With the surprising boom of premium WordPress themes over the last few months, innovation and creativity have certainly spiked upwards. Premium developers are constantly looking for that extra edge over their competitors as they take their coding to an entirely new level. However, this begs the question - what features make people go premium? What is it that makes it worth $50-100 to the end user to have a bunch of files of code?

It is, as I like to call them - “web design addicts,” who are pushing the boundary of online aesthetics and usability to a whole new level. However, at a certain point, these web designers cross an undefined boundary into a world of uncontrollable design addiction. A world where their lives are filled with ‘div classes’ and ‘a hrefs’. A world in which no ‘hr’ tag is complete without the litte ‘/’ at the end. I present to you 10 signs that you have crossed into the realm of web design addiction.

Today I bring you the top 10 user-rated web designs - courtesy of Command-Shift-3. Take a look, get inspired, and try to figure out what makes these sites the best of the best.

Web design revolves so much around colors, brightness, hue, and contrast. Some web designs are made complete simply based on their colors. So today I wanted to bring you the best of the earthy colors in web design - green, brown, black, and gray. These are the 16 best earth-colored website designs on the web. Each of these websites pulls off their color scheme extremely well - so take a look and see how the pros are working colors like never before!

This is a guest post by Gary Hess from Impnerd.com. 
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.. The first thing visitors notice when visiting a web site is the design. Where you have your logo, the content location, and the navigation.When a visitor comes to a website, the best thing for them is to be accustomed. It helps visitors navigate a site and [...]