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by TutsArena - Resources

This is another set of the best community’s resources that we find interesting, peculiar or useful that we think you may have missed but ought to check out.

1. 150+ free paper textures

A roundup of paper texture sources by BlueBlots.

2. The best coming soon pages

Think under construction pages suck? You are right, of course. Sometimes, though, they are a necessary evil, or may even be part of the marketing evil, intentionally put there to create a buzz. In any case, the modern under construction pages have come a long way since the animated construction cones of 1998. Check out the proof compiled by SixRevisions.

3. 35 useful jQuery plugins for slideshows, graphs and text effects

A good compilation of useful plugins by Noupe.

4. 10 lightweight CMS solutions

What? Someone doesn’t want to use wordpress anymore? Well, we suppose there are reasons why someone would opt for a lighter weight alternative. There are reasons pro and there are reasons against that, including security reasons. If you do want to make use of a simpler approach, WebDeisgnLedger has a list of 10 alternatives for you.

5. 10 tips on designing an effective website for a non-profit

If your client is a non-profit organization, you might want to check out this list of 10 hints by Vandelay Design.

6. 40 dark and stylish site designs

40 dark site designs made with style for your inspiration, compiled by PSDfan.

7. 12 different captcha solutions

Spam sucks and one way to beat it is to use captchas — scrambled images that are hard for computers to solve and are more or less readable by humans. While using capthas is relatively easy in WordPress, for instance, that may not be the case for other types of web sites. If you need a solution, check out the list by webm.ag.

8. 20 free fonts suitable for a logo or header design

Like the title says, if you need a for to create a distinctive logo or a header, check out the list by Design your way.

9. 22 animal illustration tutorials in Illustrator

If you use Illustrator to create illustrations, don’t miss a set of these tutorials compiled for you by Colorburned.

10. 55 stunning fractal artworks

And another flashback, this time to circa 1992. Check it out though, we bet you won’t be disappointed. Smashing Apps presents a list of some 55 fractal artworks for your inspiration.