100+ Mix of Great Community Links!
October 27th, 2009 by
Here at Admix Web, we think it is important for web designers and developers to learn and improve themselves by sharing what they know and learning from what others share! Because of this mentality, we added our Community News Section about three months ago, and we are happy to announce that we have reached almost 150 great Community Links! Below are the links we find to be the most helpful, educational, and useful for web designers and developers. Remember to post your links so that we all can continue to improve our ability as web developrs and designers and increase our knowledge, and in the end, increase the quality of the sites on the web! Enjoy!
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DESIGNERS: Why I Promote and Support You Rather Than Compete Against You
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101 Stunning Business Card Designs
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Fantastic Bouncy Effect using jQuery/JavaScript
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jQuery Powered Text / Font Resize Widget
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9 Useful Twitter Retweet Button Scripts For Blogs
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All You Need to Know about Web Design Project Preparation
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50+ High Quality Icon Design Tutorials (Part 1)
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Glamour Photography by Kenneth Willardt
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Thinking of Starting a Career in Web Design? 5 Tips Before You Go…
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Web Layout Designs: 60 Must Have Tutorials
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11 Free Video Sharing Icons
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25 Free Online Tools for Web Designers, Developers, Freelancers and Individuals
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60 Exclusive Photoshop Tutorials to make you a master of Website Layout Design
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Superb Creative Photography by Yann Le Pape
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All You Need to Know about Web Design Project Planning and Process
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CodeIgniter and jQuery – Real Live Search with Pagination
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Creative Uses of Illustration in Website Design
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LeaveNotice JQuery Plugin
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Free 6 Grass Textures
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Over 5000 FREE Adobe Photoshop Brushes
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Exclude a Category from Wordpress
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Web Analytics Tools – Analyzing The Traffic On Web
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Some website links which are you can submit your art-work post/article/webs
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Free Pattern and Texture Resources For Web Designers
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Web Standards
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Animated Navigation Bar Using JQuery
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Teylor Feliz is a well-known XHTML/CSS/JavaScript enthusiast from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. He has more than 10 years experience in the computer programming and development world, including 2 years teaching computer science. He is currently living in Louisiana, where he plans to complete his degree in Computer Science, and begin a Masters in the field.
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