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Six Years of Suckerfish Dropdown Menus

If you’ve ever done the “dropdown dance” while developing your websites and avoided clunky code while still attempting to be standards compliant, accessible and semantic — then you know about the Suckerfish menus made popular on A List Apart. That article was published on November 7th, 2003, so that means we will be celebrating the sixth year anniversary of our favorite friendly neighborhood dropdown.

Celebrating 6 Years of Suckerfish Menus

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Great Book Cover Design Showcase

My friend Debra posted on her Daily Dose blog about some of her favorite book cover designs a few months ago. It reminded me of how clever and inspiring this design niche is.

Great book Covers
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The Web Host With The Most (for you)

There is more to a website than just designing it – you will also have to get a hosting plan that will support it. To make life a bit easier for you we have gone through the most popular types of web hosting on the market today and what to look for in their respective hosting plans.

Web Host with the Most
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Why I Love Expression Engine (CMS)

About two years ago, I was searching for a Content Management System (CMS) that was easy to learn, supported, flexible, feature-rich and had a level of popularity that would help provide longevity for the platform. My journey led me through a cacophony of solutions, most of which were very similar to each other and did very little to convince me of their superiority over one another.

I Love Expression Engine
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Top 40 Indie Band Record Covers

Get it? Top 40?… Anyway, strolling around a record store, there’s usually a couple of record covers that always catch your eye. Whether it’s bold coloring, illustration, photography or typography — it’s one of the most popular outlets for creative design. Here is a showcase featuring 40 recent covers in the world of indie artists for your inspiration in alphabetical order.

Jenny Owen Youngs

Jenny Owen Youngs
Alphabetical after this… love love love the typography on the logo badge.

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Best & Worst Television Network Websites

Television is still one of the most powerful media outlets today despite the increasing popularity of the Internet. How do the networks represent themselves online? At the best, ESPN and CNN represent the best destination for their type of specialty for both television and the web… and at the worst, MTV and BET are leaders in youth culture yet are not very provocative in their websites. Here are 20 very popular network websites that I categorized into Best, Average and Worst:

BEST

The one common factor of all these websites is that they should make you excited about the programming for that network. As usual, the more innovative, usable and aesthetically pleasing along the way the better. I think these are the best:

FX Network
FX Network
FX has a unique layout while clearly highlighting their unique programming.
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10 Smashingly Dapper Brewery Websites

Drunk designer that I often am, beer coasters really catch my eye sometimes. Which got me thinking of how effectively breweries are marketing themselves online. To my surprise, virtually all of the beer companies I know of and wandered through in my research are very competent. There are some that offer exceptional examples either aesthetically, being innovative or in its overall presentation.

Brooklyn Brewery

Brooklyn Brewery Website Screen Shot
I admit some favoritism, but the overall experience and energy of the website was executed very well.
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