So, do you want your website to be properly displayed on mobile devices and tablets? If yes (and we’re pretty sure it is ‘yes’) then it is time to think about how to make your layout more responsive. Being one of the most discussed web design trends of the year of 2011 responsive web design keeps moving forward by providing new efficient solutions for web developers and webmasters. Today this trend will be presented by the awesome jQuery plugins for responsive design. We’ve tried to put together various types of plugins that will help you to properly display your content on mobile devices, and by content we mean not only images but also fonts, videos and even grid system to make things look nice on small screens. Also don’t forget to look trough our article that would guide you through the basics of responsive web design – How to Get Started with Responsive Web Design. Now let’s get back to our list of jQuery plugins.
1. Responsly.js
Responsly jQuery plugin perfectly works with laptops, tablets and mobile device screens. It has pure CSS styling and is compatible with all modern browsers (IE drops transition support only). It is a very lightweight plugin that can be easily customized be editing CSS file.
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2. Photo Swipe
Photo Swipe is a Javascript-powered image gallery plugin that has been created mostly for mobile devices. With it your visitors will be able to browse your website with a familiar and intuitive interface.
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3. FitText
FitText makes font sizes flexible which means that all headlines on your website will be scalable. This plugin is another step that will help you make your layout more responsive.
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TemplateMonster blog team frequently publishes roundups of quality Photoshop brushes. We intend for this post to feature handpicked roundup of free fractal Photoshop brushes that you can use for getting vibrant background explosions, fast moving effects, posters or creative texturing. These vibrant and somehow surreal digital elements are all distributed free of charge, so they will surely make your job a whole lot easier and help you create more captivating designs. Fractal Photoshop brush packs come with many different styles, but essentially they are fragmented irregular shapes for which any randomly chosen part is similar in shape to a larger one. Now feel free to use these interesting brush styles and please share your experience using them in our comments section.
This is not the only collection of free Photoshop brushes that we have posted in our blog. You may also check out the round-up of smoke brushes for Photoshop, collection of retro Photoshop brush sets as well as swirl & floral Photoshop brushes, all made to improve your graphics.
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Fractal Stock Brush Pack
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Brush Set 12
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Starting today goes live our mega Christmas promo in which customers can win iPad2 (64Gb, WiFi only version, $699 value), one of five TemplateMonster gift certificates (that means any template for free) or one of ten 50% discounts! The current promo is all about celebrating the Christmas spirit being also meant to reward each and every of our customers for their unwavering loyalty towards the TemplateMonster company. So let’s make the spirits bright and check how you can claim your presents and discounts.
It’s pretty simple – if you make any $45+ order at TemplateMonster starting December 12th 2011, you’re eligible to take part in our awesome Christmas promo. In other words, there has to be at least one order registered for your email address.
Now we’d recommend reading all the instructions for claiming the Christmas sweeties on our special Christmas Promo 2011 info page. As this promo requires your email in order to receive iPad2, gift certificates or 50% discounts, you will also have to submit the email address you’ve used for purchases at TemplateMonster. Naturally, the email address will only be used to contact you in case you’re the winner, no spam or other bad things, we hate it just as much as you do. Good luck!
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If you have run out of creative design ideas for your new projects, visit our blog for fresh and professional solutions! Well-done design is the indicator of your business project’s validity and its profound background. We are always glad to provide you with the effective stuff for your online business needs. Free Website Template with jQuery Slider for Consulting Business is the solution that will certainly succeed. Try it and make use of its potential.
The project designed on the basis of this free website template will gain the special stylish tone and the visually arresting layout. This professional design is the first thing that will lead to the future success of your project. All its peculiar characteristics you can find in free template live demo. Try this free website template with jQuery slider and high-grade execution that is a good thing to start from!
Free Website Template with jQuery Slider for Consulting Business:
Feel free to get this free website template in two ways: with PSD source files included and without them. Follow the link below and download HTML source files. To download this theme with PSD source files, visit the Free Website Template with jQuery Slider for Consulting Business download page at TemplateMonster and type an email address that you want the free template package to be delivered to (don’t forget to uncheck the newsletter subscription checkbox in case you’re already subscribed, otherwise you may not be able to download the zip file). Feel free to use this template for your business, but you cannot resell it as a template.
Download Free Website Template with jQuery Slider for Consulting Business with PSD files (9,02 MB)
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IMPORTANT NOTICE: TemplateMonster does not provide support services on free templates – including this one. We only provide support for the products that are being purchased from TemplateMonster. Our free templates are produced according to the latest web standards and we’ve been trying to make the process of working with them as easy as possible, so for people with minimum web development experience it should be easy to work with them. However, if you don’t have any experience, we recommend you to refer to the tutorials or community forums on how to work with platforms that each respective template is made with, or to hire someone to do the job for you.
Adobe has made another huge step forward towards the great and powerful HTML5 technology by releasing the public preview of Adobe Edge tool (which by the way you can already download from Adobe labs). As it has been said, Adobe offers a preview of this new software so you could take part in the process of debugging and improving Edge by sending the Edge team your feedback concerning the brand new product. The real fun part is that this is basically the last hope of Adobe in terms of not losing the web animation battle. That’s why it matters so much to all of us.
Adobe Edge is the web motion and designing tool that creates animated content with the help of open source standards such as HTML5, CSS3 and Javascript programming language. It is obvious that with the release of Edge Adobe moves towards the mobile devices which are currently the sweetest piece of the web market pie. It seemes that Adobe decided to remind us all thar they are not only famous for Flash, but if you think that Edge is going to replace Flash I guess it is not quite right. Well, at least it won’t happen in the nearest future. It is just an additional software for mobile developers that may be a part of a powerful tandem with other tools. Also don’t forget about Wallaby project – Flash to HTML5 converter from Adobe, it still remains one of Adobe’s priority directions and can be considered a software complimentary to Edge and Flash.
There have been hundreds of free fonts created this year, but we have surprisingly few good fonts that can be used for designer’s purposes. Do you want to get a font that will be most effective in your web environment? We are here to show you them. Remember however that font will dictate how the bodies of text will appear throughout your website. Choosing the font for your project you need to keep the overall layout of your website in mind. Pick a font that works well in site’s visual flow, and as letters are images themselves you should therefore consider font’s weight, style, kerning, and letter-spacing. It can actually make a huge difference between the web page that captivates with its content and one that turns visitors away because of a horrible readability (check out one of our previous posts demonstrating the true power of a proper font in an actual website design). So put thought into your font choice, go through our compilation of 40 new fonts available for free download online. Chances are you will use one of the compelling free fonts from this list.
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Lorena
![40 New Free Fonts for Designers Needs [Year 2011]](http://blog.tmimgcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Lorena.jpg?9d7bd4 "Lorena")
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Bond is Dead
![40 New Free Fonts for Designers Needs [Year 2011]](http://blog.tmimgcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/BOND-IS-DEAD.jpg?9d7bd4 "BOND IS DEAD")
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Nomed
![40 New Free Fonts for Designers Needs [Year 2011]](http://blog.tmimgcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Nomed.jpg?9d7bd4 "Nomed")
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How to increase the chance of the customer buying the product? With attention spans lasting just a few seconds, you must engage the audience with your web store really fast. Now we’ll go so far as to suggest you the template solutions we have to accomplish this. We’ll show you in detail how various interesting design elements hang together in our most creative eCommerce templates. You’ll see miscellaneous sliders, subtle attractive layers and unusual tilts, overlapping and transparent elements; also spot how the gallery and price tags are executed and how the good qualities of the products are played up. These are actually the numerous breaks from design convention which appear to foster the buying experience. Because they induce users to browse more deeply into the catalog of products as people remain hooked with what they see.
Check out the continuation shawcase with more of eCommerce templates that creatively guide the customers to the point of purchase.
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Sound Online Store VirtueMart Template
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Mobile Store Magento Theme
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Web design is a pure art if you want it to be art. And it’s a pure business if you want it to be just business. Actually it’s quite a complex phenomenon incorporating aspects of both mental and artistic creativity. While the commercial points are quite evident for any person interacting with Internet and web projects in a varying degree, the laws of visual perception are still not clear to the bitter end. You would probably agree that the ideal website should combine the visual and practical sides to impart the sacred revelation and evoke interest to your wares and services.
The top inexcusable mistake of young designers is that they appear to be distracted by aesthetics of their pages and pay little attention to the less visible yet more important side of their creations – functional side. Experts can’t help considering the value of functionality, appreciating professional copyrighting, marketing and editorial work.
We’d recommend you to take a look at Vitaly Friedman’s awesome presentation about the “invisible design” phenomenon. In his talk Vitaly insists on experiencing design instead of just looking at its visual part. So what’s essential for the design perception according to this concept? The answer is clear – that’s common language. The artist creates a masterpiece using his own language which might be unclear for the others. So you’d better forget about your own expression and your own genius ’cause in the world of web development that all won’t work. What’s really important is making the website visitors understand not only the vocabulary of the single words, but also the meaning of the whole visual sentences and phrases. Some meaning can be perceived without even seeing it distinctly. And to understand how it works, we are to look at the surrounding world differently.
The finely-tailored design is the very starting point that influences the further success of the project you have started. It has the direct impact on the viewers and makes them interested in all the business ideas you present. None of the mentioned above would be possible without the profound background – the professionally done design. Our goal is to provide you with the professional designer’s stuff like today’s Free Website Template with jQuery Slider for Software Project that can be of a great use for your project.
This is the fourth template created in the dark style palette that features the stylish layout that is ideal for your business project. Whether you have decided to freshen up your web presence, or start a new project, this theme is the perfect ready-made solution for this purpose. The jQuery slider in its header is one more feature that speaks for its effectiveness and gives you an opportunity to bring the important products in the focus of the viewer’s attention. Well, here is free template live demo for you to check out. Don’t hesitate, and feel free to download this high-grade theme!
Free Website Template with jQuery Slider for Software Project:
As you remember, you can get this free website template in two ways: with PSD source files included and without them. If you need only HTML source files, download them from this post using the link below. To get the full package with PSD source files included visit the TemplateMonster Free Website Template with jQuery Slider for Software Project download page and type an email address that you want the free template package to be delivered to (make sure to uncheck the newsletter subscription checkbox in case you’re already subscribed). Feel free to use this template for your business, but you are not allowed to resell it as a template.
Download Free Website Template with jQuery Slider for Software Project with PSD files (2,87MB)
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IMPORTANT NOTICE: TemplateMonster does not provide support services on free templates – including this one. We only provide support for the products that are being purchased from TemplateMonster. Our free templates are produced according to the latest web standards and we’ve been trying to make the process of working with them as easy as possible, so for people with minimum web development experience it should be easy to work with them. However, if you don’t have any experience, we recommend you to refer to the tutorials or community forums on how to work with platforms that each respective template is made with, or to hire someone to do the job for you.
With the lapse of time mobile devices hold excellent pace in their development and dictate their rules to the whole industry by forcing website owners and web developers adapt new standards and consider the responsive design principles. Also there is the other side of the problem – the development of cross-platofrm mobile applications and website interfaces.
It is a widespread situation when each and every website not only wants to have a mobile-compatible website, but also their own apps for iPad, iPhone, BlackBerry and Android, or at least some extended functionality for a mobile website. Also there are millions of start-ups waiting for their big moment to become another “killer-app”. If you ever decide to take chances in the field of creating mobile applications we think that our list of HTML5 frameworks for mobile development will be one of your primary assistants.
Ripple
We start our list with the Chrome extension called Ripple. This very powerful, plain and easy-to-use software offers pretty impressive list of features. Now if you want to go with testing your mobile application Ripple will help you to test and debug the app on multiple platforms. Geolocation module is the spice of this software which allows you to test geolocation-related apps. Also you can apply this extension for Javascript debugging and Unit testing.
LungoJS
LungoJS is claimed to be the best HTML5 mobile framework so far and here are few reasons to consider this statement being true. The following framework is supplied with full features of HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript. It is a pretty universal tool that allows you to build everything you can imagine starting from geolocation apps to mobile games. You can implement such essential features as Geolocation, History, Device Orientation, WebSQL. Also this framework doesn’t require any web server support.
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