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8 awesome web design
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Ben Bridgen

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Content Marketing Manager          |       10 APRIL 2025         |           7 Min read

Create a functional
calculator

Web calculators can be designed to do anything from basic math to pricing calculations and financial projections. Creating a web calculator will help you get more experience coding mathematical algorithms without compromising design and UX

There are 46 web calculator design examples on Dribbble that you can use for inspiration. There are calculators for mortgage calculations, basic mathematical calculations, weight-loss journey calculations, and many other types of calculations. These examples show that you can create functional calculators to match your brand’s value proposition.

1. Launch an internet meme generator project

A meme generator project will help you practice your HTML, CSS, and Java skills. You’re designing an app that allows people to upload images, insert text on the image, and export the completed file. These three steps form the basis of many apps and web programs, thus making it crucial for you to learn them. 

here are many tutorials available that can help with your internet meme generator project. Some popular options are:

Bonus: Programming languages tips for beginner web designers

HTML

Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) is the building block of all websites. It’s the first thing search engines will look at when visiting a website, thus making it important for you to know how to use HTML to build a website’s structure. HTML is what makes a website visible to end users.

Tips for gaining proficiency in HTML

 

  • Complete a course that includes practical ways to learn HTML, as well as other relevant programming languages. The Web Developer Bootcamp 2022 is a course you could consider. It has over 830,000 students and a 4.7-star rating across over 240,000 reviews. 

  • Attend an HTML Bootcamp. Berkely offers a coding Bootcamp each year where you can learn the basics of HTML and get practical experience. 

  • Get HTML certification. A good certification to pursue is CanCanIt’s HTML5 certification. It proves you have basic knowledge of HTMLfunctions, structure, tagging processes, and media integration. 

CSS

Cascading Styling Sheets (CSS) is a programming language that focuses on the style and design of a webpage. It works alongside HTML to add colors, backgrounds, layouts, font sizes, and other design elements to websites.

Tips for gaining proficiency in CSS

  • Play an online CSS game. Each game helps players master a different aspect of CSS. You can check out a fun list of CSS games in this article. 

  • Access free beginner courses on YouTube. The Free Code Camp has a video that’s a little over five hours long that you can check out. It covers how to build and deploy your first website and various web design projects that will help you apply what you’ve learned. 

  • Get a Microsoft Technology Associate (MTA) certification in HTML and CSS

avaScript

Java is a popular programming language used to develop website content, games, apps, and software. It’s mainly used in front-end development and is platform independent. 

Tips for gaining proficiency in Java

User interface/experience design (UI/UX design)

UI design relates to all the visual elements you interact with when using a website, app, or electronic device. UX includes UI design but takes a more holistic approach by looking at a customer’s entire experience with a digital product. UI and UX design focus on how customers experience and feel about a digital product or website. 

Tips for gaining proficiency in UI/UX design

  • Use interactive courses that allow you to test and measure your design skills. Uxcel has a great UX design course.

  • Become familiar with the most popular UI design tools. You can check out nine of the best tools here.

  • Learn from leading UX experts on social media, such as Kim Goodwin, Dan Saffer, and Lizzie Dyson.

  • Learn how to create responsive designs that adapt to a user’s screen size, platform, and screen orientation (horizontal or vertical). 

Visual design

Have you ever seen a dull, uninteresting website and immediately bounced? You aren’t alone. Research from Adobe finds that “when pressed for time, 59% of global consumers crave beautiful design over simplicity.” Beautiful web designs are created using UI and visual design techniques (such as color psychology, spacing typography, and type hierarchy) to enhance the look and feel of a website. 

Ben Bridgen

Content Marketing Manager   

Ben is a Content Marketing Manager at Teamwork.com. He’s spent the past 10 years writing for agencies

and SaaS companies, mostly about tech, tools, and smarter ways to work. He loves breaking down trends,

sharing hacks, and helping to make work life a bit less chaotic.

55+ Creative Website Ideas and Topics for 2024

Having a website allows you to learn, teach, and make money online if you choose to turn it into a source of income. Some people view it as a hobby, some — an online business. And if you’re lucky, it can be both. 

Monetizing your website is possible, and it extends beyond just affiliate marketing. But if you want your own website that allows you to make money online, you should first find a profitable website idea. 

To run a successful website, you need to pick a specific niche, analyze your target audience, learn the basics of online marketing, and have enough tenacity to keep your content consistent. Before getting to those steps, you need a great website idea and a website builder that matches your needs.

In this article, we will cover 55+ website ideas that you can use to start a website today and grow it over time. Ready to get some inspiring website ideas? Then let’s get going! 

CSS

  1. 1.Blogs

Blogs are one of the most popular types of websites, and there’s a reason for it. Having a personal blog is a low-cost pursuit that gives you flexibility, creative freedom, and limitless affiliate marketing opportunities. You can gain a sizable audience over time because people love reading personalized content and real-life stories.

While it can be a fulfilling hobby, blogging can also grow into a potentially profitable side business. Don’t make a mistake: It’s not just affiliate marketing — there are other real opportunities to earn money.

You don’t need any fancy equipment, web design skills, or large funds to start a blog. Good ideas and a passion for writing are all it takes to get into blogging. Take Arianna Huffington as an example, the founder of the Huffington Post. She sold her blog to AOL for $315 million. 

WordPress and Medium are great blogging platforms to consider if you want to start a blog, or you can find an easy-to-use website builder

Wondering how to create a blog? First, figure out its big theme. Is it going to be personal or professional? If you opt for the latter, what industry do you want to dedicate your blog to? Pick your niche carefully, study similar blogs, and brainstorm fun, exciting ideas for your blog posts.  

A very common example is a travel blog, where people talk about various places they have traveled to. Not a traveler? Create an adventure blog to discuss any intriguing occurrences. These strange incidents might happen at home, on the way to work, or on an airplane.

  1. 2.News and Trends

Create a news website all about the latest top stories and trends in an industry you’re well familiar with. News websites need to be regularly updated; otherwise, they lose all credibility. So, if you decide to give this website idea a shot, be prepared to put in work on a regular basis and don’t disappoint your site visitors.