"2008 was a successful year for us and for Smashing Magazine. Reviewing what has happened on Smashing Magazine over the last year, we could have told a couple of impressive stories that happened here and there, but we won’t do that. Instead, we would like to take a rather critical look back and discuss what we’ve done and what has changed in 2008."

"Lighting effects are often used in modern web design to give a site an interesting and different look. Several months ago I published 40 Photoshop Tutorials for Lighting and Abstract Effects, which includes plenty of tutorials that can help you to get this type of look in your own work. Now, I’d like to share this gallery of sites that are putting those techniques into practice."

"404ページ、ログイン、コメント部分などパーツごとに優れたサイトを集めたリンク集「MephoBox」"

"斬新なコメントフォームデザイン集 よくデザインされたコメントフォームのサンプル集。ここまでやるかというものもあって見ているだけでも面白い上参考になります。"

"On content-heavy websites, the search box is often the most frequently used design element. From a usability point of view, irritated users use the search function as a last option when looking for specific information on a website. If a website’s content is not organized properly, an efficient search engine is not only helpful but crucial, even for basic website navigation. In fact, search is the user’s lifeline to mastering complex websites. The best designs offer a simple search box on the home page and play down advanced search and scoping."

"The Comment form, is an important part of interface design that usually appears at the end of an article. Comment Form should have appealing typography, ordered element placement (name, e-mail, etc.), colors which induces the reader to comment."

"Cheat sheets save time and help you quickly see what other ways of coding are possible. I have put together a little post with the top most used cheat sheets for web programming. I will be updating this post with newer entrees (I’m sure I missed some good ones) so if you know I link to a good one please add it in the comments section. Enjoy these Cheat Sheets For HTML,CSS, jQuery, PHP, Expression Engine!"

"サイトを美しく魅せるゴージャスナビゲーション集。 重厚で美しいデザインのナビゲーションの特集です。"

"Last week I published a collection of over 50 excellent navigational menus for your design inspiration. Because I found more examples than I used in that post, and because others seemed to share my appreciation for menu design, I’ve decided to put together a second collection."

"美しくデザインされた汚れた感じのサイトデザイン集。 どっちなのかよくわからないタイトルになってしまいましたが、とってもクールなサイトデザインのサイトが一杯で参考になります。"

"I know WordPress feels the template love so this week it’s Joomla’s turn to show off. Designing for Joomla is not popular as designing templates for WordPress. Here are some excellent examples of what can be done with a little creativity and Joomla."

"If you have a broken link on your site or the pages, which don’t exist any longer, have moved to a new server or have never existed at all, visitors will get an internal error message from the server. However, by default these messages aren’t that helpful"

"When I’m looking at excellent websites for design inspiration, one of my favorite aspects of design to notice is the navigation menu. While I enjoy seeing excellent designs of all types (minimal to artistic to colorful to dark) and various aspects of the site (including headers and footers), a well-designed and well-executed navigation menu can have more impact on my appreciation of a site than any other single piece of the design."

"3D Typographic design is now more popular and we can notice a surge for 3D Type work on portfolio sites, Here we have collected 45 Beautiful 3D Typography Deisgns For Inspiration, I found these design realy inspiring, hope you will be inspired"

"A collection of extensions for your every Design and Development need, from Editing CSS and Database Management to Image Capture and Color Pickers. If there are any you feel I have missed, just leave a comment."