Forums are a great place to get inspired and learn from others about all aspects of web design. Forums can help with sharing creative ideas, asking for help with a specific problem or to networking with potential clients and colleagues.
However, there is no shortage of choice when it comes to finding your online home. To get you started here are five web design forums I find myself using from time to time.
SitePoint is one of the largest and most high profile online communities specifically targeting web developers and designers.
Web Designer Forum has an active and friendly community popular amongst UK-based web designers and developers.
Veering towards the more technical side of web development, Webmaster World has an active community with a wealth of knowledge and experience.
With a slightly more creativity/graphic design bias, this is a friendly place to find help and enjoy a bit of banter whilst you’re at it.
Very popular design forum, with active web design and development sections.
Where do you call your online home?
Are you a member of any of the above communities? How have you found your experience with them? Can you recommend any web design forums that I haven’t mentioned above?
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I must say Estetica Design Forum is the place to be; I’m addicted!
As a budding designer it is a great place to hang out with experienced and new designers, get advice and share influences and inspirations.
10 out of 10 from me!
I post on both Estetica Design Forum and Webmaster World and I must say both are excellent forums. Estetica Design is much better for actual web design information and help where webmaster world has a great knowledge base of SEO techniques.
If you want my advice? Designers join Estetica Design Forum, Webmasters join both!
Caroline – Hi, thanks for commenting. I joined Estetica a couple of weeks ago but have only managed to post a handful of times. I’m trying to make it part of my daily routine to do a bit of ‘foruming’ so make sure you say HI if you see me around 
Craig – I agree Webmaster World is a lot more technical than Estetica. I’m not actually an active WW poster but I don’t think there is any site where I lurk more. Whenever I Google to try and find the answer to some obscure problem I nearly always find myself reading a WW discussion.
Estetica is my favourite home page, I’m on it every day. It’s such a friendly place, always busy and full of extremely talented people from all areas of design 
Hi, thanks for commenting. Really abobe forums sitepoint , webmasterworld, webdesigners fourms are really good and a designer must be a part of those forums which helps you to be exactly designer
You may wish to check out Webforumz.com – it’s not the biggest of sites, but still very pleasant, friendly and helpful.
Hi Aaron,
I’ve recently launched a new design forum site specifically aimed at UK designers and developers, if you get a chance take a look http://www.DesignForums.co.uk
It’s completely free to use, and 100% advert free, designed and run by myself a freelance designer for other designers, as simple as that really
Hope to speak to you there soon!
Thanks, Greg
you might also wast to Check out http://www.webprocafe.com, web design, coffee and code.. As one of the newest web design sites, we are eager to give you the best experience and teach you some new tricks.
Thanks, Some good forums there
Pretty nice collection of websites thanks for the shares friend
Yep, I also recommend http://webprocafe.com – great little site and a friendly community
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