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		<title>Do you believe in Feng Shui ? Well website have 风鬼 Feng Gui</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Guys, believe it or not our website have feng shui too~ Just try on Feng Gui ~ Attention Analysis for Websites &#38; Advertisements Optimize website conversions Increase brand effectivness Attract the viewer&#8217;s attention &#160; Attention Analysis Feng-GUI simulates human vision during the first 5 seconds of exposure to visuals, and creates heatmaps based on an algorithm [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Guys, believe it or not our website have feng shui too~ Just try on <a href="http://www.feng-gui.com">Feng Gui</a> ~</p>
<p><a href="http://thchong.wedo-wd.com/v2/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/fenggui.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-137" title="fenggui" src="http://thchong.wedo-wd.com/v2/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/fenggui-300x185.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="185" /></a></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold;">Attention Analysis for Websites &amp; Advertisements</span></p>
<p><img src="http://www.feng-gui.com/images/check-icon.gif" alt="" /> Optimize website conversions</p>
<p><img src="http://www.feng-gui.com/images/check-icon.gif" alt="" /> Increase brand effectivness</p>
<p><img src="http://www.feng-gui.com/images/check-icon.gif" alt="" /> Attract the viewer&#8217;s attention</p>
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<h2>Attention Analysis<img src="http://www.feng-gui.com/images/img4.jpg" alt="" align="right" /></h2>
<p>Feng-GUI simulates human vision during the first 5 seconds of exposure to visuals, and creates heatmaps based on an algorithm that predicts what a real human would be most likely to look at.</p>
<p>Feng-GUI <a href="http://www.feng-gui.com/help.htm">Dashboard</a> offers designers and advertisers, a pre-testing service that measures the performance of your design, before it airs, by analyzing levels of attention, brand effectiveness and placement, as well as breaking down the flow of attention.</p>
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<h2>Use Feng-GUI to</h2>
<p><img style="padding: 25px;" src="http://www.feng-gui.com/images/NissanPathfinderAdvert1FG.jpg" alt="" align="left"  />Use Feng-GUI attention analysis to realize which areas of the webpage, photo or advertisement gets most of the attention.</p>
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<li>Optimize the layout of a webpage, along with its buttons and banners.</li>
<li>Identify weak spots within an ad and improve its performance.</li>
<li>Improve the location of brand and branding effectiveness.</li>
<li>Retarget crop and resize aesthetically a photo.</li>
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<p>Read how our <a href="http://www.feng-gui.com/clients.htm">clients are using Feng-GUI.</a></p>
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<p>Feng-GUI Dashboard provide the designer with advanced analysis reports:</p>
<p><strong>Attention Heatmap</strong></p>
<p>The Attention Heatmap displays the most attractive elements of the image in the form of &#8220;hot&#8221; and &#8220;cold&#8221; spots. The Attention Heatmap report is a predicted eye tracking report which show how areas of the original image attracts the attention.</p>
<p>The heatmap colors range from green through yellow to red. The colors are representing low, medium and high levels of attention, respectively. Areas with no color implies that this area will be over looked.</p>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2011 15:13:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi geeks! Are you? Something new and great to share from 1stwebdesigner.com , enjoy =D It can often be inconvenient and time consuming to visit each design or tutorial blog to check out whether there’s a new tutorial you’re interested in. Moreover if you’re a beginner you just want to find high-quality tutorials quickly and preferably [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi geeks! Are you? Something new and great to share from <a href="http://www.1stwebdesigner.com/design/submit-design-tutorials/"> 1stwebdesigner.com </a> , enjoy =D</p>
<p>It can often be inconvenient and time consuming to visit each design or tutorial blog to check out whether there’s a new tutorial you’re interested in. Moreover if you’re a beginner you just want to find high-quality tutorials quickly and preferably in one place. Sites like this exist, but I bet most of you haven’t seen anything other than Photoshop Lady. I’m not a big fan of these large search engines, though they can be really useful and handy, and not only for visitors and readers. Having your tutorial published on various sites will generate a lot of traffic and publicity for you. It’s a win-win situation – more people will be able to learn from your tutorial and you will get more visitors to your blog.</p>
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<p><a title="Gain More Traffic: Useful Sites For Web Design Tutorial Submission" href="http://www.1stwebdesigner.com/design/submit-design-tutorials/"><img src="http://www.1stwebdesigner.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/preview_large_gaintraf.jpg" alt="Gain More Traffic: Useful Sites For Web Design Tutorial Submission" width="570" /></a></p>
<h2>1. <a href="http://www.pixel2life.com/">Pixel2Life</a></h2>
<p><a href="http://www.pixel2life.com/"><img src="http://www.1stwebdesigner.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/sites-submit-tutorials/pixel2life-sites-submit-web-design-tutorials.jpg" border="0" alt="Pixel2life-sites-submit-web-design-tutorials" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.pixel2life.com/">Pixel2Life</a> is the largest tutorial search engine on the web. Here you’ll find almost any Photoshop tutorial you can imagine as well as tutorials for web development, audio editing etc.</p>
<h2>2. <a href="http://www.good-tutorials.com/">Good-Tutorials</a></h2>
<p><a href="http://www.good-tutorials.com/"><img src="http://www.1stwebdesigner.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/sites-submit-tutorials/good-sites-submit-web-design-tutorials.jpg" border="0" alt="Good-sites-submit-web-design-tutorials" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.good-tutorials.com/">Good-Tutorials</a> is the largest source of tutorials on the web today. It has been featured on the BBC, SkyNews, TechTV (now G4), in the British magazine iCreate, PC World, and has been linked to by thousands of sites, blogs and forums.</p>
<h2>3. <a href="http://www.pslover.com/">PSLover</a></h2>
<p><a href="http://www.pslover.com/"><img src="http://www.1stwebdesigner.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/sites-submit-tutorials/photoshop-lover-sites-submit-web-design-tutorials.jpg" border="0" alt="Photoshop-lover-sites-submit-web-design-tutorials" /></a></p>
<p>Although not that big, <a href="http://www.pslover.com/">PSLover</a> is another great resource for finding and submitting Photoshop tutorials. Categories make it easier to find the tutorials you’re looking for.</p>
<h2>4. <a href="http://www.tutorialized.com/">Tutorialized</a></h2>
<p><a href="http://www.tutorialized.com/"><img src="http://www.1stwebdesigner.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/sites-submit-tutorials/tutorialized-sites-submit-web-design-tutorials.jpg" border="0" alt="Tutorialized-sites-submit-web-design-tutorials" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.tutorialized.com/">Tutorialized</a> is one of the biggest tutorial sites on the web and offers a really wide range of tutorials pertaining to graphic design, web development, databases etc.</p>
<h2>5. <a href="http://www.tutorialvault.net/">TutorialVault</a></h2>
<p><a href="http://www.tutorialvault.net/"><img src="http://www.1stwebdesigner.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/sites-submit-tutorials/vault-sites-submit-web-design-tutorials.jpg" border="0" alt="Vault-sites-submit-web-design-tutorials" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.tutorialvault.net/">Tutorialvault</a> focuses on collecting and archiving the best graphic and coding tutorials on the internet. While a large part of their database features tutorials from the Adobe Family of programs, they also have a vast list of CSS, PHP and 3D tutorials.</p>
<h2>6. <a href="http://www.capitaltutorials.com/">Capital Tutorials</a></h2>
<p><a href="http://www.capitaltutorials.com/"><img src="http://www.1stwebdesigner.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/sites-submit-tutorials/capital-sites-submit-web-design-tutorials.jpg" border="0" alt="Capital-sites-submit-web-design-tutorials" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.capitaltutorials.com/">Capital Tutorials</a> is a relatively small community with 5000 Photoshop tutorials submitted.</p>
<h2>7. <a href="http://www.tutorialsgarden.com/">Tutorials Garden</a></h2>
<p><a href="http://www.tutorialsgarden.com/"><img src="http://www.1stwebdesigner.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/sites-submit-tutorials/garden-sites-submit-web-design-tutorials.jpg" border="0" alt="Garden-sites-submit-web-design-tutorials" /></a></p>
<p>With over 7000 tutorials submitted, <a href="http://www.tutorialsgarden.com/">Tutorials Garden</a>, is a neat place to submit your tutorials.</p>
<h2>8. <a href="http://designbump.com/">DesignBump</a></h2>
<p><a href="http://designbump.com/">Des</a><a href="http://designbump.com/"><img src="http://www.1stwebdesigner.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/sites-submit-tutorials/design-bump-sites-submit-web-design-tutorials.jpg" border="0" alt="Design-bump-sites-submit-web-design-tutorials" /></a><a href="http://designbump.com/">ignBump</a> is a site where you can submit any type of news related to design. However it can be a perfect place for submitting web design and coding tutorials.</p>
<h2>9. <a href="http://www.tutorials-expert.com/">Tutorials Expert</a></h2>
<p><a href="http://www.tutorials-expert.com/"><img src="http://www.1stwebdesigner.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/sites-submit-tutorials/expert-sites-submit-web-design-tutorials.jpg" border="0" alt="Expert-sites-submit-web-design-tutorials" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.tutorials-expert.com/">Tutorials Expert</a> started its operation on 20th Sep 2006 with lightest and fast loading interface design on a dedicated server line. As many similar websites on the web, tutorials expert’s core theme is to provide public users with good quality tutorial links.</p>
<h2>10. <a href="http://www.photoshoplady.com/">Photoshop Lady</a></h2>
<p><a href="http://www.photoshoplady.com/"><img src="http://www.1stwebdesigner.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/sites-submit-tutorials/photoshop-lady-sites-submit-web-design-tutorials.jpg" border="0" alt="Photoshop-lady-sites-submit-web-design-tutorials" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.photoshoplady.com/">Photoshop Lady</a> aims to collect the best and free Photoshop tutorials around the internet. All of the high quality photoshop tutorials are categorized into 3D Effect, Abstract Effect, Drawing Effect, Photo Effect, Text Effect, Texture &amp; Patterns and User Interface Design.</p>
<h2>11. <a href="http://www.psdtop.com/">PSD Top</a></h2>
<p><a href="http://www.psdtop.com/"><img src="http://www.1stwebdesigner.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/sites-submit-tutorials/psd-top-sites-submit-web-design-tutorials.jpg" border="0" alt="Psd-top-sites-submit-web-design-tutorials" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.psdtop.com/">PSD Top</a> is an internet tutorial index catering to graphic designers, webmasters and programmers, with over 6000 tutorials listed in 40 categories. PSD Top aims to collect the best and free Photoshop tutorials around the internet.</p>
<h2>12. <a href="http://www.fstutorials.com/">FS Tutorials</a></h2>
<p><a href="http://www.fstutorials.com/"><img src="http://www.1stwebdesigner.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/sites-submit-tutorials/fs-tutorials-sites-submit-web-design-tutorials.jpg" border="0" alt="Fs-tutorials-sites-submit-web-design-tutorials" /></a></p>
<h2>13. <a href="http://www.tutorialkit.com/">Tutorial Kit</a></h2>
<p><a href="http://www.tutorialkit.com/"><img src="http://www.1stwebdesigner.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/sites-submit-tutorials/kit-sites-submit-web-design-tutorials.jpg" border="0" alt="Kit-sites-submit-web-design-tutorials" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.tutorialkit.com/">Tutorial Kit</a> is a comprehensive resource of Adobe Photoshop tutorials and tips to help users of all skill levels reach their full potential. The tutorials are updated daily from different authors and sites so that you won’t have to spend hours searching the web for them yourself.</p>
<h2>14. <a href="http://www.pxleyes.com/">Pxleyes</a></h2>
<p><a href="http://www.pxleyes.com/"><img src="http://www.1stwebdesigner.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/sites-submit-tutorials/pxleyes-sites-submit-web-design-tutorials.jpg" border="0" alt="Pxleyes-sites-submit-web-design-tutorials" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.pxleyes.com/">Pxleyes</a> is the place for graphic artists. They are just an awesome community with one common interest – a lot of passion for computer graphics. They have contests, prizes, and of course the reason why I’ve included this site –  a tutorial section where everyone can submit their tutorials.</p>
<h2>15. <a href="http://tutorial-index.com/">Tutorial Index</a></h2>
<p><a href="http://tutorial-index.com/"><img src="http://www.1stwebdesigner.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/sites-submit-tutorials/index-sites-submit-web-design-tutorials.jpg" border="0" alt="Index-sites-submit-web-design-tutorials" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://tutorial-index.com/">Tutorial Index</a> is another source for free online tutorials covering Photoshop, Flash, 3D, PHP, HTML, SQL/MySQL and other topics. It’s possible find here some unseen and interesting tutorials/articles.</p>
<h2>16. <a href="http://www.cg-links.com/">CG Links</a></h2>
<p><a href="http://www.cg-links.com/"><img src="http://www.1stwebdesigner.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/sites-submit-tutorials/cg-links-sites-submit-web-design-tutorials.jpg" border="0" alt="Cg-links-sites-submit-web-design-tutorials" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.cg-links.com/">CG Links</a> mainly focuses on computer graphics related tutorials however you’re free to submit your photo effect and web design tutorials as well.</p>
<h2>17. <a href="http://www.cgtutorials.com/">CG Tutorials</a></h2>
<p><a href="http://www.cgtutorials.com/"><img src="http://www.1stwebdesigner.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/sites-submit-tutorials/cg-sites-submit-web-design-tutorials.jpg" border="0" alt="Cg-sites-submit-web-design-tutorials" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.cgtutorials.com/">CG Tutorials</a> seek to index all computer graphics tutorials in order to give authors publicity and to give everyone an easy way to find the tutorial they seek.</p>
<h2>18. <a href="http://learnai.com/">Learn AI</a></h2>
<p><a href="http://learnai.com/"><img src="http://www.1stwebdesigner.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/sites-submit-tutorials/learn-ai-sites-submit-web-design-tutorials.jpg" border="0" alt="Learn-ai-sites-submit-web-design-tutorials" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://learnai.com/">Learn AI</a> is an Adobe Illustrator devoted tutorial search engine where you can find almost any tutorial you need. Though Illustrator isn’t commonly associated with web design they do have a web design category in which you can find some tutorials for creating UI elements.</p>
<h2>19. <a href="http://www.photoshoproadmap.com/" target="_blank">Photoshop Roadmap</a></h2>
<p><a href="http://www.photoshoproadmap.com/"><img src="http://www.1stwebdesigner.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/sites-submit-tutorials/photoshop-roadmap-sites-submit-web-design-tutorials.jpg" border="0" alt="Photoshop-roadmap-sites-submit-web-design-tutorials" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.photoshoproadmap.com/" target="_blank">Photoshop Roadmap</a> is a Photoshop dedicated website where besides tutorials you can also find resources, brushes and inspiration.</p>
<h2>20. <a href="http://www.designfloat.com/" target="_blank">Design Float</a></h2>
<p><a href="http://www.designfloat.com/"><img src="http://www.1stwebdesigner.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/sites-submit-tutorials/float-sites-submit-web-design-tutorials.jpg" border="0" alt="Float-sites-submit-web-design-tutorials" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.designfloat.com/" target="_blank">DesignFloat</a> is a web community for web designers and web developers similar to DesignBump.</p>
<h2>21. <a href="http://www.tutorialking.eu/" target="_blank">Tutorial King</a></h2>
<p><a href="http://www.tutorialking.eu/"><img src="http://www.1stwebdesigner.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/sites-submit-tutorials/king-sites-submit-web-design-tutorials.jpg" border="0" alt="King-sites-submit-web-design-tutorials" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.tutorialking.eu/" target="_blank">Tutorial King</a> aims to collect high quality Photoshop tutorials. With around 200k visitors per month it’s a considerable place to submit your web design tutorials.</p>
<h2>22. <a href="http://www.toxiclab.org/" target="_blank">Toxic Lab</a></h2>
<p><a href="http://www.toxiclab.org/"><img src="http://www.1stwebdesigner.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/sites-submit-tutorials/toxic-lab-sites-submit-web-design-tutorials.jpg" border="0" alt="Toxic-lab-sites-submit-web-design-tutorials" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.toxiclab.org/" target="_blank">Toxic Lab</a> offers free tutorials and instructions for web development software. They have over 150 000 unqiue visitor each month.</p>
<h2>23. <a href="http://www.tutorialsroom.com/" target="_blank">Tutorials Room</a></h2>
<p><a href="http://www.tutorialsroom.com/"><img src="http://www.1stwebdesigner.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/sites-submit-tutorials/room-sites-submit-web-design-tutorials.jpg" border="0" alt="Room-sites-submit-web-design-tutorials" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.tutorialsroom.com/" target="_blank">Tutorials Room</a> is a fast growing tutorial site where you will find hundreds of Photoshop, Flash, coding and other tutorials.</p>
<h2>24. <a href="http://www.webdesign.org/" target="_blank">Web Design Library</a></h2>
<p><a href="http://www.webdesign.org/"><img src="http://www.1stwebdesigner.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/sites-submit-tutorials/library-sites-submit-web-design-tutorials.jpg" border="0" alt="Library-sites-submit-web-design-tutorials" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.webdesign.org/" target="_blank">Web Design Library</a> is an internationally referenced resource that provides a platform for the dissemination of design thinking and research. It covers all theoretical and practice-oriented aspects of the effective, efficient and attractive presentation of information on-line.</p>
<h2>25. <a href="http://www.1stwebdesigner.com/design/submit-design-tutorials/tphotoshoptutorials.net/" target="_blank">Best Photoshop Tutorials</a></h2>
<p><a href="http://bestphotoshoptutorials.net/"><img src="http://www.1stwebdesigner.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/sites-submit-tutorials/best-photoshop-sites-submit-web-design-tutorials.jpg" border="0" alt="Best-photoshop-sites-submit-web-design-tutorials" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://bestphotoshoptutorials.net/" target="_blank">Best Photoshop Tutorials</a> is an amazing resource for people who enjoy using Photoshop.  The site strives to publish the best Photoshop tutorials, brushes, and inspirational articles.</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[How much you know about designing a website?? Well i found an article from 1stwebdesigner discussing about a few factor to consider when designing a website. Appearance is the first thing that makes an impression. The first thing we notice when we come across anything is the ambiance that is why the design of a web page [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>How much you know about designing a website?? Well i found an article from <a href="http://www.1stwebdesigner.com/design/web-design-essence/">1stwebdesigner</a> discussing about a few factor to consider when designing a website.</p>
<p><strong>A</strong>ppearance is the first thing that makes an impression. The first  thing we notice when we come across anything is the ambiance that is why  the design of a web page is so important. From the beginning, web  design trends have evolved and followed changes in technology and  consumerism. We now talk about ‘mature’ technology. The technology of  the late 90’s is history now.</p>
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<p><a title="Essential Factors to Consider When Designing a Website" href="http://www.1stwebdesigner.com/design/web-design-essence/"><img src="http://www.1stwebdesigner.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/preview_large_webes.jpg" alt="Essential Factors to Consider When Designing a Website" width="570" /></a></p>
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<p>Gadgets like iPhones, iPods, touch screen cell phones and note books  are some of the highlights of the fast development in this world.   Social websites are the new trend in the world of web design. People  have higher demands and shorter attention spans, in order for a site to  be effective it either has to be, or at least appear, effortless and  usable. Along with these rapid developments, the essence of web  designing is also groomed. A lot of researches have been taken to  acknowledge the development in web designing which found some points  that are essence of web designing. In this article, I elaborate them to  show you their importance.</p>
<h3><strong>Psychological Effect</strong></h3>
<p>People are more aware of things that are happening around the world  than ever before. It’s very easy to find information of almost any kind  on the internet. There’s a trend in development and technology to make  things act or appear more like their physical counterparts. According to  psychological studies, humans naturally accept those thing that are  relevant to their real life, rather then fantastical or imaginary  things. Based on this theory, the following points should be kept in  mind when designing websites.</p>
<ul>
<li>It’s important when creating a website to implement a realistic approach in the usability to make it more accessible.</li>
</ul>
<p><a href="http://www.closed.com/shop/?"><img title="fashion web site which have psychological web site" src="http://www.1stwebdesigner.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/fashion-web-site-which-have-psychological-web-site3.png" alt="" width="448" height="310" /></a></p>
<ul>
<li>Colors effect the human psyche. The color scheme should be selected according to the taste of the website visitors.</li>
</ul>
<p><a href="http://www.pepsi.com/"><img title="pepsi" src="http://www.1stwebdesigner.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/pepsi3.png" alt="" width="424" height="336" /></a></p>
<ul>
<li>In some societies ‘the customer is always right’ also means ‘the  client is always right’. It is important to know the demands of your  client and what the requirements are for the website. On the basis of  this information, the designer has to develop a webpage which is  suitable for the profile of its visitors.</li>
</ul>
<p><a href="http://www.ign.com/"><img title="psychological impacting website" src="http://www.1stwebdesigner.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/psychological-impacting-website4.png" alt="" width="448" height="308" /></a></p>
<h3><strong>Evoking Emotion</strong></h3>
<p>The idea that a website had to evoke an emotion of the visitor is a  relatively new concept within the web design industry. With the  emergence of e-commerce, marketing through websites has increased. All  the well-known brands and companies are striving to gain as many viewers  as they can through smart web designs. The websites that promote  tourism or provide property guidance are the best examples of it.</p>
<ul>
<li>The design of the websites has to be developed with a proper sense  of emotion for the targeted audience.  Grab your audience’s attention  through their emotions.</li>
</ul>
<p><a href="http://www.pg.com/en_US/index.shtml"><img title="p&amp;g" src="http://www.1stwebdesigner.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/pg.png" alt="" width="448" height="218" /></a></p>
<ul>
<li>Catch your audience through enhanced presentation. This is valid for web designing as well as for marketing.</li>
</ul>
<p><a href="http://www.australia.com/index.aspx"><img title="australia" src="http://www.1stwebdesigner.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/australia1.png" alt="" width="448" height="293" /></a></p>
<ul>
<li>Web design is a modern form of art and the spirit of any art has to be a part of this contemporary art.</li>
</ul>
<p><a href="http://www.tourism.gov.my/"><img title="tourisim" src="http://www.1stwebdesigner.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/tourisim1.png" alt="" width="448" height="239" /></a></p>
<h3><strong>Simplicity</strong></h3>
<p>At the beginning of this new decade, a trend towards simplicity or  minimalism has started to become more dominant within web design. Some  scholars say the difference between a successful and an unsuccessful  website lies in its simplicity. Jakob Nielsen stated simply</p>
<p>“Design is done for a reason, and if you do it well it will prosper. If you do it poorly, people will leave your website.”</p>
<p>Here are some good examples of websites that showcase usability:</p>
<ul>
<li>“KISS- Keep It Simple, Stupid! Or Keep It Simple and Straightforward” is at the core of a lot of great design.</li>
</ul>
<p><a href="http://www.burberry.com/store/burberry/global/regionSet.jsp"><img title="burberry" src="http://www.1stwebdesigner.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/burberry.png" alt="" width="448" height="190" /></a></p>
<ul>
<li>Make it effortless, the less people have to do to achieve their goal, the happier they’ll be and more often they’ll return.</li>
</ul>
<p><a href="http://www.yahoo.com/"><img title="yahoo" src="http://www.1stwebdesigner.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/yahoo.png" alt="" width="448" height="299" /></a></p>
<ul>
<li>Organize the content in a logical way and create visual hierarchy where necessary.</li>
</ul>
<p><a href="http://www.dior.com/file/prehome_new/index.html"><img title="dior" src="http://www.1stwebdesigner.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/dior.png" alt="" width="448" height="235" /></a></p>
<ul>
<li>Simple websites load faster, something everyone loves.</li>
</ul>
<p><a href="http://www.google.co.uk/"><img title="google" src="http://www.1stwebdesigner.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/google1.png" alt="" width="448" height="240" /></a></p>
<ul>
<li>It is also economical to keep the web page simple. It requires less  time to design, it’s easy to redesign and it uses less disk space and  bandwidth.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>The paramount benefit of simple web design is that the website faces  less trouble when it comes to compatibility with different browsers and  platforms.</li>
</ul>
<p><a href="http://www.teoma.com/"><img title="teoma" src="http://www.1stwebdesigner.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/teoma.png" alt="" width="448" height="243" /></a>A  simple web design can be accessed easily from anywhere whether you’re  on a computer or using your mobile phone. In a world where people demand  internet speed in Giga hertz, it is intelligent to have a website with a  simple design.</p>
<h3><strong>Design for the User</strong></h3>
<p>Websites should be designed for the users of the website. The  website’s audience plays an important role in the selection of graphics  and color scheme so that the site can have a great impact on its  visitors. If the design is distracting or irritating for the users it is  of no use.</p>
<ul>
<li>A survey is the weapon of choice for most people to collect information about the likes and dislikes of the target audience.</li>
</ul>
<p><a href="http://www.hersheys.com/"><img title="hershey's" src="http://www.1stwebdesigner.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/hersheys.png" alt="" width="448" height="258" /></a></p>
<ul>
<li>Create a profile of the users of the website and design the site according to the profile.</li>
</ul>
<p><a href="http://www.standardchartered.com/home/en/index.html"><img title="standard chartered" src="http://www.1stwebdesigner.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/standard-chartered.png" alt="" width="448" height="312" /></a></p>
<ul>
<li>Add responsiveness when designing a webpage for social communities as it is the demand of users to get connected.</li>
</ul>
<p><a href="http://twitter.com/"><img title="twitter" src="http://www.1stwebdesigner.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/twitter.png" alt="" width="448" height="247" /></a></p>
<ul>
<li>Interactivity and fun are the core reason for the success of many social networking sites.</li>
</ul>
<p><a href="https://www.google.com/accounts/ServiceLogin?service=orkut&amp;hl=en-US&amp;rm=false&amp;continue=http://www.orkut.com/RedirLogin?msg%3D0%26page%3Dhttp://www.orkut.com/Home&amp;cd=US&amp;passive=true&amp;skipvpage=true&amp;sendvemail=false"><img title="orkut" src="http://www.1stwebdesigner.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/orkut.png" alt="" width="448" height="186" /></a></p>
<ul>
<li>Facebook is a great example; this site is specifically designed to  include responsiveness and communication. It is a very simple design to  integrate portability so that it can be accessed easily by almost any  device, anywhere, anytime.</li>
</ul>
<p><a href="http://www.facebook.com/"><img title="facebook" src="http://www.1stwebdesigner.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/facebook6.png" alt="" width="448" height="307" /></a></p>
<p>These are some factors that I find essential to consider when  designing a web page. All the websites I have included as examples are  very popular because of the proper mix of design, responsiveness,  interactivity and simplicity. They will surely help you design a modern  web page that will leave a lasting impression.</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[Anyone interested to Css? I found a cool article from Smashing Magazine showing some useful CSS techniques. Although CSS isn’t that difficult, useful CSS techniques are not easy to find. Sometimes finding a cross-browser solution might take time, but you don’t have to reinvent the wheel every single time. Other designers may have had the same [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Anyone interested to Css? I found a cool article from <a href="http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2011/02/16/css-useful-coding-techniques-and-design-solutions">Smashing Magazine</a> showing some useful CSS techniques.</p>
<p>Although CSS isn’t <em>that</em> difficult, useful CSS techniques are not easy to find. Sometimes finding a cross-browser solution might take time, but you don’t have to reinvent the wheel every single time. Other designers may have had the same problem in the past and thus the main goal of this round-up is to share with you a goldmine of new techniques which you will hopefully find very useful and valuable. We also hope that these tutorials and articles will help you solve common design problems and find new ways of approaching tricky CSS issues.</p>
<p>The main goal of the article is to <strong>present powerful new CSS techniques</strong>, encourage experimentation in the design community and push CSS forward. Please notice that we feature both experimental demos and practical techniques in this article. Next week we will present even more useful new tools and resources for front-end developers. We sincerely appreciate the efforts of the design community — thank you, guys!</p>
<h3>Interesting and Original Techniques</h3>
<p><a href="http://www.is-real.net/experiments/css3/wonder-webkit/">Wonder-Webkit: 3D Transforms</a><br />
This is a remarkable example of what can be done using CSS3 3D transformations. The interesting stuff is the possibility of manipulate the transformation matrix of any element of the DOM, In this case we get the matrix given only the four end points of the element. Don’t forget to click on the items, too. Who thought a couple of years ago that something like that would be possible with only CSS?</p>
<p><a href="http://www.is-real.net/experiments/css3/wonder-webkit/"><img src="http://media.smashingmagazine.com/cdn_smash/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/css-187.jpg" alt="Css-187 in CSS: Innovative Techniques and Practical Solutions" width="500" height="300" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.zurb.com/playground/css-boxshadow-experiments">CSS Box Shadow &amp; Text Shadow Experiments</a><br />
The CSS <code>box-shadow</code> and <code>text-shadow</code> allow us to create some pretty cool design elements that don’t even look like shadows. The key is to think about how CSS shadows work and use them to get the desired effect. The article features three remarkable examples of using <code>box-shadow</code> property creatively to achieve effects that don’t have much to do with shadows.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.zurb.com/playground/css-boxshadow-experiments"><img src="http://media.smashingmagazine.com/cdn_smash/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/triangle.jpg" alt="Triangle in CSS: Innovative Techniques and Practical Solutions" width="500" height="300" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://forrst.com/posts/CSS3_Depth_of_Field-4zh">CSS3 Depth of Field</a><br />
Sawyer Hollenshead’s experiment is an attempt to create the “Depth of Field” effect with CSS. The blurry text is accomplished using <code>text-shadow</code>, with the text color set to <code>transparent</code>. Take a look at the <a href="http://shakenandstirredweb.com/playground/blur/">demo</a>and don’t forget to press ‘n’ to toggle animation.</p>
<p><a href="http://forrst.com/posts/CSS3_Depth_of_Field-4zh"><img src="http://media.smashingmagazine.com/cdn_smash/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/new-css-techniques-119.jpg" alt="New-css-techniques-119 in CSS: Innovative Techniques and Practical Solutions" width="500" height="300" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://manufacturaindependente.com/colorfont/">Art Deco Selectable Text</a><br />
This is a quick proof-of-concept of split typography, based on Pierre Fix-Masseau’s Art Deco style. The challenge was to have this kind of ‘split letters’ as part of a web page layout, while retaining the ability to select text.</p>
<p><a href="http://manufacturaindependente.com/colorfont/"><img src="http://media.smashingmagazine.com/cdn_smash/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/art-deco.jpg" alt="Art-deco in CSS: Innovative Techniques and Practical Solutions" width="500" height="300" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://lab.simurai.com/css/toggle/#box">CSS3 :toggle-button without JavaScript</a><br />
This demo presents a CSS3 toggle-button that works without JavaScript. If you ever need it: You stack two <code>&lt;a&gt;</code>s on top of each other and then disable pointer-events for the top <code>&lt;a&gt;</code> on <code>:target</code>.</p>
<p><a href="http://lab.simurai.com/css/toggle/#box"><img src="http://media.smashingmagazine.com/cdn_smash/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/css-268.jpg" alt="Css-268 in CSS: Innovative Techniques and Practical Solutions" width="500" height="300" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://id.merz-akademie.de/guernica/">About War and Bananas</a><br />
This student project explores new ways of styling and designing websites in an artistic way. The students from Merz Akademie in Germany used Picasso’s “Guernica” as the footage, seperated the picture into different layers and animated them using CSS.</p>
<p><a href="http://id.merz-akademie.de/guernica/"><img src="http://media.smashingmagazine.com/cdn_smash/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/css-150.jpg" alt="Css-150 in CSS: Innovative Techniques and Practical Solutions" width="500" height="300" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://onotakehiko.com/webkitclock/">WebKit Clock</a><br />
This demo is driven by HTML5 canvas, CSS3, JavaScript, Web Fonts, SVG and no image files. The CSS file is huge, yet the result is quite remarkable.</p>
<p><a href="http://onotakehiko.com/webkitclock/"><img src="http://media.smashingmagazine.com/cdn_smash/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/css-146.jpg" alt="Css-146 in CSS: Innovative Techniques and Practical Solutions" width="500" height="300" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.designmadeingermany.de/slideshow/#a1">Pure CSS Slideshow</a><br />
This technique uses CSS transforms and positioning to create the pure CSS-based slideshow. Unfortunately, no documentation is available (yet).</p>
<p><a href="http://www.designmadeingermany.de/slideshow/#a1"><img src="http://media.smashingmagazine.com/cdn_smash/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/new-css-techniques-102.jpg" alt="New-css-techniques-102 in CSS: Innovative Techniques and Practical Solutions" width="500" height="300" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://michaelhue.com/cssdock/">CSS Dock</a><br />
This is a quick CSS3 experiment trying to replicate the Dock of OS X, complete with labels, animations, reflections and indicators. It uses CSS transitions for the magnification effect and the <code>:target</code> pseudo-class and CSS animations for the bouncing effect.</p>
<p><a href="http://michaelhue.com/cssdock/"><img src="http://media.smashingmagazine.com/cdn_smash/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/new-css-techniques-108.jpg" alt="New-css-techniques-108 in CSS: Innovative Techniques and Practical Solutions" width="500" height="300" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.andrew-hoyer.com/experiments/walking/">Andrew Hoyer</a><br />
An interesting experiment by Andrew Hoyer. The walking man is implemented using only CSS3 animations and simple HTML. The key idea behind all of this is the fact that a CSS transformation applied to an element also applies to all of its children. Works in Webkit-browsers only.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.andrew-hoyer.com/experiments/walking/"><img src="http://media.smashingmagazine.com/cdn_smash/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/new-css-techniques-197.jpg" alt="New-css-techniques-197 in CSS: Innovative Techniques and Practical Solutions" width="500" height="300" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://blog.typekit.com/2011/02/10/type-study-an-all-css-button/">Type study: An all CSS button</a><br />
Dan Cederholm explains how through the use of <code>box-shadow</code>, <code>text-shadow</code>, <code>border-radius</code>, and CSS gradients, we can create a highly polished three-dimensional, responsive button that doesn’t require images.</p>
<p><a href="http://blog.typekit.com/2011/02/10/type-study-an-all-css-button/"><img src="http://media.smashingmagazine.com/cdn_smash/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/new-css-techniques-103.jpg" alt="New-css-techniques-103 in CSS: Innovative Techniques and Practical Solutions" width="500" height="300" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://markdotto.com/playground/3d-text/">3D Text</a><br />
This technique uses multiple <code>text-shadow</code>s to create a 3D appearance of the text on any HTML element. No extra mark-up is used. Works in the latest builds of Safari, Chrome, Firefox, and Opera.</p>
<p><a href="http://markdotto.com/playground/3d-text/"><img src="http://media.smashingmagazine.com/cdn_smash/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/3d-text.jpg" alt="3d-text in CSS: Innovative Techniques and Practical Solutions" width="500" height="300" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://inspectelement.com/articles/spin-those-icons-with-css3/">Spin those Icons with CSS3</a><br />
Tom Kenny features a neat effect which spins the social icons with the help of a CSS transforms and transition when you hover over them. A very nice enhancement.</p>
<p><a href="http://inspectelement.com/articles/spin-those-icons-with-css3/"><img src="http://media.smashingmagazine.com/cdn_smash/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/css-111.jpg" alt="Css-111 in CSS: Innovative Techniques and Practical Solutions" width="500" height="300" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://css-tricks.com/examples/ShapesOfCSS/">The Shapes of CSS</a><br />
The article presents various geometrical forms, all created using CSS and a single HTML element. The following forms are presented: square, rectangle, circle, oval, triangle, parallelogram, trapezoid, star, pentagon, hexagon, octagon, heart and infinity — all using CSS only.</p>
<p><a href="http://css-tricks.com/examples/ShapesOfCSS/"><img src="http://media.smashingmagazine.com/cdn_smash/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/css-272.jpg" alt="Css-272 in CSS: Innovative Techniques and Practical Solutions" width="500" height="300" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://nicolasgallagher.com/css-background-image-hacks/">CSS background image hacks</a><br />
Emulating background image crop, background image opacity, background transforms, and improved background positioning. The article explains a few hacks relying on CSS pseudo-elements to emulate features unavailable or not yet widely supported by modern browsers.</p>
<p><a href="http://nicolasgallagher.com/css-background-image-hacks/"><img src="http://media.smashingmagazine.com/cdn_smash/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/background-image-hacks.jpg" alt="Background-image-hacks in CSS: Innovative Techniques and Practical Solutions" width="500" height="300" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://tutorialzine.com/2010/11/better-select-jquery-css3/">Making Better Select Elements with CSS3 and jQuery</a><br />
This tutorial explains how to take an ordinary <code>select</code> element, and replace it with a better looking version, while keeping all the functionality intact. It uses CSS3 multiple background and a transparent PNG image as a sprite. Currently, multiple backgrounds are supported by Firefox, Safari, Chrome and Opera. For Internet Explorer and older versions of the first browsers, a fallback is defined, which is basically just a regular version of the background. When parsing the CSS document, browsers that do not understand multiple background will just ignore the rule and use the plain one.</p>
<p><a href="http://tutorialzine.com/2010/11/better-select-jquery-css3/"><img src="http://media.smashingmagazine.com/cdn_smash/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/css-190.jpg" alt="Css-190 in CSS: Innovative Techniques and Practical Solutions" width="500" height="300" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/html-css-techniques/build-a-kickbutt-css-only-3d-slideshow/">CSS-Only 3D Slideshow</a><br />
This tutorial shows how to create a 3D slideshow using only HTML and CSS. No JavaScript required. You’ll be able to mimic a click event with CSS using the <code>:focus</code> pseudo-class and the HTML5 element<code>&lt;figcaption&gt;</code>, but the idea is the same. As the author admits, this method isn’t necessarily “better” than using JavaScript, but simply a neat alternative that takes advantages of the newest HTML5 elements.</p>
<p><a href="http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/html-css-techniques/build-a-kickbutt-css-only-3d-slideshow/"><img src="http://media.smashingmagazine.com/cdn_smash/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/new-css-techniques-157.jpg" alt="New-css-techniques-157 in CSS: Innovative Techniques and Practical Solutions" width="500" height="300" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.sohtanaka.com/web-design/css-border-tricks-tutorial/">Have Fun with Borders</a><br />
This tutorial shows three simple technique to add a light shadow, “pressed” and “beveled” states to text blocks and images. By Soh Tanaka.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.sohtanaka.com/web-design/css-border-tricks-tutorial/"><img src="http://media.smashingmagazine.com/cdn_smash/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/new-css-techniques-223.jpg" alt="New-css-techniques-223 in CSS: Innovative Techniques and Practical Solutions" width="500" height="300" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.shayhowe.com/tutorial/css3-animated-owl-tutorial/">Animated CSS3 Owl</a><br />
“What about having an owl that moved his eyes every so often and when hovered over would raise his wings while a few light rays would spin in the background. A little excessive? Probably. Necessary? Not at all. However, that’s exactly what I was looking to do with CSS3 transforms, transitions, and animations.” An interesting experiment, best viewed in Safari or Chrome.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.shayhowe.com/tutorial/css3-animated-owl-tutorial/"><img src="http://media.smashingmagazine.com/cdn_smash/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/owl.jpg" alt="Owl in CSS: Innovative Techniques and Practical Solutions" width="500" height="216" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://blog.bloop.co/33827558">CSS Social Sign-in Buttons</a><br />
This blog post describes a fairly simple technique for creating nice responsive CSS-buttons using a CSS sprite, <code>border-radius</code>, shadows and CSS gradients.</p>
<p><a href="http://blog.bloop.co/33827558"><img src="http://media.smashingmagazine.com/cdn_smash/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/css-258.jpg" alt="Css-258 in CSS: Innovative Techniques and Practical Solutions" width="500" height="300" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://css-class.com/test/css/3/transform-color-cube3.htm">Rotating color cube box with CSS3 animation, transforms and gradients</a><br />
A yet another remarkable experiment that presents a rotating color cube using CSS3 animations and transforms. Be aware that the browser may slow down a bit when loading the demo.</p>
<p><a href="http://css-class.com/test/css/3/transform-color-cube3.htm"><img src="http://media.smashingmagazine.com/cdn_smash/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/css-260.jpg" alt="Css-260 in CSS: Innovative Techniques and Practical Solutions" width="500" height="300" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.zachstronaut.com/posts/2010/07/28/3d-css3-galaxy.html">CSS3 Demo: 3D Interactive Galaxy</a><br />
A CSS3 demo where you can interact with a procedurally generated 3D galaxy. In order to create the effect, the designer used 3D CSS properties available in Safari 5 and on the iPhone and iPad.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.zachstronaut.com/posts/2010/07/28/3d-css3-galaxy.html"><img src="http://media.smashingmagazine.com/cdn_smash/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/galaxy.jpg" alt="Galaxy in CSS: Innovative Techniques and Practical Solutions" width="500" height="300" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://blog.typekit.com/2011/01/25/case-study-getting-hardboiled-with-css3-2d-transforms/">Getting Hardboiled with CSS3 2D Transforms</a><br />
Andy Clarke explains how to use CSS3 two-dimensional transforms to add realism to a row of hardboiled private detectives’ business cards. The <a href="http://hardboiledwebdesign.com/demo/2011-01-26/index.html">working demo is available</a> as well.</p>
<p><a href="http://blog.typekit.com/2011/01/25/case-study-getting-hardboiled-with-css3-2d-transforms/"><img src="http://media.smashingmagazine.com/cdn_smash/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/css-261.jpg" alt="Css-261 in CSS: Innovative Techniques and Practical Solutions" width="500" height="300" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.jankoatwarpspeed.com/post/2010/05/23/microsoft-office-minibar-jQuery-CSS3.aspx">How to create Microsoft Office Minibar with jQuery and CSS3</a><br />
Janko Jovanovic explains how to create a Microsoft Office Minibar that exposes context-related functionality. In case of MS Word, context is a text selection. Since Minibar always pops up near the mouse pointer it enables users to quickly perform actions related to a selection.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.jankoatwarpspeed.com/post/2010/05/23/microsoft-office-minibar-jQuery-CSS3.aspx"><img src="http://media.smashingmagazine.com/cdn_smash/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/new-css-techniques-171.jpg" alt="New-css-techniques-171 in CSS: Innovative Techniques and Practical Solutions" width="500" height="300" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://cssglobe.com/post/9392/angled-content-mask-with-css">Angled Content Mask with CSS</a><br />
This article explains how to create angled CSS content “masks”. The idea is pretty simple and uses CSS transform property (rotation, to be more precise).</p>
<p><a href="http://cssglobe.com/post/9392/angled-content-mask-with-css"><img src="http://media.smashingmagazine.com/cdn_smash/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/bicycle.jpg" alt="Bicycle in CSS: Innovative Techniques and Practical Solutions" width="500" height="300" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://css-tricks.com/rotating-feature-boxes/">Rotating Feature Boxes</a><br />
All the animation here are CSS3 transitions. JavaScript only watches for the clicks and applies and removes classes as needed. So when you click on a block, that block’s class’ is adjusted. The new classes have different size and position values. Because the block has transition CSS applied, those new sizes and postion values are animated as well.</p>
<p><a href="http://css-tricks.com/rotating-feature-boxes/"><img src="http://media.smashingmagazine.com/cdn_smash/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/feature-boxes.jpg" alt="Feature-boxes in CSS: Innovative Techniques and Practical Solutions" width="500" height="300" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.matthamm.com/box-shadow-curl.html">Pure CSS3 box-shadow page curl effect</a><br />
Okay, the CSS3 code here is quirky and might seem a bit bloated first, but it’s a nice example of using various CSS3 features together to create an effect that would usually require images.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.matthamm.com/box-shadow-curl.html"><img src="http://media.smashingmagazine.com/cdn_smash/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/curl.jpg" alt="Curl in CSS: Innovative Techniques and Practical Solutions" width="500" height="300" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://nicolasgallagher.com/pure-css-folded-corner-effect/">Pure CSS Folded-Corner Effect</a><br />
Learn how to create a simple CSS folded-corner effect without images or extra markup. It works well in all modern browsers and is best suited to designs with simple colour backgrounds; supported by Firefox 3.5+, Chrome 4+, Safari 4+, Opera 10+, IE 8+.</p>
<p><a href="http://nicolasgallagher.com/pure-css-folded-corner-effect/"><img src="http://media.smashingmagazine.com/cdn_smash/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/fold.jpg" alt="Fold in CSS: Innovative Techniques and Practical Solutions" width="500" height="300" /></a></p>
<h3>Useful Practical Techniques</h3>
<p><a href="http://www.elated.com/articles/smooth-fading-image-captions-with-pure-css3/">Smooth Fading Image Captions with Pure CSS3</a><br />
Learn how to use CSS3 transitions to create nice, animated, semitransparent image captions. Full example and code download included.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.elated.com/articles/smooth-fading-image-captions-with-pure-css3/"><img src="http://media.smashingmagazine.com/cdn_smash/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/smooth.jpg" alt="Smooth in CSS: Innovative Techniques and Practical Solutions" width="500" height="300" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://css-tricks.com/fade-image-within-sprite/">Fade Image Into Another</a><br />
Learn how to create an image rollover by giving the element a background image. There are three ways to fade in the opacity. Click here to find out more:</p>
<p><a href="http://css-tricks.com/fade-image-within-sprite/"><img src="http://media.smashingmagazine.com/cdn_smash/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/web-services-030.jpg" alt="Web-services-030 in CSS: Innovative Techniques and Practical Solutions" width="500" height="300" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://readableweb.com/new-font-face-syntax-simpler-easier/">New @Font-Face Syntax: Simpler, Easier</a><br />
With IE9 and FF4 nearing release, Ethan Dunham from Font Squirrel has revisited the problem of a cross-browser CSS @font-face syntax and found a new and simpler solution. In this article, Richard Fink explains the new syntax and its variations and suggests the most reasonable syntax to use. Also, check FontSpring’s <a href="http://www.fontspring.com/blog/the-new-bulletproof-font-face-syntax">The New Bulletproof @font-face Syntax</a>. Please notice that this technique no longer works in Internet Explorer 9.</p>
<p><a href="http://readableweb.com/new-font-face-syntax-simpler-easier/"><img src="http://media.smashingmagazine.com/cdn_smash/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/new-css-techniques-174.jpg" alt="New-css-techniques-174 in CSS: Innovative Techniques and Practical Solutions" width="500" height="300" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://perishablepress.com/press/2009/12/06/new-clearfix-hack/">The New Clearfix Method</a><br />
The clearfix hack, or “easy-clearing” hack, is a useful method of clearing floats. The <a href="http://perishablepress.com/press/2008/06/18/css-hackz-series-clearing-floats-with-the-clearfix-hack/">original clearfix hack</a>works great, but the browsers that it targets are either obsolete or well on their way. The new clearfix method applies clearing rules to standards-compliant browsers using the <code>:after</code> pseudo-class. For IE6 and IE7, the new clearfix method triggers <code>hasLayout</code> with some proprietary CSS. Thus, the New Clearfix method effectively clears floats in all currently used browsers without using any hacks.</p>
<p><a href="http://perishablepress.com/press/2009/12/06/new-clearfix-hack/"><img src="http://media.smashingmagazine.com/cdn_smash/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/new-css-techniques-168.jpg" alt="New-css-techniques-168 in CSS: Innovative Techniques and Practical Solutions" width="500" height="300" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/html-css-techniques/quick-tip-mimic-a-click-event-with-css/">Quick Tip: Mimic a Click Event with CSS</a><br />
Jeffrey Way shares with us a quick tip with a video that will illustrate a nifty technique by using plain and simple CSS to mimic click events.</p>
<p><a href="http://css-tricks.com/triangle-breadcrumbs/">Breadcrumb Navigation with CSS Triangles</a><br />
This article describes a fairly simple technique for creating triangles with pure CSS. You just make a block level element with zero width and height, a colored border on one side, and transparent borders on the two adjacent sides. Useful for little arrow sticking out from speech bubbles, navigation pointers, and more.</p>
<p><a href="http://css-tricks.com/triangle-breadcrumbs/"><img src="http://media.smashingmagazine.com/cdn_smash/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/css-200.jpg" alt="Css-200 in CSS: Innovative Techniques and Practical Solutions" width="500" height="300" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://filamentgroup.com/lab/responsive_images_experimenting_with_context_aware_image_sizing/">Responsive Images: Experimenting with Context-Aware Image Sizing</a><br />
Since Ethan Marcotte coined the term, responsive Web design has gained a lot of attention in the Web design community, mainly due to its remarkable potential for flexible layouts that respond to the browser’s viewport for the best user experience. The main problem with such designs, however, is figuring out how to serve small images to mobile devices and tablets and large ones to desktop displays. The goal of this technique is to deliver optimized, contextual image sizes for responsive layouts that utilize dramatically different image sizes at different resolutions.</p>
<p><a href="http://filamentgroup.com/lab/responsive_images_experimenting_with_context_aware_image_sizing/"><img src="http://media.smashingmagazine.com/cdn_smash/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/new-css-techniques-121.jpg" alt="New-css-techniques-121 in CSS: Innovative Techniques and Practical Solutions" width="500" height="300" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://csswizardry.com/2011/02/css-powered-ribbons-the-clean-way/">CSS powered ribbons the clean way</a><br />
Harry Roberts presents a simple technique that uses an image and CSS to create clean ribbons. This technique creates a white <code>&lt;h2&gt;</code> with a pink background, pulls the &lt;h2&gt; out of the content area with a negative margin and then places the image absolutely left-bottom of the <code>&lt;h2&gt;</code> in a <code>:before</code> pseudo-element.</p>
<p><a href="http://csswizardry.com/2011/02/css-powered-ribbons-the-clean-way/"><img src="http://media.smashingmagazine.com/cdn_smash/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/new-css-techniques-123.jpg" alt="New-css-techniques-123 in CSS: Innovative Techniques and Practical Solutions" width="500" height="300" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://csswizardry.com/2011/01/create-a-centred-horizontal-navigation/">Create a centred horizontal navigation</a><br />
Centring block level elements is easy, just define a <code>width</code> and set <code>margin: 0 auto;</code>, but what if you don’t know that fixed width? You could use <code>text-align: center</code>;, but that won&#8217;t work on 100%-width block-level elements either. However, there is a way to have a centred horizontal navigation without knowing an explicit width, and without adding CSS.</p>
<p><a href="http://css-tricks.com/keep-margins-out-of-link-lists/">Keep Margins Out of Link Lists</a><br />
When building a menu or other list of links, it&#8217;s generally a good practice to use <code>display: block;</code> or<code>display: inline-block;</code> so that you can increase the size of the link target. The simple truth: bigger link targets are easier for people to click and lead to better user experience. Make sure list items don&#8217;t have padding, but links do and don&#8217;t use margins, so there are no un-clickable gaps.</p>
<p><a href="http://css-tricks.com/keep-margins-out-of-link-lists/"><img src="http://media.smashingmagazine.com/cdn_smash/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/new-css-techniques-198.jpg" alt="New-css-techniques-198 in CSS: Innovative Techniques and Practical Solutions" width="500" height="300" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://cssglobe.com/post/9435/pure-css3-post-tags">Pure CSS3 Post Tags</a><br />
This is a rather simple pure CSS trick you can use to style your blog post tags, usually placed at the bottom of the posts. See also <a href="http://playground.deaxon.com/css/tag-shape/">Image-Free Tag Shape</a>.</p>
<p><a href="http://cssglobe.com/post/9435/pure-css3-post-tags"><img src="http://media.smashingmagazine.com/cdn_smash/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/tag-name.jpg" alt="Tag-name in CSS: Innovative Techniques and Practical Solutions" width="500" height="300" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://leaverou.me/2011/01/styling-children-based-on-their-number-with-css3/">Styling children based on their number, with CSS3</a><br />
Lea Verou presents an interesting technique for styling children based on their number. It is based on the relationship between <code>:nth-child</code> and <code>:nth-last-child</code>. With the technique, the number of total rules is still O(N), but the number of selectors in every rule becomes just 2, making this trick practical for far larger numbers of children.</p>
<p><a href="http://leaverou.me/2011/01/styling-children-based-on-their-number-with-css3/"><img src="http://media.smashingmagazine.com/cdn_smash/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/new-css-techniques-115.jpg" alt="New-css-techniques-115 in CSS: Innovative Techniques and Practical Solutions" width="500" height="300" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://perishablepress.com/press/2010/06/01/wrapping-content/">Wrapping Long URLs and Text Content with CSS</a><br />
To wrap long URLs, strings of text, and other content, it&#8217;s enough to apply a carefully crafted chunk of CSS code to any block-level element (e.g., perfect for <code>&lt;pre&gt;</code> tags). Very useful for cases when code snippets need to be presented in a blog post with a fixed content width.</p>
<p><a href="http://perishablepress.com/press/2010/06/01/wrapping-content/"><img src="http://media.smashingmagazine.com/cdn_smash/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/new-css-techniques-165.jpg" alt="New-css-techniques-165 in CSS: Innovative Techniques and Practical Solutions" width="500" height="300" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.venturelab.co.uk/devblog/2011/01/pure-css3-accordion/">Pure CSS(3) accordion</a><br />
An interesting accordion technique that uses nothing but semantic HTML, CSS and some progressive CSS3. There are also two versions, a horizontal one and a vertical one.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.venturelab.co.uk/devblog/2011/01/pure-css3-accordion/"><img src="http://media.smashingmagazine.com/cdn_smash/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/css-114.jpg" alt="Css-114 in CSS: Innovative Techniques and Practical Solutions" width="500" height="300" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://perishablepress.com/press/2010/10/20/target-iphone-and-ipad-with-css3-media-queries/">Target iPhone and iPad with CSS3 Media Queries</a><br />
A detailed explanation of how to se CSS3 media queries to apply CSS style to the portrait and landscape modes in mobile devices such as iPad or iPhone.</p>
<p><a href="http://css-tricks.com/limit-html-width/">Rein In Fluid Width By Limiting HTML Width</a><br />
If you are making a fluid width site but wish to limit the maximum width it can expand, you can do so easily by literally applying a <code>max-width</code> to the <code>html</code> element. Quick and useful tip.</p>
<p><a href="http://css-tricks.com/limit-html-width/"><img src="http://media.smashingmagazine.com/cdn_smash/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/new-css-techniques-193.jpg" alt="New-css-techniques-193 in CSS: Innovative Techniques and Practical Solutions" width="500" height="300" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.yuiblog.com/blog/2010/11/15/inline-boxes-with-bottom-alignment/">Inline Boxes with Bottom Alignment</a><br />
Imagine that you want to keep a &#8220;Submit&#8221; button at the bottom of a line box, aligned with form controls positioned below their label (see below). If the containing block is not wide enough for the &#8220;Submit&#8221; button to flow next to the other controls, that button must be displayed at the beginning of the next line box with minimal space above it. The article explains a solution for this problem.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.yuiblog.com/blog/2010/11/15/inline-boxes-with-bottom-alignment/"><img src="http://media.smashingmagazine.com/cdn_smash/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/css-168.jpg" alt="Css-168 in CSS: Innovative Techniques and Practical Solutions" width="500" height="300" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2010/10/31/transparent-css-sprites/">Transparent CSS Sprites</a><br />
The idea of the technique is to create a transparent sprite allowing the <code>background-color</code> to show through. If you are familiar with CSS Sprites, you should be able to grasp this twist relatively easily. Simply, an image with a transparent “knocked-out” transparent center is placed over a background colour. Changing the background colour changes the appearance of the element.</p>
<p><a href="http://nicolasgallagher.com/jump-links-and-viewport-positioning/">Jump links and viewport positioning</a><br />
&#8220;Using within-page links presses the jumped-to content right at the very top of the viewport. This can be a problem when using a fixed header. With a bit of hackery, there are some CSS methods to insert space between the top of the viewport and the target element within a page.&#8221;</p>
<p><a href="http://nicolasgallagher.com/jump-links-and-viewport-positioning/"><img src="http://media.smashingmagazine.com/cdn_smash/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/css-170.jpg" alt="Css-170 in CSS: Innovative Techniques and Practical Solutions" width="500" height="300" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/html-css-techniques/quick-tip-mimic-equal-columns-with-css3-gradients/">Mimic Equal Columns with CSS3 Gradients</a><br />
&#8220;What happens when your main content area needs two specific background colors: one for the primary content, and another for the sidebar? If you’ve ever tried applying the background to each container itself, you’ll no doubt have realized that your layout quickly becomes fragmented as soon as the primary content section exceeds the height of the sidebar. Generally, the solution is to set a background image on the parent element, and set it to repeat vertically. However, if we get clever with CSS3 gradients, we can achieve the same effect with zero images.&#8221; A nice piece by Jeffrey Way.</p>
<p><a href="http://css-tricks.com/double-click-in-css/">Double Click in CSS</a><br />
There has been some interesting talk about how we essentially lose the :hover pseudo class in CSS as well as mouseenter, mouseleave, and mousemove in JavaScript. Now, here is the idea: can we somehow pull off a double click with pure CSS? Yes, we can, if the input covers link, buries on focus, which triggers hover on link keeping it on top. Work on WebKit (including Mobile) and Firefox. So we&#8217;ve basically created a &#8220;light&#8221; alternative to hover for the sequence tap → change state / activate link → tap again to visit link.</p>
<p><a href="http://css-tricks.com/double-click-in-css/"><img src="http://media.smashingmagazine.com/cdn_smash/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/new-css-techniques-207.jpg" alt="New-css-techniques-207 in CSS: Innovative Techniques and Practical Solutions" width="500" height="300" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.impressivewebs.com/center-multiple-divs/">Center Multiple DIVs with CSS</a><br />
At some point, you may have a situation where you want to center multiple elements (maybe <code>«div»</code>elements, or other block elements) on a single line in a fixed-width area. Centering a single element in a fixed area is easy. Just add <code>margin: auto</code> and a fixed width to the element you want to center, and the margins will force the element to center. You can achieve something similar by taking advantage of CSS’s flexibity with “recasting” elements.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.impressivewebs.com/center-multiple-divs/"><img src="http://media.smashingmagazine.com/cdn_smash/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/center.jpg" alt="Center in CSS: Innovative Techniques and Practical Solutions" width="500" height="300" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.webdesignerwall.com/tutorials/css-clearing-floats-with-overflow/">Clearing Floats with Overflow</a><br />
One of the common problems we face when coding with float-based layouts is that the wrapper container doesn&#8217;t expand to the height of the child floating elements. The typical solution to fix this is by adding an element with clear float after the floating elements or adding a clearfix to the wrapper. But you can also use the <code>overflow</code> property to fix this problem. It&#8217;s not a new trick, but still very useful.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.webdesignerwall.com/tutorials/css-clearing-floats-with-overflow/"><img src="http://media.smashingmagazine.com/cdn_smash/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/overflow.jpg" alt="Overflow in CSS: Innovative Techniques and Practical Solutions" width="500" height="300" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://css-tricks.com/different-transitions-for-hover-on-hover-off/">Different Transitions for Hover On / Hover Off</a><br />
The idea of this technique is to solve an interesting problem: what about using different transition for hover on and off? In the example, when you hover over, the <code>:hover</code> transition overrides the transition set in the regular state, and that property animates. When you hover off, the transition from the regular state takes over and that property animates. Useful.</p>
<p><a href="http://devign.me/css-stretch-a-box-to-its-parent-bounds/">Stretch a Box to its Parent&#8217;s Bounds</a><br />
A powerful feature that enables absolute positioning of stretching a box. The most popular use is having a box positioned in either <code>top</code> or <code>bottom</code> and <code>right</code> or <code>left</code> coordinates.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2010/11/08/equal-height-columns-using-borders-and-negative-margins-with-css/">Equal Height Column Layouts with Borders and Negative Margins in CSS</a><br />
This article demonstrates different construct techniques and brushes up on a few concepts you might have missed.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2010/11/08/equal-height-columns-using-borders-and-negative-margins-with-css/"><img src="http://media.smashingmagazine.com/cdn_smash/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/layout.jpg" alt="Layout in CSS: Innovative Techniques and Practical Solutions" width="500" height="300" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://line25.com/articles/using-css-text-shadow-to-create-cool-text-effects">Using CSS Text-Shadow to Create Cool Text Effects</a><br />
The CSS3 text-shadow property has been around for some time now and is commonly used to recreate Photoshop&#8217;s Drop Shadow type shading to add subtle shadows which help add depth, dimension and to lift an element from the page. A demo is available if you&#8217;d like to see what it looks like before you give it a try yourself.</p>
<p><a href="http://line25.com/articles/using-css-text-shadow-to-create-cool-text-effects"><img src="http://media.smashingmagazine.com/cdn_smash/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/new-css-techniques-186.jpg" alt="New-css-techniques-186 in CSS: Innovative Techniques and Practical Solutions" width="500" height="300" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://css-tricks.com/fluid-width-equal-height-columns/">Fluid Width Equal Height Columns</a><br />
Equal height columns have been a need of web designers forever. If all the columns share the same background, equal height is irrelevant because you can set that background on a parent element.</p>
<p><a href="http://css-tricks.com/fluid-width-equal-height-columns/"><img src="http://media.smashingmagazine.com/cdn_smash/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/new-css-techniques-204.jpg" alt="New-css-techniques-204 in CSS: Innovative Techniques and Practical Solutions" width="500" height="300" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://trentwalton.com/2010/11/22/css-box-shadowinset/">CSS Box-Shadow:Inset</a><br />
It&#8217;s always nice to be able to add a vignetting effect to photos sans-Photoshop, but the way browsers interpret box-shadow:inset is to throw the shadow behind the image, rendering it invisible. While this seems pretty useless, it does make sense when you consider other kinds of content.</p>
<p><a href="http://trentwalton.com/2010/11/22/css-box-shadowinset/"><img src="http://media.smashingmagazine.com/cdn_smash/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/inset.jpg" alt="Inset in CSS: Innovative Techniques and Practical Solutions" width="500" height="300" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://playground.deaxon.com/css/flex-nav/">Flexible Navigation</a><br />
An interesting technique for a navigation that uses only CSS transforms and transitions and no JavaScript.</p>
<p><a href="http://playground.deaxon.com/css/flex-nav/"><img src="http://media.smashingmagazine.com/cdn_smash/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/deaxon.jpg" alt="Deaxon in CSS: Innovative Techniques and Practical Solutions" width="500" height="300" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://playground.deaxon.com/css/circle-zoom/">Circle Zoom</a><br />
A very nice hover effect: the Twitter icon has a circle as a background and the circle increases its radius when the users hovers the mouse over it.</p>
<p><a href="http://playground.deaxon.com/css/circle-zoom/"><img src="http://media.smashingmagazine.com/cdn_smash/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/circle.jpg" alt="Circle in CSS: Innovative Techniques and Practical Solutions" width="500" height="300" /></a></p>
<h3>Last Click</h3>
<p><a href="http://media.miekd.com/css3memory/">CSS3 Memory</a><br />
A game of memory in which you will have to find three matching cards (as a tribute to the CSS transitions).</p>
<p><a href="http://media.miekd.com/css3memory/"><img src="http://media.smashingmagazine.com/cdn_smash/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/new-css-techniques-199.jpg" alt="New-css-techniques-199 in CSS: Innovative Techniques and Practical Solutions" width="500" height="300" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://2011.beercamp.com/">CSS 3D Scrolling @ BeerCamp at SXSW 2011</a><br />
Now, that&#8217;s innovative: while you are scrolling down the page, the site appears to have a 3D scrolling effect. And it has a nice Inception reference. Can you discover it?</p>
<p><a href="http://2011.beercamp.com/"><img src="http://media.smashingmagazine.com/cdn_smash/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/new-css-techniques-175.jpg" alt="New-css-techniques-175 in CSS: Innovative Techniques and Practical Solutions" width="500" height="300" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2010/10/12/50-new-useful-css-techniques-tutorials-and-tools/">50 New Useful CSS Techniques, Tutorials and Tools</a><br />
The previous round-up of CSS techniques on Smashing Magazine. In this post we present recently released CSS techniques, tutorials and tools for you to use and enhance your workflow, thus improving your skills.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2010/10/12/50-new-useful-css-techniques-tutorials-and-tools/"><img src="http://media.smashingmagazine.com/cdn_smash/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/css-237.jpg" alt="Css-237 in CSS: Innovative Techniques and Practical Solutions" width="500" height="300" /></a></p>
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<p><a href="http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2011/02/16/css-useful-coding-techniques-and-design-solutions/"> </a></p>
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		<title>How to plan for a wedding? Google helps !!</title>
		<link>http://thchong.wedo-wd.com/v2/2011/03/how-to-plan-for-a-wedding-google-helps/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Mar 2011 10:04:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>thchong</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s your wedding is near and still headache with all the question of how to prepare and what to prepare? You might properly need Google Wedding help. Google provide a few functions which allow use to create a website with Google Sites, Photo editing and personalized announcements from Picnik, Plan the nuts and bolts using [...]]]></description>
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<p>It&#8217;s your wedding is near and still headache with all the question of how to prepare and what to prepare?</p>
<p>You might properly need <a href="http://www.google.com/weddings/">Google Wedding</a> help.<br />
Google provide a few functions which allow use to <b>create a website with Google Sites</b>, <b>Photo editing and personalized announcements from Picnik</b>, <b>Plan the nuts and bolts using Google Docs</b> and <b>Share photos with Picasa Web Albums</b>. Basically what you need to know and what you need to prepare was all here for you.</p>
<p>Personally i think below these few makes great helps, you can browse through the Google Docs Wedding tools here:</p>
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<li><a href="http://docs.google.com/previewtemplate?id=0AhN0y99GtIFTdEc0ZzFkMU8tZmFTSVp3dmhhMlRycWc&amp;mode=public" target="docs-template">Wedding planner</a></li>
<li><a href="http://docs.google.com/previewtemplate?id=0AhN0y99GtIFTdGt6ZjFxMVNrS2FxVWFhNjFVRHZSMFE&amp;mode=public" target="docs-template">Address book</a></li>
<li><a href="http://docs.google.com/previewtemplate?id=0AhN0y99GtIFTdHVJekMxSUdFV1labjNCcjFIcTZWMnc&amp;mode=public" target="docs-template">Guest list</a></li>
<li><a href="http://docs.google.com/previewtemplate?id=0As3tAuweYU9QcHlVM3hrY2tocEkySUFRYmt1dlBITlE&amp;mode=public" target="docs-template">Budget planner</a></li>
<li><a href="http://docs.google.com/previewtemplate?id=0AhN0y99GtIFTdEc1THdlUHNhUllKT0NYYmN1enJCMXc&amp;mode=public" target="docs-template">To-do list</a></li>
<li><a href="http://docs.google.com/previewtemplate?id=0AhN0y99GtIFTdE9zWnRYX1I3VmstSUJsX0pwbDZWdmc&amp;mode=public" target="docs-template">Seating chart</a></li>
<li><a href="http://docs.google.com/previewtemplate?id=1LvLYdNKa98-a5NVA3P_esp9nn98tz_Lz54kNw7IUbvE&amp;mode=public" target="docs-template">Reception menu</a></li>
<li><a href="http://docs.google.com/previewtemplate?id=0AhN0y99GtIFTdGJMa29PNUFXTDRRcGp1WmJIYmtEeFE&amp;mode=public" target="docs-template">Music list</a></li>
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		<title>Comic/Manga!! Read them online</title>
		<link>http://thchong.wedo-wd.com/v2/2011/03/comicmanga-my-favorite-hobbies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Mar 2011 09:12:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>thchong</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Looking for a website to read comic/manga online?? Kukudm is the place for you(mandarin) version. Among all, One Piece was my most favorite manga!! I was addicted to the story and the creativity of the author! It have been launch since 10 years back ago and yet, we still can&#8217;t predict when will it end? Hope it never [...]]]></description>
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<p><a href="http://thchong.wedo-wd.com/v2/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/comic.jpg"> </a></p>
<p><a href="http://thchong.wedo-wd.com/v2/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/comic.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-102" title="comic" src="http://thchong.wedo-wd.com/v2/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/comic-300x189.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="189" /></a></p>
<p>Looking for a website to read comic/manga online?? <a href="http://comic.kukudm.com/"> Kukudm </a> is the place for you(mandarin) version.</p>
<p>Among all, One Piece was my most favorite manga!! I was addicted to the story and the creativity of the author! It have been launch since 10 years back ago and yet, we still can&#8217;t predict when will it end? Hope it never end =)</p>
<p>Please don&#8217;t miss this if you like comic/manga too, you will regret if you miss it!</p>
<p><img src="http://comic.kukudm.com/xpic/haizw54.jpg" alt="" /></p>
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		<title>Where to download movie?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Mar 2011 07:14:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the place i usually search and download movies Tom365.com . They have a lots of categories, which including Action, thriller, romance, war movie, comedy, science fiction, series, Animation and others, but probably you need to know mandarin to understand them =)]]></description>
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<p>This is the place i usually search and download movies <a href="http://www.tom365.com/">Tom365.com</a> . They have a lots of categories, which including Action, thriller, romance, war movie, comedy, science fiction, series, Animation and others, but probably you need to know mandarin to understand them =)</p>
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		<title>Screaming Stamp</title>
		<link>http://thchong.wedo-wd.com/v2/2011/03/screaming-stamp/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Mar 2011 06:39:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a fully flash website which i build for Screaming Stamp a company who is selling water filter product for household. Their core business is printing.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is a fully flash website which i build for <a href="http://thchong.wedo-wd.com/website/screamingstamp.swf" target="_blank"> Screaming Stamp</a> a company who is selling water filter product for household. </p>
<p>Their core business is printing.</p>
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		<title>Kota Kemuning</title>
		<link>http://thchong.wedo-wd.com/v2/2011/03/kota-kemuning/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Mar 2011 06:33:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A fully flash website for Kota Kemuning previously. Here is the link]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A fully flash website for Kota Kemuning previously. Here is the<a href=" http://thchong.wedo-wd.com/website/index.htm" target="_blank"> link </a></p>
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		<title>Water Purifying System &#8211; Jantzen-uf</title>
		<link>http://thchong.wedo-wd.com/v2/2011/03/water-purifying-system-jantzen-uf/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Mar 2011 06:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>thchong</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was asked to revamp www.jantzen-uf.com a company who is selling water filter product for household. Nanowater Research Lab Sdn Bhd was established to answer the need of bacteria free &#038; pure clean water. With over 12 years of experience in the Malaysian water industry and the diversity of our human element has created a [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I was asked to revamp <a href="http://jantzen-uf.com/" target="_blank"> www.jantzen-uf.com </a> a company who is selling water filter product for household. </p>
<p>Nanowater Research Lab Sdn Bhd was established to answer the need of bacteria free &#038; pure clean water.<br />
With over 12 years of experience in the Malaysian water industry and the diversity of our human element has created a group of specialists that are dedicated to their craft. Our creative thinking, eclectic designs and solid business principles have often time provided turnkey solutions to our customers and the society. </p>
<p>This reputable brand has created a success story and the symbol itself has depicted as a Product Specialist in the industry. Therefore, we’ve been enjoying good reputation among our customers and also in the industry.</p>
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