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Inside issue 271<br />
Cutting-edge features, techniques and inspiration for web creatives<br />
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Chat with the team and other readers and discuss the latest tech, trends and techniques. Here’s how to stay in touch…<br />
steve.jenkins@futurenet.com @<strong>Web</strong><strong>Designer</strong>Mag www.creativebloq.com<br />
08 Creative trends to watch out for<br />
Shutterstock recently released its <strong>2018</strong> Creative<br />
Trends Report. Find out what’s coming your way<br />
Cover focus<br />
10 <strong>Web</strong>Kit: The best must-try<br />
resources out there<br />
Discoverthelibrariesandframeworksthat<br />
will make your site a better place to visit<br />
11 NoexcuseforabadUI<br />
James Norman from Fasthosts tells you what<br />
makesagoodUIandwhyit’simportant<br />
14 Lightbox<br />
A showcase of inspirational sites and the<br />
techniques used to create them<br />
26 Angelic airplanes<br />
Russian agency Red Collar reveals how it<br />
delivered Inculerate’s distinctive new design<br />
34 Form and FFunction<br />
<strong>Web</strong> <strong>Designer</strong> finds out how dataviz specialist<br />
FFunction makes data beautiful and engaging<br />
42 Get pro design skills<br />
Learn how pick the right font, create<br />
meaningful typography, pick the perfect<br />
palette and build brilliant layouts<br />
62 Master layouts<br />
Whatmakesalayoutgreat?Discoverthesecrets<br />
behind designing and building what you need<br />
42<br />
74 10 best static site generators<br />
WanttobuildHTMLpagesindouble-quicktime?<br />
Then try one of these carefully selected options<br />
92 Hosting listings<br />
An extensive list of web hosting companies.<br />
Pick the perfect host for your needs<br />
94 Course listings<br />
Wanttostartlearningonline?Checkout<br />
what courses are out there with this list<br />
98 Next month<br />
What’s in the next issue of <strong>Web</strong> <strong>Designer</strong>?<br />
62<br />
Master layouts<br />
How to design and create the perfect page<br />
74<br />
10 best static site generators<br />
Create HTML pages in double-quick time<br />
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