SiteInspire — web design inspiration • Hacker News Board

Good photography undoubtedly improves the visual appeal of a site, but I often find myself in a position with just layouts, text, and a few assets. Being able to turn your basic tools into a visually appealing site is what I see as excellent web design.

Re: SiteInspire — web design inspiration

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Post by retlehs » Sun, Jan 06, 2013, 9:19 PM UTC

It's hard to find good inspiration galleries that feature modern design and code. Drawar's gallery (no longer around) used to be my favorite, but lately I've mainly used Unmatched Style:

http://unmatchedstyle.com/gallery

Re: SiteInspire — web design inspiration

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Post by aviswanathan » Sun, Jan 06, 2013, 9:49 PM UTC

Sometimes what helps me is poring through WP themes or frameworks to get ideas for placement, sizing, etc. This is a great resource, though.

Re: SiteInspire — web design inspiration

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Post by level09 » Sun, Jan 06, 2013, 9:54 PM UTC

do you generate the website snapshots manually or using some headless browser or a 3rd party service ? .. just curious :)

Re: SiteInspire — web design inspiration

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Post by howells » Sun, Jan 06, 2013, 9:56 PM UTC

level09 wrote: post #8

do you generate the website snapshots manually or using some headless browser or a 3rd party service ? .. just curious :)

I take all the shots manually. If I were to do it automatically (maybe I will in the future) I would use this: http://url2png.com/ - great results.

Re: SiteInspire — web design inspiration

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Post by thesteg » Sun, Jan 06, 2013, 10:46 PM UTC

I'm curious on a legal aspect: Do you check with the website owners before posting?