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Top 10 Web Design Resources Every Designer Should Know About
Feb 14th
Where would web designers be without the invaluable resources provided on the web for us? Design inspiration, stock photos, tutorials, fonts, freebies, brushes, textures … the list goes on. Take advantage of the resources and expertise other web designers offer for free! Here are 10 of my absolute favourites, in no particular order:
Design Meltdown (design inspiration)
Browse thousands of cataloged sites to get inspiration for your own web designs – invaluable for finding inspiration on specific design elements, styles, themes, or colours.
Scrnshots (design inspiration)
Browse screenshots of inspirational web design uploaded by other users or upload your own favourite designs. Very useful for finding inspiration about specific elements since you browse by tags and keywords.
Designer’s Toolbox (design resources)
Provides many miscellaneous design and print resources, including PSDs of HTML form and browser elements for realistic design mock-ups.
Stock Xchng (stock photos)
One of the best free stock photo sites; Stock Exchange provides thousands of super high-quality stock photos for FREE for both personal and commercial use.
Smashing Magazine (interactive design blog)
The most well-known web design blog out there, Smashing Magazine provides TONS of information, resources, tutorials, and tips from industry professionals. Try to soak up as much of their expertise as you possibly can.
DaFont (free fonts)
Browse their huge selection of free fonts to spice up your design. They make it easy to find a specific type of font since you can browse by theme, name, or search for keywords!
Blind Text Generator (dummy text)
Generates highly-customizable dummy text (lorem ipsum) for use in the text areas of your design.
Type Tester (css font comparison)
Preview different web-safe fonts to see what they will look like on the screen and customize the different CSS font options.
Color Scheme Designer (colour palettes)
Highly-customize colour palette generator which allows you to also preview what the colour scheme could look like on a web page.
Design Resources Search Engine (design search engine)
This search engine has endless usefulness – it allows you to do a Google search but only on the selected design-related websites. Great for finding tutorials, resources, and blogs.
What are YOUR favourite web design resources? Comment and let us know! 
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Top 10 Best Cheap Web Hosts
Feb 3rd
Trying to find the best web host for your money can be a long and painful process. Many advertise a super cheap price – if you buy three years of hosting. Some advertise unlimited bandwidth and disk space – but then charge you a big chunk of cash to purchase the domain name. Some are just too fishy to even trust with your money! When you choose a web host, it usually means committing for at least a year of hosting, which is why it is such an important decision.
Luckily, Web Hosting Geeks has created a list of the top 10 cheap web hosts based on user reviews. They also offer other “Top 10″ lists of web hosts based on other specifications, like Top 10 Eco-Friendly Web Hosts and Best 10 Dedicated Servers.
Read the reviews, compare prices, and make an informed decision on who gets the privilege of hosting YOUR website.
Oh, and in case you’re wondering – here are the Top 10 Web Hosts:
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