Creating Gradients and Gold Gradients

http://www.1stwebdesigner.com/resources/36-color-gradient-sets-for-photoshop-and-resource-sites-part-1

http://psd.tutsplus.com/tutorials/text-effects-tutorials/how-to-create-a-gold-text-effect-in-photoshop

Design Blogs I Read

http://boagworld.com/archive

http://newevolutiondesigns.com/50-futuristic-city-wallpapers

The Most Unique Search Engines List

Bored of google?

Try some new and well designed Search Engines. Enjoy the discoveries:)
http://www.exalead.com - Probably the best alternative to google
http://www.allplus.com - Results are sorted, so its easier to find exactly what you want.
http://www.quintura.com - Search images
http://www.backtype.com - Find out the Social impact of any URL
http://www.nowrelevant.com/nrbeta/ - everything about your subject for the past 2 weeks
http://www.jawoco.com - interactive related search
http://www.mnemo.org - visual seach with sortable results
http://www.sortfix.com - Uses google and recommend keywords
http://iboogie.com - Sorts your results
http://www.iseek.com - Sorts your results in great detail
http://www.spezify.com - A most unique visual image search. Great for designers.


META SEARCH
http://www.turboscout.com

OTHERS
http://www.slidefinder.net - Search and embed powerpoint slide. No need to login.
http://tweepsearch.com - search Twitter bios, founders of companies etc.
http://www.samepoint.com - comprehensive social media search










LINKS

http://www.philb.com/webse.htm - List of 150 Search Engines
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/top_100_alternative_search_engines.php

Wallpapers & Backgrounds

http://wallpaperstock.net

Marketing Executive Blogs

http://marketingclimber.com

Textures

http://www.texturevault.net

Print Design Links

http://www.designshard.com/category/print-design/



http://www.atelier-oost.com/design/

Logo Samples

http://www.mycroburst.com/contests/iphone-app-company-logo

The Best Gradient Colors

http://www.allwebdesignresources.com/webdesignblogs/graphics/free-photoshop-gradient-sets-a-smorgasbord-list-of-free-ps-gradients/

Web User Interface & Navigation Menus

Drop Down Menus
http://www.dynamicdrive.com/style/csslibrary/item/jquery_multi_level_css_menu_2/

Accordion Menus
http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamicindex17/ddaccordionmenu-apple.htm

http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamicindex17/ddaccordionmenu-glossy.htm

The Best Accordion Menus

http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamicindex17/ddaccordionmenu-apple.htm

http://www.dreamcss.com/2009/05/14-jquery-and-css-based-accordion-menus.html

http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamicindex17/ddaccordion.htm

http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamicindex17/ddaccordionmenu-bullet.htm

The Best Web Templates

http://www.thebestofjoomla.com/templates/371-portfolio-templates-roundup

Learn CSS DIVs

float columns

If we float one column to the left, then also float the second column to the left, they will push up against each other.

#div-1a { 
float:left; 
width:150px;
}

#div-1b { 
float:left; 
width:150px;
}

http://www.barelyfitz.com/screencast/html-training/css/positioning/ go to tab 8

two column absolute

Now we can make a two-column layout using relative and absolute positioning!

#div-1 {  position:relative; } #div-1a {  position:absolute;  top:0;  right:0;  width:200px; } #div-1b {  position:absolute;  top:0;  left:0;  width:200px; } 

One advantage to using absolute positioning is that we can position the elements in any order on the page, regardless of the order they appear in the HTML. So I put div-1b before div-1a.

But wait - what happened to the other elements? They are being obscured by the absolutely positioned elements. What can we do about that?

two column absolute height

One solution is to set a fixed height on the elements.

But that is not a viable solution for most designs, because we usually do not know how much text will be in the elements, or the exact font sizes that will be used.

#div-1 {  position:relative;  height:250px; } #div-1a {  position:absolute;  top:0;  right:0;  width:200px; } #div-1b {  position:absolute;  top:0;  left:0;  width:200px; }

How to Create Gradient Type in Illustrator

http://www.wowwebdesigns.com/power_guides/gradient_type/

Photoshop Tutorials

Photoshop Space & Star Effects Tutorial

Free Photoshop Grapihcs

OPera Mini 4

http://dc107.4shared.com/download/2DU7DtZ2/Opera_Mini_4.jar?tsid=20100908-220303-98508d8b

http://www.4shared.com/file/2DU7DtZ2/Opera_Mini_4.html?err=no-sess

Convert mm to Pixel at 300 dpi

http://www.hdri.at/dpirechner/dpirechner_en.htm

International Paper Sizes in Pixels

A4: w:2480 h:3508
A3: w:3508 h:4961

Convert 300dpi print sizes to pixels:
http://www.hdri.at/dpirechner/dpirechner_en.htm



Printing in Firefox
1000 height in pixels = 1A4 page.

Sales Team Building

http://www.businessballs.com/freeteambuildingactivities.htm#passion_to_profit_exercise_template