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35 Highly Advanced Yet Simple To Use jQuery Plugins

admin — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:05:22 +0000

jQuery is a speedy, succinct library that make traversing HTML documents, handling events, performing animations, and adding AJAX simpler. jQuery imparts web developers the opportunity to make websites better with incredible elements without the necessity to write down dozens of lines of code.

In this compilation, you will find top 35… read more

15 jQuery Calendar Date Picker Plugins

admin — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 00:00:12 +0000

In this collection, you will see some of the best jQuery Calendar Date Picker Plugins that will allow you output planners and calendars even more easily. Majority of these plugins are built on jQuery and jQuery UI (User Interface). With this collection, we tend to help those who need frameworks… read more

Win $1,000 in PSD to HTML services!

admin — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:25:33 +0000

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Benefits and Pitfalls of Using Code Frameworks

admin — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:31:03 +0000

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A code framework is nothing more than a collection of pre-formatted classes and functions. There are frameworks created for practically every language out there – even including frontend web development like JavaScript and CSS. Developers would be wise to follow these trends of working on… read more

Background Animations Using Jquery, Ajax

admin — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 11:25:19 +0000

Background Animations Using Jquery, Ajax

Usability Design for Online Web Forms

admin — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 11:35:04 +0000

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Designers aren’t just creating pleasing graphics for the Internet anymore. As a web designer you need to consider other properties of user interaction and coding. UX design is possibly the most important topic to cover, and this is especially true designing web forms. All webmasters should… read more

Facebook Shower Curtain Lets You Clean Up With Your Favorite Site

admin — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 10:33:57 +0000

Your favorite social network offers another type of privacy! This Facebook Shower Curtain has a transparent square in the screen that lets you create a profile image while you suds up. No drama, no “complicated status.” Just good ol’ bathtub jokes and tagged photos with the shower head.

We found… read more

Best Of 2011: Best Useful jQuery Plugins And Tutorials

admin — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 22:35:54 +0000

jQuery is one of the most accepted JavaScript library that possesses an enormous collection of plugins which makes it even more powerful. On the other hand, there is a good deal of additional codes or modules, from simple alert functions to multifaceted galleries or form validation methods, that are hard-coded… read more

User Interface Design in Modern Search Engines

admin — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 14:28:45 +0000

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The search engine is our best tool for sifting through all of today’s websites. There are billions of domains online and many of them haven’t even been crawled by search engines! Google is certainly the pioneer of this industry. But over the years we have… read more

30 Amazingly Great CSS Menu Tutorials

admin — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 22:16:21 +0000

At the moment, we would like to give you an idea about some amazing and useful CSS menu tutorials that will help you in using CSS more efficiently and expertly. CSS for sure is the wonderful language for designing attractive and eye-catching navigation menus. It is able to be employed… read more

50 Fantastic Premium Business WordPress Themes From 2011

admin — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 15:00:31 +0000

Whilst Joomla and Drupal are popular amongst website designers, WordPress is by far the number 1 used CMS in the world. Which is one of the reasons that WordPress themes are seen as such a hot commodity these days in the design world.

It’s popularity amongst design firms could explain the… read more

Our 50 Favorite Web Developers Resources and Tools from 2011

admin — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 13:40:58 +0000

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As a developer, anything that can save you just a little bit of time is well worth its weight in gold. If you agree with that statement, you will love this. What we have for you is our selection of the best, the most useful… read more

10 tips and resources for creating a stunning web presentation

admin — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 15:09:59 +0000

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What’s new for designers, December 2011

admin — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 15:19:45 +0000

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Animate a Custom Dialog Box with CSS3 and jQuery

admin — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 22:36:56 +0000

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I am a particular fan of the jQuery UI library and have been following the team since it’s release. It features dozens of examples of how to pull together the best animations from such a small library of code. However in a lot of websites these… read more

Adding an advanced calendar to WordPress

admin — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 15:08:32 +0000

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50 Awesomely Useful Yet Free jQuery Tooltip Plugins

admin — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 21:26:06 +0000

Tooltips are used to inform the users about the expected results of a button or option and are particularly helpful in making them learn how to use a product, software and website. Fundamentally tooltips are employed to put up additional information on website. With the help of jQuery, where loads… read more

Quick Look: UberTags

admin — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 00:00:46 +0000

Quick Look posts are paid submissions offering only a brief overview of an app. Vote in the polls below if you think this app is worth an in-depth AppStorm review!

In this Quick Look, we’re highlighting UberTags. The developer describes UberTags as a tool to manage tags on your site. Third… read more

40 Beautiful Free HTML5 & CSS3 Templates

admin — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 17:00:03 +0000

Over the last few years there has been great collections of quality free HTML & CSS templates published on Noupe such as 50 Free High-Quality and “New” (X)HTML/CSS Templates (2009) and 40+ Elegant Free CSS/(X)HTML Templates (2010).

There have been some great free templates released over the last year so… read more

40+ Useful and Fresh jQuery Plugins

admin — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 17:00:18 +0000

Plugins are there to assist you and let you perform the desired action in a more convenient and speedy manner. Therefore, today we decided to come up with an exciting and interesting collection of 40+ fresh and cool jQuery plugins for our reader’s convenience. This compilation is targeted at the… read more

60+ new WordPress themes: Autumn 2011

admin — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 15:06:28 +0000

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How To Improve Your WordPress Plugin’s Readme.txt

admin — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 14:59:17 +0000

If you’re a plugin developer and you just love to write code, then writing a readme.txt file for a plugin in WordPress’ repository might be your idea of hell. When you’ve written all of that lovely code, why must you spend time writing about how to use it?

Unfortunately, some plugin… read more

Learning to Code for the Web Interactively at W3Schools

admin — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 20:00:00 +0000

As I progress in my path as a designer, I realized that it was probably time that I learned to make my own website. My instinct was to jump right into using Adobe Dreamweaver, but I remember an old boss telling me that most people have problems with that software… read more

Getting Started With jQuery: A Beginner’s Resource Guide

admin — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 17:00:15 +0000

Javascript is one of a web designer’s best friends. Learning how to use this powerful tool to its fullest potential can prove invaluable to our work and our clients. jQuery helps make JS more accessible. jQuery is a free, fast, and concise JavaScript library that allows you to efficiently write… read more

Freedcamp: Manage Projects Like a Pro for Free

admin — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 06:00:23 +0000

Over the past few years the way we work has changed drastically – most companies now implement intranets or web apps to communicate within their organizations, invoices and accounting are managed in the cloud and teams share ideas and work together without being in the same office or even the… read more

Weekly Design News – Resources, Tutorials and Freebies (N.111)

admin — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 14:52:38 +0000

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This is our weekly column were we share our favorite design related articles, resources and cool tidbits from the past week. Enjoy :)
If you would like to receive our daily updates you can follow us on Twitter, on Facebookor by subscribing to our… read more

What’s new for designers – Nov. 2011

admin — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 15:16:42 +0000

The November edition of what’s new for web designers and developers includes new web apps, frameworks, some JavaScript tools and resources, some great project management tools, and a number of great new fonts.

Many of the resources below are free or very low cost, and are sure to be useful to… read more

Create Native Admin Tables In WordPress The Right Way

admin — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 21:00:26 +0000

List tables are a common element in WordPress’ administration interface. They are used on nearly all default admin pages with lists, and developers often integrate them into their plugins. But creating one of these tables is not really intuitive if you haven’t done it before, and I’ve seen people try… read more

Google’s AJAX Crawling Approach – A Realistic Picture

admin — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 09:00:39 +0000

Google’s AJAX Crawling Approach – A Realistic Picture

50 Great Free WordPress Themes From 2011

admin — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 16:00:49 +0000

There are probably a good amount of Noupe readers who would think little to nothing of paying money for a high quality WordPress theme if it was exactly what they were looking for. When compared to spending thousands of dollars on a unique design, a $40 investment in a premium… read more

Theme Review: Garnish

admin — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 15:00:40 +0000

Finding a minimal WordPress theme that delivers a rich media experience can be challenging. You don’t want it to be so vanilla that it gets lost in the crowd, but it shouldn’t be so different that it causes usability issues or appears thrown together. I can’t tell you how many… read more

Essential Elements of a Design Agency Website Layout (with 30 examples)

admin — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 14:46:36 +0000

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Today, I’d like to cover some really crucial tips to constructing a great template for your company. Design labs and agencies either work with set clients or tend to release a few products and maintain support from customers. Thus your website is intended to sell… read more

Simple Bug and Issue Tracking with Sifter

admin — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 07:26:45 +0000

Bugs and programming go hand in hand. You can probably measure a developer based on how much attention he/she pays to finding bugs, fixing them and tracking them to see if they ever show up again. Bug tracking is not the glamorous part of being a developer, but is the… read more

How To Use AJAX In WordPress

admin — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 20:56:05 +0000

In the last few years, AJAX has crept onto websites and slowly become the way to create dynamic, user-friendly, responsive websites. AJAX is the technology that lets you update the contents of a page without actually having to reload the page in the browser. For example, Google Docs utilizes this… read more

Teaching Yourself Web Design While You Freelance

admin — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 11:12:58 +0000

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There is plenty of opportunity to make a decent living online. The field of web design is extremely popular in the current information age. Everybody needs to have a website up and you can always find a few solid business clients. But what about building upon… read more

Flash Isn’t Dead Yet!

admin — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 16:00:19 +0000

It’s been really popular lately for many professionals to dismiss the use of Flash. Many designers and developers push the idea to discontinue use of the almost 20 year old technology. There are a range of what seems to be problems from the heaviness of Flash projects, the inability to… read more

10+ Jquery Ajax File Uploader Plugins for web developers

admin — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 08:20:39 +0000

10+ Jquery Ajax File Uploader Plugins for web developers

How to Create a Web Service: Start to Finish – New on Premium

admin — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 02:13:29 +0000

There’s no two ways about it; putting together a website is hard! You need to know a myriad of programming languages (HTML, PHP, CSS, AJAX, Javascript, MySQL, just to name a few). You also must understand how to combine these tools into one cohesive whole, which is hopefully more than… read more

The Developer’s Guide To Conflict-Free JavaScript And CSS In WordPress

admin — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 21:20:01 +0000

Imagine you’re playing the latest hash-tag game on Twitter when you see this friendly tweet:

You might want to check your #WP site. It includes two copies of jQuery. Nothing’s broken, but loading time will be slower.

You check your source code, and sure enough you see this:

What Went… read more

10 CMSes for Easier Image Management

admin — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 13:39:18 +0000

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While WordPress (using the numerous portfolio themes and plugins) has become a very popular choice for creating photo blogs or online portfolios, sometimes you may just need a dedicated CMS in order to create a web gallery. In this article, we shall take a look at… read more

Weekly Design News – Resources, Tutorials and Freebies (N.106)

admin — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 13:40:03 +0000

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This is our weekly column were we share our favorite design related articles, resources and cool tidbits from the past week. Enjoy :)

If you would like to receive our daily updates you can follow us on Twitter, on Facebookor by subscribing to our RSS feed.

Scalable and… read more

10 Online HTML5 Tools For Web Designers

admin — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 11:18:41 +0000

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If you haven’t heard, HTML5 is taking the web by storm! It is currently being enhanced by experts to provide us Web Designers & Developers with awesome new revolutionary web page features!

HTML5 Background Information

For those of you who are new to HTML5, here is some quick… read more

Designers Know Your Code: Web Design Tutorials

admin — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 16:00:42 +0000

As almost any web designer worth their salt, and a large percentage of web developers will tell you, to be fully considered a web designer you have to have some background in code. Not to the depth that full on developers must, but it really is unfair to the rest… read more

How to Animate Threaded Comments with CSS and jQuery

admin — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 22:13:03 +0000

With many social applications the use of threaded comments has become a staple in functionality. Webmasters today are focusing much more on user experience rather than content generation, and because of this there has been a rise in custom animation effects.

Below I’ll be going over a guide to building your… read more

Searchable Dynamic Content With AJAX Crawling

admin — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 17:47:58 +0000

Google Search likes simple, easy-to-crawl websites. You like dynamic websites that show off your work and that really pop. But search engines can’t run your JavaScript. That cool AJAX routine that loads your content is hurting your SEO.

Google’s robots parse HTML with ease; they can pull apart Word documents, PDFs… read more

The new amazing ferroSlider jQuery plugin!

admin — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 15:15:11 +0000

Do you have a portfolio online? Are you a designer, a photographer or an artist? Do you have to create a gallery online but you don’t want to make a classic slideshow? We have a new AMAZING jQuery plugin for you!
As maybe you know i’ve just launched the redesign… read more

Why Colleges Need to Better Prepare IT Grads [OPINION]

admin — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 00:44:58 +0000

This post reflects the opinions of the author and not necessarily those of Mashable as a publication.

Aaron Stibel serves as senior vice president of technology of Dun & Bradstreet Credibility Corp, the leading provider of credit building and credibility solutions for businesses. He holds a BS in computer science from… read more

Upcoming Web Design and Development Conferences in 2011-12

admin — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 19:03:10 +0000

We spend a lot of time learning and thinking about the designs we see online, yet what we miss quite often are practical insights into the design process and workflow of our colleagues. This is why conferences are great for our industry. We meet people who think very much like… read more

AJAX in JQuery using jQuery.get and jQuery.post methods

admin — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 17:30:59 +0000

AJAX in JQuery using jQuery.get and jQuery.post methods

How to Create a jQuery Animated Sliding Sub-Menu Navigation

admin — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 02:53:34 +0000

We have seen a lot of different jQuery techniques over the years. This comes at a time when website navigation is at an utmost importance. User experience is key in all forms of design. Without perfecting your layout it will be difficult to keep visitors coming back for more. And… read more

Simple Code Snippet To Get the Number of Your Twitter Followers

admin — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 00:42:41 +0000

Many people often use plug-in or complex piece of code to display the number of their Twitter followers on their websites. Here is a simple code snippet to get your followers number using jQuery and some lines of JavaScript code.

In your page, create a HTML element (div, span, p…) with… read more

10+ WordPress comment management plugins

admin — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 15:52:54 +0000

We’ve covered advanced commenting systems for WordPress before, but what about those bloggers who want to use the stock WordPress commenting system?

Not everyone wants to manage a third-party comment system. And those are the users who will find the comment plugins below really useful.

Below are eleven plugins that can handle… read more

Extensive Collection Of Useful jQuery Plugins For Working With Tables

admin — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 06:19:55 +0000

jQuery plugins are quite in these days in the field of web designing and are extensively used because of their aesthetically appealing results. Through jQuery tables plugins, you can attain the maximum results in terms of functionality and flexibility. The level of flexibility and functionality that jQuery provide cannot be… read more

Coding an Instant Login Form with jQuery and PHP/Ajax

admin — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 03:30:51 +0000

Login forms have been around for decades. In web design these are very common with so many social media interactions occurring on a daily basis. However the static web has gone by the wayside to make room for much more dynamic content. With popularity growing for the jQuery library it… read more

Weekly Design News – Resources, Tutorials and Freebies (N.101)

admin — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 13:05:00 +0000

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This is our weekly column were we share our favorites design related articles, resources and resources 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,… read more

Sites of the Week #168

admin — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 18:33:37 +0000

For this Sites of the Week we have selected some great sites such as The Lounge and Rice Bowls. Also we’re featuring a food related websites, and much, much more! As usual we would love to hear from you, keep sending your suggestions to us and we will be more… read more

45+ Free Online Tools To Create Charts, Diagrams And Flowcharts

admin — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 17:54:16 +0000

Charts and graphs are the best ways to represent information and relationship between two interlinked entities. Not only do charts and graphs inform visitors about the trend or relationship you want to show them but also add a visual connection with the visitors.

Several online tools are available that help you… read more

Reveal: A Responsive Portfolio Theme for WordPress

admin — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 11:16:27 +0000

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At Theme Trust, we just released our latest and greatest WordPress theme. This one is called Reveal. It’s responsive and designed to showcase your portfolio. The “responsive” part means that it’s built to look great across multiple devices and screen sizes, which includes the desktop and… read more

100 Great CSS Menu Tutorials

admin — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 16:00:18 +0000

Navigation is such an important part of your website. It’s how your visitors navigate to the main areas of your site and makes it easy for them to find your good content.

CSS is of course the perfect language for designing beautiful navigation menus. It can be applied to any type… read more

Congratulations To The Winners Of UberTags Subscription

admin — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 21:52:55 +0000

Thanks to all of the participants of contest in which UberTags 1 Year Subscriptions Giveaway were givingaway. We ran the MySQL random query and selected these comments to give them UberTags 1 Year Subscription.

Winners of UberTags Subscription

Krunal Bharatiya
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What Is UberTags’ Cloud-Based Tag Management System?

Let’s say you manage… read more

45 jQuery Plugins And Tutorials To Enhance Your Forms

admin — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 21:57:11 +0000

Creating awesome and appealing forms for your website has now become easy, thanks to jQuery plugins. Here we are sharing with you a collection of some extremely useful plugins and tutorials to help you create beautiful and awesome web forms.

Web forms are the crucial element for any website as website… read more

Showcase of Italian Web Design Pt.1

admin — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 16:00:19 +0000

It all started in the middle 90s. The Internet in Italy was slowly coming out from its early age when it was somehow still synonymous with cyber-culture. World Wide Web was becoming larger known and young dudes with 14k remote modem connections were spending their nights updating rudimentary personal pages… read more

Top Freelance Jobs from Job Board – Week 2, August

admin — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 20:00:24 +0000

Looking for a new client? The FreelanceSwitch job board is a great resource of freelance gigs and opportunities. These opportunities are in various fields, from development to writing to design, and come from a wide range of potential clients. The job board is hand-moderated by dedicated staff and volunteers… read more

Showcase of Web Design In Argentina Pt.2

admin — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 16:00:30 +0000

Last week we brought you the first installment of an inspiring look at the state of the web design industry in the country of Argentina. This week we cap off the look with more insightful interviews, site showcases, recommendations and more. Let’s dive right in.

Excerpt from Part One

The design industry… read more

25 jQuery image galleries and slideshow plugins

admin — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 17:52:11 +0000

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Top Freelance Jobs from Job Board – Week 1, August

admin — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 20:00:09 +0000

What Web Designers Can Learn From Video Games

admin — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 19:33:51 +0000

Games are becoming more Web-like, and the Web is becoming more game-like. If you need proof of this, you have only to look at Yahoo Answers. Random questions are posed, the top answer is chosen, and credibility points are given to the winner. It’s a ranking system that accumulates and… read more

20+ Best Ajax Forms

admin — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 06:39:19 +0000

20+ Best Ajax Forms

Uploading Files with AJAX

admin — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 07:24:59 +0000

I can’t seem to reach the end of the fun stuff you can do with emerging web technologies. Today, I’m going to show you how to do something that—until the last while—has been almost unprecedented: uploading files via AJAX. Oh, sure, there have been hacks; but if you’re like me,… read more

UberTags 1 Year Subscriptions Giveaway

admin — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 06:01:12 +0000

UberTags is running a contest, where 10 winners will get the free 1 year of UberTags service worth $600. Well, you guys know what they are offering? Lets say it once again for n00bs.

What Is UberTags’ Cloud-Based Tag Management System?

Let’s say you manage a website. You want to track how… read more

Top Freelance Jobs from Job Board – Week 4, July

admin — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 20:00:41 +0000

6 tips to create better one-page websites

admin — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 17:37:06 +0000

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8 Things Newbie Web Designers Should Know About SEO

admin — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 15:13:09 +0000

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Even the most SEO obsessed web site owners still want a site that looks good. Design aesthetics play a huge role in the success or failure of any site. Elements of design can impact conversions, credibility, and engagement. But some designs can also limit a web… read more

HOW TO: Integrate Google+ Into Your WordPress Site

admin — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 02:15:57 +0000

Already using Google+? Follow Mashable’s Pete Cashmore for the latest about the platform’s new features, tips and tricks as well as our top social media and technology updates.

This month’s hot topic has been, without a doubt, Google+. Whether the new social service from the world’s largest search company will be… read more

40 useful APIs for web designers and developers

admin — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 17:01:50 +0000

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60+ New WordPress themes, summer 2011 edition

admin — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 17:04:02 +0000

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Orbit and Reveal: jQuery Plug-Ins For Image Sliders and Modal Windows

admin — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 23:08:48 +0000

A visitor comes to your website all giddy to learn more about your product, when suddenly a snazzy slideshow loads with some snap. Impressed, they go to register and are greeted by a most elegant modal window. At this point they are finally overjoyed by the velociraptor that suddenly charges… read more

15 jQuery Space-Saving Content Sliders and Carousels

admin — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 14:54:35 +0000

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We all know about the popularity of jQuery image and video sliders and galleries. For the most part they are all feature-rich and perfect in their own way, but very few of them have been built to accommodate non-image content (blocks of text) that would allow… read more

Comment to Win – Inkscape 0.48 Illustrator’s Cookbook

admin — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 20:00:17 +0000

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Inkscape has been around for some time now, and with each new release it has become the vector editor of choice for many illustrators and web developers the world over. Learning more about Inkscape has been on my "to-do" list for some time now, so today I’m excited to… read more

15 Plugins Every WordPress User Should Know About

admin — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 19:07:31 +0000

The reason why WordPress is preferred by majority of bloggers is due to the number of plugins available for it. If you browse WordPress plugins database, you will notice that the number of plugins available for WordPress are endless. There are plugins which help you improve SEO of your blogs,… read more

Inside Google’s User Experience Lab: An Interview With Google’s Marcin Wichary

admin — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 18:51:07 +0000

Marcin Wichary’s fascination with the relationship between humans and machines began at an early age. As a boy in Poland, he was mesmerized by the interaction between arcade patrons and the video games they played. Years later, Marcin would help shape the way that millions of computer users interact with… read more

20 Fantastic pseudo-Flash websites

admin — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 17:54:17 +0000

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Building an Elegant Tooltip Dropdown Menu Powered by jQuery

admin — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 19:22:04 +0000

Within the jQuery library it’s possible to create some fantastic effects. These can enhance the overall user experience dramatically and often work hand-in-hand with new CSS3 and HTML5 techniques. As the field of web design has evolved, prominent new techniques have evolved as well.

Below I’ve gone into depth over the… read more

Free WordPress Themes: 2011 Edition

admin — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 18:46:06 +0000

It’s interesting to look back at our previous WordPress themes round-ups. It’s almost like looking at a visual timeline not only of WordPress’ advances in theme design, but of the rapid development in functionality of the CMS itself. The themes from year to year clearly differ in style as Web… read more

Sites of the Week #160

admin — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 23:51:14 +0000

For this Sites of the Week we have selected some great sites such as Dolce Caffè Font and Cheesemonger. Also we’re featuring the nice portfolio from Tiny Big Studio, and much, much more! As usual we would love to hear from you, keep sending your suggestions to us and we… read more

80 Apps and Resources for Cloud-Based Web Dev

admin — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 05:00:36 +0000

Web development is one of the fastest growing industries in the world. The value of the web has become apparent and business and individuals alike have jumped on board the web bandwagon. During it’s humble beginners, you might find a web developer writing his code in a text editor like… read more

Useful Ideas And Guidelines For Good Web Form Design

admin — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 19:37:23 +0000

The input form is an essential element of almost any website or application these days. Input is a core method of interaction, and in many cases it represents the hard conversion point between success and failure. With the amount time and effort we put into bringing users to our sign-up… read more

HTML5 and CSS3 Form References, Resources and Tutorials

admin — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 13:47:02 +0000

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This article explores some of the new HTML5 form features and how it has greatly improved text inputs, search boxes and other form fields by providing better and cleaner controls for validating data allowing you to build complicated forms with far less code and even less… read more

Help Scout: Professional Email With A Personal Touch

admin — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 19:00:11 +0000

It’s that dreaded word in any small development team: support. Anyone with a love for software design or development probably doesn’t have a great love for customer relations. They feel more at home pushing pixels in Photoshop or writing code in a text editor. They’re familiar with email, sure: email’s… read more

CodeIgniter Toolbox- Essential Tutorials and Resources

admin — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 14:26:00 +0000

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CodeIgniter is a powerful framework that lets you create web apps very simply and elegantly. It’s an open source PHP framework with a very small footprint, built for PHP coders who need a simple and elegant toolkit to create full-featured web applications.

Cool, that sounds great, so… read more

Sites of the Week #158

admin — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 20:16:30 +0000

For this Sites of the Week we have selected some great sites such as KOKOKAKA and GuyVernes. Also we’re featuring a nice service called RemindTV, and much, much more! As usual we would love to hear from you, keep sending your suggestions to us and we will be more than… read more

Regular Expressions That Makes You an Expert Developer

admin — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 17:56:18 +0000

Regular expressions are an essential part of any programmer’s toolkit. These are very useful kits for web developer to validate, match or replace text. To help user there are number of tools and resources are developed. The tools and resources like Greedliness / Laziness, Back referencing, Word boundaries, Named Groups,… read more

10 Free Desktop Applications for Managing Your Code Snippets

admin — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 13:29:09 +0000

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Why reinvent the wheel? And by extension, why keep re-typing or copy/pasting commonly-used pieces of code over and over again? Copying and pasting pieces of code into text files and the like is disorganized and wastes your precious time. Instead, you can use code snippets to… read more

Get Your Brain Together With thinkery

admin — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 04:00:09 +0000

Remembering things is harder than ever. Stuff to do, links to refer, ideas to develop, articles to read, videos to watch – there is just way too much stuff online to keep track of. We definitely need a digital assistant to track all that stuff for us. thinkery helps you focus on… read more

40 Amazing Tools To Enhance Your Flickr Experience

admin — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 22:20:51 +0000

Flickr is a platform that lets you upload and share your photos with the world including your friends, colleagues, relatives, fans and etc. People cannot only rate the shared photos but can also leave their comments on the photos they like. This is not only boosts the self confidence of… read more

40 Free Online Tools and Software to Improve Your Workflow

admin — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 16:00:19 +0000

Charts and graphs are the most effective ways to show the relationship between two different and interlinked entities. On a web page, a comprehensively designed flowchart, diagram or graph can be worth a thousand words. Creating such charts that inform your visitors about all the necessary details is a daunting… read more

Build a Neat HTML5 Powered Contact Form

admin — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 21:38:18 +0000

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In this tutorial, we are going to learn how to create a swanky HTML5 AJAX powered contact form. The form will use some of the new HTML5 input elements and attributes, and will be validated using the browser’s built-in form validation. We will use jQuery and Modernizr to help… read more

The ultimate HTML5 resource guide

admin — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 17:43:22 +0000

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45+ Useful Yet Free eBooks For Designers And Developers

admin — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 16:22:06 +0000

Internet has made the world of knowledge and information so much open than it ever had before. With thousands of tutorials available online and proper standards in place, it just takes few days of study to master even the most complicated skills.

Designing community always require useful resources and new techniques… read more

CSS3 and HTML5 Toolbox Starter

admin — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 16:00:08 +0000

As designers and developers we tend to always be on the look out for awesome resources to add to our virtual toolboxes. With the web design landscape moving in the direction of CSS3 and HTML5 we thought that we would help our readers find a few choice tools to start… read more

Top Freelance Jobs from Job Board – Week 5, May

admin — Mon, 30 May 2011 20:00:52 +0000

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Thanks to the Web.AppStorm Sponsors!

admin — Fri, 27 May 2011 20:00:56 +0000

We’d like to say a big thank you to this month’s Web.AppStorm sponsors, and the great software they create! If you’re interested in advertising, you can order a slot through BuySellAds.

You might also consider a Quick Look submission, an easy way to showcase your app to all our readers.

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Better Image Management With WordPress

admin — Thu, 26 May 2011 19:36:45 +0000

With the advent of sophisticated and user-friendly content management systems like WordPress, textual content has become increasingly easier to manage. The architecture of these systems aims to deliver a well-formed code foundation; this means that if you are a good writer, then your content will be just as awesome as… read more

CSS Form Templates, Tools & Services

admin — Wed, 25 May 2011 13:24:04 +0000

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CSS has hugely improved forms. Where once you had very rudimentary forms that looked plain and un-styled, CSS lets you style your form however you want and create rich and robust forms. Even a simple contact form can look slick and increase readability and user-friendliness –… read more

Ultimate Guide of Web Typography Tutorials, Tips and Best Practices

admin — Tue, 24 May 2011 22:35:07 +0000

Web typography is nothing but implementing typography on web page. This is very important in order to identify oneself in the designing world. It is equally important that understanding and implementing typography successfully on your web page. This is an evolution in web designing to stand apart from all other… read more

Cool and Useful jQuery Image and Content Sliders and Slideshows

admin — Mon, 23 May 2011 16:00:22 +0000

Looking for some cool new (and free) jQuery slider plug-ins and scripts? Then here is the perfect round-up created just for you. Here, we have collected the best of the freshest jQuery plug-ins for creating amazing image and content sliders. Because all of these plug-ins come with different functionality, this… read more

Creative Navigation Menus – Examples jquery, ajax

admin — Sun, 22 May 2011 05:55:09 +0000

Creative Navigation Menus – Examples jquery, ajax

40 Best Ajax Tutorials

admin — Sat, 21 May 2011 09:01:49 +0000

40 Best Ajax Tutorials

Google I/O for Developers: New App Engine, Go Runtime & Eclipse Plugin

admin — Wed, 11 May 2011 04:38:29 +0000

Although Google’s developer conference was awash with consumer product news, the company actually made some announcements relevant to developers.

App Engine is being graduated from a preview to version 1.5 this summer. The new version offers Backends, better Task Queues and an experimental runtime for Go, Google’s homebrewed… read more

10 handy jQuery mobile tips and snippets to get you started

admin — Tue, 10 May 2011 17:48:19 +0000

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Top Freelance Jobs from Job Board – Week 2, May

admin — Mon, 09 May 2011 19:00:32 +0000

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Innovative Techniques To Simplify Sign-Ups and Log-Ins

admin — Thu, 05 May 2011 19:23:26 +0000

There are many ways to design sign-up and log-in forms. Most designers are familiar with the conventional ways. But understanding and applying a few innovative techniques could make your forms simpler and more efficient to fill out. In this article, we’d like to present a couple of new ideas that might… read more

MooTools History Plugin: One-Page AJAX Websites

admin — Mon, 02 May 2011 21:30:00 +0000

History provides a method to catch link clicks, load page content via AJAX, modify the document’s location object to keep “history” records, and re-evaluate content links to allow developers to create a fast, efficient one-page website. read more

How do you convince the average web user to switch to a non-IE browser?

admin — Mon, 02 May 2011 17:41:22 +0000

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Top 10 Apps: Web-based Task Managers

admin — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 02:24:29 +0000

I’ve been jumping from app to app, for as long as I can remember, in search of the best web-based task management app. I’ve never really been satisfied until recently when I discovered Flow. Finding the perfect task manager is a little like searching for a unicorn — it’s just… read more

CloudApp vs Droplr: Is There a Clear Winner?

admin — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 08:19:05 +0000

Of course not! There never is. However, by comparing them we might be able to help you make a decision better suited to your needs. I, for one, have been torn between the two for quite a long time but always stuck with Droplr. We’ll take a look at the… read more

Loading Tab Contents with AJAX in Thesis Theme

admin — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 19:02:39 +0000

Loading Tab Contents with AJAX in Thesis Theme

5 incredible hosted CMS’ reviewed

admin — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 17:26:04 +0000

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5 Ways to Ensure Your Site Is Accessible to the Visually Impaired

admin — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 00:48:43 +0000

The Web Designer Series is supported by Wix.com, a free Flash online builder that makes website creation a breeze. Click here to create your own website now.

According to Prevent Blindness America, 53.2 million Americans aged 45 or older have some form of visual impairment, from mild to… read more

25 CSS Snippets for Some of the Most Common and Frustrating Tasks

admin — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 14:16:15 +0000

In this post we have 25 CSS snippets and hacks that will solve many of the most frequently used and, at times, frustrating CSS development tasks. Why reinvent the wheel when there are already plenty of time-saving pre-written CSS code snippets?

As well as some classic and timeless CSS hacks you… read more

70 Most Wanted Ajax Tutorials For Upcoming Web Designers

admin — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 09:20:59 +0000

70 Most Wanted Ajax Tutorials For Upcoming Web Designers

Useful JavaScript and jQuery Tools, Libraries, Plugins

admin — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 20:36:41 +0000

Recently we’ve been receiving more requests for carefully selected, useful round-ups. We try to avoid round-ups on Smashing Magazine, but sometimes the format is useful and — if the resources are relevant — can be extremely helpful. Besides, we are glad to drive traffic to some obscure, yet useful resources… read more

A Guide To Seamless Website Redesign

admin — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 14:40:04 +0000

An inherent problem with owning a web site is that styles come and go on the internet fast as (or faster than) the real world. A web site can look out-of-date very fast if it is not being constantly maintained. Do you need to refine your online presence? A… read more

Fundamental Guidelines Of E-Commerce Checkout Design

admin — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 17:20:59 +0000

Here is the harsh reality of e-commerce websites: according to recent e-commerce studies, at least 59.8% of potential customers abandon their shopping cart (MarketingSherpa puts it at 59.8%, SeeWhy at 83% and MarketLive at 62.14%). The main question is why do customers abandon their shopping cart so often? Is there… read more

A Collection of PSD to HTML Websites

admin — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 17:30:27 +0000

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Become a Social Couch Potato With Followmy.tv

admin — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 10:36:42 +0000

TV shows are refreshingly awesome. The variety and depth of content available spanning various genre is unmatchable. Given the talent and strong content behind the TV shows, even multi-million dollar movies made with bankable stars are unable to set the box office on fire. What TV watchers need is an… read more

Designing For The Future Web

admin — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 17:39:34 +0000

Designing for the future Web. That’s a big subject. Where do we start when we’re talking about something that isn’t here yet?

In this article, we’ll look at what the future Web might look like and how we can adapt our current skills to this new environment, as well as how to create… read more

HOW TO: Add Facebook Questions To Your Brand Page

admin — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 01:14:49 +0000

Facebook released a new version of Questions late last week and will soon begin to roll the feature out to Facebook Pages as well.

The feature can be used by brands and publishers as a new way to survey customers or crowdsource information from readers.

Page owners can ask… read more

40+ Useful jQuery and Ajax Based Sliders, Tutorials & Scripts

admin — Sun, 27 Mar 2011 09:30:04 +0000

40+ Useful jQuery and Ajax Based Sliders, Tutorials & Scripts

How to create Ajax Instant Messenger

admin — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 09:25:04 +0000

How to create Ajax Instant Messenger

How to Create an HTML5 and CSS3 AJAX-Based Contact Form

admin — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 05:40:04 +0000

How to Create an HTML5 and CSS3 AJAX-Based Contact Form

Building Up your Web Design Education

admin — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 15:47:55 +0000

Walking the path of a web designer is one challenging road. There are many techniques to be studied and the vast wealth of knowledge available can just slightly ease the burden. The most popular study commodity were books, but with the Internet’s evolution it is now easier than ever to… read more

19 Free UI Design Tools, Toolkits and Resources For Designers (Part 2)

admin — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 22:35:24 +0000

Having a nice and complete set of web user interface always come in handy for a web designer in order to simplify and ease the design process. Designing user interface particularly in the initial stages is a difficult thing and UI design elements can come handy.

This is… read more

Free HTML Newsletter Templates

admin — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 17:39:34 +0000

Choosing a well designed newsletter can provide any marketing campaign a great deal of success. Here are excellent examples of some of the best free HTML newsletter templates that you can use without spending a fortune. No matter how you’d like to update your customers about a particular product or… read more

28 Fresh jQuery Tutorials

admin — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 21:39:48 +0000

In this post we have collected 28 fresh and useful jQuery tutorials. If you like jQuery tutorials you might also want to check out some of our previous posts below. Enjoy!

20 Useful jQuery Slider Tutorials

25 jQuery Tutorials for Improved Navigation Menus

Easy Display Switch with CSS and jQuery

Create an Image… read more

Mobile Toolbox for WordPress (Tutorials, Plugins and Themes)

admin — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 15:00:04 +0000

Mobile browsing clearly does have its limitations, mainly from its smaller physical design, but it also limited by web sites not having a mobile version tailored for the smaller screen. Current mobile web browsing stats stands at 4.5% of total world-wide internet usage and, with the prediction for the next… read more

30 Fantastic New jQuery Plugins

admin — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 15:21:46 +0000

With jQuery now being used in over 40% of all web sites, the demand for up-to-date and feature-rich plugins has never been greater. Thankfully, the jQuery community has always met its popularity head on by offering a constant influx of new plugins that constantly push the boundaries of functionality ever-further.

Yeah,… read more

The ABCs of Web Development

admin — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 22:14:02 +0000

Web development can often be an utterly perplexing affair. Today, aimed at beginners, I’d like to introduce you to twenty six concepts or technologies, each mapping to a letter of the alphabet. Sounds wonky? It probably is! Let’s get started after the jump. A — AJAX AJAX stands for Asynchronous… read more

Weekly Design News – Resources, Tutorials and Freebies (N.76)

admin — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 14:23:32 +0000

This is our weekly column were we share our favorites design related articles, resources and resources 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, on Stumbleupon or by… read more

Create a Simple jQuery/CSS Animated Button Plugin

admin — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 12:00:04 +0000

Create a Simple jQuery/CSS Animated Button Plugin

Are We Breaking the Web With a Hash and a Bang?

admin — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 01:27:29 +0000

The internet is a big and complicated place; it’s called “The Web” for good reason. It’s a giant ball of twisting and turning strings, a mass of connections between isolated blocks of information. This is its nature, its natural inclination — the formation of connections. The technology it’s built upon… read more

20 New Frameworks for Web and Mobile App Developers

admin — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 14:45:46 +0000

Web development is about getting stuff done, not figuring out how to get it done. Frameworks and libraries help you, the web developer, focus on creating rather than figuring stuff out. Rather than reinventing the wheel, you can use a framework or library to delegate brunt, non-creative and repetitive work,… read more

60 Useful Online Generators for Designers

admin — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 18:01:09 +0000

Today’s competitive market makes it necessary to stay updated in all the dimensions in designing industry and designers need all the latest software to be in the top. But purchasing software or downloading a huge one may not be in the top priority especially if it is going to be… read more

50+ New WordPress Themes: March 2011

admin — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 17:32:07 +0000

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Top Freelance Jobs from Job Board – Week 4, February

admin — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 22:00:52 +0000

Fun with jQuery Templating and AJAX

admin — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 00:57:53 +0000

In this tutorial, we’ll take a look at how jQuery’s beta templating system can be put to excellent use in order to completely decouple our HTML from our scripts. We’ll also take a quick look at jQuery 1.5′s completely revamped AJAX module. What’s Templating? Templating is a newish (it’s still… read more

40 Fantastic Self-Hosted Business Apps

admin — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 23:59:11 +0000

The cloud is awesome; it’s convenient, flexible and extremely scalable. There aren’t a lot of arguments that go against using a cloud based app, except for concerns regarding security and cost. However hard one tries to argue against these Notions, we will have to agree that to a significant… read more

Send HTML form results in an email from PHP using jQuery AJAX (Updated)

admin — Sun, 20 Feb 2011 02:55:04 +0000

Send HTML form results in an email from PHP using jQuery AJAX (Updated)

Send HTML form results in an email from PHP using jQuery AJAX

admin — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 11:45:04 +0000

Send HTML form Results in an Email from PHP using jQuery AJAX

jQuery Menus with Stunning Animations

admin — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 16:21:49 +0000

jQuery is a great tool that helps our imagination turn ideas into reality. We can do almost everything we can think of with the help of this useful tool. Apart from being a lightweight cross-browser JavaScript library that simplifies HTML and Ajax interactions for rapid web development, it also gives… read more

ASP.NET and AJAX

admin — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 22:00:33 +0000

In this tutorial, we’ll take a look at some of the things you can do with ASP.NET and AJAX in your web applications. It’s more than just wrapping an UpdatePanel around some buttons, textboxes and grids! Asynchronous JavaScript and XML There are many caveats with arbitrarily dropping UpdatePanels onto webforms… read more

5 Of The Best Free Online Tools for Quick Photo Editing

admin — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 01:46:18 +0000

For most photographers, Photoshop or Aperture are the tools of choice for post production. Others use different desktop software or a combination of several pieces of software. Traditionally, online photo editors have been slow and clunky and a tool of last resort. With time however, they’re getting better…. read more

Designing with Web Standards

admin — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 17:04:55 +0000

Web standards, simply put, are the basic rules that all Web designers, coders, and programmers should understand and follow when designing and building webpages. While these standards mostly deal with coding and other behind-the-scenes issues, they can also greatly affect a site’s design and influence how visitors access the content… read more

20 Useful Free iPhone and iPad Apps for Designers and Developers

admin — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 08:12:30 +0000

Big shocking news of the day: iPhones and iPads are increasingly popular and widespread and are being used by more and more people. But what’s interesting is this also includes web developers ie. you. And the following list will feature 20 free iPhone and iPad apps for web developers.

While iPhones… read more

jQuery AJAX GIF Preloader

admin — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 05:30:04 +0000

jQuery AJAX GIF Preloader

Send a Free Card to Your Valentine Courtesy of Quotes Website

admin — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 15:44:54 +0000

Have a lovely beau, but no dough? Well, thanks to online quote community Quotables, you can send your significant other a free card on V-Day, emblazoned with words of your own choosing.

For the next 48 hours, Quotables is making on-demand cards and e-cards for the lovelorn masses… read more

Changes to the Apple.com Design

admin — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 11:23:38 +0000

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The 50 Best Chrome Web Store Apps

admin — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 03:00:56 +0000

Although the Chrome Web Store hasn’t had the instant success Apple’s iOS App Store experienced, especially for developers, it’s still an awesome resource — and one that’s still maturing and developing.

Awhile ago, when the Chrome Web Store was first introduced, we brought you several great posts with lots of app-goodness.

10… read more

The Monster List of Freelance Job Sites – 2011 Edition

admin — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 19:00:49 +0000

Every freelancer needs a source for clients. We rely on clients, nurture our relationships with them, and provide a quality of service that keeps then coming back. And we can never have enough of them! The Monster List of Freelance Job Sites has one purpose: to massively increase your source… read more

The Dilemma of Choosing the Perfect CMS

admin — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 11:28:36 +0000

These days, we’re all trying to build websites quickly and easily, and developers are turning to open-source content management systems (CMS) to help them get the job done. Multiple content management systems are floating around the web, and finding the right one has become extremely challenging. Without a clearly defined… read more

Web Hosting Giveaway, 15 Free Reseller Hosting Accounts Up For Grabs With Eleven2!

admin — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 13:33:47 +0000

Hey guys. Today we have an awesome giveaway from the folks over at eleven2 web hosting. Eleven2 launched its brand new website on January 3rd, and to celebrate, eleven2 have teamed up with us to giveaway 15 free reseller hosting accounts to give you the chance at starting up your very own… read more

13 Excellent jQuery Techniques And Demonstrations

admin — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 16:34:41 +0000

Are you looking for some cool and handy jQuery Plugins, you landed at right place. Below we are presenting 13 most useful and handy techniques that you can use in your next project and make it stand out.

jQuery is the most well-known and open source JavaScript library… read more

CSS3 Tutorials to Brighten Up Your Day

admin — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 09:31:57 +0000

As we all know, a lot of complicated CSS code snippets had to be used back then when you simply wanted to achieve a rounded corner, and even had to use JavaScript for simple animations. But since the coming out of CSS3, life has become a lot easier.

In… read more

40+ UI Design Tools and Resources

admin — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 10:43:09 +0000

User interface design grows and evolves on a continual basis. To stay current, you need to keep an eye on trends, new resources, and new techniques being implemented and talked about. And you also need to try things out on your own, and come up with original ideas and implementations.read more

Jquery Advanced Ajax validation with CAPTCHA

admin — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 14:00:00 +0000

Learn how to create an ajax signup form complete with captcha using jQuery, CSS and PHP.

40+ WordPress Magazine Themes Empowered by Ajax and jQuery

admin — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 07:00:08 +0000

40+ WordPress Magazine Themes Empowered by Ajax and jQuery

Tips for Compromising between Designers and Developers

admin — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 08:38:33 +0000

In the real world designers and developers are constantly battling it out over projects. Between two lighthearted developers are the crew who simply make website work while designers add flair and vibrant edges. The two perform very specific yet important jobs which harmoniously combine to create amazing web pages.

Often times,… read more

Mobile Cheatsheets for iPhone, Android and Blackberry App Development

admin — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 10:35:14 +0000

In this post we have rounded up a selection of useful cheatsheets, references, quick recipes and code snippet resources specifically for Android, Blackberry and iPhone app development. No developer should work without these.

You may also like: /> Useful Collection of Cheat-Sheet Desktop Wallpaper for Web Designers → /> 20 jQuery Cheatsheets, Docs… read more

Responsive Web Design: What It Is and How To Use It

admin — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 15:22:27 +0000

Almost every new client these days wants a mobile version of their website. It’s practically essential after all: one design for the BlackBerry, another for the iPhone, the iPad, netbook, Kindle — and all screen resolutions must be compatible, too. In the next five years, we’ll likely need to design… read more

45 Free eBooks for Developers and Designers

admin — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 08:37:28 +0000

Over the past year or so we have published several articles featuring a selection of the best free ebooks for web designers, with each post proving very popular and highly resourceful. Sadly, since then some of the fantastic ebooks we previously featured are no longer available or are no longer… read more

More on jQuery: Slider Plugins and Tutorials

admin — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 12:32:39 +0000

There are a large amount of sites that use image sliders to emphasize content by using jQuery plugins. In today’s post we provide you with yet another collection of some fantastic resources for all of those among you who are interested in learning how to create image sliders with jQuery,… read more

15 Lightweight and Minimal CSS Frameworks

admin — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 09:19:29 +0000

The CSS framework you decide to use should ideally not be based only on a personal preference, as most web designers tend to do. Instead a framework should be based on your current web design projects complexity and functionality requirements. I mean, why would you want to use a one-huge-size-fits-all… read more

Host Your Own Invoicing App with Siwapp

admin — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 06:02:14 +0000

There are just too many invoicing apps out there on the web. In fact, invoicing is one area where web apps beat the jeepers out of native apps. However, there is a catch; there are too many fancy features and they charge a bit too much of a price tag… read more

Weekly Design News – Resources, Tutorials and Freebies (N.68)

admin — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 08:49:34 +0000

This is our weekly column were we share our favorites posts, articles and resources with our readers 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 by subscribing… read more

Remote Buddy: Give Your Apple Remote Purpose

admin — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 13:00:47 +0000

Up until recently, every Apple computer came with a little white remote in the box, which many people promptly placed in a drawer to forget forever. Apple intended it to be used with iTunes and Front Row, but the feature wasn’t popular enough to keep around the product, because most… read more

24 Best Practices for AJAX Implementations

admin — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 17:42:47 +0000

YouTube Increases Upload Time Limit Even More

admin — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 18:22:55 +0000

Impossibly long videos featuring cats repeatedly slamming into mirrors are about to get even longer, as YouTube has announced that it’s extending its upload time limit.

According to the YouTube blog, those users who have a history of complying with the YouTube Community Guidelines and copyright rules will no longer be… read more

Free WordPress 3.0+ Theme for Portfolios and Magazines: JournalCrunch

admin — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 09:42:17 +0000

In this post we release a yet another freebie: JournalCrunch WordPress 3.0+ theme, a theme for magazines or portfolios with an integrated journal. The theme was designed by Site5 and released exclusively for Smashing Magazine and its readers. As usual, the theme is absolutely free to use in private and… read more

WDL Premium: WebPro Icon Set

admin — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 06:03:52 +0000

Today we’re giving our WDL Premium Members a useful set of icons from IconDock. WebPro contains 172 icons (designed at 16 x 16px), that are suitable for designing sidebar menus and text link buttons. Both PNG and GIF formats are included. There is also a vector version available at IconDock.

For… read more

“The New York Times” Chrome Web App Remodels the Online Newspaper

admin — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 22:24:20 +0000

Google just unveiled its the Chrome Web Store, making tons of highly optimized web apps available to users of Google Chrome (or the latest versions of Safari or Firefox 4 beta).

One of the apps that was showcased at the Google event earlier this afternoon was The New York Times for… read more

Finding Your Passion in Web Design

admin — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 05:56:52 +0000

The youth is powering our digital age and they will control the future of our web. The position of freelance website designer seems lucrative and very enticing from the get-go. Set your own hours, work on whatever you want, get paid to work from home and learn as you go…. read more

10 Free Holiday Icon Sets to Give Your Site a Wintery Makeover [GALLERY]

admin — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 22:17:51 +0000

If you really like to get into the spirit of things during the winter, then you might want to add some festive or seasonal design touches to your website or blog.

We’ve found a wealth of winter and holiday themed icons and vectors that will help you spread some cheer online… read more

Build your Own JavaScript Library: New Premium Tutorial and Screencast

admin — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 01:35:05 +0000

Over the course of the past few years, the JavaScript community has exploded exponentially. While technologies like Ajax certainly had something to do with the popularity of JavaScript, it it’s safe to say that libraries are the primary reason we’ve seen such astonishing growth in the community. No longer is… read more

15 Super-Simple jQuery Menu and Navigation Plugins

admin — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 08:53:55 +0000

There are lots of jQuery menu and navigation plugins freely available that can do anything you could possibly imagine. We love those innovative and ground-breaking plugins we really do.

But, as we are sure you will agree, the most of the time, all we basically need is a lightweight, functional and… read more

30 Fantastic CodeCanyon Scripts, Plugins and HTML5 Apps

admin — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 07:44:21 +0000

If you’re an app or web developer looking for fantastic features or even full on apps to implement into your site or app, CodeCanyon is definitely a place you should take a look through. It’s a rapidly growing marketplace offering lots of really fantastic scripts, plugins, HTML5 apps (and elements),… read more

Weekly Design News – Resources, Tutorials and Freebies (N.66)

admin — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 08:10:21 +0000

This is our weekly column were we share our favorites posts, articles and resources with our readers 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 by subscribing… read more

Winners Announced – WordPress Development Books Competition

admin — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 16:26:55 +0000

Last weeks we published the competition Two Free WordPress Development Books for Two Lucky Readers, it has now ended and it is time to announce the winners.

Thanks to PACKT Publishing for donating these books, and an evener bigger thank you to all of our readers who have left a comment…. read more

Quick Tip: Automatic Formatting using GREP Styles in Adobe InDesign

admin — Fri, 26 Nov 2010 15:00:16 +0000

InDesign’s GREP styles are the magic of automatic formatting. In this Quick Tip we will explain how to set up GREP styles and how you can use them to for a consistent and efficient design.

Step 1: Understanding Regular Expressions

GREP styles are character styles that InDesign applies to a specific part… read more

And the redesign is here!!!

admin — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 11:03:39 +0000

Size Now Matters.

Let me just lay it out there: This is a HUGE site. More precisely, it’s 1220px huge. Here we are in 2010, and I can’t keep working with a “basic” resolution like 960px. More than 92% of the users on this blog have a resolution bigger than 1280px,… read more

Sight: Free WordPress 3.0.1-Ready Theme For Magazines and Blogs

admin — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 23:51:47 +0000

In this post we release a yet another WordPress theme: Sight is a powerful WordPress 3.0.1-ready theme which will work best for magazines and blogs. The theme was designed in modern minimalistic style and has two views: the standard blog view and a grid view. A big image slider on… read more

50 Useful jQuery Plugins to Enhance your Forms

admin — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 12:06:05 +0000

by Aquil Akhter

Here we present some useful plugins and tutorials that will let you create awesome forms for your websites — whether it’s a sign up form or contact us form. You can enhance its functionality and usefulness with these plugins. Since these forms are used by the visitors of… read more

Weekly Design News – Resources, Tutorials and Freebies (N.65)

admin — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 08:38:03 +0000

This is our weekly column were we share our favorites posts, articles and resources with our readers 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 by subscribing… read more

Photoshop 101: Replace Color [video]

admin — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 18:43:09 +0000

This week I have a very simple, but useful Photoshop tip. Replace color is found in the “Image > Adjustments” menu. Obviously, this won’t work on every image, but for simple color replacements, it comes in handy. Thanks to Shutterstock for providing the image for this mini tutorial. Enjoy the… read more

Competition: Two Free WordPress Development Books for Two Lucky Readers, Comment to Win

admin — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 14:40:33 +0000

This week we have a great competition for you, especially if you are a WordPress developer or are currently learning WP, you’ll really love it. We have 2 copies of each WordPress 3.0 jQuery and WordPress Top Plugins PDF ebooks to give away to two lucky readers. All you have… read more

30 Awesome Ajax Lightbox and Modal Dialog Solutions

admin — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 05:00:41 +0000

30 Awesome Ajax Lightbox and Modal Dialog Solutions

40 AJAX Professional Solutions – PART 1

admin — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 22:00:51 +0000

40 AJAX Professional Solutions – PART 1

LightFace: Facebook Lightbox for MooTools

admin — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 15:58:00 +0000

I’ve created LightFace: a Facebook lightbox clone for MooTools. LightFace and its family of classes work well with iFrames, images, AJAX-requested content, static positioning, and static content. read more

8 Fantastic Lightweight CMSes You Should Try

admin — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 05:12:18 +0000

Sometimes less is more. When it comes to content management systems there’s a huge selection of feature rich, powerful and incredibly complicated options, but what about the lightweight jobs? Many of today’s popular CMSes are overkill for small, basic tasks where the extra frills just aren’t needed.

Today we bring you… read more

Useful jQuery Plugins to Enhance HTML Tables

admin — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 12:23:33 +0000

by Nousheen Aquil

This post contains 40 varieties of functional jQuery tables plugins that let you achieve the maximum functionality and flexibility that you cannot get with the classic ways of using HTML tables. With the right jQuery plugin, you can create dynamic tables in which users can identify and sort… read more

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