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19 Unique jQuery Tutorials for Web Developers

admin — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 05:13:38 +0000

jQuery is the premier library for coding JavaScript page effects. Most popular content management packages run jQuery for both admin and frontend design effects. As a web developer jQuery can be a fun library to spend some time learning and offers tremendous design potential.

It seems there are so many references… read more

Upcoming Web Design and Development Conferences in 2010

admin — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 12:05:48 +0000

At the end of last year, we published a comprehensive list of web design and development conferences that might be of interest to Smashing Magazine’s diverse readership. Many readers commented and added links to other conferences and events that weren’t listed, some of which were added to the post. Using… read more

30 CSS and Javascript Tabs Solutions

admin — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 08:42:13 +0000

Tabs have been around for a long time, they are nothing new, but with so many sites (blogs, ecommerce sites, web apps…) needing to show as much content and navigation as possible, they have never been so relevant.
They are the perfect web page tidying up solution for organizing cluttered… read more

Google Instant Search Preview Goes Live

admin — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:37:27 +0000

The day has finally arrived; Google is set to make several major announcements related to making Google’s search engine faster and more dynamic.

Google has been hinting about today’s big announcements for days now, primarily through some interesting logo changes. We expect Google to announce the ability to search as… read more

Google Instant Search Goes Live

admin — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:37:27 +0000

The day has finally arrived; Google is set to make several major announcements related to making Google’s search engine faster and more dynamic.

Google has been hinting about today’s big announcements for days now, primarily through some interesting logo changes. We expect Google to announce the ability to search as… read more

Morning Brief: Amazon Acquisition, Google Search Event, Samsung Fascinate On Sale

admin — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:22:20 +0000

Morning Brief: Amazon Acquires Music Service, Google to Unveil Search Products, Samsung Fascinate Now Available

This series is brought to you by HTC EVO 4G, America’s first 4G phone. Only from Sprint. The “First to Know” series keeps you in the know on what’s happening now in the world of social… read more

Google’s Color-Changing Logo and What the Company Is About to Announce

admin — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 05:42:57 +0000

The Google homepage is sporting a new logo that changes color as you type, and it’s likely a big hint as to what the company will announce at its “can’t miss” search event on Wednesday.

When you arrive on the search giant homepage today, you’ll be greeted with a gray Google… read more

Ultimate Roundup of WordPress Screencasts and Tutorials

admin — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 15:00:15 +0000

It’s certainly no secret that I think the WordPress platform is the way to go in developing a web presence for any design professional who wants to do it on their own and control the result. What sets WordPress apart from other blogging software are the many free templates, tutorials… read more

10 Ecommerce Design Tips for Increasing Conversions

admin — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 11:30:32 +0000

Sometimes, web stores get too artsy with their designs. Some use flash animations that can slow down the shopper’s browser, while others use color schemes that send the wrong signals to shoppers.

There are many cases where experienced web designers might overlook usability issues, though creative elements… read more

20 Useful Free PDF ebooks for Designers and Bloggers

admin — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:50:44 +0000

Over the years I have a saved a decent sized library of useful design and blogging related PDF ebooks, I love them. I have voraciously collected them, and all stored on my mobile for whenever the chance of quick read arises. In this post I would like to share my… read more

10 Fresh and Useful jQuery Plugins

admin — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 06:04:25 +0000

When it comes to adding JavaScript functionality to a website, jQuery has become the solution of choice for web designers and developers. With it’s ease of use and ever-growing selection of plugins, there’s really no point to look elsewhere. Awesome jQuery plugins are popping up everyday, and we’re always on… read more

Building a Sleek AJAX Email Signup Form

admin — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:00:02 +0000

Building a Sleek AJAX Email Signup Form

Building a Sleek Ajax Signup Form

admin — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 17:06:45 +0000

In this tutorial, we are going to learn how to create a slick email signup form. The form will harness the full power of AJAX, meaning that we will submit data to the server, validate it, and receive a response – all without a single page refresh! Along the way,… read more

jQuery Plugin Checklist: Should You Use That jQuery Plug-In?

admin — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 11:42:54 +0000

jQuery plug-ins provide an excellent way to save time and streamline development, allowing programmers to avoid having to build every component from scratch. But plug-ins are also a wild card that introduce an element of uncertainty into any code base. A good plug-in saves countless development hours; a bad plug-in… read more

A Complete Guide to Progressive Enhancement

admin — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 11:30:11 +0000

For years, web designers have been using graceful degradation principles to make sure visitors in older browsers can at least see the content on their websites, even if they don’t see it exactly how the designer intended.

Graceful degradation let designers design for the newest and best browsers without completely alienating… read more

Six New Features in Dreamweaver CS5

admin — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 19:34:55 +0000

Every upgrade brings something new, but Dreamweaver CS5 brings more goodies than most previous upgrades, and you can put these new features to use right away. Here’s how to use some of the coolest new features, from troubleshooting CSS with the new inspect option, to adding advanced Ajax and jQuery… read more

A Design Is Only As Deep As It Is Usable

admin — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 10:55:33 +0000

There are well-known proverbs that imply (or state outright) that beauty is superficial and limited in what it can accomplish. “It’s what’s inside that counts” and “Beauty is only skin deep” are a few simple examples. Because the Web design industry is now flooded with a lot of raw talent,… read more

50 Awesome New jQuery Plugins

admin — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 08:55:33 +0000

The jQuery community never ever fails to let you down. Its constantly evolving, constantly improving and, thankfully, constantly releasing a tidal wave of fresh and powerful freely available plugins for every possible requirement.

Today we round-up the best and most powerful jQuery plugins from the last few months. You will find… read more

HOW TO: Make Your Mobile Websites Act More Like Native Apps

admin — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 18:03:40 +0000

This series is supported by Rackspace, the better way to do hosting. Learn more about Rackspace’s hosting solutions here.

As smartphone sales continue to soar, more and more developers are focusing their efforts on building applications for mobile devices. Whether it is a native application or a mobile-optimized website, mobile innovation… read more

10 Essential Free E-Books for Web Designers

admin — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 16:27:10 +0000

While many may still prefer print for long-form reading, e-books are gaining popularity as a worthy digital alternative. Aside from all the usual benefits of digitizing a book (faster searches, less page-flipping, linked pages, additional resources, etc.), e-books are a huge help to digital and online professionals.

There are now e-books… read more

Weekly Design News – Resources, Tutorials and Freebies (N.49)

admin — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 09:22:15 +0000

This is our weekly column in which we share our favorites posts, articles and resources with our readers all from the previous week.

If you would like to be kept up to date with loads of fresh design news and resources, you can follow us on Twitter, on Facebook or even… read more

Create and Share Your Resume Online with CeeVee

admin — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 00:21:21 +0000

CeeVee is one of the smartest and quickest ways to create and share your resume online. With CeeVee the manual job of creating a professional looking resume is mostly eliminated. CeeVee is a fantastic online tool that simplifies the process of building and maintaining a CV/Resume online. Read on to… read more

Create and Share Your Online Resume with CeeVee

admin — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 00:21:21 +0000

10 Beautiful and Free WordPress 3.0-Ready Themes

admin — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 16:00:39 +0000

This series is supported by Rackspace, the better way to do hosting. Learn more about Rackspace’s hosting solutions here.

WordPress 3.0 was released a little over a month ago, ushering in a bevy of new features for designers and developers. Just last week, WordPress 3.0.1 was released, fixing a few minor… read more

Weekly Design News – Resources, Tutorials and Freebies (N.48)

admin — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 09:21:06 +0000

This is our weekly column in which we share our favorites posts, articles and resources with our readers all from the previous week.

If you would like to be kept up to date with loads of fresh design news and resources, you can follow us on Twitter, on Facebook or even… read more

Implement the Google AJAX Search API

admin — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 04:04:00 +0000

Google provides an awesome method by which we can use their search for our own site: the Google AJAX Search API. Let me show you how to implement this awesome API within your own website! read more

Facebook Used by Police to Catch Lawless Drivers

admin — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 20:00:05 +0000

The traffic police of Delhi, India, are using citizen submissions on a Facebook page to catch and ticket misbehaving drivers.

The New York Times says officials have issued 665 tickets based on photographs of license plates posted to the Delhi Traffic Police Facebook page, which has almost 18,000 fans.

The… read more

Spotlight on ZURB – One Super Awesome Interaction Design Company

admin — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 10:16:01 +0000

You may have bookmarked one of their CSS or Javascript tutorials, or you could have read one of their concise and refreshing articles on Smashing Magazine, you may even use one of their web apps, or it could be that you downloaded one of the many useful development tools they… read more

Start Using HTML5 WebSockets Today

admin — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:54:36 +0000

One of the cool new features of HTML5 is WebSockets, which let us talk to the server without using AJAX requests. In this tutorial, we’ll review the process of running a WebSocket server in PHP, and then building a client to send and receive messages to it over the WebSocket… read more

Passing The Holy Milestone: How To Meet Deadlines

admin — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 13:45:14 +0000

For too many projects, there comes a time when every action taken, every decision and sacrifice made, is spurred on by pressure to finish. Tempers seem to shrink along with the available days, talk about “high standards” gives way to “good enough,” and people realize that deadlines are aptly named…. read more

WDL Premium: Marker Icon Set from IconDock

admin — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 05:27:42 +0000

Today we’re giving our WDL Premium Members a beautiful set of icons from IconDock. The Marker Icon Setis inspired by the iPhone Notes app. The design is very versatile and combining them with handwritten fonts can add a personal touch to your design. We are giving you the pixel version,… read more

20+ Demos Showing Advanced jQuery Effects

admin — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 11:25:47 +0000

Just a short while ago, Flash was one of the primary technologies used by web designers to add interactivity to a website.

Since the introduction of the iPad, with its lack of the Flash Player, there’s an acceleration in the web development world to use alternative technologies to Flash, such as… read more

50 Useful Articles and Resources You May Have Missed

admin — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 13:01:15 +0000

When it comes to online tutorials and articles, you have to be very careful in choosing the right one from tens of thousands of articles you find as you are seeking help in the Web. So today we present nice articles and tutorials which are easy to understand and will… read more

25 Fantastic Web Forms for Design Inspiration

admin — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 04:28:24 +0000

Well designed and enhanced web forms can really complete a great website interface experience (ie. sign up forms). It’s certainly not an aspect developers or designers should settle for less on. We’ve gathered 25 really fantastic web forms for your design and development inspiration.

1. Lionways

Lionways

Though the form itself isn’t anything… read more

How to Optimize Your Site for Better Loading Time

admin — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 14:40:59 +0000

In April Google officially announced they were integrating loading time into their algorithm. As they put it, “speeding up websites is important — not just to site owners, but to all Internet users. Faster sites create happy users and we’ve seen in our internal studies that when a site responds… read more

50 Useful JavaScript and jQuery Techniques and Plugins

admin — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 13:19:42 +0000

We are regulalry collecting useful JavaScript and jQuery snippets, libraries, articles, tools and resources and present them in compact round-ups here, on Noupe. This time we are again covering some useful JavaScript and jQuery techniques, plugins and tools that may help you improve the user experience for your site.

Useful… read more

Weekly Design News – Resources, Tutorials and Freebies (N.46)

admin — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 08:49:22 +0000

This is our weekly column in which we share our favorites posts, articles and resources with our readers all from the previous week.

If you would like to be kept up to date with loads of fresh design news and resources, you can follow us on Twitter, on Facebook or even… read more

11 Ways to Speed Up WordPress

admin — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 19:59:49 +0000

Cyrus Patten is the editor of Pingable.org, a blog about everything WordPress. He specializes in the role of technology in community organizing.

WordPress is inherently fast, and that’s why so many professional bloggers call it their choice platform.

Like many new bloggers, I used to think that until I had enough… read more

Seven Must-See Videos and Presentations for Web App Developers

admin — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 08:57:23 +0000

In previous video roundups, we’ve collected together some interesting videos and presentations from a variety of speakers discussing topics covering usability, graphic design, CSS frameworks, web standards, and more. In this small roundup, we’ve included seven videos that we think would be of great interest to web app developers in… read more

10 jQuery Slider Techniques and Plugins

admin — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 06:49:41 +0000

Last year we posted a collection of jQuery slider techniques and plugins. In a years time the trend of using these types of sliders or slideshows to display featured content has only grown more popular. This means more sites are using jQuery sliders and more people are coming up with… read more

Top 10 Social Bookmarking Plugins for Wordpress

admin — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 09:17:07 +0000

It has been almost two years since we last published a post on Wordpress Social Bookmarking Plugins. What a difference that short period has had on user expectations, design trends and overall acceptance and popularity of social bookmarking.
Many of the plugins from the previous post are now pretty much… read more

CSS3 Design Contest Results

admin — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 15:02:36 +0000

To get you really excited about CSS3, last month we announced the CSS3 Design Contest and encouraged designers to experiment and get creative with CSS3. As expected, we have received many creative and original submissions. To choose the winners of the contest, we considered the originality of the technique or… read more

40 jQuery and CSS3 Tutorials and Techniques

admin — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 08:13:59 +0000

In this article you will find a comprehensive selection of tutorials and techniques that make use of some exciting and fresh CSS3 properties and injected this with some innovative jQuery.

You will some truly creative image galleries/sliders, a marvelous selection of innovative navigation techniques, a handful of original form solutions and… read more

Seven Super Quick Tips for Beginner and Amateur Web Designers

admin — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 12:34:14 +0000

Web design is a tricky art that combines both the creative and the analytical skill sets to create something unique and visually compelling. At the end of the day, good web design is more than the sum of its parts. Beginner and amateur designers may think that web design consists… read more

Free Copies of “Pro PHP and jQuery”

admin — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 14:01:42 +0000

Jason Lengstorf was nice enough to offer our community a handful of copies of his latest awesome book, Pro PHP and jQuery,. Be sure to read his latest Nettuts+ tutorial, “Object-Oriented PHP for Beginners,” based on his book. “This book is for intermediate programmers interested in building Ajax web applications… read more

Weekly Design News – Resources, Tutorials and Freebies (N.44)

admin — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 09:05:14 +0000

This is our weekly column in which we share our favorites posts, articles and resources with our readers all from the previous week.

If you would like to be kept up to date with loads of fresh design news and resources, you can follow us on Twitter, on Facebook or even… read more

Showcase Of Web Design In Poland

admin — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 12:26:48 +0000

Vodka, pickled cucumbers and Pope John Paul II might spring to mind when someone mentions Poland. Obviously there’s more to Poland than that. On the world map of design, Poland is marked by creative agencies that produce high-level design and employ some of the best programmers in the world. There’s… read more

30 Useful Frameworks for Designers

admin — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 11:28:25 +0000

Some designers view frameworks as constricting and limiting in their creative efforts. They look at a framework as something they have to bend their work to fit.

And for a lot of designers, that’s just not something they want to do. But with the dozens of frameworks available… read more

The 10 Founding Fathers of the Web

admin — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 19:17:28 +0000

While the phrase “founding fathers” is often used in conjunction with men like Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson and George Washington, we wanted the think about the phrase on the global level. And what is more global than the world wide web? Thus, this holiday, we’re taking a look at 10… read more

QuoteRobot: Quick and Easy Quotes

admin — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 16:38:09 +0000

Many professions revolve around making sales, landing contracts and getting jobs, which makes quality proposals and quotes a necessity for a large number of people. Freelancers can certainly relate to the need of an easy, quality built app for creating great looking proposals and quotes.

We’ll take a look at a… read more

Crazy Simple Client Tracking with Clientr

admin — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 02:30:22 +0000

Just as the title says, Clientr is a super simple app for tracking clients and your deals (projects) with them. In addition to that, Clientr is rocking a very sexy Mac-like interface that I love seeing in web apps. Read on to see what we think of the app and… read more

30 Incredible Safari Extensions Available Now

admin — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 10:11:23 +0000

The release of Safari 5 brought about a new extension system that allows developers to create and distribute helpful and fun tools similar to those found in Firefox.

Since Apple’s own Safari extension list hasn’t yet gone public, we’ve compiled a list of 30 of our favorite extensions for you to… read more

Weekly Design News – Resources, Tutorials and Freebies (N.43)

admin — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 08:26:48 +0000

This is our weekly column in which we share our favorites posts, articles and resources with our readers all from the previous week.

If you would like to be kept up to date with loads of fresh design news and resources, you can follow us on Twitter, on Facebook or even… read more

10 Great Online Support and Help Desk Apps

admin — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 18:00:42 +0000

Providing great customer service can make all the difference in creating a brand that people trust. In a recent example of great customer service, online shoe retailer Zappos paid out $1.6m to customers for a mistake they made themselves. The move brought both great PR and an reaffirmed sense of… read more

50 Powerful Time-Savers For Web Designers

admin — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 14:17:32 +0000

Being web designer is not easy. Not only do we need to have a good understanding about visual design, typography, information architecture, psychology and a plethora of other disciplines; in our work, we need to take care of so many details, so that our job becomes more and more time-consuming,… read more

50+ jQuery Plugins for Validation, Uploading, Date Pickers, Auto-Suggest and Password Security

admin — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 20:11:01 +0000

jQuery is a lightweight JavaScript library that emphasizes interaction between JavaScript and HTML. It’s have Ajax interactions for rapid web development with the powerful scripting language that it represents (JavaScript) you can do amazing things. Sometimes you have to take a closer look to find out what is powering… read more

The Power of jQuery with Ajax

admin — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 08:00:00 +0000

The Power of jQuery with Ajax

10 Effective Video Examples of Paper Prototyping

admin — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 22:03:10 +0000

Paper prototyping is a commonly used low cost usability method for testing and evaluating web designs and applications. This method lets developers conduct tests before a single line of code has been written, and allows you to identify and fix any potential issues early on in development.

“Paper prototyping is a… read more

FAQ Pages: Best Practices and Examples

admin — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 11:28:20 +0000

By Cameron Chapman

FAQ pages are a vital part of many websites. While not every site needs one, if you’re selling something, providing a service, or giving information about a complex subject, an FAQ can make life much easier for your visitors.

The format of an FAQ varies consdirably from site to… read more

Huge Collection Of Ajax Tutorials And Techniques

admin — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 19:20:00 +0000

The thing that was missing from the resources category on the site was this article, a collection of Ajax techniques, tips and tutorials. I hope this article will help the developers to learn or find some of the interesting features found here. read more

This Week’s Job Listings in Social Media, Marketing and Web Development

admin — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 15:37:09 +0000

If you’re seeking a job in social media, we’d like to help out. For starters, Mashable’s Job Lists section gathers together all of our resource lists, how-tos and expert guides to help you get hired. In particular, you might want to see our articles on How to… read more

50 jQuery Plugins for Form Functionality, Validation, Security and Customisation

admin — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 07:50:37 +0000

Lets be honest, forms can be a pain in the ass to fill in. And for developers? There an even bigger pain in the ass to build. No one really likes them, as such, the most difficult challenges that a developer has to take on, when it comes to forms,… read more

Efficient Task Management with Doit.im

admin — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 23:14:36 +0000

Task management is critical to enhance productivity. Arranging tasks in a sequence and scheduling them is the key to efficient time management. Doit.im promises to make your life efficient by managing your time and tasks. Can you depend entirely on Doit.im to manage your tasks with its ability to delegate… read more

Is Opera Mini 5 the New Game Changer?

admin — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 12:39:08 +0000

Pros and Cons

As is the case for any application, not all news supports the browser revolution. Some have stated that Opera Mini 5 may load pages significantly faster, but older handsets and hardware take longer to load the app itself. Other reviewers, such as PCMag.com, have commented on the… read more

Spicing Up Your Website With jQuery Goodness

admin — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 12:53:01 +0000

There comes a point in every website design when you simply want to give the website a little spice to impress the visitor and make it memorable. You want that sexy interaction to capture the user’s attention. In our previous articles, we showed you how to spice up your website… read more

50 New Useful CSS Techniques, Tools and Tutorials

admin — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 14:35:59 +0000

Over the last years we’ve got a pretty good understanding of what CSS does, how it works and how we can use it for our layouts, typography and visual presentation of the content. However, there are still some attributes that are not so well-known; also, CSS3 offers us new possibilities… read more

WDL Premium: Rocky Icon Set from IconDock

admin — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 06:00:44 +0000

Today we’re giving our WDL Premium Members a beautiful set of icons from IconDock. The Rocky Icon Set consists of 290 minimal style icons. They are perfect for buttons, user interfaces, mobile apps, and more. This set is a 16 x 16px optimized version of the Rocky vector set, which… read more

Safari 5 Announced, Then Pulled

admin — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 00:25:50 +0000

A press release announcing the release of Safari 5 hit the wires and was pulled shortly thereafter — indicating that although we didn’t hear anything about it in today’s WWDC keynote, the next version of Apple’s WebKit-based browser should be available in the extremely near future.

We don’t see Safari… read more

Stacks Giveaway Winner

admin — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 19:35:23 +0000

Stacks, an app for group or team task management, is generously giving one Medium plan, free for a year, to one lucky Web.AppStorm reader. If you’re not sure what Stacks is or how beneficial it can be to your team, be sure to checkout our review, Stacks: For Managing Group… read more

Cross-Browser Testing: A Detailed Review Of Tools And Services

admin — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 13:23:47 +0000

As you probably know, cross-browser testing is an important part of any developer’s routine. As the number of browsers increase, and they certainly have in recent years, the need for automatic tools that can assist us in the process becomes ever greater. In this article, we present an overview of… read more

50 Creatively Designed Websites On Single Page

admin — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 16:32:04 +0000

Sometimes a single page website delivers much more information as compared to a multi-page website. The only thing these sites require in order to spread the message is one page that also demonstrates the effective use of space.

The perfect example of such types of single page website is the portfolio… read more

Efficient Knowledge Sharing With Co-op

admin — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 21:04:11 +0000

Emails cannot be anymore boring, and more so in an office environment. Can you just imagine how many emails you’ll have to send and receive before you know what your team mates are up to? Umpteen. To add to this agony, you will have to rinse and repeat this charade… read more

Creative Bookmarks: Best of May 2010

admin — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 14:00:28 +0000

May went by extremely quickly with all the new articles, tutorials and excitement. Here’s Creative Bookmarks May!

Quick Nav:

Photoshop TutorialsIllustrator TutorialsWeb/Blogging TutorialsFreebies, Inspiration, & ResourcesPhotoshop TutorialsHexagon Bokeh Effect in Photoshop

In this tutorial, from Abduzeedo, you’ll learn how to create a digital bokeh effect with hexagons using brushes, patterns, filters and blend… read more

Weekly Design News – Resources, Tutorials and Freebies (N.39)

admin — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 09:01:44 +0000

This is our weekly column in which we share our favorites posts, articles and resources with our readers all from the previous week.

If you would like to be kept up to date with loads of fresh design news and resources, you can follow us on Twitter, on Facebook or even… read more

Stacks Giveaway

admin — Fri, 28 May 2010 18:50:41 +0000

Stacks: For Managing Group Tasks

admin — Wed, 26 May 2010 22:00:31 +0000

Some of the best apps are ones developed when a real problem needs a real solution, the solution is developed and the developers of the solution later on realize their solution would be very helpful for other people with the same problem. You might think most apps are created this… read more

20 Awesome jQuery Enhanced CSS Button Techniques

admin — Wed, 26 May 2010 09:31:11 +0000

With all the talk of CSS3 at the moment, its easy to overlook the impact Javascript, especially jQuery, can have on the appearance of the basic web button. As such, we have collected 20 useful CSS buttons techniques that have all been improved and enhanced by the sooper-dooper power of… read more

Designing Email Messages for Dreamweaver

admin — Tue, 25 May 2010 21:04:24 +0000

Forget everything you’ve learned about CSS and modern Web standards. When it comes to designing email messages, you might as well be creating pages for the Web circa 1999. That’s because email programs like Hotmail and Outlook are among the worst when it comes to displaying HTML code. In this… read more

101 Apps for Your Web App Startup Toolbox

admin — Tue, 25 May 2010 20:01:48 +0000

With the multitude of web applications available today, it can be difficult choosing, let alone finding, an application that fits your needs and wants. There are so many fantastic apps available, many of which are bound to be beneficial for you and/or your business.

From mind mapping, design and development to… read more

A Showcase of Free RSS Icon Sets for Bloggers

admin — Mon, 24 May 2010 13:00:10 +0000

We have successfully posted several cool icons as freebies in the past. As our next offering, we have collected Free RSS Icon Sets to provide more icon stocks to our readers everywhere. The icons, as stated, are themed around one of the widely used resources in the web… read more

Website Archives Design: Good Practices and Examples

admin — Mon, 24 May 2010 08:53:01 +0000

The archive is one of those often-overlooked parts of a website that doesn’t get the attention it deserves. Too often it’s thrown on a page that’s no different from any other page on the website, or it’s ignored altogether. The archive offers a lot of room for creativity, though. Whether… read more

Make Your Own Bookmarklets With jQuery

admin — Sun, 23 May 2010 20:40:55 +0000

Bookmarklets are small JavaScript-powered applications in link form. Often “one-click” tools and functions, they’re typically used to extend the functionality of the browser and to interact with Web services. They can do things like post to your WordPress or Tumblr blog, submit any selected text to Google Search, or modify… read more

10 Mind-Blowing Experimental CSS3 Techniques and Demos

admin — Fri, 21 May 2010 08:08:28 +0000

As CSS3 gathers momentum, more and more new techniques and ideas are being published every other day. Each seems to explore exciting never seen before avenues, and ALL push CSSes boundaries ever further away. It really is an exciting time for web design.

The post should have been called “The Top… read more

17 Websites You Should Bookmark To Download Free eBooks

admin — Tue, 18 May 2010 11:39:23 +0000

It is widely accepted that reading is the most simplest way to derive and construct meanings in order to gain particular knowledge from a source. This phenomena has been computerized or digitized when books unfold into digital media equivalent to E-Books.

Wouldn’t it be nice if we will be able… read more

Weekly Design News – Resources, Tutorials and Freebies (N.37)

admin — Tue, 18 May 2010 07:54:30 +0000

This is our weekly column in which we share our favorites posts, articles and resources with our readers all from the previous week.

If you would like to be kept up to date with loads of fresh design news and resources, you can follow us on Twitter, on Facebook or even… read more

A DIY Web Design Education

admin — Mon, 17 May 2010 12:19:50 +0000

By Cameron Chapman

A lot of designers and aspiring designers take formal design courses (or get design degrees), while many others wish they could take the time to get some formal design education. But not every designer has the time. After all, if you’ve come to design later in your career,… read more

15 Javascript Web UI Libraries, Frameworks and Toolkits

admin — Mon, 17 May 2010 09:25:26 +0000

Almost all of the rich web applications that we currently see on the web today rely on a subtle set of UI controls, libraries or frameworks (or toolkits) that not only greatly simplify application development, they also provide a consistent, reliable, and highly interactive User Interface. What more could you… read more

30 Useful Adobe AIR Applications

admin — Thu, 06 May 2010 10:53:37 +0000

Adobe AIR (Adobe Integrated Runtime) is a free runtime environment that can be used by the developers to develop highly interactive internet and media applications for multiple platforms. It enables web developers to utilize their current development skills and deliver rich applications and content to user’s desktop. It combines the… read more

20+ Premium WordPress themes powered by Ajax and jQuery

admin — Wed, 05 May 2010 19:30:28 +0000

20+ Premium WordPress themes powered by Ajax and jQuery

Calculating The Genuine Value of Your Design

admin — Wed, 05 May 2010 14:38:50 +0000

By Alexis Brille

Designers who are just starting out seem to have trouble calculating just how much their designs are actually worth, let alone choosing whether to charge per hour or per project.

Worse, one of the most challenging situations an amateur has to encounter is the fact that clients will always… read more

Building a 5 Star Rating System with jQuery, AJAX and PHP

admin — Tue, 04 May 2010 23:46:58 +0000

In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to build a rating system with AJAX, PHP, and jQuery. Votes will be recorded and updated in real-time with the magic of AJAX, and we’ll also leverage the power of PHP so that you don’t even need a database!

Step 1. Building the HTML
We’re going… read more

Creative Bookmarks: Best of April 2010

admin — Tue, 04 May 2010 14:00:17 +0000

April was an amazing month with spring creativity oozing from everywhere. Here’s Creative Bookmarks April!

Quick Nav:

Photoshop TutorialsIllustrator TutorialsWeb/Blogging TutorialsFreebies, Inspiration, & ResourcesPhotoshop TutorialsCreate a Retro Urban Gig Poster in Photoshop

In this tutorial, from PSDTuts+, you’ll learn how to create a poster for a dance party using a textured and… read more

The Current State of Web Design: Trends 2010

admin — Tue, 04 May 2010 13:45:26 +0000

Web design is a fickle industry. Just like every other form of artistic expression, Web design has undergone a continuous and surprisingly fast evolution. Once a playground for enthusiasts, it has now become a mature rich medium with strong aesthetic and functional appeal. In fact, we are experiencing what could… read more

Weekly Design News – Resources, Tutorials and Freebies (N.35)

admin — Tue, 04 May 2010 09:02:25 +0000

This is our weekly column in which we share our favorites posts, articles and resources with our readers all from the previous week.

If would like to be kept up to date with loads of fresh design news and resources, you can follow us on Twitter, on Facebook or even by… read more

It’s here! Say Hello to Techi.com

admin — Mon, 03 May 2010 17:00:01 +0000

And it’s finally out! Please meet our new site: TECHi.com

It’s a brand new and amazing technology blog that focuses on tech stuff that’s always fresh and never boring.

You may have already come across it, or seen a few of the ads floating around the web. But now, it’s official, TECHi.com… read more

Create an AJAX/jQuery/PHP Contact Form

admin — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 10:49:00 +0000

This tutorial uses XHTML, CSS, jQuery and a little PHP to make a pop-up/modal contact form that validates whatever is entered into the form and then uses AJAX to send the form without refreshing the page. Sounds complicated…actually it’s very simple!! read more

How to Boost Your Online Portfolio

admin — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 13:11:13 +0000

Portfolio is the reflection of one’s work and skills; any potential employer actually goes through your portfolio and sees your previous designs and work you have done. Going over your portfolio he decided to either hire you or not. Most employers search on the net; those portfolios which have something… read more

40 Useful jQuery Techniques and Plugins

admin — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 20:39:48 +0000

Over the last year, Smashing Magazine has evolved. We’ve been publishing fewer lists and more in-depth articles about design and Web development. We have invited professionals and high-profile developers to write for us. We’ve been investing more resources in the quality and relevance of our articles. We’ve also explored new… read more

Usability Do’s And Don’ts For Interactive Design

admin — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 13:43:45 +0000

We often talk about how to make our websites more usable, whether it’s tweaking the HTML structure of pages to benefit the user’s process or figuring out how best to display a message via CSS. But we never bring this thought process into our jQuery-based (and other JavaScript-based) elements. How… read more

HTML5: Worth the Hype?

admin — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 14:28:01 +0000

HTML5 has been getting more and more buzz as it is almost ready for launch. The Web Hypertext Application Technology Working Group (WHATWG) last month declared HTML5 in a “last call” phase. Since it has been around a decade for any real upgrade in HTML, it is no wonder computer… read more

Designing For A Hierarchy Of Needs

admin — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 13:04:11 +0000

Based on Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, the idea of a design hierarchy of needs rests on the assumption that in order to be successful, a design must meet basic needs before it can satisfy higher-level needs. Before a design can “Wow” us, it must work as intended. It must meet… read more

Enabling the Back Button

admin — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 09:19:00 +0000

As we build more and more Ajaxy applications, and our apps reside on a single page, the browser’s native back button can get more and more broken. This episode will show you how to re-enable the back button on your apps. read more

15 Javascript and Plugins and Tutorials for Adding Ratings

admin — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 12:54:41 +0000

Giving users the ability to interact with your web site is one of the key elements to its success. Allowing users to post a comment or response and socially sharing are two of the basic fundamentals of web interaction, another, maybe less popular, is giving users the quickfire option of… read more

Seven JavaScript Things I Wish I Knew Much Earlier In My Career

admin — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 15:21:58 +0000

I’ve been writing JavaScript code for much longer than I care to remember. I am very excited about the language’s recent success; it’s good to be a part of that success story. I’ve written dozens of articles, book chapters and one full book on the matter, and yet I keep… read more

This Weeks Twitter Design News Roundup N.33

admin — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 08:47:58 +0000

This is our weekly Twitter Design News Round-Up, a collection of fresh design related resources, freebies and good reading articles that we have shared via Twitter and Facebook in the past week.

If would like to be kept up to date with loads of fresh design news and resources, you can… read more

14 Fresh and Useful jQuery Plugins

admin — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 06:30:51 +0000

jQuery has changed the way developers write JavaScript and the way users interact with websites and web applications. If you’re a developer, you know what a joy working with jQuery can be, especially the convenience of plugins. In this post, we’ve rounded up 14 fresh and useful jquery plugins that… read more

15 Great Ajax Scripts for Web Development

admin — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 18:21:00 +0000

This post presents 15 Great Ajax Scripts, libraries and solutions for web development which you can use in your future projects. read more

The Designer Who Delivers

admin — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 10:55:01 +0000

Whether you design and code websites all by yourself or run a small business with a pool of talent, you will always face the challenge of how much to work on a design and UI before passing the mock-ups on to the developer? Moreover, how much visual work needs to… read more

Single-Page Websites: Examples and Good Practices

admin — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 09:05:18 +0000

By Cameron Chapman

Single-page websites are becoming more popular among web designers, both for their own projects and for client sites. There are a lot of cases out there in which a single-page site makes a lot of sense: if there isn’t a ton of content; if the content is all… read more

The recession and the Web design industry

admin — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 10:24:58 +0000

By Andy Warpole

In the autumn of 2008, at least for a few weeks, it looked as if the very walls of capitalism were going to fall on to the heads of its participants. The once mighty Lehman Brothers, an American corporate monolith since the 19th century, imploded overnight on September… read more

jQuery HTML Table Toolbox

admin — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 10:04:42 +0000

By Paul Andrew

In the 15 years since the HTML table element was first incorporated into HTML 2.0, it has been on a constant roller coaster ride. Upon its introduction it was a revelation, it was a new way for web designers to present detailed data in structured tabular format, it… read more

How To Effectively Manage Your Projects And Teams Online

admin — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 20:26:57 +0000

If you are into finishing a project successfully and also on time you need to figure out a good way to communicate with your team members. Such as, “notifying every one of their tasks”, “keeping track of the progress of projects” or sometimes just a “sincere message… read more

The Gradual Disappearance Of Flash Websites

admin — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 09:58:12 +0000

If you want to “go big” visually with a website, delivering complex interaction and a rich experience across a wide range of browsers, Flash is the only way to go. Right? Nope. Given the widespread adoption and advancements of modern browsers and JavaScript libraries, using Flash makes little sense. But… read more

Adobe Creative Suite 5 Brings Sexy Back

admin — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 05:01:01 +0000

Adobe will unveil its new Creative Suite 5 on Monday April 12th at 8AM PDT, just a few hours from now.

You can catch the official launch online here, however, if you can’t wait, we’ll be revealing all the juicy details before the official launch… right now!

The Adobe team kindly invited… read more

AJAX-ed Todo List With PHP, MySQL & jQuery

admin — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 20:30:15 +0000

AJAX-ed Todo List With PHP, MySQL & jQuery

Filling multiple divs by single ajax call using jquery

admin — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 23:15:45 +0000

Filling multiple divs by single ajax call using jquery

prettyLoader

admin — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 15:19:00 +0000

�prettyLoader is a small (less than 4kb uncompressed) jQuery plugin that aim at making your life easier regarding ajax loader display. read more

Popular Social Sharing and Bookmarking Widgets and Buttons for Wordpress

admin — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 17:47:13 +0000

Digg Large Button Code

This code generates a button like this ↓

Reddit Button

The Reddit button is the smart way to get your content submitted to and discussed on Reddit. Below you will find the code snippets fot the most popular buttons, for further options, click here: Reddit… read more

You’re Failing as a Web Developer — and Here’s Why

admin — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 16:39:12 +0000

There is endless content available in the world of web design blogging telling us how to do things right, and how to succeed at our chosen profession.

That’s obviously a good thing, and it will certainly continue that way. But once in a while we need reminders on… read more

15 Apps to Enhance the Tumblr Experience

admin — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 00:02:19 +0000

Tumblr is fast becoming the micro blogging platform of choice across all sections of Internet users. The Tumblr app in itself is well rounded with a gorgeous user interface and nice set of features. Being the spoiled brats of the internet age we are, the quest for accessing and managing… read more

Monetize HTML5 Video with mDialog’s Ad Platform

admin — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 22:01:54 +0000

Today mDialog debuts a new video service platform designed to support HTML5, live streaming and dynamic ad-insertion in video streams.

Publishers and content providers can now not only encode and serve live stream or Video On Demand content in HTML5, but they can also insert ads or b-roll into those… read more

This Weeks Twitter Design News Roundup N.31

admin — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 15:52:58 +0000

This is our weekly Twitter Design News Round-Up, a collection of fresh design related resources, freebies and good reading articles that we have shared via Twitter and facebook in the past week.

Just in case you are not one of our Twitter followers, click here: twitter.com/speckyboy, and you’ll be kept up… read more

45+ Fresh Wordpress Tutorials, Techniques and Hacks

admin — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 15:41:24 +0000

The growth and popularity of Wordpress continues to spiral to a seemingly endless end. It continually proves itself time time and again that it has very few limitations, and is rapidly pushing itself to being, if not the best, but certainly the most versatile CMS available. Out of the box… read more

75+ Truly Useful Tutorials & Colorful Resources For Designers To Discover The Best Of The Web In March

admin — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 01:51:15 +0000

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

Interactive Flash Graphs and Charts For Your Website

admin — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 11:33:28 +0000

By Usama Alam

Charts and graphs provide the visual representation of your data and help you facilitate the understanding of whatever it is you are trying to deliver. Whether you are publishing a survey report, an election result or a financial analysis, charts play a major role in data presentation.

Due to… read more

HTML Email Newsletter Toolbox – Tutorials, Templates and Inspiration

admin — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 11:48:13 +0000

Whatever your personal feelings are about HTML emails, they do work effectively as a communications and marketing tool. And worst of all, you can’t ignore them, you just know that at some point a client is going to ask you to create a template for them.

If you have never designed… read more

CSS Sprites: Useful Technique, or Potential Nuisance?

admin — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 13:27:56 +0000

Ah, the ubiquitous CSS sprites — one of the few web design techniques that was able to bypass “trend” status almost instantly, planting itself firmly into the category of best practice CSS. Although it didn’t really take off until well after A List Apart explained and endorsed it, it was… read more

Before You Go Live, Test Your Website Security With Websecurify

admin — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 10:12:03 +0000

Website security is one of the major concerns of developers and webmasters because when their sites go live, these are in the eyes of several threats. Hence testers put lots of efforts in determining and maintaining website security. Among different techniques used to test the security of websites, testing tools… read more

35 Fresh JavaScript/jQuery Tools and Resources

admin — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 12:42:13 +0000

It’s time for more JavaScript and jQuery goodies here on Noupe. Today we are featuring fresh JavaScript Development Frameworks, code optimization and minimization tools, reference tables, compatibility issues, common coding errors, image manipulation techniques and graph solutions. Please feel free to submit further resources in the comments to this post!

JavaScript… read more

10 Essential WordPress Plugins You Should Be Using

admin — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 05:04:42 +0000

There’s good reason why WordPress is the most popular blogging platform. It’s easy to use and has tons of great features. But what’s really made this open source software excel is its passionate community. Yes, WordPress has lots of features built in, but it doesn’t have everything. The WordPress community… read more

GoingUp Provides Everything A Blogger Needs

admin — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:17:23 +0000

Site owners and professional bloggers use a variety of tools to assess the performance of their website. The number priority is to get as much traffic on the site as possible. To achieve this, the current traffic being received is analyzed statistically and graphically, search engine optimization tools are employed… read more

12 Useful and Free Downloadable Web Design Books

admin — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 10:13:19 +0000

There are a multitude of books (whether in digital format or print) that cover every possible aspect of web design, each one is unique and offers a personalized opportunity for the author to both educate, inspire, and guide the reader through there knowledge.
In this post rather than offer all… read more

Win 5 Copies of “jQuery: Novice to Ninja”

admin — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:17:06 +0000

Sitepoint is known to consistently release amazing books.

Their latest book, “jQuery: Novice to Ninja”, covers jQuery, one of the most powerful JavaScript frameworks.

The exciting new 390-page book is perfect for any jQuery user, regardless of whether you’re a beginner, advanced, or somewhere in-between.

WDD has once again partnered with… read more

100 Essential Web Development Tools

admin — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:20:14 +0000

By Neil Skirrow

As web technologies constantly advance, the skills a developer is expected to have are constantly increasing. Web users are beginning to expect Ajax interfaces, charts and graphs and a whole host of other tricks and features. This means web developers not only have to be skilled… read more

This Weeks Twitter Design News Roundup N.28

admin — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 08:58:40 +0000

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, and you’ll be kept up to date with loads of design news… read more

30 amazing ajax css form

admin — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:30:48 +0000

30 amazing ajax css form

45 Fresh Useful JavaScript and jQuery Techniques and Tools

admin — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:14:41 +0000

Yes, this is another round-up of fresh and useful Javascript techniques, tools and resources. But don’t close the tab yet, as you might find this one very useful. In this selection we present calendars, forms, buttons, navigation, debugging, optimization and compatibility tables as well as handy resources and tools.

We also… read more

50+ Free Resources for Charts and Graphs Solution

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:08:21 +0000

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

Astounding Ajax/CSS Forms: 30+ Modern Trends , Tips and Techniques

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:20:00 +0000

This article with the title 30 amazing css ajax form will explain the various techniques, tutorials, examples relating to the form. read more

Entering The Wonderful World of Geo Location

admin — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 23:56:29 +0000

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

jQuery 1.4 Reference Guide – Free Book Giveaway, Comment to win

admin — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 21:36:31 +0000

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

70+ Fresh and Inspirational Single Page Website Designs

admin — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 11:49:36 +0000

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

Need Interactive Charts For Your Personal Website? Try Highcharts

admin — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 23:22:33 +0000

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

Extend the Firebug Console with these 15 Extensions

admin — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 11:53:39 +0000

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

80+ Incredible Collection Of Inspirations, Tutorials And Resources For Designers To Discover The Best Of The Web In February

admin — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 13:03:20 +0000

This Weeks Twitter Design News Roundup N.26

admin — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 08:11:17 +0000

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

25 Amazing and Fresh jQuery Plugins

admin — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 08:58:53 +0000

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

Interview with Dan Noe of Noe Design Studios

admin — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 22:53:14 +0000

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

Usability Review of Charity Websites Taking the Lead

admin — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 19:16:45 +0000

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

Designing User Interfaces For Business Web Applications

admin — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 13:55:15 +0000

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

This Weeks Twitter Design News Roundup N.25

admin — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 08:44:25 +0000

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

Happy Cog’s Redesign of VisitPhilly.com: An Exemplary Modern Website

admin — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 17:19:18 +0000

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

The Seven Deadly Sins Of JavaScript Implementation

admin — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 12:45:40 +0000

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

25 jQuery Tutorials for Creating and Working with Forms

admin — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 00:55:11 +0000

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

Free Dark and Clean WordPress Theme: Designpile

admin — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 21:02:27 +0000

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

35 Useful jQuery Plugins for Slideshows, Graphs and Text Effects

admin — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 12:30:42 +0000

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

50 Useful Coding Techniques (CSS Layouts, Visual Effects and Forms)

admin — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 11:25:44 +0000

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

Developing Sites With AJAX: Design Challenges and Common Issues

admin — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 14:59:14 +0000

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 Weeks Twitter Design News Roundup N.23

admin — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:50:55 +0000

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

Expandable Drop Down Ticker

admin — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:37:00 +0000

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

15 jQuery Plugins for Better Web Page Element Layouts

admin — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 09:45:13 +0000

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

SimpleFolio: A Free Clean Portfolio WordPress Theme

admin — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 16:35:45 +0000

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

How to Plan for the Absence of JavaScript

admin — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:48:54 +0000

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

admin — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 23:00:14 +0000

30 AJAX Tutorials For Smart Web Developers

CSS Animation: Rotating a Coke Can

admin — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 17:47:41 +0000

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.

11 Outstanding Online Resources for Web Developers

admin — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 17:36:17 +0000

This series is supported by Rackspace, the better way to do hosting. Learn more about Rackspace’s hosting solutions here.

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

10 jQuery Plugins for Easier Google Map Installation

admin — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 10:58:36 +0000

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

3 New Ways to Measure the Social Web

admin — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 21:18:31 +0000

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

85+ Excellent Resources And Tutorials Especially For Designers To Discover The Best Of The Web In January

admin — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 07:42:15 +0000

Discover Mobile Apps with appSpace

admin — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 16:00:27 +0000

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

Creative Bookmarks: Best of January 2010

admin — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 14:00:51 +0000

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

50 Brilliant CSS3/JavaScript Coding Techniques

admin — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 13:26:37 +0000

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

Group Interview of WordPress Theme Sellers

admin — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 17:34:36 +0000

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

Easier Web Browsing with this Selection of Powerful Bookmarklets

admin — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 14:33:31 +0000

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

60+ Essential Web Apps for Freelancer Web Designers

admin — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 13:48:26 +0000

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

admin — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 19:00:26 +0000

AJAX-enabled Sticky Notes With PHP & jQuery

45 jQuery Navigation Plugins and Tutorials

admin — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 14:06:36 +0000

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

25 jQuery Plugins for Working with Forms

admin — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 14:03:18 +0000

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

30 Useful Tutorial for JavaScript Framework Navigation

admin — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 13:59:51 +0000

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

Tips for Coding and Designing Usable Web Forms

admin — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 14:23:10 +0000

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

Be Interactive

admin — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 20:26:50 +0000

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

Daily Inspiration #411

admin — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 19:41:29 +0000

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

Essential jQuery Tips, Plugins and Tutorials for Building a Fancy Website

admin — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 10:15:00 +0000

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

25 Tutorials and Resources for Learning jQuery UI

admin — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 09:30:43 +0000

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

10 Super jQuery and Ajax Scripts for Web Developers

admin — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 14:28:00 +0000

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

Web Security: Are You Part Of The Problem?

admin — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 17:07:06 +0000

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

45 Powerful CSS/JavaScript-Techniques

admin — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 18:35:12 +0000

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

5 Great IDEs to Start Coding in the Cloud

admin — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 15:00:45 +0000

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

90 Creative Coming Soon Page Designs and Resources

admin — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 12:34:12 +0000

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: What To Know and What You Can Do

admin — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 13:48:05 +0000

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

25 User Experience Videos That Are Worth Your Time

admin — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 14:44:43 +0000

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

This Weeks Twitter Design News Roundup N.18

admin — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 09:38:56 +0000

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

70+ Promising Resources and Tutorials Especially For Designers To Discover The Best Of The Web In December

admin — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 07:20:34 +0000

30 Fresh AJAX Tutorials And Techniques

admin — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 13:33:52 +0000

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

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