Top Freelance Jobs from Job Board – Week 4, September

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

WebPutty: CSS Authoring In Your Browser

There’s a ton of great web development-oriented web apps out there, everything from in-browser image editing tools to full-fledged cloud IDEs. It’s evident that you don’t need a ton of expensive software to develop websites, and even a Chromebook can be turned into a great little web development machine.

Today we’re… read more

CSS Sprites: What They Are, Why They’re Cool, and How To Use Them

CSS Sprites: What They Are, Why They’re Cool, and How To Use Them

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Add 3D Text Effect Using CSS On Blogger

Add 3D Text Effect Using CSS On Blogger

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15 Free HTML5 and CSS Templates

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Ready-made HTML5 templates are currently one of the most sought after resources within the web design community. They not only offer a quick and easy-to-edit solution for building modern websites, they also offer a fantastic route to explore and understand HTML5s syntax.

All of the themes below… read more

Our favorite tweets of the week Sep 19-Sep 25, 2011

Every week we tweet a lot of interesting stuff highlighting great content that we find on the web that can be of interest to web designers.

The best way to keep track of our tweets is simply to follow us on Twitter, however, in case you missed some here’s a quick… read more

Best of the Week #190

It’s time for our best news of this week. We have a lot of graphic and web design, a bit of architecture, ads, tech news, awesome reads and other crazy stuff! So take a look at the links we’ve selected for your inspiration and to keep you updated about what’s… read more

Design Inspiration: 7 Galleries of Excellent Ecommerce Sites

This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum, where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business.

Have you ever contemplated the expansion of your small business through the launch of an online store?

The first phases of any new venture, big or small, is… read more

Resources for Useful CSS3 Tutorials

Resources for Useful CSS3 Tutorials

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How Do Browsers Render the Different CSS Border Style Values?

How Do Browsers Render the Different CSS Border Style Values?

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26 Responsive Web Designs

In this roundup we are featuring some amazing responsive web designs. We have also included a few tutorials that will help you learn more about responsive web design. Enjoy!!

asuonline

hvanimalhospital

fork-cms

naomiatkinsondesign

10k.aneventapart

jonwhitestudio

foodsense

kayakcapers

saneef

zeddmobile

2012.newadventuresconf

berkshiresalondayspa

forefathersgroup

easy-readers

jchebly

sundaybestdesigns

jasonsantamaria

herjen

trentwalton

2011.dconstruct

morehazards<br… read more

Sites of the Week #172

For this Sites of the Week we have selected some great sites such as Mightybell and 10k Apart. Also we’re featuring the beautiful Kitchen Sink Studios portfolio, and much, much more! As usual we would love to hear from you, keep sending your suggestions to us and we will be… read more

Create An Animated Bar Graph With HTML, CSS And jQuery

People in boardrooms across the world love a good graph. They go nuts for PowerPoint, bullet points and phrases like “run it up the flagpole,” “blue-sky thinking” and “low-hanging fruit,” and everything is always “moving forward.” Backwards is not an option for people who facilitate paradigm shifts in the zeitgeist…. read more

Social Good Summit Recap: Final Day [PICS]

The Social Good Summit has finally come to a close with one last exciting day featuring Barbara Bush, discussions on the Arab Spring and Mashable‘s Startups for Good Challenge.

There were great highlights from Day 4, which we’ve summed up for you here. If you’re interested in following what happened… read more

How To Create A Clean And Stylish CSS3 Menu

How To Create A Clean And Stylish CSS3 Menu

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Mobile app design considerations for web designers

Everywhere you turn these days people are talking about mobile apps. Apps for this, apps for that.

The statistics too, have been kind of staggering. One recent study by Flurry, showed that consumers spent 81 minutes per day using mobile apps, compared to 74 minutes of web surfing.

As more people begin… read more

Before & After Redesigns of Popular Design Blogs

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There’s a lot to be learned by looking at before and after shots of a website’s redesign. You get to see what the designer or design team has learned about design since the last rendition, where they’ve identified problems and areas of the design that could… read more

Become an Effective Blogger: Write Content that Drives Traffic

Become an Effective Blogger: Write Content that Drives Traffic

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Social Good Summit Recap: Day 3 [PICS]

A jam-packed Day 3 has wrapped at the Social Good Summit. It was another exciting day featuring a Head of State, surprise guests such as Richard Gere and more insightful discussions.

There were great highlights from Day 3, which we’ve summed up for you here. If you’re interested in following what’s… read more

Are You Ready For A Web Design Challenge?

This is not a normal Smashing Magazine post. I’m not going to teach you something new or inspire you with examples of great work. Instead, I want to encourage you to complete a Web design challenge. I believe this will help to address a weakness that exists in many of… read more

Win a copy of “The Book of CSS3″

Today we have another awesome giveaway for all WDD readers where you can win 1 of 5 copies being given away of The Book of CSS3

As you know, CSS3 is the technology behind most of the eye-catching visuals you see on the Web today, but the official documentation can be… read more

Social Good Summit Recap: Day 2

Day Two has wrapped at the Social Good Summit and we’ve got plenty to report. It was another exciting day with some interesting conversations around media, tech, women’s issues and corporations.

SEE ALSO: Social Good Summit: Liveblogging Elie Wiesel

There were some great highlights from Day Two, which we’ve summed up for… read more

How to Create a Beautiful Icon with CSS3

Today, I’d like to show you a neat trick. We’ll create a document icon with pure CSS3. Even better, this effect will only require a single HTML element. The Game Plan Create a square box Round the edges Use pseudo elements to create a curled corner Create the illusion of… read more

Weekly Design News – Resources, Tutorials and Freebies (N.104)

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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 Facebook or by subscribing to our RSS feed.

Our… read more

10 jQuery Plugins to Enhance your User Interfaces

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With a recently estimated over 20 million websites currently using jQuery it is essential to know what jQuery plugins there are out there in order to stay with the web design trend. Today, we’ll put some focus on some popular jQuery user interface plugins to help… read more

Social Good Summit Recap: Good News & Shocking Stats – Day 1

The first day of Mashable‘s Social Good Summit has come to a close. Here’s where we discuss what was announced, explore the areas where social good can improve, and reveal some shocking stats.

There were some great highlights from Day One, which we’ve summed up for you here. If you’re interested… read more

Top 20 CSS galleries for designer’s Dose of Inspiration

Top 20 CSS galleries for designer’s Dose of Inspiration

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Daily Inspiration #931

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

CSS3 Media Queries Tutorial: Part 1

CSS3 Media Queries Tutorial: Part 1

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Opera Buys Top Mobile App Store Handster

In a strategic maneuver to become a mobile services company, Opera Software has acquired mobile application platform Handster, the leading independent app store for Android applications.

“Opera is evolving from being a browser company into a fully integrated mobile services company and this acquisition is an important step in that direction,”… read more

Create Sticky Notes To-Do List In CSS And JQuery

Create Sticky Notes To-Do List In CSS And JQuery

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WATCH: Social Good Summit 2011 [LIVE VIDEO]

Mashable, 92Y and the UN Foundation are thrilled to kick off the second annual Social Good Summit. The event is held in New York City during UN Week, starting today and running through Thursday. It’s where big ideas meet new media to create innovative solutions for global issues…. read more

Top Freelance Jobs from Job Board – Week 3, September

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

CSS3 Flexible Box Layout Explained

The flexible box layout module — or “flexbox,” to use its popular nickname — is an interesting part of the W3C Working Draft. The flexbox specification is still a draft and subject to change, so keep your eyes on the W3C, but it is part of a new arsenal of properties that will revolutionize… read more

A Showcase of Creative Texture Based Web Designs

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In the past, web design has impressed us with their shiny gradients, smooth expressions and simple and bold colors. But the use of textures, within the design, has never really reached the popular heights. At least, until now.

Mainstream web design has started to use more and… read more

Daily Inspiration #930

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

Our favorite tweets of the week Sep 12-Sep 18, 2011

Every week we tweet a lot of interesting stuff highlighting great content that we find on the web that can be of interest to web designers.

The best way to keep track of our tweets is simply to follow us on Twitter, however, in case you missed some here’s a quick… read more

Best of the Week #189

It’s time for our best news of this week. We have a lot of graphic and web design, a bit of architecture, ads, tech news, awesome reads and other crazy stuff! So take a look at the links we’ve selected for your inspiration and to keep you updated about what’s… read more

5 Content Lessons for Non-Profits on Tumblr

Non-profits, like many other businesses and organizations, are finding that Tumblr can be a home run for content sharing and storytelling. The viral blogging platform offers easy tagging, image posting and video sharing.

But don’t get too excited just yet. A killer Tumblr post is different from one on Blogger… read more

Daily Inspiration #929

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

Sites of the Week #171

For this Sites of the Week we have selected some great sites such as Mightybell and 10k Apart. Also we’re featuring the beautiful Kitchen Sink Studios portfolio, and much, much more! As usual we would love to hear from you, keep sending your suggestions to us and we will be… read more

7 Excellent Online Tools For Designers And Alike

There are many apps available for designers out there, but getting by free and good ones is not that easy. Today, we are sharing 7 Great Online Tools For Designers And Alike. Read each entry in the list and see which design tool suits your needs best.

You are welcome if… read more

The Charlie Sheen Roast: Comedy Central’s Ambitious Social Media Experiment

Charlie Sheen, the Grand Warlock of insanity, is getting the full Comedy Central Roast experience. Sheen will surrender himself to the vulgar praise and deep insults only a dais of angry comedians can dish out. While the roast actually took place last weekend, it won’t air until September 19.

Comedy Central… read more

Daily Inspiration #928

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

How the UN Foundation Plans to Meet Its Goals With the Help of Social Media

The United Nations (UN) and its philanthropic arm, the United Nations Foundation, have been on a headlong sprint to change the world by 2015. That year marks the deadline of the Millennium Development Goals, a set of far reaching and ambitious humanitarian challenges that include eradicating extreme poverty and hunger… read more

Wireframes… Who Needs Them?

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I do, and throughout this post I’ll try to explain why you do too.

So what exactly are wireframes? Wireframes are visual representations of your websites structure, a blueprint to help establish hierarchy. They are usually limited to shapes, forms and text, and they rarely use any… read more

Daily Inspiration #927

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

70+ Essential Resources for Making a Difference on the Social Web

It’s been a great year for social good and digital philanthropy.

The Internet has been abuzz with ways to create change using social tools, from sparking revolution in the Arab World, to raising relief funds for the Japanese earthquake and Pacific tsunami victims, to spreading awareness of the famine in the… read more

Do You Use These 7 Attribute Selectors In Your CSS?

Do You Use These 7 Attribute Selectors In Your CSS?

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Calling All Bloggers: Join Mashable in the Digital Media Lounge During UN Week

In conjunction with 92Y and the UN Foundation, we’re proud to host the Digital Media Lounge at this year’s Social Good Summit at the 92Y in New York City.

The Digital Media Lounge offers a dedicated venue that is completely wired and accessible to today’s top online voices and influential… read more

40 Extremely Useful Adobe Fireworks Tutorials For Designers

Over time, Adobe Fireworks became fashionable and popular among web designers. The space and capability to use Adobe Fireworks in web design is simply huge. In addition, Web designers will find it very fun to experiment with different techniques with Adobe Fireworks. They attempt to learn how to use a… read more

How Much Money Do Americans Give Online? [INFOGRAPHIC]

Everyone says it’s hard to measure social good success. Well, non-profit consultancy Convio begs to differ. The firm recently put out an infographic showing that the Internet is the fastest-growing channel for non-profits.

The graphic compares money raised, awareness gained and a variety of other factors across a three-year period. Since… read more

The Guide To CSS Animation: Principles and Examples

With CSS animation now supported in both Firefox and Webkit browsers, there is no better time to give it a try. Regardless of its technical form, whether traditional, computer-generated 3-D, Flash or CSS, animation always follows the same basic principles. In this article, we will take our first steps with… read more

Recycling and animating icons with CSS

In the not so distant past, we were learning about revolutionary techniques to save HTTP Request and KBs alike through the use of image sprites. These sprites consisted of tens or even hundreds of icons arranged in an image file that was later spliced and served in a variety of… read more

Weekly Design News – Resources, Tutorials and Freebies (N.103)

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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

Daily Inspiration #925

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

Top Freelance Jobs from Job Board – Week 2, September

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

Upcoming Web Design and Development Conferences in 2011-12

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

What’s new for designers – Sep. 2011

The September edition of what’s new out there for web designers and developers includes new web apps, JavaScript frameworks, a couple of fun dummy text generators, useful apps for working with clients, and a number of great new fonts.

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

Daily Inspiration #924

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

25 Beautifully Created CSS and jQuery Menu Tutorial

25 Beautifully Created CSS and jQuery Menu Tutorial

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Weekly web design inspiration #8

Weekly web design inspiration #8

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How to Auto Add Icons To Links Based On File Type Using CSS

How to Auto Add Icons To Links Based On File Type Using CSS

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Best of the Week #188

It’s time for our best news of this week. We have a lot of graphic and web design, a bit of architecture, ads, tech news, awesome reads and other crazy stuff! So take a look at the links we’ve selected for your inspiration and to keep you updated about what’s… read more

Daily Inspiration #923

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

Sites of the Week #170

For this Sites of the Week we have selected some great sites such as Mightybell and 10k Apart. Also we’re featuring the beautiful Kitchen Sink Studios portfolio, and much, much more! As usual we would love to hear from you, keep sending your suggestions to us and we will be… read more

Interaction Design Tactics For Visual Designers

Anyone designing Web-based properties today requires a basic understanding of interaction design principles. Even if your training is not formally in human-computer interaction, user experience design or human factors, knowing the fundamentals of these disciplines greatly enhances the chances of your design’s success. This is especially true for visual designers…. read more

101 Ideas to Get More Freelance Work and Generate New Client Leads

Since FreelanceSwitch started, there is one question that I get asked more often than any other. How can a freelancer find more work and generate new client leads?

Well at FreelanceSwitch we don’t shy away from the pressing questions. So as the kicker for a new series on how… read more

An Introduction To LESS, And Comparison To Sass

I’ve been using LESS religiously ever since I stumbled upon it months ago. CSS was never really a problem for me, in and of itself, but I was intrigued by the idea of using variables to create something along the lines of a color palette for my websites and themes…. read more

Three App Categories That Truly Improve Mac OS X

As you would expect from the editor of a Mac blog, I’m a complete app addict. I have random applications for everything from cataloguing recipes to counting characters in a TextEdit document. Some of these I use on a daily basis, but many of them admittedly sit and collect dust… read more

5 Small Business Tips for an Uncertain Economic Climate

Jeff Stibel is CEO of Dun & Bradstreet Credibility Corp. He was previously president and CEO of Web.com and general manager of web services at United Online. He currently serves on the board of directors for The Search Agency, EdgeCast and Autobytel, as well as on academic boards for Tufts… read more

Daily Inspiration #922

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

A design standards evangelist

The web has never been more accessible to creators than it is today. Every day, more user-friendly tools, apps and technologies pop up seemingly out of nowhere.

In such a rapidly changing landscape, what is at stake for web users might well be the quality of what is… read more

8 Tools and Scripts for Responsive Web Design

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At Theme Trust, we recently launched our first responsive WordPress theme. Since it was also my first time building a responsive website, I had to do some learning and research. Along the way, I discovered some interesting techniques, useful resources, and handy tools to help with… read more

Why Launching a Startup Is More Expensive Than You Think

Dave Rosenberg is the CEO of Nodeable, which offers a social platform for systems data.

One of the things we hear a lot about in Silicon Valley is how cheap and easy it is to launch a startup these days. After all, high-quality open source software is free, the cloud makes… read more

Watch Live: GOP Presidential Debate

Eight Republican presidential candidates are scheduled to face off in a debate at the Reagan Library at 8 p.m. ET.

For the first time, newcomer to the race Texas Gov. Rick Perry will join the debates. Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty will be absent, having dropped from running for the… read more

Connect at a Mashable Meetup on Social Good Day

Can social media be used to make the world a better place?

At Mashable we see individuals around the world use social media to benefit their communities through fundraising drives, viral videos telling moving stories and awareness campaigns.

Mashable would like to invite our community to join the social good… read more

Daily Inspiration #921

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

LinkedIn Now Lets You Include Volunteer Experience in Your Profile

LinkedIn is adding a new “Volunteer Experience & Causes” field to profiles, the company announced Wednesday. The section will let users highlight and showcase their unpaid or charitable work experience.

Users can click off causes that mean the most to them, fill out an experience profile or add specific organizations… read more

Help The Community: Report Browser Bugs

You’re developing a new website and have decided to use some CSS3 and HTML5, now that many of the new specifications are gaining widespread support. As you’re coding the theme and thinking of how much easier these new technologies are making your job, you decide to stop for a while… read more

Using Less CSS, BluePrint and WordPress for a Faster Workflow

Using Less CSS, BluePrint and WordPress for a Faster Workflow

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Daily Inspiration #920

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

How to Create a jQuery Animated Sliding Sub-Menu Navigation

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

Just some other awesome CSS3 buttons

Just some other awesome CSS3 buttons

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Traits of Successful Website Welcome Pages

Many websites these days have some form of welcome area on their homepage. Welcome pages generally act as an introduction for new visitors, explain the website and often prompt an action on the part of the user.

Website welcome pages are typically more prevalent at personal websites, portfolios, and traditional businesses…. read more

Why you have a broken blog and how to fix it

You have a broken blog. In fact it is not just your blog. Its pretty much every blog out there. The problem is that blogs are fundamentally flawed.

Blogs are great if you use them for their original purpose. However, we often use them for a lot more than a chronological series… read more

Avoiding Distractions and Procrastination

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We have all been there. Staring down the nasty to-do list and mentally checking through each of your tasks. Procrastination can be a deadly practice for those working on the Internet. It is so easy to put off work until tomorrow while focusing on more pleasurable… read more

Weekly Poll: Which Browser Do You Use?

Which Browser Do You Use?

As new technologies like HTML5 and CSS3 become more prevalent, your choice of browser is becoming more important than ever. Browsers differ not only on their overall UI experience and feature base, but also in their support of newer standards and practices in web development…. read more

Daily Inspiration #919

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

Top Freelance Jobs from Job Board – Week 1, September

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

15 Free WordPress Themes with a Responsive Layout

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The most popular topic of discussion at the moment, amongst web designers anyway, is undoubtedly responsive web design. This is in response to the popularity, over the past couple of years, of visitors opting to use a mobile device of some sort (Android, iPhone, iPad..) to… read more

CSS3 and HTML5 a Complete Resource

CSS3 and HTML5 a Complete Resource

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How To Create Different Shapes In CSS

How To Create Different Shapes In CSS

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Weekly Design News – Resources, Tutorials and Freebies (N.102)

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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

Our favorite tweets of the week Aug 29-Sep 4, 2011

Every week we tweet a lot of interesting stuff highlighting great content that we find on the web that can be of interest to web designers.

The best way to keep track of our tweets is simply to follow us on Twitter, however, in case you missed some here’s a quick… read more

Best of the Week #187

It’s time for our best news of this week. We have a lot of graphic and web design, a bit of architecture, ads, tech news, awesome reads and other crazy stuff! So take a look at the links we’ve selected for your inspiration and to keep you updated about what’s… read more

10 Best HTML5 And CSS3 Frameworks

10 Best HTML5 And CSS3 Frameworks

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Nettuts+ Quiz #5: CSS Specificity and Cascading

A lot of developers think that CSS is a complete pushover to master. While it’s true that the ceiling is a little lower compared to others, it can still make you want to tear your hair out! In this month’s quiz, you’ll be testing out your mastery of how CSS… read more

Sites of the Week #169

For this Sites of the Week we have selected some great sites such as Eeharbor and Drupal Camp Atlanta. Also we’re featuring the beautiful LeaderBe website, 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

FreelancerPro Interview: Trevan Hetzel, Creative Youth

At FreelanceSwitch, we get plenty of mail from teen Web designers that want to be featured on the site. It’s hard to weed out who has something valuable to say, because we like to interview people with experience and wisdom to share — at that usually comes from having… read more