June 28th, 2010
There is hardly an issue contemporary web design doesn’t cover – personal hobbies, corporate projects, commercial and non-profit activity, entertainment – any idea may find its successful implementation within creatively designed website pages. Every famous manufacturer obligatory has a web presence available for its customers and partners providing a winning representation for its business on the web. And there is also no limits, no matter what kind of business you are involved in it will always find its place here!
Today we’d like to pay our special attention to…chocolate! Yes, chocolate websites exist and, moreover, single out by extraordinary design each possessing its own creative idea. So we decided to observe 10 websites of the most popular chocolate bars you all know and like. Take a break, have a look and enjoy!
1. Kit Kat
Very vivid red-colored website presenting famous Kit Kat chocolate bar. Though the design looks simple it catches the eye by bright color-scheme and impressive interactive elements.
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Tags: chocolate website design, designs, web design, website design
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May 27th, 2009
No one likes websites that take ages to load. You won’t disagree that long wait always irritates. In the world of severe competition it is extremely important to make your website comfortable for the users. Make sure that your visitors won’t leave your so-very-informative page before it actually loads. What can you do to make your visitors lives more comfortable and safe their time with your fast page loading? Well, here are some useful tips for you to use on every stage of web site development – designing, programming and maintaining. Following these tips you’ll for sure make your website loading fast, more comfortable for your users and thus will leave your competitors behind.
* Optimize your HTML code.
Errors, broken links, unwanted tags, all these things slow down your page load. Make sure your website doesn’t have any errors and is optimized for load time.
* Lessen the use of images, graphics and Flash.
This is the easiest and most optimal solution for designing the fast loading page. The more images you have on your web page the slower it loads, thus try to reduce the use of graphics. Of course they are important for the attractive appearance of your website, but try to be reasonable. The simpler design is better.
As for the Flash animations, well, they indeed are catching and rather useful for attracting your visitors, but if not properly utilized they can slow your page load immensely.
* Create simple icons with tables.
Do not neglect the simple ways. Using tables creatively can bring brilliant results, thus you can get not only great designs but also achieve the faster loading time.
* Use text links.
Try to reduce the use of graphic buttons. Instead use text links. To be able to make them attractive learn some CSS.
* Optimize heavy files.
Reduce the sizes of the images, Flash files and scripts if possible. You can easily do that with the help of Photoshop, Adobe Flash or Fireworks software.
* Stick to simplicity.
The minimalistic and plain designs are more and more popular nowadays, thus your website will look more modern and stylish and will load faster. Isn’t it an awesome plus to the great and professional looks?
Well, have I missed something? Feel free to add your tips on making websites load faster in the comments below.
Tags: CSS, designs, flash, HTML, web site development
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March 25th, 2009
It’s a long term argument whether a website layout should be liquid or fixed. Each side has hundreds of followers, but the argument doesn’t seem to be settled. So, what are fixed and liquid layouts?
In a fixed width layout each element has a specified size, the web page doesn’t change when the browser window is resized. Your website will look exactly the same on any browser and computer.
In a liquid layout the size of the elements adopts to the browser size and preferences of the user. The web page elements size increases when the screen resolution is larger and decreases when the resolution is smaller.
There naturally are major pros and cons of both fixed and liquid layouts.
Fixed layouts advantages:
* Gives a designer full control over the page display
* Allows you to place images exactly in relation to other elements and type sizes
* Gives the line length that is easy to read
* Predictable default printing behavior
Fixed layouts disadvantages:
* Doesn’t give the user control over the page and text size
* May create a not optimal type size
* May produce large amount of unused window space that may increase the amount of scrolling.
Liquid layout advantages:
* Allows a maximum use of space.
* Gives a user control over the web page and text sizing.
* Allows people with vision problems to easily change the text size to suit their needs with the layout automatically adjusting around the increased size.
Liquid layout disadvantages:
* May produce hard to read line lengths or unreadable text if the screen size is too large or too small.
* May cause problems with default page printing.
* The image size to text proportion may create a less eligible look
So what side of the argument do you take? And what kind of web designs do you prefer to see more?
Tags: designs, Knowledge Base, web design
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February 25th, 2009
Winter’s coming to the end, can you feel the breath of spring already?
Poets write odes to spring, musicians sing songs about the green season… Well, LayoutsPack would like to praise the spring as well.
This post today will be dedicated to the main color of spring – green. Here are top 7 green web templates from LayoutsPack collection for you to get inspired and prepared for the real green spring coming in a week.
#7 Floral Studio Web Template
This fresh and exquisite design made with CSS is created for the beautiful flower business.
#6 Flowers Delivery Webpage Template
Another one flowers-related business web page design created in CSS.
#5 Fruit Export Company CSS Template
Spring brings fruit and vegetables, website build with this CSS Template will bring them either.
#4 Green Organizations Template
This CSS designed website template is aimed for the noble goal – environmental protection.
#3 Green Organizations Website Template
Another one CSS website template created for nature saving organizations.
#2 B2B flash animated template
Beautiful business Flash animated web template will make any business website fresher and more attractive.
#1 Photo Art Portfolio Flash Template
Finally the winner of the chart – the most creative and the most green among others, this art portfolio will bring spring to any photographer or artist website.
So, do you feel the breath of spring now?
Tags: CSS, designs, Website Templates
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October 24th, 2008
LayoutsPack keeps its word and updates the collection of web templates regularly. Our team works hard to make new and beautiful website templates for every taste and purpose.
Today, I’m glad to show you our latest works.
Here is the new Consulting Group CSS Template
Its fresh and stunning design most definitely will help every small or medium size business to deliver its services and ideas to the customers. You are starting a consulting group, or you are an experienced businessman, but need a new look for your website? Well, in any case this Consulting Group CSS Template will suit you the best.
Our new Global Communication Flash Animated Template
It is a great skin for small and medium sized businesses connected with transmitting and receiving information on a world-wide scale. Provide people with your services online with our easy-to-use and edit Global Communication Flash Animated Template.
You are building, constructing or designing buildings? You need an innovative and eye-catching website? Our new Architectural Company CSS Template is just the right thing for you! Your web visitors will appreciate the easy navigation of this CSS template, and its marvelous design will help you to succeed.
And the last but not the least comes Horse Club CSS Template. Noble equestrian sport needs a stylish design; you can download it to show your beautiful horses, invite new people to the sport, offer your services online with our easy-to-edit Horse Club CSS Template
As promised, new website and flash templates are coming soon. Check back from time to time to find the new updates developed by our talented designers! Your feedback and comments are greatly appreciated!
And as always – Happy downloading 
Tags: designs, templates packages, Website Templates
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