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Un Chapiteau Parapluie Created: Tuesday, May 21, 2013 Updated: Wednesday, May 22, 2013
This is a nice looking website with a classic feel to it. But the designer used HTML5 and microdata to create a modern back end.
Modern HTML for a Classic Design Created: Tuesday, May 21, 2013 Updated: Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Share your HTML5 website designs or view the gallery of examples.
Minimal Monkey Created: Tuesday, May 14, 2013 Updated: Tuesday, May 21, 2013
A blog with a basic, clean design that becomes more interesting and dynamic as you interact with it.
Is the Web Design Industry Dead? Created: Monday, May 13, 2013 Updated: Monday, May 13, 2013
It's possible for any business owner to go out to a template website and buy a template for just a few dollars. So why should they want to hire you as a web designer? Find outwhat things web design...
Dragonvale Wizards’ Challenge Created: Tuesday, May 07, 2013 Updated: Friday, May 10, 2013
Many web applications are games, and this HTML5 site is an example of a trivia game based on the iOS game Dragonvale.
Online Quizzes—Pros and Cons Created: Monday, May 06, 2013 Updated: Friday, May 10, 2013
Quizzes are a great way to generate interactivity on your website, but they can cause problems too. Before you go out and set up a ton of quizzes on your website, you should know what this can mean...
HTML for Kids: Adding Tables Created: Sunday, May 05, 2013 Updated: Sunday, May 05, 2013
This is a tutorial to help kids learn HTML. This article teaches kids how to create tables to present information more effectively.
HTML for Kids: Adding Lists Created: Sunday, May 05, 2013 Updated: Sunday, May 05, 2013
This is a tutorial to help kids learn HTML. This page discusses how to create ordered, unordered, and definition lists on web pages.
HTML for Kids: All About Tags Created: Wednesday, May 01, 2013 Updated: Sunday, May 05, 2013
This is a tutorial for kids to learn HTML. On this page you'll learn all about HTML tags and HTML elements and how to make your content stand out on a web page.
Munch 5-a-Day Created: Wednesday, May 01, 2013 Updated: Friday, May 10, 2013
This is a cute HTML5 website for an iPhone app. It makes me wonder if the app were first designed in HTML5 or not. I suspect not, as otherwise it could be a web app for anyone, not just iPhone users.
HTML For Kids: The Tools and Rules of HTML Created: Wednesday, May 01, 2013 Updated: Wednesday, May 01, 2013
After your kids understand the basics of HTML, they should get a tool to write it. This article by Jon Morin will help kids find some free tools to write HTML and get started actually writing it.
Kepler’s Tally of Planets Created: Tuesday, April 23, 2013 Updated: Friday, May 10, 2013
The design of this page does not look particularly spectacular when viewed as a static image. In fact, it’s pretty hard to see being mostly grey images on black background with some white tex...
Should Your Domain Name Reflect Your Business? Created: Monday, April 22, 2013 Updated: Monday, April 22, 2013
Choosing a good domain name is important, but should you use keywords or a made up word? Find out what About.com readers think about domain names, and share your thoughts.
Syntax Highlighting Created: Sunday, April 21, 2013 Updated: Sunday, April 21, 2013
Definition of the term syntax highlighting as it's used in HTML text editors and web design.
HTML for Kids: The Basics Created: Friday, April 19, 2013 Updated: Friday, April 19, 2013
This is part of a series of articles designed to teach kids how to build web pages. The first place kids should start when learning to build web pages is with HTML. This article will help kids lear...
Zenoobi Created: Tuesday, April 16, 2013 Updated: Friday, May 10, 2013
A cute website that sells children's clothes and furniture. It uses fun animation to showcase many of their products and site categories without taking up a lot of space.
SeaMonkey Version 2.17 Review Created: Monday, April 15, 2013 Updated: Friday, May 10, 2013
SeaMonkey is more than just a web editor, it is also a web browser and an email client and an IRC chat client. Because it is all these things, it isn't the best web editor out there, but it does do...
How to Use Adobe Illustrator SVG in Your HTML Created: Thursday, April 11, 2013 Updated: Friday, May 10, 2013
You can draw vector images in Adobe Illustrator and then embed them directly in your HTML without even uploading an image. This tutorial shows you how to add SVG code created in Illustrator to your...
Example of an SVG File Included in an HTML File Created: Thursday, April 11, 2013 Updated: Thursday, April 11, 2013
Here is an example of an SVG file included right in the HTML of an HTML file.
Les Ours Coca Cola Created: Tuesday, April 09, 2013 Updated: Friday, May 10, 2013
An interesting side-scrolling website that looks like Flash, but is really HTML5.
Head First Web Design Book Review Created: Monday, April 08, 2013 Updated: Friday, May 10, 2013
This is a fun book that web designers who need more help with becoming a professional web designer and freelancer.
Web Design Freelancers Need a Good Work Ethic Created: Sunday, April 07, 2013 Updated: Sunday, April 07, 2013
Many freelancers blame their lack of work on everything but themselves. This article examines some of the reasons freelancers might be sabotaging their work.
How To Create A Hyperlink With KompoZer Created: Friday, April 05, 2013 Updated: Friday, April 05, 2013
Learn how to create four different types of links inside KompoZer. In this tutorial by Jon Morin you will learn how to create text links, anchors, in-page links, and image links using the WYSIWYG e...
Design Junction Portfolio Created: Wednesday, April 03, 2013 Updated: Friday, May 10, 2013
Here is a web designer's site portfolio. I don't usually use designer sites as inspiration for many reasons, but this one stood out for me, both because of the quality of the projects and also how ...
Design Junction Created: Wednesday, April 03, 2013 Updated: Wednesday, April 03, 2013
Share your HTML5 website designs or view the gallery of examples.
VoiceWorld Created: Tuesday, March 26, 2013 Updated: Friday, May 10, 2013
This is a conference website for people in the voice acting community. It uses a very clean, almost minimalist design. There are some interesting scripts such as for the countdown in the upper righ...
Voice World Toronto Created: Tuesday, March 26, 2013 Updated: Tuesday, March 26, 2013
Share your HTML5 website designs or view the gallery of examples.
How to Add CSS Styles with KompoZer Created: Monday, March 25, 2013 Updated: Monday, March 25, 2013
KompoZer is a WYSIWYG HTML editor that helps you write both HTML and CSS web pages. This tutorial by Jon Morin will show you how to add CSS styles to your web pages.
SKJ Ancient Bead Art Created: Tuesday, March 19, 2013 Updated: Friday, May 10, 2013
While this site is HTML5 by the doctype, that's about all the HTML5 it is. But I didn't pick this design because of the HTML, but because of the design. Find out what I like about this inspirationa...
How to Add a Form with KompoZer Created: Monday, March 18, 2013 Updated: Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Kompozer makes it easy to add web forms to your web pages. This step-by-step tutorial will take you through the steps to create a web form.
How to Add a Table with KompoZer Created: Sunday, March 17, 2013 Updated: Wednesday, March 20, 2013
HTML tables are a useful way to display tabular data, and it's easy to create tables in KompoZer.
Make a Facebook Cover Created: Tuesday, March 12, 2013 Updated: Friday, May 10, 2013
A clear, crisp website where the photos make the color scheme. Black and white color schemes don't have to be bereft of color. And websites don't have to be photo galleries to use photos as decorat...

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