I have heard alot about CSS grid frameworks and how they claim to ease workflow when designing webpages for the web and present content in a more structured manner. So I decided to look into it.

Upon finding a full listing of the CSS Frameworks. I am immediately faced with the dilemma of choosing which framework to use. Out of all the others, one of them seemed to stand out. -the 960 Grid System.

The 960 Grid System is based on a width of 960 pixels and offers divisions of either a 12-column layout or a 16-column layout.

You can watch an indepth turorial and explanation on how to use it at Nettuts

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Tiny Chat is a web service that offers ready to use chatrooms for quick and easy conversation. There are times when you need to discuss or chat with someone online, but it turns out you don’t have compatible messengers, or you can’t meet on IRC, for some other reason.

With TinyChat you can create your own chatroom and invite people through one simple link. Simple and easy to use and set up in just a few seconds. The best part of all, it’s disposable.

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ThemeForest, part of the Envato Network, deals in trading and purchasing files. It is an online marketplace for buying and selling site templates and themes to skin popular CMS products like WordPress, Drupal and Joomla. Users can sign-up for free and use their account to begin trading or purchasing files.

In addition to that, you might also want to check out themeforest’s blog. They offer some great tutorials and resources. They even have an excellent series of screencasts for Jquery, PHP, and Wordpress.

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As I was watching some world tech news, the other day, there was this, short report on a Japanese site, Uniqlo. Well, considering how much I’m attracted to almost anything Japanese related,..  decided to take a look.

‘UNIQLO Co., Ltd. (株式会社ユニクロ, Kabushiki-gaisha yunikuro) is a Japanese casual wear designer, manufacturer and retailer and is also Japan’s leading clothing retail chain in terms of sales and profits.’

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Most web 2.0 sites nowadays have loading icons to load some of their content.  Animated loading bars and icons  are becoming more and more frequent in web 2.0 design, and you may want to incorporate them in your own website.

Of course, making a loading icon requires more work, and maybe creativity, on your part, so for those who don’t have the time and effort( or patience) to make a loading icon, Ajaxload offers automatic generation of animated loading bars and icons in .gif format. It offers several different commonly used preloaders images, and allows color customization for your visual preference.

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Though it’s not something new, there are still alot of people out there who don’t know about Gravatars. So I’ve decided to write a quick post about it and what it is.

Gravatars are all around avatars, it stands for Globally Recognized Avatars. You may notice, on some blogs and websites, comments by guests or users are often accompanied by personalized avatars. And when you write your own comment, you receive a generic avatar. Now, you may be wondering,.. how do I get a personalized one?

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Typechart is an excellent way to check and browse web typography. It uses some of the more common web-browser fonts that are included in PC’s and Macs, and provides the css code for it. Not to mention a very fitting and elegant site design and scheme. If you ever find yourself puzzled on how to style your html text, Typechart is the way to go!

“TYPECHART lets you flip through, preview and compare web typography while retrieving the CSS.”

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