. The comfort color palette is an especially good choice for kitchens and family rooms.

Back to Nature
Yellows and blues, leaf-like greens, along with organic browns combine to bring the outdoors in. Add translucency and a glass like quality by incorporating varying paint sheen levels. As a subtle accent color, add rust or copper-like metallics into the scheme. Bedrooms and bathrooms are perfect places to incorporate the back to nature hues or in rooms where an accent wall is employed.

Stark Contrast
From clean, clear reds and deep plums to the sophistication of black and white, this color group works both as an accent and as an elegant backdrop for many living spaces. Polished brass metallics complement this scheme. Dining, living rooms and especially powder rooms will benefit from this bold and spicy palette.


Source: "Color Trends 2007 Home Hues that Comfort and Excite"