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There are a large number of Flash image galleries but sometimes Flash is not required or cant be used so we turn to Javascript and CSS. Here is a roundup of some of the better Javascript and Ajax based solutions to our gallery requirements …

This tutorial will teach you how to create pretty looking textual buttons (with alternate pressed state) using CSS. Dynamic buttons save you heaps of time otherwise spent creating graphics and will basically make you a happier person at the end of the day.

If you want to create a unique personalized WordPress theme, but don’t know how to use CSS or PHP: try this Theme Generator. Change colors, layout, header, font, several settings and preview instantly. Result is a saved to .zip file, download, extract and upload.

Markup is the technical foundation of front-end code. In one way or another, it influences or is influenced by design, content, accessibility, CSS, DOM scripting, and more. The quality of your markup will affect the quality of related code, and even the cost of implementing or maintaining that code. Your markup might be good now, but following…

• 11 CSS navigation menus : at Exploding Boy
• 12 more CSS Navigation Menus. : at Exploding Boy
• 14 Free Vertical CSS Menus : at Exploding Boy
• 2-level horizontal navigation : demo at Duoh
• Absolute Lists: Alternatives to Divs : An approach of using lists instead of divs at evolt
• Accessible Image-Tab Rollovers : demo at Simplebits
• ADxMenu : multiple menu examples at aPlus
• A drop-down theme : at CSS Play
• Bookend Lists: Using CSS to Float a Masthead : at WebSiteOptimization
• Bulletproof Slants : demo at Simplebits
• Centered Tabs with CSS : at 24ways
• Clickable Link Backgrounds : A bulletproof unordered list of links, each with a unique (purely decorative) left-aligned icon that is referenced with CSS ; but that is also clickable.x

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Navigation menus have to be intuitive, precise and easy-to-use. One simple, basic principle, which is common for all kinds of nav bars you would ever want to use for your projects. In fact, navigation menu is probably the most important element in web design: after all, it is being used more often than any other element on a given page. Therefore it’s important to make sure that your visitors will find they way around the site structure - however complex the latter might be.

In this Smashing Magazine article you’ll find 53 beautiful and user-friendly Navigation Menus and solutions web-designers came up with using basic CSS styling.

Μια λίστα με links με websites τα οποία προσφέρουν δωρεάν όμορφα και “valid CSS based templates”.

A list of resources which offer free, gorgeous and valid CSS-based templates - usually with images and full layout structure, such as headers, navigation bars, content containers, sidebars and footers. Really nice collection…

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