16 Best Creative Footer Inspiration

As we all know, the structure of pages can be divided into three parts: the header (top), content, and footer (bottom). And neither one of these parts should not be ignored. Not to say that the footer plays a huge role. But professionalism and above all - is the attention to detail. From this point of view - footer is very important.

Over time, the footer has evolved from the usual lines of text avtorsih rights in a meaningful menu of information and internal links. I'll show you the most creative options for footers for the site. Some of them are excellent examples of graphics, and some - contain a large number of links and navigation elements.

We look, analyze, inspired.

johncow.com / / A small menu of organically combined with bright footer

seedhunter.com / / In the footer is little information about the author

blup.fr / / Simple, original and bright footer for the site

arunpattnaik.com / / This site contains the latest tweets footer, as well as the tools used by the author for

bitsamppixels.com / / Stylish footer with copyrights

csharpdesign.co.uk / / Here are the services in the footer of the company and contacts for communication

comfortbrothers.com / / Footer is also used for duplication Navigation

naikom.ru / / A standard, attractive, useful and functional footer for your personal site - there is information about the author, the latest posts twitter and photos.

futureofwebapps.com / / special semantic load this footer is not just in the style of the site

launchmind.com / / This footer is also increasingly used for beauty, though it contains the navigation. These solutions allow graphics to make your site "complete graph", where everything is designed in a fun and realized - from cap to footer

storypixel.com / / Beautiful and unique footer RSS of recent reports on the work and photographs

gbit.cz / / authors of this footer is literally come to the question by presenting the footer as the "underwater world" of the overall design of the site

markforrester.co.za / / Just a nice footer

morphix.si / / It also complements the overall implementation of a web page image

wisnetsol.com / / A sort of a "business" and functional footer, which contains a portfolio, feedback form and links to social networking and facebook tviiter

mrdiggles.com / / Footer from the "idea" :) Tag Cloud, incidentally, is quite appropriate to place it in the footer - as an additional element of an unobtrusive navigation

In general, the footer can be a very useful part of the blog - as in the design (graphics), understanding, and as an additional functional element. So do not neglect this opportunity!

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Retro Style in Web Design

According to the American writer John Steinbeck, most people live ninety percent in the past seven in the present and the future is only three percentage points. Well, it counts Nobel laureate for literature is too difficult to verify, however, dispute the fact that the appeal of the events of the past is not necessary. If a painful sense of the value of passing time and the appeal of antiques you are familiar, perhaps, retro style in web design will be your skates.We can only think, will satisfy the concept of a retro-audience share. Who will be delighted with the content, masterly powdered antique? People who nostalgically peering into the symbolism of a bygone era, with its fashion, people, machines and other stories, covered with a dusty coating otgorevshih passions.

In clothing, automotive and interior design for a retro-style confident enough to tie the timing of the 20s to the 80s of last century. Writing a clear time characteristics of retro-style in web design is not easy, because in everyday life can be considered the last day, in a rapidly changing IT-sphere can be safely called day before yesterday afternoon. And the fact that thirty years of the artist still finds it relevant and modern, youth has long been written off for scrap. Take, for example, the results are disappointing for producers rent the movie "Alien": Bandit romantic swashbuckling 90 not stir the soul teenager, as retro - it is each his own.

But the more interesting and more difficult to challenge for a designer who decided to work out the style of the site is in a retro-style. Only the knowledge of the nature and characteristics of retro-style, coupled with a considerable sense of proportion, will not slip into a banal kitsch.

Most of the time intervals that can safely operate a designer decides to use the retro style, tied to the fashion of the 20th century.

Want to recreate a visitor feel aggressive chic 20-30s - help him remember the muse of Vladimir Mayakovsky Lilya Brik, good will and Ellochka-cannibal from "The Twelve Chairs." These were troubled years of sudden and massive women's emancipation: women wearing pantsuits, shortened skirts and smoked long cigarettes. All of these mesh stockings, knit hats and bowler hats a la Charlie Chaplin, bare arms and shoulders in a fur boa during the NEP, notably stirred the blood of man in the street. Take the olive, black and purple color as a base, add the drive of jazz improvisation, story and cinematography airplanes - and you can easily catch the essence of retro-20's and 30's!

If you no longer taste restraint and modest elegance L - look back in the postwar 40s - 50s . In place of ostentatious vulgarity and pretentiousness new look came a style invented by Christian Dior. Style sensual, decadent, recklessly romantic, stylized "krinolinovy» XIX century. It airs raised chins of women in dresses of silk, satin, crepe de chine. This is a thin waist, neckline exciting and gloves to the elbow, wide-brimmed hats and patent leather straps that boost to the limits of femininity polupristoynogo pin-up. Review "The Notebook" Nick Cassavetes and "The Godfather" by Francis F. Coppola, include Glenn Miller Orchestra recording and quickly grasp the tablet. Have you caught the mood.

Would you like to bet sexuality and sensuality - Browse through magazines 60s and 70s . While the tone was set seductive film star Brigitte Bardot, Marilyn Monroe, Sophia Loren. The color palette matches the mood - it is the dominant red, pink, blue in the range of flowers, polka dots, the cell. Car rides chic "Bentley" on a dizzying seditious motives of Elvis. The Beatles "they" VIA "Gem" - the "us." Denim 70's, platform shoes, disco dancing to the music and the sea of synthetics in clothing: nylon, nylon, krimplen wild colors. ease, brightness, ease - that's how it will be possible to describe the site in a retro-style 60 - 70 years.

It may be an unusual experience in the style of Soviet culture of the 80s of XX century - a time when the ideology of the ruling party kultprosvetovskaya staggered under the chaotic but powerful blows protest basement subculture. Emerged from the underground Soviet Russian rock and punk rock mixed with dance tunes broken disco 80's became the leitmotif of Surgery. This period is not so deeply redesigned web designers, so the decision to use the style of the '80s can bring great success.

To sum up. Retro-style actually quite stable and marketable trend in web design, with its charm and unique color palette. What would you choose: tragic nepmanskie 20th, 50th caramel, floral 60's, disco 70's, or nomenclatural retro 80's, building on the past, adding to their feelings and are actively using rich graphic editors, you able to create a small masterpiece.

In addition, color palettes can be retro-inspired style in a small collection of retro designs (for a particularly interesting instance you can go through a reference on the original sites and see how everything is done).

Dallas Advertising Agency - a very original navigation, music in the background and a military general, a retro style.

Lana Landis - on the implementation of flash, always check out the photos :) beautiful vintage photos + wonderful music

ThunderFuel - as far as I understood the company is engaged in everything from design, to animation and games.After reviewing their site in flash retro style, I'd have ordered something cool idea and implementation.

Site-portfolio Michela Chiucini web designer - by the way, it is her past work, we see that it is clearly not indifferent to the retro style

Kultika - I do not understand the purpose and subject matter of this site, but the implementation just beyond all praises!

Diseño Grafico - cool retro-style poster for the Web developer studio or freelancer, he seems to be stretched in a line and when you click the picture moves to the right.

Tennessee Vacation - for all lovers of the State of Tennessee, and leave in those parts, very cool implementation of a retro-style, where attention is given to almost every detail, one of the best sites in a similar style that I've seen

Here's a collection of web design in a retro style has turned out. In my opinion, very good work here presented, although, of course, retro sites exist on the order of magnitude. And that means that I need to Find and publish as early as next time.

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Power on the Redesign of the Examples

Sooner or later even the most successful design to date. Sometimes you can get a slight redesign, and sometimes require radical renewal, referred to as rebranding. Very often these processes began to appear with the acquisition of the popularity of so-called design style Web 2.0 , which simply did provoke a serious company for updates and follow current trends.

From the standpoint of the integrity of the brand's radically new design is not always acceptable, in at least a step risky, because that way you can lose face. But even those who are at risk was up to "moderate" is not a revolutionary redesign. Let's look at examples of how to solve this problem (and solved) the designers of famous sites. As inspiration, has been used , this English-language paper , reflections are copyrighted. First published on the old design, then a new one.

31Three

During the redesign was otherwise decided 31Three space (it was more) and changed a few colors, why design has become more "pure" and "air." Perceive the information has become much easier once it is clear that the page has the greatest value. Definitely a successful redesign, or should I say effective - catches.

Brightkite

Brightkite has undergone major changes. The new design got rid of the heavy dark-blue substrate to replace the cap had come a lightweight upper panel. Visually zaokruglennye angles acute and successfully replaced by "splitting" last version, the big headlines emphasize the key parts of the project. In general, the new design creates the impression of a comfortable and well made. The previous version looked less than professional and integrity. The redesign was a success.

Ollie

In my opinion, the site is only won by Ollie redesign. The old one was too dark, dirty and a bit chaotic (this applies to both elements, as well as flowers and other things). The new design is in sharp contrast to the fact that it was, it is close to minimalistchnomu - a little strict, but neat. The only "a quote from the past" - a logo, which, however, fit quite harmoniously. Although my impression of a matter of taste, some people may notice that the old design could be more creative and stylish - it is quite possible, and sometimes because of the redesign is the author's desire to change something, sometimes dramatically. I think this is the case.

N.Design Studio

The project site N.Design Studio was always very bright, expressive and powerful in terms of design (which they say "showmanship"). Despite all the advantages of the old design become boring.

The new version of the design is small enough in common with the previous one. However, done very cleverly, keeping the continuity of the least of it. The new design may be surprised (those who are accustomed to the old), but leaves the impression of an extremely favorable.

DelCastillo

Designers working on DelCastillo decided on a bold step. The original version of the site showed a quiet traditional design and layout, the new version - a bold, "the log" layout, typography and vivid emotion. Such a redesign may be called for something extreme, but nevertheless, most successful rather than vice versa. In recent typography in web design is more and more weight, probably, the authors decided to comply with the new fashion trends.

Design Cubicle

The first thing that catches your eye in the new design Design Cubicle - considerably fewer elements. The second - the design is almost centered. The new design "easier", more convenient, while brighter (even if you do not confuse the bright umbrellas in the screenshot with the old design - it is an illustration of the post, not a design element). The desire for minimalism and concentrating attention solely on the contents - is also very popular for modern web design.

Carbonmade

The new version of the design Carbonmade also very different from the previous one. The old version was obviously too heavy (which was the fault of mourning, a vast gray area under the cap). The new design is based on the idea of graphic (in the center of the mountain, rich in illustration), it is more clear, positive and creative. Visually looking at the page of the site, personally I remember such a thing as infographics , which is often used in the design for the presentation of information.

I often want to do for his redesign of the blog, sometimes almost dramatically change everything. Unfortunately, this is not a quick and easy process, so until that time is not enough, perhaps in the future, I still come to that.

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40 Best Flash Websites

It makes sense to also design, optimization, and take care of the texts. If you view certain sections of the project, it is not always a sufficient number of publications - this will be corrected. Today we continue the theme flash sites, started in the previous article, Adobe Flash for the beginner with some basic capabilities oapisyvalis technology, its advantages and disadvantages. In one of the items I gave several examples of flash sites, but they certainly were not enough to fully understand just how Flash can be steep. So I suggest you the best selection of mega-awesome flash sites in 2010.

In this list were selected the 40 best sites for premium TheFWA (The favourite website awards) from the different categories. Here you will find different sites as flash web studios, online gaming projects, personal and commercial. One of them called the best site of the month, while others have won awards the best Flash sites of the day, but it is, in fact, it does not matter - certainly there are very cool projects. You can enjoy and be inspired to begin studying flash :)

A. Amazing world of Nespresso Variations (site of the month for December). This is definitely one of the best flash work I have ever seen - all perfected in every detail, the world came up with one-piece, with lots of nuances, there is a mini game on the site, different location, lots of beautiful graphics and music.

Two. Noel, WHERE is My Intel? Frankly, at this site there is little understood, there are funny moments, but overall nothing special.

Three. Swedish Armed Forces Recruit . That's how the army recruited in Sweden, if I understand correctly. Sorry, but no webcam is nothing special to see (the site of the month for November)

Four. Amazing Friendz Fascinating though simple flash toy from French developers.

Five. Mo `s wanted . That is a reality show, or mini-site to collect donations for the group of guys, more happy style, and graphic design rather than flash.

6. For Colored Girls - Emotions in Color website for the movie, an interesting and novel as a flash implementation, and design work.

Seven. An interactive experience Celebrating Claude Mone t. (Site of the month for October) - certainly deserves this title because the internet made ​​the project a very high quality, there are many elements, beautiful flush transitions between pages, sense of style and idea.

Eight. Driven by Technology Minimum content presented with more interesting than the texts themselves and graphics (I advise to take a look, a cool flash site).

Nine. What `s your Real Age? This funny character is to determine your "real age" as he says, sorry, that all the voice in the Brazilian, it is necessary to read.

10. The Wilderness Downtown (site of the month for September) - uploaded my whole cent, or that he could, he "creates" a video about your city, using Google Street View - quite original, but it is very demanding on the resources (recommend using guglohrom)

11. 31fps interactive perception of music in a variety of shapes, forms and graphics, etc. - May not be bright looks, but the implementation process was worth much effort.

12. Plus 360 degrees . Something related to 3D, but generally not impressed.

13. The Perrier Mansion (site of the month in August) So far, the most chic collection of flash website - not every day you can wander through the mansion in the company of such an interesting lady (yes, by the way, the site is 18 + :)

14. Heads or Tails SoBe looks like some sort of online share (the game), where it was necessary to find a message under the lid vyigrashnoe, made ​​with high quality and bright.

15. JKVC beautiful and colorful site design studio.

16. Battle of the Cheetos . (Site in July) - full flash online game where you control your "Cheetos-army" and the fight against rivals for the right to rule the Internet, in terms of gameplay done qualitatively!

17. Thingdom created to help children explore genetics - also something like a game, I pobarahtalsya 5 minutes there, but little understood) appears on the principle on Spore.

18. Party & Exhibition 2010 . Korean guys went to some show-party web site contains interactive video of the event, in principle a good idea.

19. Weber Design Lab . Creative Flash Web site of the studio (as far as it can be called creativity in such a solid collection), is simple and tasteful.

20. An Encounter with Greatness (website June) - brought together so Pele, Maradona and Zidane to play foosball but to talk about life. The natural site with epic shots.

21. The Card Chest . Tools for creating a Christmas greeting cards online, you can completely customize the sign and, as I understand it, send in reality (but paid).

22. Parade Is twitter visualization - enter a keyword and get a parade of avatar profiles

23. Lexus Dark Ride . The interactive site, a movie where you play a major role (the best flash website in May)

24. California - The Game This game is designed to promote tourism in California, unfortunately now it will not play.

25. Lollipop Project 2 . It looks like a page of a fan of Asian fashion and glamor artist or group, a bright and beautiful.

26. BMW Cinetique . BMW presents the fifth series (the site in April). Stuck in the picture is in my 3d printer, in general, you can see some finished objects, or create your own.

27. Start the Change . Unfortunately the site is not available, the picture clearly :)

28. Johannes Leonardo `s Philosophy . Looks like a web page to the studio, easy navigation, from the customers they have Google? - Cool :)

29. Bank Run Game (the best flash website in March 2010) - another interactive game where you are the protagonist, is very exciting.

30. Hands Symphony . Music performed by means of hands, nothing more is understood.

31. Canv-as.com innovative store to buy posters - you can choose to paint them, then see how the interior will look and order.

32. Wrangler Blue Bell Spring-Summer (the site of February) - a really cool flash site, I remember back then sent a link to it, it is interesting to control the main character :)

33. We are all Fans . The site aggregator of social media files (photos, tweets), which turned into portraits of performers - looks really cool.

34. NUTCASE . The famous extreme athletes from the Czech Republic - I can not say that much impressed.

35. Verbatim Championship . The battle between the robots online, where you create and manage (the best flash website in January)

36. We Choose the moon . Reconstruction of the Apollo 11 mission of the expedition to the moon in real time (the site of the year 2009 and for good reason). Incidentally, I wrote about it in the paper, popular sites about space on the Vebdvanolnyh notes.

37. Labuat . Interactive music video where you can click to create their own patterns and draw the music (Audience Award 2009) - super flash website!

38. The Impossible Hoop Challenge - some uncomplicated game of flash.

39. RIZ MC Microscope lab - whether the site of, or xs, in the style of science fiction and research in secret laboratories.

40. Market Mall Santa Tracker - Santa's website, where you can leave requests, monitor how much is left before Christmas and read a variety of information, beautiful and festive.

That's a rather big collection of the best turned out flash sites, 2010, for the selection thanks to the author of this article . Each of the above web project has some specific features and advantages that have allowed to be listed here. Some of them can boast the original functional solutions and ideas, and somewhere in the first place there is graphic design, and someone decided to take the style and atmosphere. Some of the sites is simply not impressive, it is difficult to imagine how much work and labor invested in them. After these selections you realize how cool flash technology and in some cases irreplaceable.

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