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BarackObama.com

Famous website of President Barack Obama is performed according to latest web design trends. Patriotic deep blue color scheme - which is basically classics for political designs - prove how professional the performance of this site is.

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WhiteHouse.gov

The official website of White House is made in classical blue style (mentined above) with soft white background and original patterns. By the way, you may remember the old story of public discussion of how this website should be redesigned. The first part of the redesign process was initiated and discussed at Andy Rutledge website and after that the White House website actually did become better. But with the coming of Barack Obama the website finally become really awesome (you may also find the comparison of versions at SmashingMagazine)

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OCDemocrats.org

The Orange County Democrats have a pretty good website with the great photo of the Barack Obama in the header that can be easily called the best symbol of today’s democracy.

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JohnCornyn.com

Personal page of John Cornyn - the senator from California - is really one of the best examples of what a political website must look like. Probably the best political website we’ve seen. Remember these awesome 2009 design trends review we’ve published on our blog earlier? Well, this website alone has at least two of the trends involved into its design - the tranperancy and big icons (the full list of 2009 design trends is available at Smashing Magazine - part 1 and part 2).

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MarshaLandrieu.com

A senator Mary Landrieu from Louisiana has light blue website with striking yellow elements and remarkable header.

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DanCronin.com

Good old Illinois… Senator Cronin’s (who appears to be located just in Illinois) website is presented with original image of an eagle in the header and nice small slideshow. Exactly the website we want to see before the Independence Day.

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KirkWatson.com

Senator Kirk Watson (Lone Star State) has an interesting website with a very cute blurred image of Texas and nice photo slideshow in the header.

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RussFeingold

As we all know everything brilliant is simple and we know Wisconsin is all about simplicity and brilliance. So the website of Russ Feingold is another example of this old rule.

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VernBuchanan.com

Ok, now that’s what we call the fanciest politician URL, probably even the fanciest one we’ve faced under this showcase, that’s almost a complete sentence. Congressman’s Buchanan website itself is also pretty much fancy - a pure perfection because it reflects best symbols of democracy (red, blue and white colors, national flag in the header and patriotic image). Plus the US national Debt counter really involves the visitor into the general message of the website (not to mention the call to action it creates).

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BobMcDonnel.com

The website of Virginia governor Bob McDonnell has a remarkable header with nice video intro (another intro, are they kidding us?) and very patriotic photos.

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GopConinvention2008.com

Actually this site is not very relevant because the event that it was meant for is a pretty much far history by now (moreover, you all know the website didn’t help the republicans at the Presidential elections). The design itself is also quite simple. However the functionality solution (the Flash strip navigation) is really worth being seen anyways.

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IowaDemocrats.org

Guys from Iowa prove that democrats are keens in nice design because this is a fourth site of democrats with wonderful, clean style and amazing details.

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YoVotare.org

The last website has a really brilliant style and you just can’t take your eyes off the vivid and captivating image in the header. It really seems to enliven the whole big picture for a few seconds.

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That is it for now but we hope that our small Political Websites Showcase will inspire you to do whatever you think is patriotic. So, our fellow patriots, be sure to celebrate the Independence Day in a very best way and we are glad to share our vision of nice web design examples with you. God Bless America!

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Falcon Motorcycles

This seemingly simple website is in many ways similar to the Falcon Motorcycles. It is elegant yet does not feature anything too fancy. However, you look at it and understand that these bikes have character just like this Joomla 1.5 website.

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Welder

Time is passing by just like the watch images on the slideshow of this website. The whole design is made mainly in dark and confident manner and creates image of a serious and reliable brand.

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Posh Little

A fancy little website for moms: this design will be more appealing to women. It is light and colorful. One place where we will enjoy a slideshow, but this time it is made in cartoon vector style.

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Eclat BMX

What could you expect to see on a BMX website? Huge bicycle gadgets represented in the form of a slideshow in the header? This may not be a surprise but is definitely worth taking a look at.

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Viva Vida

This design does not feature any fancy animation or interactive elements but it has some stylish appeal that simply cannot be ignored. Something similar to bikinis: nothing too extraordinary yet it is definitely eye-magnifying.

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Vig Tees

Who said that a good design must look licked clean? In this case we see how an ostentatious carelessness can look simply great by itself.

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Levern Grundschule

Design of this website is stylized to look like a desk of a child: drawings, pencils and other stuff are scattered around the surface in a mess. Everything about this design is oriented on creating a cozy and pleasant atmosphere.

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TSM Radio

Pleasant design made in one style, interactive elements and content in scrolling panels all look much better than what Joomla is usually used for.

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McPherson Entertainment

Impression from this website begins with the curtains that slide open in the very beginning. Then you spot a nice slideshow with fade-in effect. All this is supplemented by the pleasant global design.

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The Arlington Theatre

This website is enhanced with interactive menu elements and a very spectacular background. Overall this design looks just like it should to represent a theater.

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BloggerSchmidt

Smart use of natural textures in the background and relevant colors in the overall design make this Joomla 1.5 website rather interesting in various ways.

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Planet Photo

It’s amazing what you can do with Joomla 1.5 these days: dropdown menus, interactive interface, animated slideshow. All these fancy elements would really distract from the photos collection it they weren’t just as good.

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Bob Stevens Gallery

A set of images arranged in dropdown menus is everything that makes this website special. Not to mention the masterful use of light and shadow of course.

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Focus on Landscape

A great combination of artistic design with some nifty interactive elements make a perfect set for this photo gallery.

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Lingulier Pluriels

As simple and as artistic as a French photographer can be. All the merits of design of this website are in the same box with the main flaws. Everything depends on the point of view: someone would say that this guy is a genius other would never have a second thought of his works.

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Custard Media

A simple yet pleasant vector illustrations create a unique image for this website. An example of how a simple design can be a success.

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4P Media

This design is superb in its simplicity. Web design can offer much more than a possibility to introduce animation and interactivity if you add a little creativity to it.

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Cosmic Fantasia Web Development

It is actually hard to believe that this one is made in Joomla. Dropdown menus are something you get used to but this scrolling gallery with distance fading is just awesome.

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These were some of the finest Joomla 1.5 that are present on the Internet today. Hopefully you have found this trip interesting. TemplateMonster was happy to share these very special designs with the ever growing Joomla audience and hopes to show you much more interesting stuff in the future.

In the meantime don’t forget to check out our Joomla 1.5 Templates, you’ll see they’re just as good as the ones listed above (seriously!).

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