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Should You Keep Your Website Open Source?

admin — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:06:10 +0000

When you enter the world of web hosting, you will find yourself inundated with options. Choosing a hosting company is only the beginning. Even after you have a domain, hosting account, and all of the preliminary tasks out of the way, you still have to build a website…. read more

Win $1,000 in PSD to HTML services!

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

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An Introduction to Concrete5 CMS — Part I

admin — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 11:59:31 +0000

When we talk of CMS, the options are plenty. For a start, we can opt for some of the biggest names in the game – WordPress, Drupal or Joomla! However, in this article, we shall take a look at one of the fastest growing and light-weight CMS, that is, Concrete5…. read more

How Commercial Plugin Developers Are Using The WordPress Repository

admin — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 22:35:29 +0000

A few weeks ago I wrote about how you can put together a great readme.txt for the WordPress plugin directory. In addition to using a WordPress readme as a tool to help out your users, you can use it to promote your commercial products and services. While commercial theme developers… read more

We have $700 worth of services from PSD2HTML.com to giveaway

admin — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 15:39:38 +0000

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If you’re a busy web designer or web developer, this week’s competition is the perfect solution for your PSD to HTML slicing needs. PSD2HTML.com are giving away $400 worth of services for the winner and $300 for the runner-up.
All you have to do… read more

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

HTML & CSS Blog Layout – Theme Implementation for WordPress

admin — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 15:01:22 +0000

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In this tutorial, I’ll teach you how to adapt a simple HTML blog layout into a WordPress theme. We’ll be using this static page as starting point.

Grab the code from Github

The Brilliante Layout project source code for this theme is available on Github, including the… read more

Zurb’s newest offering for developers: Foundation

admin — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 15:38:56 +0000

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Ten Alternatives to WordPress as a Blogging CMS

admin — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 14:00:37 +0000

We all know that WordPress is an awesome Content Management System cum Blogging Platform. In fact, it is also the most popular blogging tool all over the internet. Name any other CMS – WordPress eats them all out for lunch!

However, as a web designer/developer/enthusiast, being knowledgeable about an extra CMS… read more

44 Photoshop Web Design Layout Tutorials

admin — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 22:10:39 +0000

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In this roundup we have collected 44 outstanding photoshop tutorials. Enjoy these over your holiday!

Design a creative portfolio in Photoshop

How to create a colorful business web layout

Create A Detailed Solid Dark Layout In Photoshop

How to create a One-Page Website Design in Adobe… read more

Best of the Week #202

admin — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 09:30:19 +0000

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

Best Of 2011: 45 Photoshop Web Design Layout Tutorials

admin — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 21:25:37 +0000

Photoshop is a well-liked web design instrument. With it, you can generate web design mock-ups that can later on be transformed to a practical and efficient HTML / CSS template. In today’s collection of tutorials, we are featuring some top-notch techniques on how to generate your own web design layouts… read more

Christmas & New Year Special Giveaway: Prizes Worth Over $20,000

admin — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 20:34:15 +0000

The end of this year is almost coming and Christmas is already on our doorsteps. It’s never too late to hang your stockings, keep milk and cookies and wait for Santa to drop in at your home with lots of gifts and Christmas cheer. It’s time for Santa’s gifts, for… 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

Dear Drupal: Season’s Greetings. Love, Smashing WordPress.

admin — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 04:36:25 +0000

Every day I work with WordPress in one way or another. My Twitter feed is full of WordPress types, and I’m a regular at my local WordPress meetup. I’m a WordPress fan.

The developer across the hall from me works with Joomla. His Twitter feed is full of Joomla types, and… read more

Is Drupal Good for Design? What do you think?

admin — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 14:15:14 +0000

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Drupal has a reputation for being strong in functionality and having a strong community, but weak when it comes to design. In deciding which cms to use, it is important to make the right decision, especially when considering design features. The following will cover how… read more

Top Freelance Jobs from Job Board – Week 3, December

admin — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 16:08:40 +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

Optimizing your Website for Social User Experience

admin — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 11:08:15 +0000

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Social web 2.0 trends have taken over many of our modern static websites. Nowadays it’s difficult to find a company who isn’t on Facebook or Twitter or Foursquare, or any of the other increasingly popular social networks. It’s important to consider this experience and how you… read more

Turning Small Projects Into Big Profit, A Case Study

admin — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 20:12:37 +0000

In the Web world, hearing businesses and freelancers alike complain about low-budget projects is not too uncommon. Let’s say that a local coffee shop needs to update its Web presence and contacts you for a redesign. It also requires a blog so that it can announce new coffees, events and… read more

Web design predictions for 2012

admin — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 15:18:15 +0000

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A Comprehensive Checklist To Creating The Perfect WordPress Website

admin — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 21:52:07 +0000

There is no doubt that WordPress is the best content management system (CMS) for your website. Sure, countless CMS’ are available, ranging from open-source to paid, and you’ll hear evangelists on all sides swearing that their choice is the best. But Drupal, Joomla or any other CMS doesn’t hold a… read more

Best Free and Premium Drupal Themes (Templates)

admin — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 07:21:39 +0000

Best Free and Premium Drupal Themes (Templates)

Review: Radiant CMS — A Simple, User-Friendly CMS

admin — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 03:42:53 +0000

Radiant CMS is a simple Content Management System built using Ruby on Rails. It is licensed under the MIT Licence, which means it is freely redistributable and can be employed for both commercial and non-profit usage. Radiant CMS is ideal for small enterprises and teams.

INTRODUCTION

Radiant has a fairly simple and… read more

WordPress, Joomla and Drupal: What Makes These CMS Different

admin — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 01:26:39 +0000

WordPress, Joomla and Drupal: What Makes These CMS Different

What designers can learn from different animals

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7 Essential Features a CMS for Beginners Must Have

admin — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 19:15:07 +0000

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When you are looking for a CMS, there are many factors to consider. Obviously, the feature it has is one of them. However, you also need to consider your skill level because when you are a beginner, you can’t take advantage of all the advanced… read more

Drupal Facebook Templates: Innovative Solution for a Fan Page Creation

admin — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 08:21:39 +0000

Drupal Facebook Templates: Innovative Solution for a Fan Page Creation

How to Design Functional Sub-Navigation Menus

admin — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 15:51:42 +0000

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JavaScript libraries such as jQuery have fundamentally shifted the course of web development. It is now easier than ever to prototype UI functionality, animations, slideshows, and of course dynamic navigation. I feel this tremendous growth is allowing for developers to build page elements with less… read more

How WordPress Took The CMS Crown From Drupal And Joomla

admin — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 21:47:13 +0000

Market Share

According to W3Techs, almost 55% of the 1 million most visited websites that are run on a content management system (CMS) are run on WordPress. WordPress is a darn fine CMS and is stable and easy to use, but so are Joomla and Drupal. So, why does WordPress have… read more

Backup Machine: Automated Peace of Mind

admin — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 20:00:37 +0000

You know that sinking feeling you get, when you realize something has just disappeared from your grasp forever? That stomach twisting pain at something that cost so much money, or so much time, something that’s practically irreplaceable just disappearing into thin air. I hate that feeling.

The proliferation of digital goods… read more

32 Nice Event Websites

admin — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 10:58:50 +0000

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Today we are featuring 32 nice event websites. Enjoy! If you like these designs you might also want to check out our previous posts below.

38 Beautiful Ecommerce Websites

40 Beautiful Illustrations in Web Design

thecombine

drupalcampatlanta

busesatthebrewery

frontend2011

immovingtoboulder

dartstlouis

ifperformance

tribecon

cumbrelideres

flowfestival

socialsummit

boudinandbeer

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3 Mistakes Web Programmers Need to Stop Making

admin — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 03:27:43 +0000

Jonathan Goldford is a partner at JG Visual, an Internet strategy company that works with organizations to develop and implement their online presence. You can connect with Jonathan on the JG Visual Facebook page.

Sometimes as programmers, we forget that 99.9% of the population doesn’t care how a piece of text,… read more

BlozZit – Free Professional HTML/CSS Template (+Full-Layered PSD Files)

admin — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 22:41:38 +0000

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We have a fantastic freebie for you today, you’ll love this. The kind people from More than Themes have kindly offered their beautifully crafted HTML/CSS template BlozZit to all of our readers. It comes in two color variants (light & dark) and has been built… read more

Propeople sessions for DrupalCon Denver 2012

admin — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 08:35:49 +0000

Propeople sessions for DrupalCon Denver 2012

Eight Different Sites That You Can Build With Drupal CMS

admin — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 08:01:39 +0000

Eight Different Sites That You Can Build With Drupal CMS

How Freelancers Can Network Better at Coworking Space

admin — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 18:00:25 +0000

Credit: Charleston's TheDigitel on Flickr

Freelancers have long been drawn to coworking spaces because of the opportunities to network and work alongside others from different or complementary industries and creative fields, sharing the working space and resources. However, what sets coworking apart from mere shared office space is its focus… read more

Reviews Of Blog Designs In The Wild

admin — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 17:00:51 +0000

Like any designer, no website is without its merits and flaws. It is through critical analysis and thoughtful conversation that we grow as individuals. If we do not talk about our work and the work of others, then we will not grow as creatives.

We have evaluated each website in this… read more

Best Premium Joomla Template Providers

admin — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 12:41:44 +0000

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Why would I use premium Joomla Templates while tons of free Joomla templates are available out there? You may be one of the people to ask this question.

If you notice, most Joomla providers offer both free and commercial templates; however, the number of purchases is… read more

Focusing on Good Design, Not (Just) Good Decoration

admin — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 16:00:24 +0000

Time and time again, we mistake good decoration for good design. When we are looking for inspiration, we go to the same websites and the same showcases trying to get that added push necessary to create something we love. Now this isn’t a huge deal (especially if we are looking… read more

10 Killer Apps for Freelance Bloggers

admin — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 19:53:17 +0000

A freelance blogger is a jack-of-all-trades. This person has writing, design and coding skills, all used to create inspiring content. Besides, blogging requires a lot of responsibility, perseverance and diligence dealing with web media on a daily basis.

There are plenty of tools that facilitate blogging and allow freelancers… 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

30 Fresh Minimal WordPress Themes (2011 Edition)

admin — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 15:43:09 +0000

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Minimal is the timeless web design trend of basic styling a web page and stripping out all non-essential elements allowing the reader to focus solely on the content with absolutely no distractions. Achieving the balance between content and minimal design is not easy, but in… read more

Top Freelance Jobs from Job Board – Week 2, October

admin — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 20:00:30 +0000

Markup-Service Competition: $700 Worth of Services Up For Grabs

admin — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 14:20:48 +0000

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This weeks fantastic giveaway will come in useful for web designers and web developers who are short on time and want to convert their designs into high quality, semantic and valid markup. Markup-Service is giving away free services to two lucky winners! First prize is $400… read more

10 Free Android Apps To Boost Your Productivity With

admin — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 02:41:02 +0000

Having a smartphone in your pocket has somewhat become a style statement, but apart from its appearance and style appeal, it allows you to perform all tasks that you would perform with your laptop or computer. This is the main reason of smartphone popularity.

For the designing fraternity, there are plentiful… read more

20 Beautiful and Creative Free Drupal Themes

admin — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 05:01:59 +0000

20 Beautiful and Creative Free Drupal Themes

Top Freelance Jobs from Job Board – Week 1, October

admin — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 20:00:35 +0000

MediaWiki: The Definitive Wiki Engine

admin — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 16:00:06 +0000

By now most everyone online has heard of Wikipedia; the online encyclopedia that boasts millions of articles in dozens of languages. It revolutionised the way content was delivered online and popularised the word ‘Wiki‘. According to Google, it is the 6th most popular website in the world.

What you may not… read more

Artists’ Digital Masks Move With Your Face [VIDEO]

admin — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 01:41:57 +0000

Maybe you haven’t always wanted to substitute your face for that of Brad Pitt or Paris Hilton, but you might soon be able to — at least digitally.

Artists Kyle McDonald and Arturo Castro have created a face-substitution program that makes it look like your face has morphed into… read more

Top Freelance Jobs from Job Board – Week 4, September

admin — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 20:00:46 +0000

Best of the Week #190

admin — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 20:51:24 +0000

How Drupal CMS stands above the rest

admin — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 15:35:33 +0000

As a site developer, web designer or site administrator, you’ve probably had to go through the process of choosing between platforms. But maybe not recently—if you’ve been designing and developing web sites for very long, chances are you’ve already got your favorite go-to platform that you always use. And if… 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

Why to Choose Drupal for Large Websites Development?

admin — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 03:10:59 +0000

Why to Choose Drupal for Large Websites Development?

Traits of Successful Website Welcome Pages

admin — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 16:00:38 +0000

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

Getting Started With The PayPal API

admin — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 18:23:35 +0000

PayPal is the most popular platform for receiving online payments today. The ease of opening a PayPal account and receiving payments compared to opening a merchant account with a traditional payment gateway is probably the number one reason for its popularity, with a close second being the comprehensive API that… read more

15 Free WordPress Themes with a Responsive Layout

admin — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 14:33:15 +0000

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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

Sites of the Week #169

admin — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 18:08:45 +0000

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

Surviving Design Blog Saturation : Is The Future in the Niche?

admin — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 16:00:32 +0000

One of the topics that the design blogging community touches on from time to time, concerns the saturation levels of the blogosphere with regards to design blogs. There are so many design centric blogs filling the landscape that the chances of capturing enough of the available audience out there so… read more

Find a Job in Social Media, Marketing or Design

admin — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 03:24:28 +0000

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

Best of the Week #185

admin — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 19:35:22 +0000

Top Freelance Jobs from Job Board – Week 3, August

admin — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 20:00:54 +0000

8 Simple Ways to Improve the Speed of Your Drupal Site

admin — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 03:29:39 +0000

8 Simple Ways to Improve the Speed of Your Drupal Site

Bumpin Social Bar And Shoutbox Adds Social Interactivity To Your Site

admin — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 21:26:59 +0000

Gone are those days when you would just publish a blog post and wait for readers or visitors to hop over it. This is the age of social media where content is discovered, shared and distributed through “people” who love reading your content and are pleased enough to recommend your… read more

Newbie Tips For Optimizing Your Blog For Mobile Devices

admin — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 22:10:57 +0000

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Websites are now no longer viewed primarily on large-screened devices like desktop and laptop computers. In a world that has gone crazy for smartphones like the iPhone and Android devices, they are now increasingly viewed on screens that measure only 4″ diagonally. This presents some unique… read more

Our favorite tweets of the week Jul 25-Jul 31, 2011

admin — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 17:38:42 +0000

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The Open Source Movement

admin — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 16:00:30 +0000

The open source movement or philosophy is something that I am truly passionate about, and something that can have beneficial effects for all industries related to technology and its use. In this article, I’ll outline information about the philosophy, what it means for the web design industry, how you can… read more

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

Managing Your Time with Freelance and Personal Design Projects

admin — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 14:42:59 +0000

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Providing your services as a freelancer is hard work. It will require a lot of your time, patience, and gratitude towards your customers. Set aside the fact you’ll be slaving away on many projects just to pay bills, all the while often ignoring your own creative… read more

Getting Started with WordPress Shortcodes (+Examples)

admin — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 14:01:17 +0000

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Shortcodes were introduced in WordPress 2.5, and help you to create macro codes to use within your content. If you think about it, this is a great way to create something like a dynamic ad spot or a call-to-action button in your posts.

If we use the… read more

10 Most Powerful Drupal Distributions

admin — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 09:44:39 +0000

10 Most Powerful Drupal Distributions

Why and How to Choose PSD to Drupal Conversion Service Provider

admin — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 02:30:29 +0000

Why and How to Choose PSD to Drupal Conversion Service Provider

Choosing Media Temples Dedicated-Virtual (dv) Service as Our New Host

admin — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 12:44:56 +0000

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Media Temple is one of the more popular premium web hosting services out there. Media Temple is also pretty divisive – some swear by its quality, others claim it’s nothing but overpriced style-over-performance. Regardless, you can’t deny that it’s used by some big websites and bloggers… read more

Improve Your Site’s SEO with Simple Drupal Modules

admin — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 05:35:29 +0000

Improve Your Site’s SEO with Simple Drupal Modules

Performance tips for Drupal Theming

admin — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 10:50:39 +0000

Performance tips for Drupal Theming

How to Create a Basic WordPress Theme with Gantry Framework

admin — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 15:11:29 +0000

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Gantry Framework is a WordPress theme framework that, unlike most of its modern counterparts, allows the user to construct a layout and color palette from within the WordPress admin backend itself. It’s powerful and flexible enough that power users can harness Gantry to achieve much greater… read more

Create a Facebook Recent Activity Drupal Module

admin — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 21:09:48 +0000

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Enhancing Drupal’s built-in functionality with new modules is one of the features that attracted a lot of developers to the platform and made it extremely popular. This tutorial will demonstrate how to create a Drupal module, using techniques recommended by Drupal gurus. Before getting our hands dirty, let’s take… read more

Top Freelance Jobs from Job Board – Week 4, June

admin — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 21:00:18 +0000

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Email marketing services reviewed

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Quick Look: Socialbar

admin — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 05:00:49 +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 Socialbar. The developer describes Socialbar as a toolbar for your website that offers more than… read more

Useful Resources, Tools and Services for Web Designers

admin — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 18:21:37 +0000

Productivity is a crucial asset of professional Web designers and developers. We regularly look for new resources, tools and services to make the search of these ever-growing techniques easier. Once we have a reasonable number of useful resources, we prepare them in a handy overview for your convenience. In this… read more

Sean Hodge Takes Over as Editor of FreelanceSwitch

admin — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 20:52:02 +0000

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For those of you in the know, you’ve probably noticed that Amanda Hackwith has moved to the Rockable Press side of our business following the release of her successful book Freelance Confidential: The Whole Truth on Freelancing. She’s still a full-time Editor at Envato, but is… read more

Useful, Free Smartphone Apps and Resources for Developers

admin — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 16:00:12 +0000

Smartphones are everywhere, and people all over the world are using them because of the many useful and amazing features they have that people love. People use smartphones for their daily work because smartphones have loads of advantages over a PC or Laptop, portability being a major one. Smartphone based… read more

A Review Of Customer Service And Support Models Of Premium WordPress Shops

admin — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 20:30:26 +0000

The WordPress eco-system has changed so much in the past few years that keeping up with all of it has become a challenge! It’s been so encouraging not only to see WordPress themes and plug-ins increase in quality and use, but to see the overall appeal and acceptance in the… read more

Understanding Copyright And Licenses

admin — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 18:51:46 +0000

The Web is full of creative and practical resources that we can use to improve our projects. Photography, fonts, music and code are perfect examples. Finding stock objects and existing implementations is often quicker, cheaper and more practical than producing your own.

Whether free or not, these resources normally come with… read more

10 WordPress Plugins to Help Optimize Performance

admin — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 13:52:00 +0000

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One of the biggest reasons behind WordPress’ popularity is the vast number of plugins that can not only extend its functionality but there are also many plugins that will improve the performance of a site. These plugins have the capability to make a site faster, that… read more

How To Embed Practically Anything On Your Blog or Website

admin — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 22:47:34 +0000

If you want the hands-down, easiest way to embed practically anything on your blog or website, have we got a tool for you!

The nature of the web is such that sharing and republishing content is common — and often even encouraged. The problem is, we increasingly store… read more

Ask FreelanceSwitch: Moving from Full-time to Freelancing

admin — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 17:00:29 +0000

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In this issue of Ask FreelanceSwitch, we look at moving from full-time to freelance. Ask FreelanceSwitch is a regular column here that allows us to help beginners get a grip on freelancing. If you have a question about freelancing that you want answered, send an email… read more

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

Freebie: 40+ Awesome Textured Icons

admin — Tue, 31 May 2011 20:14:23 +0000

Icons are very essential in almost any web project. Effective use of icons can easily help bridge connection between the user and the website. Websites, specially blogs and community sites, normally use icons.

To continue our grateful attitude to our readers and community in general, we are glad to release yet… read more

21 Examples of Parallax Scrolling in Web Design

admin — Mon, 23 May 2011 11:14:57 +0000

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Parallax is a difference in the in the apparent position of an object viewed along different lines of sight. The term derives from the Greek word parallaxis, meaning alteration. In web design, the parallax effect is a relatively new trend. The effect itself has been around… read more

Photos Come Alive: Thinglink Tags Music, People & Products in Images

admin — Wed, 18 May 2011 09:13:51 +0000

The Spark of Genius Series highlights a unique feature of startups and is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here.

Name: Thinglink

Quick Pitch: Thinglink changes how people interact with photos by transforming them into… read more

Top Freelance Jobs from Job Board – Week 3, May

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Examples of Blue in Web Design

admin — Fri, 13 May 2011 18:59:25 +0000

In current day web design blue has become a dominate color. In the following examples, we will show you how blue can help make your website stand out from the crowd.

Postbox

Courier for Mac

Awesome

Hull Digital Live 10

Capo – Learn Your Music

Foundation Six Web Design Studio

Rockstar Business

Marie Catribs

WVA 2011

Olioboard… read more

Top 10 PSD to Drupal Service Providers

admin — Fri, 13 May 2011 08:37:39 +0000

Top 10 PSD to Drupal Service Providers

Best of the Week #170

admin — Sat, 07 May 2011 22:40:13 +0000

Advanced commenting systems for WordPress

admin — Fri, 06 May 2011 17:39:12 +0000

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Enchanting drupal premium themes for your inspiration

admin — Fri, 06 May 2011 03:55:09 +0000

Enchanting drupal premium themes for your inspiration

How to Create a Basic Drupal Block Module

admin — Mon, 02 May 2011 06:34:19 +0000

How to Create a Basic Drupal Block Module

Some Useful Drupal Modules for Your Website

admin — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 10:15:59 +0000

Some Useful Drupal Modules for Your Website

20 Snippets and Hacks to Make WordPress User-Friendly for your Clients

admin — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 13:28:19 +0000

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Out-of-the-box, WordPress is a fairly simple CMS for anyone to learn. But for your non-tech savvy clients it could be a nightmare and a potential disaster to the site you have just built. By simplifying the system and adding some quick hacks to disable or hide… read more

15 Worth Checking Alternatives to WordPress, Joomla and Drupal

admin — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 09:32:39 +0000

15 Worth Checking Alternatives to WordPress, Joomla and Drupal

Get a Job in Social Media, Design or Development

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10 HTML5-Ready Blank, Bare-Bones and Naked Themes for WordPress

admin — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 13:44:17 +0000

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If your a WordPress developer and are looking for an easy way of rapidly building HTML5 ready themes without having to re-write the same WordPress code over and over, then this post is for you.
Blank, bare-bones, naked, themes, or whatever you prefer to call… read more

High Quality Showcase of Free Drupal Themes for Download

admin — Sun, 24 Apr 2011 08:50:59 +0000

High Quality Showcase of Free Drupal Themes for Download

Top Freelance Jobs from Job Board – Week 3, April

admin — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 21:00:01 +0000

Effective Combination of Drupal SEO Modules

admin — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 10:40:59 +0000

Effective Combination of Drupal SEO Modules

Should You Outsource Your Social Media Efforts?

admin — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 19:36:24 +0000

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

According to a recent MerchantCircle survey of 8,500 small businesses across the U.S., more than two-thirds of small merchants are using social… read more

Essential SEO Considerations For A New Website [DOs & DON'Ts]

admin — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 14:51:54 +0000

So you are in the process of designing and developing a website and you want to adhere to the best SEO practices (good idea).

There is a plethora of good SEO tips and guides on the web to get your brain juices flowing, but we have compiled these essential 5 SEO… read more

Closed or Open Source: Which CMS is Right for Your Business?

admin — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 02:53:17 +0000

Lisa Wehr is the founder and CEO of Oneupweb, a leading digital marketing agency representing some of the nation’s most recognized brands for more than 15 years.

The goal of any web development agency is to deliver a website that not only looks attractive but is also manageable…. read more

9 Excellent Drupal Modules To Use For Your Website

admin — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 01:20:59 +0000

9 Excellent Drupal Modules To Use For Your Website

25 Beautiful & Inspiring Navigation Menus

admin — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 11:25:44 +0000

The importance of a website’s navigation shouldn’t be overlooked. After all, without it, one wouldn’t make it much further than the home page. That’s why designers spend extra effort coming up with ways to make the navigation menu not only look great, but also easy to use. For your Monday… read more

Best of the Week #165

admin — Sat, 02 Apr 2011 19:08:44 +0000

41 Killer WordPress Themes & Apps

admin — Sat, 02 Apr 2011 07:38:37 +0000

WordPress Rocks. Over the years WordPress has proved its mettle as a revolutionary blogging Platform and it hasn’t stopped just there. Both the core WordPress developers and third party developers have gone above and beyond their means to convert WordPress into a next generation Content Management System that can run… read more

Drupal CSS Sprite Generator – Maintainers for CSS Sprite Generator

admin — Sat, 02 Apr 2011 05:04:59 +0000

Drupal CSS Sprite Generator – Maintainers for CSS Sprite Generator

A Collection of PSD to HTML Websites

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

Source

U.S. Government Open-Sources IT Dashboard to Help Cut Tech Costs

admin — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 08:12:30 +0000

The United States government has made its IT Dashboard, a cost-cutting tool for federal transparency, freely available for anyone, especially other governments, to use and customize.

The IT Dashboard gives citizens important information on how the government uses tax money for technology initiatives across various agencies. Citizens can… read more

20 More WordPress Code Snippets and Hacks

admin — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 14:01:51 +0000

When coding WordPress themes, especially if you do it regularly, its really useful to have a selection of code snippets in your toolbox to just ‘copy-n-paste’ as and when the functionality needs. Not just your most commonly used code, but also some snippets that can, when required, extend WP even… read more

20 Helpful WordPress SQL Queries Snippets

admin — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 13:32:57 +0000

WordPress keeps every single scrap of information that is fed into it in a MySQL database, whether that be posts, pages, comments, blogroll, the plugin settings… everything. Yes, the WordPress admin backend is fantastic and it does allow you to control and edit all aspects of this information with ease…. read more

5 Challenges for Human Resources in a Digital World

admin — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 22:49:39 +0000

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

With technologies evolving every day, human resources professionals are realizing that the fast-paced, ever-changing digital world impacts their jobs and workplaces — not only… read more

Web Apps: To Host or Not to Host?

admin — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 10:07:19 +0000

Should you start your new blog on Posterous, WordPress.com, or on your own hosting account with a self-hosted WordPress install? Should you use Typekit or Google Fonts to add fancy new fonts to your site, or should you get a web font from Font Squirrel and host it on your… read more

Drupal 7 made a striking launch: What is there for you?

admin — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 08:55:04 +0000

Drupal 7 Made a Striking Launch: What is There For You?

HOW TO: Get Started with the Less Framework

admin — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 09:36:09 +0000

The Web Development Series is supported by Rackspace, the better way to do hosting. Learn more about Rackspace’s hosting solutions here.

For the past few years, CSS grid systems have become increasingly popular with web designers. Thanks to efforts like Nathan Smith’s 960.gs, designing with a grid is… read more

JumpBox: The Virtual Machine Factory

admin — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 09:32:11 +0000

When you’re into software development, a lot of work is involved in building the environment to program the app. It’s not just the hardware; you need to build every block of the software required before starting the project. One economical way to tackle this situation is by using virtual machines…. read more

Top Freelance Jobs from Job Board – Week 2, March

admin — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 22:00:07 +0000

Features in DRUPAL 7 Development

admin — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 05:40:04 +0000

Features in DRUPAL 7 Development

Beautiful and High Quality Free Drupal Themes

admin — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 23:40:04 +0000

Beautiful and High Quality Free Drupal Themes

15 nice and professional “from PSD to HTML” services

admin — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 22:13:57 +0000

Psd2html

Starting price $159
WordPress +$195
Drupal +$295
Magento +$599

Xhtmlslicing

Starting price $65
WordPress +$199
Drupal +$399
Magento +$649

Codemyconcept

Starting price $79
WordPress +$119
Drupal +$249
Magento +$279

xhtmlchop

Starting price $45
WordPress $99
Drupal +$249
Magento +$299

xhtmlteam

Starting price $80

w3-markup

Starting price $192
WordPress +$231
Drupal +$279

markup-service

Starting price $136
WordPress +$229
Drupal +$279

pixelcrayon

Starting price $99
WordPress +$199
Drupal +$299

cssninjas

Starting price $249

snobbyslice

Starting price $299

convert2xhtm

Starting price $45
WordPress $99
Drupal +$229

rapidxhtml

Starting price $50

htmlrockstars

Starting price $149
WordPress $289
Tumblr theme $309

frontenders

FStarting… read more

Top Freelance Jobs from Job Board – Week 1, March

admin — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 22:00:13 +0000

Useful Plugins and Resources for Improving User Interactivity with WordPress

admin — Sun, 06 Mar 2011 17:10:48 +0000

If there is a sense of community and vibrant life surrounding a blog it tends to be successful and ultimately popular – that is a fact. So, if you own a WordPress blog and you are looking for an effective way to create a real sense of user interactivity on… read more

In Search Of The Perfect CAPTCHA

admin — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 17:57:03 +0000

CAPTCHAs, or Completely Automated Public Turing Tests to Tell Computers and Humans Apart, exist to ensure that user input has not been generated by a computer. These peculiar puzzles are commonly used on the Web to protect registration and comment forms from spam. To be honest, I have mixed feelings… read more

Sites of the Week #143

admin — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 15:22:25 +0000

For this Sites of the Week we have selected some great sites such as Themes Kingdom and KickStarter. Also we’re featuring the Büro Maisengasse’s portfolio 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

Black dominated drupal premium themes – showcase

admin — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 00:30:04 +0000

Black Dominated Drupal Premium Themes

Thank You Our Valued Sponsors For Being With Us In The Month Of February 2011

admin — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 20:19:52 +0000

This is a post in which we want to say a big Thank You to the SmashingApps’ fastest growing community for regularly visiting our blog. Do you want to be the first one to know the latest happenings at SmashingApps.com just subscribe to our rss feed and… read more

What Makes Drupal 7 a Best Version?

admin — Sat, 26 Feb 2011 03:00:04 +0000

What Makes Drupal 7 a Best Version?

Essential Tips for Maintaining and Speeding Up WordPress

admin — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 14:34:05 +0000

WordPress is one of the most popular and widely-used blogging platforms and CMSs (content management system). The reason is it’s easy to install and use, so you can focus on creating content rather than building and maintaining your website. Everything from small personal blogs to big digital magazines like Smashing… read more

20 New and Free Professional Drupal Themes

admin — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 15:25:05 +0000

Drupal has perhaps one of the most misunderstood reputations within web design. It is generally thought of as an overblown and hard to learn CMS that is aimed only towards large corporate/business websites. Yes, it can handle very large and complex web sites, but the truth is Drupal can be… read more

Upcoming Conferences and Events for Designers and Developers in 2011

admin — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 15:02:18 +0000

We’re well into 2011, and many designers and developers around the world are planning their travels for the year, including the possibility of attending any Web design or development conferences. To help you out with your plans for the upcoming months, we’ve put together a list of conferences and events… read more

What Are the Skills of Tomorrow’s Journalist? [VIDEO]

admin — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 17:19:55 +0000

As part of Social Media Week, Mashable hosted its fifth NextUp NYC educational series event Tuesday evening at 92YTribeca with a smart group of panelists exploring emerging skills of tomorrow’s journalists.

The event included networking, an announcement of Mashable Follow and a panel conversation with journalists. Discussions touched on the… read more

ShoutEm Makes It Easy to Create Your Own Mobile App

admin — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 15:01:38 +0000

ShoutEm, the Zagreb, Croatia-based startup that started out as a white-label Twitter solution, has significantly changed its strategy with a new version, launching in beta today.

Instead of merely creating your own Twitter, ShoutEm now lets you effortlessly create a full-fledged iPhone app, with support for an RSS… read more

Attend Mashable’s NextUp NYC Event This Tuesday

admin — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 17:43:21 +0000

This Tuesday evening, Mashable is hosting the fifth NextUp NYC event where Vadim Lavrusik, our community manager and social media strategist, will lead a discussion on what skills news organizations will demand in the future and the tools journalists will need to be successful.

The panel will include:

Vadim… read more

25 Video Tutorials for Getting Started in Web Design

admin — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 08:39:36 +0000

The best designers never stop learning. Only the mediocre ones think they know it all, that there’s nothing else to learn. But you don’t don’t want to be a mediocre designer, do you? That’s right – you want to be a great designer. One that’s always hungry to learn a… read more

Best of the Week #157

admin — Sat, 05 Feb 2011 11:22:36 +0000

What Do You Want to Ask Our Panel of Journalists? [EVENT]

admin — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 22:54:51 +0000

Next Tuesday evening, Mashable is hosting our fifth NextUpNYC event where Vadim Lavrusik, our community manager and social media strategist, will lead a discussion on what skills news organizations will demand in the future and the tools journalists will need to be successful.

What do you want to… read more

Thank You Our Valued Sponsors For Being With Us In The Month Of January 2011

admin — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 14:14:23 +0000

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

15 Useful Free Android Apps for Web Developers

admin — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 10:06:26 +0000

We are not suggesting for a moment, with this post, that your Android mobile device would be a good alternative as a development platform to your desktop or laptop. All it shows with the current apps available, that it could be and the potential for more is certainly there. Maybe… read more

Land a Great Job in Tech or Social Media

admin — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 03:22:41 +0000

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

The Ultimate Drupal 7 Showcase

admin — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 00:00:02 +0000

The Ultimate Drupal 7 Showcase

Editing a WordPress blog with Dreamweaver CS5

admin — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 16:21:33 +0000

One of the most dramatic improvements to Dreamweaver CS5 is the ability edit WordPress themes, but before you can get WordPress (or Joomla! or Drupal) to work, you’ll need to set up your computer as a Web server. It’s a lot of technical steps, but once you get all this… read more

Joomla 1.6 Offers New Features for Designers & Admins

admin — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 01:58:28 +0000

The Web Development Series is supported by Rackspace, the better way to do hosting. Learn more about Rackspace’s hosting solutions here.

The community behind the open source content management system Joomla released version 1.6 earlier this week.

Along with WordPress and Drupal, Joomla helps make up the group of… read more

Work for Mashable and Other Great Social Media Companies

admin — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 22:33:18 +0000

What’s New in Drupal 7

admin — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 19:24:24 +0000

//Drupal is one of the most popular content management systems (CMS) out there. To mark the new year, Drupal 7, the next major version of Drupal, is being released! In this article, I’ll walk you through some of the most exciting new features. New Themes The old themes have been… read more

5 Ways Cities Are Using Social Media to Reverse Economic Downturn

admin — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 20:15:00 +0000

The economic downturn has forced cities and states across the country to be more creative as they compete to attract companies and stimulate local economies. In just the past year, local economic development agencies have turned to social media tools and tactics to enhance their efforts nationally and locally.

According to… read more

8 Tools For Easily Creating a Mobile Version of Your Website

admin — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 16:56:52 +0000

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

As an entrepreneur, you’re most likely always on the lookout for new developments. Perhaps your customers are reporting that your site needs a mobile version so that… read more

WordPress Wednesday

admin — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 15:44:42 +0000

We’re trying something new today at Tut9. Instead of posting our usual mix of resources, on Wednesdays we are going to focus on WordPress. We shall call it: WordPress Wednesday

Here’s the deal: WordPress is by far the largest self-hosted blogging platform in the world. The Tut9 community has expressed interest… read more

What Does Web Design Say About Your Small Business?

admin — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 13:59:41 +0000

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

If you’ve ever been horrified by the design of a small or local business website, you’re not alone. There are so many aesthetic travesties out there, and… read more

20 Plugin Replacing Tutorials, Tips, Snippets and Solutions for WordPress

admin — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 10:12:43 +0000

It is no secret that there is an endless supply of plugins that will make WordPress highly extensible, its one of the main reasons why WordPress is so popular amongst developers. They give endless potential to the most basic installation and with wisely chosen plugins will very easily transform WP… read more

16 Handy iPhone Apps for Better Blogging

admin — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 14:54:37 +0000

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

The statistics indicate that small businesses with corporate blogs receive 55% more web traffic than small businesses that don’t blog. That’s why it is so important for… read more

35 Essential Social Media & Tech Resources for Small Businesses

admin — Sun, 28 Nov 2010 16:57:33 +0000

As this year begins to wrap up and businesses start preparing big plans for 2011, we expect social media and technology innovations to be a bigger part of small business digital budgets. To spark a bit of creativity and help get that process rolling, we’ve gathered 35 of our most… read more

5 Design Trends That Small Businesses Can Use in 2011

admin — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 15:44:18 +0000

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

In the past 12 months, we’ve seen a lot of changes in the world of web design. Growing popularity in the mobile device space — including smartphones… read more

Managing Graphics and Icons in your Designs

admin — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 08:14:49 +0000

Projects can get overly confusing if we let them slip too far. This has become circumstance time and again, most commonly among the freelance designers of the world. Web projects are no different and require a strict level of discipline for project management.

Graphics and icons are useful for spicing up… read more

8 Experts Break Down the Pros and Cons of Coding With PHP

admin — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 18:12:33 +0000

The Web Development Series is supported by Rackspace, the better way to do hosting. Learn more about Rackspace’s hosting solutions here.

We’ve been asking a panel of experts for advice and insights about PHP over the past several weeks.

In recent posts, our “PHP masters” gave helpful hints for beginners as well… read more

20 jQuery Image and Multimedia Gallery Plugins

admin — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 07:05:04 +0000

There are a multitude of options and technologies available, not only to developers but also regular users, for displaying a large volume of images on your website. The first that may spring to your mind are content and image sliders, which are currently very fashionable, or you would maybe be… read more

35 New Social Media Resources You May Have Missed

admin — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 19:11:41 +0000

We’re back with another jam-packed roundup of social media tips and tricks. We’ve been working hard to make sure you have enough to read as the temperature starts dropping, but with this many new tools and resources, we understand if you missed one or two stories. To help, we;ve gathered… read more

This Week in Web Apps

admin — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 01:30:38 +0000

With so much happening in the digital world, it can be a full time job just staying up to date on the latest web app happenings. But, that’s why you come to Web.AppStorm… right? With all the fantastic new features app developers are constantly releasing, we’re not really able to… read more

Joomla Leaders: Enterprise Is Better With Open Source [INTERVIEW]

admin — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 19:49:30 +0000

Unlike with other open source content management systems, it’s hard to pin down one founder of Joomla. The CMS that now runs about 2.4% of the top 1 million websites was created by a group of developers that split off from a similarly open source project called Mambo.

The developers felt… read more

Sites of the Week #128

admin — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 11:25:06 +0000

For this Sites of the Week we have selected some great sites such as egg2cake and Cognition. Also we’re featuring the cool Coolendar app 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 happy… read more

10 Free Drupal Themes for Small Business

admin — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 15:09:17 +0000

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

With the emergence of excellent open source content management systems (CMS) in recent years, a business seeking to develop a professional online presence rapidly at a reasonable… read more

15 Market Leaders of Premium WordPress, Joomla and Drupal Themes

admin — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 17:43:35 +0000

Thanks to the active opensource CMS community, especially the big three (WordPress, Joomla and Drupal) website development cost has dwindled down to affordable levels. The more you understand how to use a CMS the better you can control development cost and best make use of your site to promote your… read more

50 New Free High Quality Icons Sets

admin — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 14:18:25 +0000

Feel free to make yourself a cup of tea or coffee right now because you’ll be investing an hour or so in today’s post. We’ve published our last icons round-up six months ago, and since then we’ve collected over 50 new free high quality icon sets that you can use… read more

Choosing The Right CMS for Your Small Business

admin — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 08:54:29 +0000

The web is littered with articles comparing CMS’s and highlighting the strengths and weaknesses of each. Though helpful at the time, these articles can quickly become outdated and may, through no fault of their authors, lead you astray. So rather than focus on particular content management systems, this article will… read more

Do Freelancers Do Best on WordPress, Drupal or Joomla?

admin — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 07:11:17 +0000

Some very interesting stats have just emerged about the freelance and contract market for CMS developers and designers.

In its quarterly market report, freelance site DoNanza discovered that even though WordPress devs, designers and SEO pros are in greater demand than their Drupal or Joomla counterparts — and even though WordPress… read more

Getting Ready for a Job Interview

admin — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 15:31:01 +0000

by Justin Johnson

As web designers and/or developers we have a certain luxury afforded to us with the location and times; where and when we work. Ours is an industry that allows us to sit at home and work at whatever times (and in whatever conditions) are convenient to us. However,… read more

Getting Ready for Your Job Interview

admin — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 15:31:01 +0000

by Justin Johnson

Thank You Our Valued Sponsors For Being With Us In The Month Of October

admin — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 12:21:15 +0000

Drupal Founder on Why Open Source is Good for Business [INTERVIEW]

admin — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 19:54:37 +0000

Fresh off of an $8.5 million round of funding that was announced earlier today, Acquia co-founder Dries Buytaert is feeling pretty good about the open source business model. The company that he co-founded in 2007 sells software and products that leverage Drupal, the open source project he started in 2000.

Drupal… read more

Open Source Software Firm Acquia Raises Another $8.5 Million

admin — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 14:16:49 +0000

Acquia, a company that sells products and services for popular open source content management system Drupal, has announced an $8.5 million round of funding led by by North Bridge Venture Partners.

Although open source and capitalism may seem fundamentally opposed, Acquia — which has now brought in a total of $23.5… read more

Drupal for Web Designers – Part II

admin — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 07:00:26 +0000

Drupal for Web Designers – Part II

10 Beginner Tips from PHP Masters

admin — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 13:53:33 +0000

The Web Development Series is supported by Rackspace, the better way to do hosting. Learn more about Rackspace’s hosting solutions here.

PHP is the language behind some of the most powerful and pervasive web applications around, including the ubiquitous Facebook and the unstoppable WordPress.

Learning a new language can be daunting, so… read more

Best of the Week #141

admin — Sat, 16 Oct 2010 13:45:09 +0000

Drupal for Web Designers – Introduction

admin — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 15:00:20 +0000

Drupal for Web Designers – Introduction

40+ Jobs in Social Media You Can Apply for Today

admin — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 20:26:03 +0000

5 Big Social Media Questions from Small Business Owners

admin — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 16:18:48 +0000

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

There are a lot of buzz words on the social web these days: group buying, location-based services, SEO, just to name a few. Sorting through the information… read more

Twitter For Creatives: A Helpful Resource Or A Distraction?

admin — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 15:58:03 +0000

Twitter is most definitely one of the best forms of online marketing, and we all know it. It offers a way to mingle with your fans in short and sweet messages, as well as promote your sites content, your companies promotional deals or something completely different! For this reason, it… read more

Useful Collection of Cheat-Sheet Desktop Wallpaper for Web Designers

admin — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 09:45:49 +0000

Typical cheatsheets tend to be over-sized documents, far too large to be viewed in its entirety on a desktop and not too handy for the super-fast reference that is needed. To get the full benefit of any cheatsheat, your only real option is to print it out and keep it… read more

Win $2,500 from Code My Concept

admin — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 11:30:47 +0000

One of the worst nightmares of some designers can be dealing with the coding aspect of a website. Design comes easy for many of designers, but not everyone.

This is where Code My Concept comes to the rescue. They’re a great company offering PSD to HTML conversions at really great prices.

All… read more

What Is User Experience Design? Overview, Tools And Resources

admin — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 13:30:23 +0000

Websites and Web applications have become progressively more complex as our industry’s technologies and methodologies advance. What used to be a one-way static medium has evolved into a very rich and interactive experience.

But regardless of how much has changed in the production process, a website’s success still hinges on just… read more

The design process vs. design-as-product

admin — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 11:30:15 +0000

The trouble with the word “template” is that its meaning depends on one’s point of view.

To some, a template is a ticket to an instant website. Many content management systems allow owners to change plug-and-play themes as easily as they change clothes, and inexpensive skins are just a Google search… read more

The 10 Best Blogging Platforms

admin — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 11:40:05 +0000

Do you want to blog but you don’t know where to start? Or maybe you’re already a blogger and you’d like to check out other platforms and their offerings? Blogging is common place these days but new people are discovering and jumping into platforms like WordPress everyday.

We’ve gathered ten of… read more

Thank You Our Valued Sponsors For Being With Us In The Month Of September

admin — Sun, 03 Oct 2010 23:07:46 +0000

Dummy Content Filler Resources for WordPress, Drupal and Joomla Developers

admin — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 08:39:46 +0000

Having to repeatedly create content to flesh every new web project is not only time consuming, it is also very, very frustrating. You have to create new posts, pages, menu items, categories, tags, users… and … and on. The sad thing is you have to do this, your web design… read more

The Awesome Croogo – Free and Open-Source PHP CMS

admin — Sun, 26 Sep 2010 09:59:51 +0000

This is our new weekly column were we highlight our favorite FREE web apps. It is not your typical review post, what we have done instead is approached the lead-developer from each app and asked them to give us some background information, describing some of the apps features and how… read more

Mashable Is Hiring & 40+ Social Media and Web Development Job Vacancies

admin — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 21:35:30 +0000

WordPress 3 Site Blueprints Book Competition Winner Information

admin — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 07:56:08 +0000

Two weeks ago we published the competition, WordPress 3 Site Blueprints, it has now closed and it is time to announce the winners.

Thanks to everyone who left a comment, but we did have to pick only two winners. And to everyone that hasn’t won, all we can say is that… read more

Best of the Week #136

admin — Sat, 11 Sep 2010 13:36:10 +0000

What Is The Worst Design or Programming Mistake You’ve Ever Made?

admin — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 12:53:02 +0000

Mistakes are made every day in the design and development world. It’s nothing to be ashamed of; it happens. In fact, mistakes are one of the most powerful learning tools at our disposal. Our mistakes impart important lessons that we carry with us as we continue to hone our skill… read more

30+ Absolutely Free Drupal Themes

admin — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 19:00:11 +0000

30+ Absolutely Free Drupal Themes

Modern UI and Layout Tutorials for Photoshop

admin — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 10:20:54 +0000

It would be very hard to find a situation where Photoshop does not have the perfect solution for any web (or print) design problem. With Photoshop you can pretty much design a web page just as you envisaged mentally, with virtually no creative restrictions and with a pixel-perfect result.

Web design… read more

Spun » drupal

Should You Keep Your Website Open Source?

Win $1,000 in PSD to HTML services!

An Introduction to Concrete5 CMS — Part I

How Commercial Plugin Developers Are Using The WordPress Repository

We have $700 worth of services from PSD2HTML.com to giveaway

Usability Design for Online Web Forms

HTML & CSS Blog Layout – Theme Implementation for WordPress

Zurb’s newest offering for developers: Foundation

Ten Alternatives to WordPress as a Blogging CMS

44 Photoshop Web Design Layout Tutorials

Best of the Week #202

Best Of 2011: 45 Photoshop Web Design Layout Tutorials

Christmas & New Year Special Giveaway: Prizes Worth Over $20,000

50 Fantastic Premium Business WordPress Themes From 2011

Dear Drupal: Season’s Greetings. Love, Smashing WordPress.

Is Drupal Good for Design? What do you think?

Top Freelance Jobs from Job Board – Week 3, December

Optimizing your Website for Social User Experience

Turning Small Projects Into Big Profit, A Case Study

Web design predictions for 2012

A Comprehensive Checklist To Creating The Perfect WordPress Website

Best Free and Premium Drupal Themes (Templates)

Review: Radiant CMS — A Simple, User-Friendly CMS

WordPress, Joomla and Drupal: What Makes These CMS Different

What designers can learn from different animals

7 Essential Features a CMS for Beginners Must Have

Drupal Facebook Templates: Innovative Solution for a Fan Page Creation

How to Design Functional Sub-Navigation Menus

How WordPress Took The CMS Crown From Drupal And Joomla

Backup Machine: Automated Peace of Mind

32 Nice Event Websites

3 Mistakes Web Programmers Need to Stop Making

BlozZit – Free Professional HTML/CSS Template (+Full-Layered PSD Files)

Propeople sessions for DrupalCon Denver 2012

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