A chart or a graph is a visual representation of data, in which “the data are represented by symbols, such as bars, lines, or slices”. These symbols can represent tabular numeric data, functions or some kinds of qualitative structures. For one reason or another, a lot of freelancers use Charts… read more
This article with the title 30 amazing css ajax form will explain the various techniques, tutorials, examples relating to the form. read more
I thought I could not be out-geeked. With a background in radio, and having dabbled in the demo scene on the Commodore 64 and hung out on BBSes and IRC for a long time and all the other things normal kids don’t quite get, I thought I was safe in… read more
For this months book giveaway we have jQuery 1.4 Reference Guide, written by Jonathan Chaffer, Karl Swedberg.
To give yourself a chance of winning this book all you have to do is leave a comment below, and tell us how jQuery has helped you improve your web development projects, or… read more
As you already seen in our previous posts about Single Page Website Designs that showcasing your work in single page design is a hot trend now days. It’s kind of ironic to see what designers can do with single pages as modern age designers love to experiment with things and… read more
If you have a non-commercial website and you need to add charting capabilities in your website, Highcharts may suit your needs. Highcharts is a free charting control developed purely with Javascript so that you can show interactive charts on your website. Since its purely developed with Javascript, you don’t need… read more
There are a lot of useful tools for web designers and developers, they do tend to come and go and it usually depends on personal preference whether or not any tool is used. There is only one tool that has lasted the test of time and is not only universally… read more
A perfect layout, A Good Design and Nice Resource can produce a creative output. Layout, textures, typography and patterns are used more often than one may think but the outcome of different combination can result verity of excellent designs. Professionalism is built upon knowledge and experience. However, When it comes… read more
We are always in search of great free resources, tips, tricks, etc. for our readers. Every day we work hard to find new resources and inspiration for designers like you. Today, we have another great post, “Discover the Best of the Web” on SmashingApps. In this, we made a list… read more
This is my weekly Twitter Design News Round-Up, a collection of fresh design related resources that I have shared via Twitter in the past week.
Just in case you are not one of my Twitter followers, click here: twitter.com/speckyboy, and you’ll be kept up to date with loads of design news… read more
Keeping up with the new jQuery plugin releases and developments sometimes feels like a full-time job! Every other day something new and better crops up that catches the eye and you think yourself “Wow, that looks good, I could use that!“.
For this post I have collected 25 of the best… read more
I recently had the opportunity to interview multi-media designer Dan Noe. Many DesignM.ag readers have probably seen Dan’s portfolio site for Noe Design Studio showcased at various design galleries or blogs. Dan works at Screenscape Studios in Des Moines, Iowa. I hope you’ll find Dan’s insight and experience to be… read more
Over the years designers have pushed themselves to create unique and inspiring designs. Companies have yearned to have websites which are innovative and make them stand out against their competitors. Yet charity websites have not progressed along with trends and expectations — they seem to have been designed for launch… read more
Business Web application design is too often neglected. I see a lot of applications that don’t meet the needs of either businesses or users and thus contribute to a loss of profit and poor user experience. It even happens that designers are not involved in the process of creating applications… read more
A couple of days ago our follower count crossed over the 10,000 mark – which is simply awesome! A little flattering, but awesome all the same. Thanks to everyone that follows us.
Anyway this is our weekly Twitter Design News Round-Up, a collection of fresh design related resources that I have… read more
In January, Jason Santa Maria sent out a tweet announcing that visitphilly.com had been redesigned by world-renowned design studio Happy Cog. My interest was piqued, and I couldn’t help but take a peek.
I can honestly say that I’ve never been more impressed with a website redesign than… read more
Using JavaScript has become increasingly easy over the last few years. Whereas back in the day we needed to know the quirks of every browser, now many libraries such as jQuery, YUI, Dojo and MooTools allow someone who doesn’t even know JavaScript to spruce up boring HTML documents with impressive… read more
A few weeks ago we published a collection of jQuery plugins for working with forms. While those plugins can be very useful, there may be times where you would rather learn how to code the solution yourself rather than simply using a plugin. There are a number of quality tutorials… read more
In this post we are glad to release DesignPile WordPress Theme, a theme designed by Site 5 and released for Smashing Magazine and its readers. The theme comes with 3 color styles and a couple of jQuery-based goodies. It can be used for portfolios and blogs as well as corporate… read more
By Angel Wardriver
jQuery can empower a developer with the tools required to create a rich user experience. The way in which we display images, text, charts and graphs can enhance functionality for the wide range of users. Let’s take a look at 35 powerful and effective jQuery plugins and techniques… read more
Although CSS is generally considered a simple and straightforward language, sometimes it requires creativity, skill and a bit of experimentation. The good news is that designers and developers worldwide often face similar problems and choose to share their insights and workarounds with the wider community.
This is where we come in…. read more
Almost every movie has a scene in which a character pull the protagonist aside and says, “There’s something you should know about [insert another character's name here].” Most of the time, we find out some dark secret about a supposed friend of the protagonist or that the main ally is… read more
This is our weekly Twitter Design News Round-Up, a collection of fresh design related resources that we have shared via Twitter in the past week.
Just in case you are not one of our Twitter followers, click here: twitter.com/speckyboy.
As always, if you have any cool links that you would… read more
A one of a kind jQuery ticker script that can be viewed both sequentially and simultaneously, via drop down menu. The ticker’s contents can be defined either inline on the page, or inside an external file on the same server and fetched via Ajax. read more
CSS does a pretty darn good job of helping to lay out a web page… but not always. Even with all the versatility that CSS offers (including CSS3), it sometimes is not enough and, dare I say it, I really hate to say it – HTML tables are on [very… read more
Today we are glad to release a beautiful, simple and clean portfolio WordPress theme — SimpleFolio, designed by Omar E. Corrales and released for Smashing Magazine and its readers. SimpleFolio is a portfolio theme that includes a blog and a very extensive option page, that allows you to exclude all… read more
Though the methods used to gather website traffic statistics call into question the validity of the stats themselves, the fact is that some of your website’s visitors will have JavaScript disabled.
You could divide your traffic sources into four broad categories:
Search engines, mobile visitors, visitors… read more
30 AJAX Tutorials For Smart Web Developers
It doesn’t even use any CSS3, just good ol’ CSS2.
Really interesting proof-of-concept from the same guy who brought us CSS Paper Bird and CSS 3D Meninas.
Read more at ajaxian.com →
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If you’re a web developer, you’re almost certainly constantly looking for ways to improve your skills, expand your technology arsenal, and keep on top of the latest trends in development and design…. read more
At first glance the Google Map API may seem scary, I mean, were do you possibly start? You probably only want to display a simple map that displays directions to your clients address, you don’t really want an all singing and dancing interactive map with more options than necessary. There… read more
Tim Trefren is one of the founders of Mixpanel, Inc. a real-time analytics service that helps companies understand how users behave with web applications.
When most people think of web analytics, they think about pageview tracking; basically, measuring which pages on a website are being viewed. Pageview tracking is a well-established… read more
We are always in search of great free resources, tips, tricks, etc. for our readers. Every day we work hard to find new resources and inspiration for designers like you. Today, we have another great post, “Discover the Best of the Web” on SmashingApps. In this, we made a list… read more
Mobile apps? They’re all the rage right now, especially now that the Anroid and Blackberry platforms are finally getting the ball rolling on their own app stores. Whether you own one of these platforms or not; you probably know, or have at least heard, about the massive number of apps… read more
Happy belated new year Creative Bookmarkers! We’re well on our way into twenty-ten, and have a handful of outstanding resources to share from January.
Quick Nav:
Photoshop TutorialsIllustrator TutorialsWeb/Blogging TutorialsFreebies, Inspiration, & ResourcesPhotoshop TutorialsCreate a Clean Blue Portfolio Design in Photoshop
There are a couple of nice photoshop layout tutorials from around the… read more
CSS3 is coming. Although the browser support of CSS 3 is still very limited, many designers across the globe experiment with new powerful features of the language, using graceful degradation for users with older browsers and using the new possibilites of CSS3 for users with modern browsers. That’s a reasonable… read more
A perfect layout, A Good Design and Nice Resource can produce a creative output. Layout, textures, typography and patterns are used more often than one may think but the outcome of different combination can result verity of excellent designs. Professionalism is built upon knowledge and experience. However, When it comes… read more
Over the past few years there has been a drastic increase in the number of premium or commercial themes available to WordPress users, and more theme sellers have continued to enter the market. Some are well-known individuals or companies who have developed a reputation in the WordPress community, and others… read more
A bookmarklet is a tiny JavaScript application contained within a URL, designed to add a one-click functionalty to a web page that will allow you to alter not just your own web page but any page that you choose.
The functions that they can perform vary – you could do… read more
For one reason or another, a lot of freelancers use Web based Applications. As a full-time freelancer and part-time geek, I really like to manage my activities with applications on web too. Web based applications have many advantages over software that you have to download and install it on your… read more
AJAX-enabled Sticky Notes With PHP & jQuery
By Paul Andrew
As many of us know, the initial 15-20 seconds of a new user’s visit to a web site will have a large impact on whether on not they are going to like or dislike the site, prompting them to decide whether they will stay or go. This means… read more
Almost every website uses a form of some kind. Contact forms and other types of forms can be enhanced with the use of a number of jQuery plugins that are readily available. In this post we’ll feature 25 useful plugins that you may be able to use in your own… read more
Web site or blog is nothing without navigation. You should place good and user friendly navigation to making it easy for your visitors to get around fast on the most elemental elements of web design and development simply.
It is hard for most web developers to create a dynamic navigation solution… read more
By Louis Lazaris
The web form has been one of the most discussed elements in web design for more than ten years now. We can’t help it. Call-to-action functionality often leads users to a form; purchases are made using forms; users register or subscribe using forms — the uses for forms… read more
The Internet has been a heavily interactive medium since its inception. The terms, browsing and surfing, both used to describe people’s interaction with websites are two words that definitely imply a lot of interactivity. Traditional forms of Web interactivity include such things as clicking, dragging, and of course, typing. With… read more
This post is part of our daily series of posts showing the most inspiring images selected by some of the Abduzeedo’s writers and users. If you want to participate and share your graphic design inspiration, just send us, via email, the image with the link from where you found it,… read more
In this post, I’m going to let you know all the plugins and scripts that I used in my recent project that requires intensive AJAX calls and javascript fanciness. I have made a list of plugins and tutorials. It’s going to be really useful to all of you. read more
There are many many tutorials and plugins for the jQuery core, but not so many that focus on jQuery UI. jQuery UI has been criticized in the past for its lack of documentation and support, but times have changed. Accompanied by its content rich website, in-depth docs and, especially, support… read more
In this post I have shared free jQuery and Ajax scripts to help our upcoming web developers. In this list includes – Rotating jQuery Tabs, Sliding Login Panel with jQuery, AJAX Loading Panel, Mysql Ajax Table Editor, jQuery youtube playlist plugin etc. read more
Website security is an interesting topic and should be high on the radar of anyone who has a Web presence under their control. Ineffective Web security leads to all of the things that make us hate the Web: spam, viruses, identity theft, to name a few.
The problem with Web security… read more
CSS and JavaScript are extremely powerful tools for designers and developers. Almost every day designers and developers come up with fresh and clever CSS tricks and techniques and share them with other developers. We regularly collect all these tricks, filter them, sort them, revise them and prepare them for Smashing… read more
Cloud computing has started proceeding beyond the hype stage and into the beginning of mainstream adoption. Gartner had included cloud computing in their list of Top 10 Strategic Technologies for 2009. They also reported that worldwide cloud services revenue is on pace to surpass $56.3 billion in 2009. As we… read more
If you planning to launch new online project or your new site then coming soon pages can be handy tools for you as under construction page proven to get most out of these early announcements.
Now days Creative Designs is one of the key aspects for improving your website’s future traffic… read more
Website performance is a hugely important topic, so much so that the big companies of the Web are obsessed with it. For the Googles, Yahoos, Amazons and eBays, slow websites mean fewer users and less happy users and thus lost revenue and reputation.
In your case, annoying a few users wouldn’t… read more
We’re all mostly accustomed to educating ourselves by reading articles. Rare are the opportunities to attend conferences or watch live shows on subjects that we’re interested in. That’s why we are presenting here phenomenal videos and related resources on the topic of user experience (UX) by different presenters at different… read more
If you are needing a quick way of catching up on what has been happening within the design community after the festive holiday period, this is the round-up for you. Oh, and welcome back to work!
We love to share fresh design related news and resources through Twitter, this post… read more
We are always in search of great free resources, tips, tricks, etc. for our readers. Every day we work hard to find new resources and inspiration for designers like you. Today, we have another great post, “Discover the Best of the Web” on SmashingApps. In this, we made a list… read more
By Paul Andrew
Using AJAX on websites and applications is pretty much taken for granted nowadays. Users expect it. They want to be able to edit a page in-place, they want search queries to be auto-suggested, and they want to be able to submit a form without refreshing the page. Why?… read more
3+ Ways to Preload Images Using CSS, JavaScript, or Ajax
A perfect layout, A Good Design and Nice Resource can produce a creative output. Layout, textures, typography and patterns are used more often than one may think but the outcome of different combination can result verity of excellent designs. Professionalism is built upon knowledge and experience. However, When it comes… read more
Not many of us will have the opportunity to attend or participate in a live web-related event, conference, or presentation. But that doesn’t mean we can’t benefit from the information exchanged at such events. Many of the sites associated with those events provide supplementary information, summaries, presentation slides, plus audio… read more
The year 2009 is almost ended. We have explored and reviewed so many useful tools and resources for you all the year. Today, we are going to take a look on few of the web apps we have featured that we think you would like bookmark for 2010. I hope… read more
Eversince, Lokesh Dhakar created the first lightbox application, photo galleries and popup windows advanced to new era. And there was a time that lightboxes become a default component for every web sites. Aside from their libraries and codebase, all of them has similar properties like ability to show single image… read more
2009 was a very successful year for Smashing Magazine. It was a year of ambitious goals and an intense time schedule, which brought many changes over the past year. In 2009 we published more posts than ever (on average, 8 posts per week). We broadened our areas of interest: for… read more
With it being Christmas in the past week, design articles have been a little thin on the ground, making today’s Twitter round-up fairly sparse. Don't be put off, though, there are still a few high quality articles being published around the community, and we have highlighted them below.
Just in… read more
Here is a collection of ten useful jQuery plugins of 2009 you can’t miss. If you have other interesting plugins to share, please leave a comment. Thanks!
jQuery Before/After
This plug-in shows the difference between two images simply dragging a slider over the two images which are sandwiched with one on… read more
Nowadays Twitter is changing how the web is used. In fact under the pressure of the twitter’s FireHose even Google Search is starting to show transient informations, i.e. the tweets (cfr. Google Tweets and updates and search). As everybody knows a tweet is a short text message (less than 140… read more
Christmas is here, and the wife has ordered me to take the next three or four days off. I haven’t had more than two days off at any given time in the past year, so perhaps she is right. I have handed over my laptop, handed over the power lead… read more
Inforama is a Java based Document Automation system which allows document templates to be created quickly and easily using OpenOffice. Templates are populated with data from parameters, databases and other datasources before being generated into PDFs for printing and emailing.
They have recently releaseVersion 1.4 that includes some significant enhancements and… read more
In this post we release our last freebie for the Christmas and the New Year season: a beautiful Christmas and New Year’s Eve WordPress Theme, designed by Site5 and released for Smashing Magazine and its readers. The theme is decorated using Smashing Christmas Icon Set and its main goal is… read more
For one reason or another, a lot of freelancers use Macs. As a full-time freelancer and part-time geek, I really like to play around and tweak with applications on my Mac too. There’s little confusion that Mac is a popular platform for web designers and freelancers as it offers an… read more
A short tutorial describing one method of deep linking in JavaScript and Ajax-driven pages. read more
The purpose of web form validation is to ensure that the user is provided with the necessary information and help so that they can fill out and complete an online form with the minimum amount of fuss and time.
Easier said than done!
Validation, for many years has been a major… read more
Stronger, Better, Faster Design with CSS3 (via @smashingmag) -
In our last article about CSS3, “Pushing Your Buttons With Practical CSS3, we talked about using new CSS3 techniques like gradients, border-radius and drop-shadows to create compelling, flexible and (in some cases) hilarious buttons.
In this second article we’re going to focus on… read more
Networking has certainly become important to our daily life. Whether light-hearted interaction with friends or communicating with business clients the world over, socializing is integral to our personal and professional relationships. Facebook has gotten most of the buzz in the past few years, allowing members to easily stay connected with… read more
Developing websites is much more than just a pretty face, and depending on what typed of features you’d like to implement on the site, there’s a lot of coding that goes into it. Many times designers turn to a WYSIWYG tool, however tools of that sort are more limited to… read more
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In the 20 or so years since Sir Tim Berners-Lee conceived of and launched the World Wide Web, a lot has changed. The Web itself has certainly had one… read more
The modern web developer who does not consider Ajax when planning or building their websites is potentially missing out on a powerful tool to enhance usability.
There are however, challenges in implementing Ajax functionality on a web page.
In this article we’ll discuss solutions to five of the most common challenges that… read more
This post is the third article of our new series “Global Web Design“. Over the next months we’ll be covering various continents, featuring web developers and web designs from different countries of the world and taking a close look of what is happening in the web design scene worldwide. We… read more
In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to build a small and simple Ajax app to demonstrate how to properly implement the concept of progressive enhancement. read more
If you are not following us on Twitter, why not? You are missing out on a lot (talk about blowing our own trumpet!).We love to share fresh design related news and resources, highlight new blogs and finding cool things. You can follow us (if you like) via Twitter here: twitter.com/speckyboy.<br… read more
AJAX combined different web technologies to work together, as a result, it would a major headache to debug it if problems arised. I have a few tips and tricks that I learnt from my journey of ajax web development. read more
Wikipedia is currently undergoing a much needed redesign to improve the user experience.
Anyone can preview this redesign by creating an account, logging in and then clicking the “Try Beta” link at the top right of any page.
The “Wikipedia Usability Initiative” has been divided into two phases. Phase 1 was the… read more
During the past few weeks we’ve been publishing our “Best of 2009″ series in which we’ve shown you the best WordPress themes, fonts, icons, and Photoshop Tutorials. In this article, our focus is on jQuery. Over the past couple of years jQuery has been growing in popularity, which means more… read more
We are always in search of great free resources, tips, tricks, etc. for our readers. Every day we work hard to find new resources and inspiration for designers like you. Today, we have another great post, “Discover the Best of the Web” on SmashingApps. In this, we made a list… read more
jQuery is not only a fairly easy javascript language to work with, it is also, when in packaged in a plugin, very easy to install on any web page, making them perfect for non-developers as well. Image galleries, without the spice of js, tend to be bland and featureless. Throw… read more
There are a lot of tools out there for helping freelancers with productivity. I wanted to share a free, web-based tool that I have been building in my spare time called Project Bubble.
Project Bubble is a free, easy-to-use and fun project management tool. Easily manage your projects, invoices, time… read more
In this article I’ll explain how to reduce the loading time of Javascript libraries using Auto-Loading, a public but almost unknown new feature of the Google’s AJAX APIs. It may looks a bit tricky, but with some patience won’t be so hard. Anyway, even Google in its official documentation says… read more
The design community comes up with quality links month after month and November was no exception. It was a challenge deciding which ones would make the cut. So without further ado, here’s Creative Bookmarks November.
Quick Nav:
Photoshop TutorialsIllustrator TutorialsWeb/Blogging TutorialsFreebies, Inspiration, & ResourcesPhotoshop TutorialsMaster Special Finishes
Tony Harmer draws on simple techniques… read more
As always, if you have any cool links that you would like to share, do not hesitate to send them to us here: Submit News. Thanks to everyone that has been emailing.
You can follow us (if you like) via Twitter here: twitter.com/speckyboy.
25 Clean and Well designed Web Sites
The Evolution… read more