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<title>Design Float / dustinbrewer / All</title>
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<description>Design Float is a Digg style news website focused around the design community.</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 15:35:16 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Freelance web designer tools and productivitymanagement]]></title>
<link>http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/freelance-web-designer-tools-and-productivity?management/</link>
<comments>http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/freelance-web-designer-tools-and-productivity?management/</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 15:35:16 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Choosing the tools you use for freelance web design can be a daunting task, choosing the right tools can be even trickier. This article discusses some of the best tools to use for freelancing.<br/><br/>9 Floats ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[How to style a form with css using definition lists]]></title>
<link>http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/how-to-style-a-form-with-css-using-definition-lists/</link>
<comments>http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/how-to-style-a-form-with-css-using-definition-lists/</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2008 15:04:57 +0000</pubDate>
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<category>Web Design</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Styling a form with css and choosing the right markup can be tricky for some. I'm demonstrating an example of how to do it with definition lists.<br/><br/>1 Floats ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[5 Tips For a Better Online Portfolio - FreelanceSwitch]]></title>
<link>http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/5-tips-for-a-better-online-portfolio-freelanceswitch/</link>
<comments>http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/5-tips-for-a-better-online-portfolio-freelanceswitch/</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 19:19:06 +0000</pubDate>
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<category>Web Design</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Great tips for your online portfolio from Andy Stratton<br/><br/>1 Floats ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[How to ruin your website in 10 easy steps]]></title>
<link>http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/how-to-ruin-your-website-in-10-easy-steps/</link>
<comments>http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/how-to-ruin-your-website-in-10-easy-steps/</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 13 Mar 2008 11:33:28 +0000</pubDate>
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<category>Web Design</category>
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<description><![CDATA[A lot of people give suggestions on how to improve your website or blog. Whether it is via SEO or design suggestions. Not many tell you what is going to destroy your website. I may be a little extreme but there are several pet peeves (as do many in the web design world) have that can truly turn your site from great to lame.<br/><br/>34 Floats ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[How you can better organize your HTML with comments]]></title>
<link>http://www.designfloat.com/CSS_WebStandards/how-you-can-better-organize-your-html-with-comments/</link>
<comments>http://www.designfloat.com/CSS_WebStandards/how-you-can-better-organize-your-html-with-comments/</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2008 20:47:40 +0000</pubDate>
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<category>CSS &amp; Web Standards</category>
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<description><![CDATA[There are a lot of different ways to organize your HTML to ensure that others, and yourself, are able to easily navigate their ways around your code. One of the best methods for helping to order your code for others is using comment tags to show where certain tags end.<br/><br/>7 Floats ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Why Internet Explorer 8 is shaping up to be another IE6]]></title>
<link>http://www.designfloat.com/CSS_WebStandards/why-internet-explorer-8-is-shaping-up-to-be-another-ie6/</link>
<comments>http://www.designfloat.com/CSS_WebStandards/why-internet-explorer-8-is-shaping-up-to-be-another-ie6/</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 06 Mar 2008 20:13:08 +0000</pubDate>
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<category>CSS &amp; Web Standards</category>
<guid>http://www.designfloat.com/CSS_WebStandards/why-internet-explorer-8-is-shaping-up-to-be-another-ie6/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[It looks like IE8 is going down the same broken path that Internet Explorer 6 took. They are making up markup and not adhering to web standards at all. They didn't even really pass the acid2 test like they told us.<br/><br/>31 Floats ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Top 5 ways to create interesting content for social networks]]></title>
<link>http://www.designfloat.com/Advertising/top-5-ways-to-create-interesting-content-for-social-networks/</link>
<comments>http://www.designfloat.com/Advertising/top-5-ways-to-create-interesting-content-for-social-networks/</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2008 22:46:17 +0000</pubDate>
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<category>Advertising</category>
<guid>http://www.designfloat.com/Advertising/top-5-ways-to-create-interesting-content-for-social-networks/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A list of 5 great ways to create compelling content for social networks<br/><br/>17 Floats ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Top 10 reasons you should be using LinkedIn]]></title>
<link>http://www.designfloat.com/Business_Freelancing/top-10-reasons-you-should-be-using-linkedin-1/</link>
<comments>http://www.designfloat.com/Business_Freelancing/top-10-reasons-you-should-be-using-linkedin-1/</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2008 10:35:03 +0000</pubDate>
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<category>Business &amp; Freelancing</category>
<guid>http://www.designfloat.com/Business_Freelancing/top-10-reasons-you-should-be-using-linkedin-1/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Top 10 reasons you should be using LinkedIn for networking professionally within your industry.<br/><br/>11 Floats ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Top 3 open source shopping carts]]></title>
<link>http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/top-3-open-source-shopping-carts/</link>
<comments>http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/top-3-open-source-shopping-carts/</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2008 10:41:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<category>Web Design</category>
<guid>http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/top-3-open-source-shopping-carts/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[It is hard to find decent open source shopping carts to use for clients. This is a list of a few great ones that can make your life easier.<br/><br/>18 Floats ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Presidential candidate web design review]]></title>
<link>http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/presidential-candidate-web-design-review/</link>
<comments>http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/presidential-candidate-web-design-review/</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2008 17:53:02 +0000</pubDate>
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<category>Web Design</category>
<guid>http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/presidential-candidate-web-design-review/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Reviewing the presidential candidate's web site design and coding.<br/><br/>36 Floats ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Top 5 RSS readers for serious and extreme readers]]></title>
<link>http://www.designfloat.com/Resources/top-5-rss-readers-for-serious-and-extreme-readers/</link>
<comments>http://www.designfloat.com/Resources/top-5-rss-readers-for-serious-and-extreme-readers/</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2008 09:38:11 +0000</pubDate>
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<category>Resources</category>
<guid>http://www.designfloat.com/Resources/top-5-rss-readers-for-serious-and-extreme-readers/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I go over the top 5 online RSS readers for power readers.<br/><br/>15 Floats ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[From Switches to Targets: A Standardista's Journey]]></title>
<link>http://www.designfloat.com/CSS_WebStandards/from-switches-to-targets-a-standardistas-journey/</link>
<comments>http://www.designfloat.com/CSS_WebStandards/from-switches-to-targets-a-standardistas-journey/</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2008 09:36:13 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>CSS &amp; Web Standards</category>
<guid>http://www.designfloat.com/CSS_WebStandards/from-switches-to-targets-a-standardistas-journey/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Eric Meyer writes a follow-up article on Aaron Gustafson's article and follows through with the future of web design and standards.<br/><br/>7 Floats ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Beyond DOCTYPE: Web Standards, Forward Compatibility, and IE8]]></title>
<link>http://www.designfloat.com/CSS_WebStandards/beyond-doctype-web-standards-forward-compatibility-and-ie8/</link>
<comments>http://www.designfloat.com/CSS_WebStandards/beyond-doctype-web-standards-forward-compatibility-and-ie8/</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2008 09:34:30 +0000</pubDate>
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<category>CSS &amp; Web Standards</category>
<guid>http://www.designfloat.com/CSS_WebStandards/beyond-doctype-web-standards-forward-compatibility-and-ie8/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Aaron Gustafson talks about the future of web standards and web design on a A List Apart.<br/><br/>8 Floats ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The best free web development add-ons for IE 6 and 7]]></title>
<link>http://www.designfloat.com/Resources/the-best-free-web-development-add-ons-for-ie-6-and-7-1/</link>
<comments>http://www.designfloat.com/Resources/the-best-free-web-development-add-ons-for-ie-6-and-7-1/</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2008 09:05:53 +0000</pubDate>
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<category>Resources</category>
<guid>http://www.designfloat.com/Resources/the-best-free-web-development-add-ons-for-ie-6-and-7-1/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[There are always time though when we need to test web sites in IE6 or IE7 and just like we use our extensions for development in Firefoxa4sa4 it is a huge help to have add-ons installed for Internet Explorer that will allow us to do our job more effectively.<br/><br/>14 Floats ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Top 10 job boards for freelance web designers]]></title>
<link>http://www.designfloat.com/Business_Freelancing/top-10-job-boards-for-freelance-web-designers/</link>
<comments>http://www.designfloat.com/Business_Freelancing/top-10-job-boards-for-freelance-web-designers/</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2008 09:15:40 +0000</pubDate>
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<category>Business &amp; Freelancing</category>
<guid>http://www.designfloat.com/Business_Freelancing/top-10-job-boards-for-freelance-web-designers/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[There are a lot of job boards out there that can help freelance web designers find work, a lot of them arena4sa4zt very good and you can find some clients that will expect to pay pennies for hours worth of potential work.<br/><br/>20 Floats ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Developers are working on ACID3 test]]></title>
<link>http://www.designfloat.com/CSS_WebStandards/developers-are-working-on-acid3-test/</link>
<comments>http://www.designfloat.com/CSS_WebStandards/developers-are-working-on-acid3-test/</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2008 12:27:36 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Now that IE8 and Firefox 3 have recently announced passing the acid2 test it looks like Ian Hickson has rebegan work on acid3.<br/><br/>18 Floats ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Why web standards are important in web design]]></title>
<link>http://www.designfloat.com/General/why-web-standards-are-important-in-web-design/</link>
<comments>http://www.designfloat.com/General/why-web-standards-are-important-in-web-design/</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2008 12:05:41 +0000</pubDate>
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<category>General</category>
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<description><![CDATA[When it comes to making something work, you dona4sa4zt want to use duct tape where nails should be used or glue where something needs to be welded. Using the right tools for the job is part of any project, whether it be on the web or in your backyard.<br/><br/>37 Floats ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[IE Blog: IE8 passed the acid2 test]]></title>
<link>http://www.designfloat.com/CSS_WebStandards/ie-blog-ie8-passed-the-acid2-test/</link>
<comments>http://www.designfloat.com/CSS_WebStandards/ie-blog-ie8-passed-the-acid2-test/</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2007 19:48:17 +0000</pubDate>
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<category>CSS &amp; Web Standards</category>
<guid>http://www.designfloat.com/CSS_WebStandards/ie-blog-ie8-passed-the-acid2-test/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Microsoft has announced that IE8 has passed the acid2 test. The acid2 test is a web standards compliance and interoperability test. This is a major milestone for internet explorer.<br/><br/>9 Floats ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[8 great digg-like social networks for designers]]></title>
<link>http://www.designfloat.com/Resources/8-great-digg-like-social-networks-for-designers/</link>
<comments>http://www.designfloat.com/Resources/8-great-digg-like-social-networks-for-designers/</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2007 09:42:55 +0000</pubDate>
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<category>Resources</category>
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<description><![CDATA[A list of 8 great digg-like social networks made for designers. Designfloat made #1, in case you are curious.<br/><br/>45 Floats ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The importance of using lists for navigation]]></title>
<link>http://www.designfloat.com/CSS_WebStandards/the-importance-of-using-lists-for-navigation/</link>
<comments>http://www.designfloat.com/CSS_WebStandards/the-importance-of-using-lists-for-navigation/</comments>
<pubDate>Sun, 16 Dec 2007 03:18:26 +0000</pubDate>
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<category>CSS &amp; Web Standards</category>
<guid>http://www.designfloat.com/CSS_WebStandards/the-importance-of-using-lists-for-navigation/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The importance of using lists for navigation when it comes to accessibility, semantics and flexibility. Using a listless navigation system for your web site can lead to confusion and inaccessibility.<br/><br/>42 Floats ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Finding inspiration for a color scheme]]></title>
<link>http://www.designfloat.com/Resources/finding-inspiration-for-a-color-scheme/</link>
<comments>http://www.designfloat.com/Resources/finding-inspiration-for-a-color-scheme/</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 13 Dec 2007 11:24:45 +0000</pubDate>
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<category>Resources</category>
<guid>http://www.designfloat.com/Resources/finding-inspiration-for-a-color-scheme/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A list of great color scheme tools/generators on the web and for your computer (windows/mac).<br/><br/>18 Floats ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Resources for free stock images, brushes, fonts, icons and more]]></title>
<link>http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/Resources_for_free_stock_images_brushes_fonts_icons_and_more-1/</link>
<comments>http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/Resources_for_free_stock_images_brushes_fonts_icons_and_more-1/</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 04 Dec 2007 12:43:32 +0000</pubDate>
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<category>Web Design</category>
<guid>http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/Resources_for_free_stock_images_brushes_fonts_icons_and_more-1/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[List of free resources for designers to use in order to get Stock Photography, fonts, icons, brushes, patterns and more.<br/><br/>17 Floats ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[422 helpful links for web designers]]></title>
<link>http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/422_helpful_links_for_web_designers/</link>
<comments>http://www.designfloat.com/WebDesign/422_helpful_links_for_web_designers/</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 04 Dec 2007 06:25:29 +0000</pubDate>
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<category>Web Design</category>
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<description><![CDATA[This is a great site for web designer resources. It has a ton of links all separated by category. It has everything from CSS, Fonts, Colors, XHTML, AJAX, PHP, Blogs, Flash and a lot more categories.<br/><br/>27 Floats ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Online marketing for logo designers]]></title>
<link>http://www.designfloat.com/Identity_Branding/Online_marketing_for_logo_designers/</link>
<comments>http://www.designfloat.com/Identity_Branding/Online_marketing_for_logo_designers/</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2007 01:42:41 +0000</pubDate>
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<category>Identity &amp; Branding</category>
<guid>http://www.designfloat.com/Identity_Branding/Online_marketing_for_logo_designers/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[David Airey talks about ways he has marketed himself online as a freelance logo designer.<br/><br/>9 Floats ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Detailed guide to using shorthand CSS]]></title>
<link>http://www.designfloat.com/CSS_WebStandards/Detailed_guide_to_using_shorthand_CSS-1/</link>
<comments>http://www.designfloat.com/CSS_WebStandards/Detailed_guide_to_using_shorthand_CSS-1/</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2007 01:39:55 +0000</pubDate>
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<category>CSS &amp; Web Standards</category>
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<description><![CDATA[This is a detailed guide for using CSS shorthand in your design cutups. It goes over specific examples for usage and instruction.<br/><br/>18 Floats ]]></description>
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