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Wordless Wednesday - Reader's Favorite Designs: 2am Media originally appeared on About.com Web Design / HTML on Wednesday, March 17th, 2010 at 00:00:08.

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Are web-based translation services good enough for professional applications? Explore the features in Google's Language Translation services to find out.

When you're working on creating a print style sheet, you should be aware of the @page rule to help you provide specific styles for the pages. Just be sure to test any CSS you add to print style sheets with the @page rule, as many browsers still don't have good support for it.

Learn More About CSS Printing and the @page Rule

• The @page Rule
• CSS2 Media Types Create Print-Friendly Pages
• CSS 3 size Property
• CSS 3 marks Property

The @page Rule Helps with Printing originally appeared on About.com Web Design / HTML on Sunday, March 14th, 2010 at 23:18:29.

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Finding color palettes can be a lot of fun, and with this tool you can create a palette and then email it to someone else to have them modify it. You can choose each color in the palette directly or have the tool give you a "blend" based on a color you start with.

• Color Palettes: ColorBlender
• Creating a Web Color Scheme
• Color Harmony
• Visual Color Symbolism Chart by Culture
• See all the Software Picks
• Suggest Software for the Pick of the Week

Web Design Software Pick of the Week: ColorBlender originally appeared on About.com Web Design / HTML on Sunday, March 14th, 2010 at 07:05:16.

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CSS frameworks are a tool for Web designers and developers to create websites quickly without needing to "reinvent the wheel". They provide things like layout structures, user interface elements, typography and more. Have you ever used one? Which one(s) have you tried? What did you like about it or not like?

Poll: Have you ever used a CSS framework? originally appeared on About.com Web Design / HTML on Friday, March 12th, 2010 at 19:39:27.

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Color is something that most Web designers obsess over. We have tons of color apps to help us pick colors, follow pages of color ideas, and even read articles on color theory like they are the latest best-seller. Here are some links I found this week that are about using color in Web design. If you know of other good color resources, let us know in the comments.

• Flexible Color Schemes in Layouts with RGBa
• A Look into Color Theory in Web Design
• Color Isn't Always Better
• Calculating Color Contrast for Legible Text
• 4 color palette tools for newspaper web site design

Link Love - Color originally appeared on About.com Web Design / HTML on Friday, March 12th, 2010 at 16:24:54.

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