1 Topic by Joey (edited by Joey 2004-10-17 11:48)

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Topic: Websites that you like (from a dev. point of view)

I just wanted to know what websites you guys have come across when going around the internet. Sometimes a website really appeals to me because it looks nice, or it does something in a really good way. I'm not just on about your favourite website with political satire or some CS clan, I just want to see some nice-looking sites. Here's where I'll start:

http://www.matrixebusiness.com/ - a guy who helped me out once works for this company. Not too surprisingly its a Web.Dev company, but I do like its design. Its quick, its clean, the large chunks of text actually look quite nice (light grey with Verdana font) and its easy to navigate.

http://dev.nucleuscms.org/ - I think I've posted this elsewhere before, and there are guys on here who are quite familiar with Nucleus. I just like the way that they've managed to take a website that is just cut into rectangular sections, ala web design of 1992, but somehow made it look pretty good. Some of the text is a bit ugly but I made it look more like how I wanted in a site I'm developing at http://www.worldfans.com

To be honest I had a load more in mind but I've lost the URLs somewhere. Anyway, this thread isn't about me, its you, so get going!

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Re: Websites that you like (from a dev. point of view)

Just for the design, I like things simple
http://www.lambertin-grotegerd.de/
http://www.dirkhesse.com/

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Re: Websites that you like (from a dev. point of view)

Joey wrote:

http://dev.nucleuscms.org/ - I think I've posted this elsewhere before, and there are guys on here who are quite familiar with Nucleus. I just like the way that they've managed to take a website that is just cut into rectangular sections, ala web design of 1992, but somehow made it look pretty good.

Thanks for noticing the evolution of our dev site. We like that style and are starting to develop other sites on a similar track. The trick is to find a good CSS template to work off of.

From a dev point of view, I like sites that take a CMS or blog to the next level without making it feel too heavy.

http://beefcake.nl/

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Re: Websites that you like (from a dev. point of view)

www.php.net

It might not be pretty, but it has the best online documentation I've ever encountered for a programming language.

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Re: Websites that you like (from a dev. point of view)

its very well designed from a browsing point of view rather than a looks point of view

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6 Reply by dmz (edited by dmz 2004-11-02 04:13)

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Re: Websites that you like (from a dev. point of view)

Oh, baby.  CSS Zen Garden has got to be one of my favorites.  (oops, posted the French version)