Web Design can at times be a chore to endure. Remembering code, making graphical flare and compiling into a beautiful design can take time; days, hours... years? Which is exactly why I've decided share some of my most used everyday designer resources with readers of my blog, you may have have heard of them before, you may even use them everyday, all I'm doing is sharing the love.

No. 10

DevSnippets is a small branch of the website Noupe; the web design blog. Its a resource for people to add tutorials, trends, and... well 'snippets' of code that other designers would find useful. It's a favourite website that I visit on a daily basis during a project to catch-up with new CSS3 tricks, design ideas and javascript effects that I can spice up some layouts with.

No. 9

Now I know there are many other websites dedicated to colour pallets, Adobe has their own rendition originally named Kuler. COLOURlovers however has more to offer: patterns, pallets, and a whole rating system along with the Photoshop and GIMP compatible arrangements. I've always used COLOURlovers (spelt the correct way) for my website designs, in fact this very blog uses this pallet. Check their blog out every week or so for some great articles about colour used in different places.

No. 8

Feed My App is an amazing directory full to the seems of fantastic 'web 2.0' websites. You can search for different types of website from website scripts to iPhone related doohickys. It has everything you could ever want. What has this got to do with design you may ask, I've used Feed My App for a year now, and it has taught me countless design techniques and styles. It's also a good place to find directories of javascript effects too.

No. 7

A website with average type can really bring it's readability down, and repel users. A website with good typography however will host a whole range of benefits: text clarity, liven up design and more importantly screen presence. People go to your website for its content, not it's design... it helps though. This is where Typechart comes screeching into action. If you suck at just getting a nice range of fonts and spacing together you'll find Typechart a sweet-haven for your designs; supplying one click CSS, and what fonts will work with what.

No. 6

Smush.it is a short and sweet FireFox plug-in that's sole purpose is to slice off those lbs. in web design terms. Image optimization can be a tricky job, why do you need to have to mess around with lots of different settings when you can build your whole website then run it through Smush.it. Simple replace your images and use the time saved to make your favourite sandwich. Remember in the words of The Black Eyed Peas, time is money and money is time.

No. 5

Have you ever had a tough time making cool 'web 2.0' stripes? Have you ever had to line up, pixel-by-pixel your ultimate stripes for your design and spent hours hunched over your computer screen? If you answered yes to one or all of those questions Stripe Generator "2.0" is the perfect resource for you. It's Ajax exterior will generate all of those tiresome stripes in seconds into a nice tile'able png. How's that for service!

No. 4

If you want something a little more unique than the overused yet beautiful FAMFAMFAM silk icons then try Icon Finder. Just prod in the icon you desire and lo-and-behold a nice shiny website ready Creative Commons licensed icon shall appear. Wonderful. [edit] New design alert, well done to Martin Leblanc for the spiffin' new look.

No. 3

Freelance Switch is a place to read about freelancing, get a job freelancing, and more importantly chat to other freelancers. You can learn a great plethora of information about the fledgling world of web design. Home to a great mix of experienced writers, Freelance Switch is an idea home for someone looking to get into the design game... or for more information about how to stay in it.

No. 2

If you ever need a logo for a website and need any inspiration at all, then I highly suggest you go crash by Logo Faves, the "logo design inspiration gallery". Nuf said.

No. 1

I mentioned it earlier at no. 10, it's the one, the only, my most visited website resource... it's... Noupe. It's a fantastic resource for everything web design. Sourcing the best of the net, Noupe is a must read for a daily share of web design.

WOW, what a list! Remember, if you feel something hasn't been mentioned up here, go right ahead and post a link down below in the comments section. This post originated from my blog.