Recently some of my clients have asked me to create flash banners for their sites.
I like doing things the easy way so I googled “flash banner generator”.
A few sites came up, but nothing that I really liked. So I almost gave up on that and figured that I would just have to design them myself using Flash (uggh…more work).
After stumbling for a few hours, I came across Bannersnack (oh yeah!)
This is probably one of the ‘prettiest’ flash banner generator or flash banner creator tools that I have ever come across.
It’s super easy to use…and it’s free! (if you don’t mind having the Bannersnack logo showing).
Of course, if I were to use it for a client of mine, I wouldn’t want the Bannersnack logo to appear. You can do that by upgrading your account for like $9.
Their site is full of tutorials and examples of what you can do with their software. Check it out.
I created a banner of my own as you can see here…and it only took like 6 minutes. Let me know what you think.
In this tutorial I will teach you how to make an image rollover using CSS and Adobe Illustrator. It’s pretty straightforward and shouldn’t take you more than a couple of minutes. I’ve included the HTML, CSS, and image below the video.
If you like this tutorial please make it known by bookmarking it and commenting below.
As you may well know I’m not that creative. Not creative enough to come up with some awesome, out-of-this world web design straight off the top of my head anyway.
But I don’t have to be.
There are literally millions of websites out there that I can get inspiration from. Fortunately there are some websites that have sifted through most of the clutter and have compiled some of the best Flash and CSS website galleries so that you and I can get a feel for what web designers around the world are doing.
Below is a list of the top 144 places to get great web design inspiration from. The list is in alphabetical order, so if you get lost…just remember A, B, C, D….(you get the idea).
If you feel there is an inspiration gallery that was not included in this list just go ahead and include it in the comments below.
I’ve had some pretty artsy clients before. They had a contemporary style and wanted their web design to show that.
Of course I would tell them that it was my specialty and that I would come up with a design that would knock their socks off. I would then go home and sweat bricks. How would I come up with contemporary designs? Would I have to draw everything on paper first? I’m not that great at drawing so that wasn’t an option.
What if there was a website I could download graphics from and then tweak them to use them in my projects? Well, I found just that site (in fact, one of many, but this one’s my favorite). Wanna know what it is?
Watch the video. (hint: it’s a great way to get free vector graphics).
I came across this web design tool awhile back and it has proven to be invaluable. It has taught me alot about web design as it has allowed me to take a sneak peek at other peoples’ coding and design techniques.
This tool is the Web Developer Toolbar for the Firefox, Flock, and Seamonkey browsers. Take a look at this video to see how this can be a very invaluable web design tip for you:
Recently some of my clients have asked me to create flash banners for their sites.
