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Hype: A Worthy Flash Alternative?

admin — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:00:04 +0000

Hype, by developers Tumult, seems to have a rather appropriate title. There has been a great deal of talk about this web animation app since its release some months ago, and that can hardly be a surprise, given that it claims to allow the user to create “beautiful HTML5 web… read more

8 Fresh & Extremely Useful jQuery Plugins

admin — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:25:19 +0000

8 Fresh & Extremely Useful jQuery Plugins

CSS3 & jQuery folder tabs

admin — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:25:19 +0000

CSS3 & jQuery folder tabs

Best of Tuts+ in January 2012

admin — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:00:55 +0000

Each month, we bring together a selection of the best tutorials and articles from across the whole Tuts+ network. Whether you’d like to read the top posts from your favourite site, or would like to start learning something completely new, this is the best place to start!

Psdtuts+ — Photoshop Tutorials

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Win 250 die cut business cards from UPrinting

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Learn jQuery in 30 Days

admin — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:47:14 +0000

Sometimes, it’s easy to become overwhelmed by how much there is to learn in this industry. If jQuery happens to be on your personal “need to learn soon” list, then I’m happy to announce my new course: “Learn jQuery in 30 Days”. If you’ll give me fifteen minutes a day… read more

35 Highly Advanced Yet Simple To Use jQuery Plugins

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

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

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

Smooth Scrolling To Internal Links With jQuery

admin — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 22:05:19 +0000

Smooth Scrolling To Internal Links With jQuery

15 Best jQuery Images Galleries Sliders and Template Tutorials

admin — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 06:05:19 +0000

15 Best jQuery Images Galleries Sliders and Template Tutorials

30 Image Gallery of jquery Tutorials to Be Professional

admin — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:05:19 +0000

30 Image Gallery of jquery Tutorials to Be Professional

Weekly Design News – Resources, Tutorials and Freebies (N.117)

admin — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 14:01:29 +0000

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This is our weekly column were we share our favorite design related articles, resources and cool tidbits from the past week. Enjoy :)
If you would like to receive our daily updates and kepp up to date with the latest and greatest articles and… read more

50 Beautiful Yet Free HTML5 And CSS3 Templates

admin — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 23:06:24 +0000

HTML5 templates are getting very popular these days because all professional HTML5 templates are compatible to all browsers with its functionality and features, and with the release of HTML5 / CSS3 it has become even more popular among designers because of the additional and great features.

At the moment, HTML5 and… read more

Smart Validate: jQuery Credit Card Validation Plugin

admin — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 09:25:19 +0000

Smart Validate: jQuery Credit Card Validation Plugin

Useful jQuery Plugins & Scripts

admin — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 08:05:19 +0000

Useful jQuery Plugins & Scripts

From jQuery to JavaScript: A Reference

admin — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 02:58:39 +0000

Whether we like it or not, more and more developers are being introduced to the world of JavaScript through jQuery first. In many ways, these newcomers are the lucky ones. They have access to a plethora of new JavaScript APIs, which make the process of DOM traversal (something that many… read more

15 jQuery Calendar Date Picker Plugins

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

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

How To Integrate Facebook, Twitter And Google+ In WordPress

admin — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 22:32:06 +0000

Integrating social media services in your website design is vital if you want to make it easy for readers to share your content. While some users are happy with the social media buttons that come built into their design template, the majority of WordPress users install a plugin to automatically… read more

Win $1,000 in PSD to HTML services!

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

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Benefits and Pitfalls of Using Code Frameworks

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

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

Weekly Design News – Resources, Tutorials and Freebies (N.116)

admin — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 14:59:52 +0000

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What’s new for designers – January 2012

admin — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 15:27:44 +0000

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Background Animations Using Jquery, Ajax

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

Background Animations Using Jquery, Ajax

SlideMyPics: Create and Share Photo Slideshows for Free

admin — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 04:00:14 +0000

Slideshows are a great way to showcase images on digital displays. Whether it’s a collection of old family photos, snapshots from my last vacation, or even my portfolio of professional photography, I always try to put together a picture slideshow for my audience.When the images advance in sequence by themselves,… 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

Craftyslide: tiny slideshow built on jQuery

admin — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 10:05:19 +0000

Craftyslide: tiny slideshow built on jQuery

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

I Am Not a Web Designer

admin — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 19:00:22 +0000

I am not a web designer, and nor are you. Or a developer. Or a writer. Or whatever it is you think you are. You’re not – not in any meaningful way.

Full disclosure: I am actually a web designer, probably, but stick with me here.

I thought I was –… read more

Password strength verification with jQuery

admin — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 15:46:50 +0000

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8 Responsive jQuery Slider Plugins

admin — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 11:55:04 +0000

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Whether you’re already a pro at creating responsive web sites or your just learning what it’s all about, it’s good to have some scripts handy that you can easily integrate into your site. We all know how popular image and content sliders are now, and for… read more

Dig into Dojo: DojoX

admin — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 22:22:41 +0000

Maybe you saw that tweet: ”jQuery is a gateway drug. It leads to full-on JavaScript usage.” Part of that addiction, I contend, is learning other JavaScript frameworks. And that’s what this four-part series on the incredible Dojo Toolkit is all about: taking you to the next level of your JavaScript… read more

Create a Full Page Background Image with CSS3

admin — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 22:45:17 +0000

The other day we looked at 10 Awesome Websites With Full Screen Background Images. At the beginning of the article I had mentioned that there were a few ways of approaching this effect, some developers prefer to do it with jQuery, some with CSS, and others with Flash. In this… read more

10 Awesome Single Page Websites

admin — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 00:18:43 +0000

These days it seems like the term “webpage” and “website” are thrown around loosely, often being used interchangeably. I can’t recall how many times I’ve been in a meeting with a client and had them tell me they’d like a webpage, which I interpret as a basic, single-page website that… read more

10 Awesome Websites With Full Screen Background Images

admin — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 18:22:14 +0000

10 Awesome Websites With Full Screen Background Images

When it comes to web design my tastes walk on a very thin line. I like simplicity and visual stimulation, which is a very difficult balance to pull off. However, one of the easiest ways to do so is by featuring a full… read more

Fallback on Local jQuery If CDN Fails

admin — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 02:45:19 +0000

Fallback on Local jQuery If CDN Fails

32+ Stylish jQuery Tooltip Plugins For Web Designers

admin — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 04:45:19 +0000

32+ Stylish jQuery Tooltip Plugins For Web Designers

Our Top 20 Posts from 2011

admin — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 15:22:34 +0000

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2011 has been Speckyboy’s best year yet in terms of growth. More great readers and followers, more great authors, more great sponsors. However, at the core is (hopefully) great content here on Speckyboy. And just to recap some of our best content, here are our… read more

Top 50 JavaScript, jQuery Plugins and Tutorials From 2011

admin — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 07:05:19 +0000

Top 50 JavaScript, jQuery Plugins and Tutorials From 2011

How To Create An Animated Scroll To Top With jQuery

admin — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 10:45:19 +0000

How To Create An Animated Scroll To Top With jQuery

Teach Them How To Hit The Ground Running And Faceplant At The Same Time?

admin — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 18:14:51 +0000

A few days ago, a tutorial on how to Create A Christmas Wish List With PHP was published on Smashing Magazine’s Coding section that frustrated me. It frustrated me as it was incredibly easy to predict the comment reactions it caused. It also frustrated me as it was a classic… read more

Best Of 2011: Best Useful jQuery Plugins And Tutorials

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

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

Excellent and Useful jQuery Plugins

admin — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 02:45:19 +0000

Excellent and Useful jQuery Plugins

Free jquery image sliders for any occasion

admin — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 01:45:19 +0000

Free jquery image sliders for any occasion

Theme Trust Hiring More Support Staff

admin — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 20:39:59 +0000

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Back in May, Theme Trust hired it’s first support team member, who has worked out perfectly. However, since that time we’ve ran into a little problem…our sales have nearly doubled. Okay, I suppose that isn’t really a problem, but it does mean a busier support forum…. read more

User Interface Design in Modern Search Engines

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

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

The Smashing Deals Countdown: Three More Days Till Christmas

admin — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 00:43:21 +0000

As the end of the year approaches and the holidays near, many of you might already be pondering your new year’s resolution for 2012. Before you get back to serious business in the new year, you should lean back, relax, spend some quality time with loved ones, and give a… read more

30 Amazingly Great CSS Menu Tutorials

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

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

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

10 Incredible Examples of Responsive Web Design

admin — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 21:01:48 +0000

With more people surfing the web from their mobile devices, designers and developers have been trying to figure out the best way to cater to visitors on both mobile devices and computers. When internet capable phones first began gaining popularity the method was to have two separate sites, a mobile… read more

PhoneGap Beginner’s Guide Giveaway Winner Announcement

admin — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 03:07:46 +0000

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Last weeks PhoneGap Beginner’s Guide giveaway has now ended, and it is now time to announce the winners.

Thanks to everybody for all the comments and thanks to Packt for the books.

The Winners

All winners should have by now received their winner emails, if not please get… read more

Web design predictions for 2012

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

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Untangling the CSS3 :not Selector

admin — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 06:39:33 +0000

The CSS3 :not selector may not be as flashy nor widely known as animations or media queries, but this simple pseudo-class packs a punch and is easy to use. Before we dig in, I’d like to point out (no pun intended) the excellent CSS reference section on the SitePoint… read more

Dig into Dojo: Dijit

admin — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 03:30:59 +0000

Maybe you saw that tweet: “jQuery is a gateway drug. It leads to full-on JavaScript usage.” Part of that addiction, I contend, is learning other JavaScript frameworks. And that’s what this four-part series on the incredible Dojo Toolkit is all about: taking you to the next level of your JavaScript… read more

Our 50 Favorite Web Developers Resources and Tools from 2011

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

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

The Smashing Deals Countdown For Christmas

admin — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 05:23:18 +0000

Christmas is near and the spirits are rising but why not speed it all up a bit? To make the days prior to Christmas much more exciting, we’ll provide you with something to look forward to each day for the next ten days. This year, we’d love to help you… read more

The 30 Most Effective jQuery Plugins

admin — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 04:40:19 +0000

The 30 Most Effective jQuery Plugins

WordPress 3.3 Update Refines Features, Interface

admin — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 00:55:02 +0000

Self-hosted WordPress users, get your update engines running: WordPress 3.3 is now available.

The culmination of five months of hard work, WordPress 3.3 offers a number of new updates and tweaked features.

The first of these is a redesigned dashboard, which features menus and toolbars that are more cohesive and easier to… read more

10 tips and resources for creating a stunning web presentation

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

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Weekly Design News – Resources, Tutorials and Freebies (N.115)

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Web Design Trends in 2012

admin — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 12:00:27 +0000

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It’s that time of year again, where we look into our crystal ball to see what will be the hot trends in web design for the upcoming year. It’s no secret that trends come and go, with some hanging around longer than they should. (Yes, splash… read more

30 Best jQuery Image Gallery Plugins for Your Portfolio Website

admin — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 10:56:59 +0000

30 Best jQuery Image Gallery Plugins for Your Portfolio Website

What’s new for designers, December 2011

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

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How To Build A Slideout Feedback Form In jQuery

admin — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 10:24:59 +0000

How To Build A Slideout Feedback Form In jQuery

18 jQuery Mobile Development Tips and Tutorials

admin — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 09:29:59 +0000

18 jQuery Mobile Development Tips and Tutorials

We have two copies of the book PhoneGap Beginner’s Guide to Giveaway

admin — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 16:58:05 +0000

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Today we have another fantastic book giveaway for you. We have two copies of the paperback book PhoneGap Beginner’s Guide, written by Andrew Lunny for two lucky readers. All you have to do for a chance of winning one of these books is leave a… read more

Switch Stylesheets With jQuery

admin — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 10:26:39 +0000

Switch Stylesheets With jQuery

35 Cutting-edge Development Tutorials – jQuery Slideshow & jQuery Image Gallery

admin — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 04:38:19 +0000

35 Cutting-edge Development Tutorials – jQuery Slideshow & jQuery Image Gallery

Best Free UI PSDs of 2011

admin — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 11:51:47 +0000

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So far in our Best of 2011 series, we’ve shown you our picks for the best free fonts and the best jQuery plugins. For this week, we’ve went back through all the UI PSDs that’s been released over the past year and picked our favorites. We… read more

Interview: Meet ZURB

admin — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 04:00:14 +0000

Managing successful paid web apps and client design work while still releasing free apps and resources regularly would be tough to handle for any company. ZURB’s one company in the world of web apps that has always excited us with their dedication to quality and the sheer number of apps… read more

20 Amazing Implementations of HTML5 Canvas

admin — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 13:58:49 +0000

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In this article, we explore some of the most awe-inspiring implementations of HTML5′s canvas element so far. From all of the new HTML5 tags, canvas is likely to be the most powerful.
In a nutshell, the canvas element is a drawable region defined in… read more

Animate a Custom Dialog Box with CSS3 and jQuery

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

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

The 50 Most Useful jQuery Plugins from 2011

admin — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 17:16:16 +0000

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What an exciting web development year we have had (OK, its not quite finished, but almost). HTML5 and CSS3 have forced there way into the mainstream, responsive layouts techniques are rapidly moving towards being the standard, sites like Dribble, Forrst and GitHub have offered a… read more

Randomr jQuery Plugin

admin — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 11:33:19 +0000

Randomr jQuery Plugin

jQuery HTML5 Music Player

admin — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 09:06:39 +0000

jQuery HTML5 Music Player

Weekly Design News – Resources, Tutorials and Freebies (N.114)

admin — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 23:14:12 +0000

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Hover Image Zoom With JQuery

admin — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 10:11:39 +0000

Hover Image Zoom With JQuery

jQuery 1.7 Visual Cheat Sheet

admin — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 02:31:35 +0000

The new edition of my jQuery Visual Cheat Sheet, the most popular cheat sheet about jQuery over the internet, is here! The new edition includes all the reference you will ever need for jQuery 1.7.1 API.

Download the PDF File (also available for the iPad) or the Scribd Version.

Please follow me… read more

Auto-Save User’s Input In Your Forms With HTML5 and Sisyphus.js

admin — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 01:16:48 +0000

Editor’s note: This article is the third in our new series that introduces new, useful and freely available tools and techniques, developed and released by active members of the Web design community. The first article covered PrefixFree; the second introduced Foundation, a responsive framework that helps you build prototypes and… read more

50 Awesomely Useful Yet Free jQuery Tooltip Plugins

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

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

Create a Windows-like Interface with jQuery UI

admin — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 21:10:36 +0000

Have you ever wanted to create an interactive user interface for your application, but didn’t know how to? In this tutorial, we’ll create a Windows-like interface quickly and easily, by getting down and dirty with jQuery UI, a user interface library built on top of jQuery. What Exactly is jQuery… read more

Quick look at some of the Popular Web Design Trends from 2011

admin — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 14:46:33 +0000

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Looking back over the past year we can pick up a lot of fresh emerging trends. Web designers around the world are connected like never before through a seemingly endless supply of social networks (big thums up to Dribble). Thus it’s much easier for new… read more

30+ Crispy Fresh jQuery Tutorials

admin — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 08:01:39 +0000

30+ Crispy Fresh jQuery Tutorials

Path inspired jQuery radial menu

admin — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 11:01:39 +0000

Path inspired jQuery radial menu

Dig into Dojo: NodeList Modules and Ajax

admin — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 00:00:20 +0000

Easy CSS3 & jQuery tooltips

admin — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 11:46:39 +0000

Easy CSS3 & jQuery tooltips

40 Beautiful Free HTML5 & CSS3 Templates

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

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

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

Create Awesome Photo Galleries with CSS3 & jQuery

admin — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 06:16:39 +0000

Create Awesome Photo Galleries with CSS3 & jQuery

The Smashing Guide To Moving The Web Forward

admin — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 21:38:25 +0000

Many of us rely on open source tools, technologies and standards to help improve the work we do on a daily basis. None of this would however be possible without the hard work, commitment and dedication that others, just like you, have invested in giving back to the Web community… read more

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

Weekly Design News – Resources, Tutorials and Freebies (N.113)

admin — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 22:17:54 +0000

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40+ Useful and Fresh jQuery Plugins

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

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

60+ new WordPress themes: Autumn 2011

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

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Are jQuery Users Fools?

admin — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 04:00:56 +0000

We should get this out into the open. There seems to be a commonly held belief that jQuery users are ignorant, and, more often than not, designers. Where did this come from, and is it true? Roots The JavaScript community wasn’t nearly as vibrant and passionate as it is today…. read more

Should Designers know how to code? What do you think?

admin — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 15:53:38 +0000

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Designers who know how to code well (or conversely, code poets who know what the hell Gaussian blur even is) are sometimes referred to as “unicorns” due to their rarity – and rightly so, given the complexity of the types of tasks they can accomplish,… read more

How To Set Up A Print Style Sheet

admin — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 21:11:41 +0000

In a time when everyone seems to have a tablet, which makes it possible to consume everything digitally, and the only real paper we use is bathroom tissue, it might seem odd to write about the long-forgotten habit of printing a Web page. Nevertheless, as odd as it might seem… read more

How To Create Web Animations With Paper.js

admin — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 22:14:53 +0000

The Web is just starting to use animation well. For years, animated GIFs and Flash ruled. Text moved and flashed, but it was never seamless. Animations had boxes around them like YouTube videos. HTML5 canvas changes everything about Web animation.

The canvas element makes it possible to integrate drawings and animations… read more

Best jQuery Plugins of 2011

admin — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 11:03:12 +0000

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jQuery was first released in 2006. Nearly 5 years later, it’s still going strong – due largely in part to the community that’s been built up around it. This community of developers constantly releases plugins that allow web developers to easily add amazing functionality to their… read more

WordPress 3.3: The 11 Most Important New Features

admin — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 01:00:22 +0000

Brian Casel is the founder of CasJam Media, a web design shop that works with clients worldwide designing custom WordPress CMS sites. Connect with Brian on Twitter @CasJam.

For those of us who work with WordPress every day, it has been exciting to watch our beloved content management system evolve over… read more

68 jQuery Slider Tutorials to Make Your Online Portfolio Stand Out

admin — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 00:30:49 +0000

68 jQuery Slider Tutorials to Make Your Online Portfolio Stand Out

jQuery UI 1.8: The User Interface Library for jQuery Book Competition – Winners Announced

admin — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 21:56:08 +0000

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On the 13th of November we published the competition for two copies of the book jQuery UI 1.8: The User Interface Library for jQuery. The competition has now ended and it is time to announce the winners. Thanks to everybody for all the comments.

Remeber even… read more

Tips on Designing Layouts Focused around Content

admin — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 14:16:25 +0000

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In web design we frequently assume any layout with a spiffy logo and graphics will work out perfect. But designing for the web goes much deeper than attractive page graphics. The entire user experience comes into play and you have to account for a number… read more

Weekly Design News – Resources, Tutorials and Freebies (N.112)

admin — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 20:29:24 +0000

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

WDL Premium: Pure – A Super Clean and Minimal Blog Theme

admin — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 21:00:16 +0000

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Today, for our WDL Premium Members, we have a beautiful premium WordPress theme for your blog. The Pure theme from Theme Trust is a super clean and minimal design with great typography and a good amount of white space, perfect to give your blog an elegant… read more

Learning to Code for the Web Interactively at W3Schools

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

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

jQuery Accordion

admin — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 06:32:29 +0000

jQuery Accordion

7 Excellent HTML5 Tools And Resources

admin — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 23:31:27 +0000

There are many tools and resources out there for designers and developers, but getting by free and good ones is not that easy. That is why I am sharing 7 Excellent HTML5 Tools And Resources. Read each entry in the list and see which one suits your needs best.

You are… read more

Getting Started With jQuery: A Beginner’s Resource Guide

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

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

15 Responsive CSS Frameworks Worth Considering

admin — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 16:27:06 +0000

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Taking the next step of our responsive layout coverage (we recently published the articles Responsive WordPress Themes and jQuery Plugins to help with Responsive Layouts), today we are taking a look at responsive CSS frameworks that we feel are worth your consideration.

Just like most CSS… read more

Dig into Dojo: DOM Basics

admin — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 21:08:51 +0000

25 JavaScript Photo Slideshows Used in Web Layouts

admin — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 12:27:57 +0000

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Most web developers have at least heard about the many JavaScript photo slider plugins. These often utilize a library such as jQuery to construct plug-and-play galleries within just a few minutes. Yet after so many years of project growth we can find dozens of unique examples… read more

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

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A Massive Guide to Custom Theming jQuery UI Widgets: Premium Tutorial

admin — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 02:30:56 +0000

jQuery UI is an open source library of interface components that features interactions, animation effects and ready-to-use widgets. jQuery UI is based on the jQuery JavaScript library and is themeable, which makes integrating jQuery UI easy for developers of any skill level to integrate into their web pages and applications…. read more

We have two copies of the book jQuery UI 1.8: The User Interface Library for jQuery to Giveaway

admin — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 17:14:17 +0000

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Today we have two copies of the paperback book jQuery UI 1.8: The User Interface Library for jQuery, written by Dan Wellman, to give away to two lucky readers. All you have to do for a chance of winning one of these books is leave… read more

jQuery Tabbed Interface Using Indexes

admin — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 03:41:39 +0000

jQuery Tabbed Interface Using Indexes

Jumpstart Your Jquery Plugins

admin — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 02:04:59 +0000

Jumpstart Your Jquery Plugins

Simple smart sticky navigation bar with jQuery

admin — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 11:10:49 +0000

Simple smart sticky navigation bar with jQuery

10 awesome social sharing plugins for WordPress

admin — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 15:12:11 +0000

Social sharing options are pretty much a must for any blog.

You want to make it easy for your visitors to share what you’ve written with their social networks so that others can discover your content.

And the best way to do that is to include a button or two that puts… read more

Redesigning The Country Selector

admin — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 21:54:32 +0000

The country selector. It’s there when you create an account for a new Web service, check out of an e-commerce store or sign up for a conference. The normal design? A drop-down list with all of the available countries.

However, when conducting a large session of user testing on check-out usability… read more

9 great resources for keeping your skills fresh

admin — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 15:58:22 +0000

Whether you are self-taught, fresh out of school, or a design veteran, continuing education has invaluable long-term effects on your ability to stay competitive and business savvy.

The immediate benefits are also abundant. Emerging techniques you learn today can be applied to a client project tomorrow for added value, or to… read more

The 12 best jQuery image sliders of the 2011

admin — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 21:09:17 +0000

Wave Display Effect with jQuery and CSS3

“The idea is to initially have some smaller thumbnails rotated and placed in the shape of a sine curve. When clicking on a thumbnail, we’ll “zoom” in to see a medium sized version. Clicking again will make the large content area appear; here we… read more

ThemeFit Competition Winners Announced

admin — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 03:24:15 +0000

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On the 30th of October we published the competition 10 Premium WordPress Themes from ThemeFit. The competition has now ended and we will now announce the winners. Thanks to everybody for all the comments.

Remeber even if you are not a winner you can still purchase… read more

Beginner’s Tutorial Coding Web Apps with jQuery Mobile

admin — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 02:35:00 +0000

Beginner’s Tutorial Coding Web Apps with jQuery Mobile

An Extensive Guide To Web Form Usability

admin — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 20:22:55 +0000

Contrary to what you may read, peppering your form with nice buttons, color and typography and plenty of jQuery plugins will not make it usable. Indeed, in doing so, you would be addressing (in an unstructured way) only one third of what constitutes form usability.

In this article, we’ll provide practical… read more

Weekly Design News – Resources, Tutorials and Freebies (N.110)

admin — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 14:48:42 +0000

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jQuery Galleries & Sliders: New Free Tutorials, Plugins and Ready-Made Solutions

admin — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 06:41:39 +0000

jQuery Galleries & Sliders: New Free Tutorials, Plugins and Ready-Made Solutions

The Future Of CSS: Embracing The Machine

admin — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 19:47:40 +0000

Designers hold CSS close to their hearts. It’s just code, but it is also what makes our carefully crafted designs come to life. Thoughtful CSS is CSS that respects our designs, that is handcrafted with precision. The common conception among Web designers is that a good style sheet is created… read more

What’s new for designers – Nov. 2011

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

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

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

Competition: We Have 10 Premium WordPress Themes for ThemeFit to Giveaway – Comment to Enter

admin — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 17:38:53 +0000

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Another week and yet another fantastic competition for you! This week we have 10 (yep, that really is TEN) premium WordPress themes from Theme Fit to give away. All you have to do is leave a comment telling us which of the two WP themes… read more

30 jQuery Plugins You Should Implement on Your Website

admin — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 05:20:39 +0000

30 jQuery Plugins You Should Implement on Your Website

Useful Coding Tools and JavaScript Libraries For Web Developers

admin — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 21:30:03 +0000

Everyone who is a regular Smashing Magazine reader will know that we have a traditional habit of regularly researching the latest resources, tools and services out there on the Web, as productivity is a crucial asset of professional Web designers and developers. We could, and should, all integrate workflow optimization… read more

50 Great Free WordPress Themes From 2011

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

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

28 Excellent iPhone Apps To Make Your Life Easier

admin — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 20:25:52 +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 iPhone users, there are plentiful… read more

Lessons From A Review Of JavaScript Code

admin — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 18:33:13 +0000

Before we start, I’d like to pose a question: when was the last time you asked someone to review your code? Reviewing code is possibly the single best technique to improve the overall quality of your solutions, and if you’re not actively taking advantage of it, then you’re missing out… read more

Theme Review: Garnish

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

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

Weekly Design News – Resources, Tutorials and Freebies (N.109)

admin — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 13:59:24 +0000

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How to Build an RSS Feed Reader App Using PHP and Jquery

admin — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 04:20:39 +0000

How to build RSS feed reader app using PHP and Jquery

25 jQuery Plugins to help with Responsive Layouts

admin — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 15:56:42 +0000

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The most popular topic of discussion at the moment is undoubtedly responsive layouts in web design. Without going discussing too much what you will already know, a responsive layout allows you to offer a specific and optimised screen size based on whatever device (mobile, tablet…)… read more

Top Freelance Jobs from Job Board – Week 3, October

admin — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 19:00:20 +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

Exceptionally Best 50 jQuery Image Galleries And Sliders

admin — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 03:40:39 +0000

Exceptionally Best 50 jQuery Image Galleries And Sliders

A round-up of great vlogs and podcasts for designers

admin — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 15:39:08 +0000

Being a designer is not your average job: your work is constantly evolving, giving you new tools to either become more productive or to simply create better work. For that, we all do our best to read books, brush up our skills following some tutorials, subscribe to blogs or attend… read more

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

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

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

Zurb Releases a Flexible Foundation for Developers and Designers

admin — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 09:52:11 +0000

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

Thanks to the success of projects such as HTML5 Boilerplate, companies big and small are increasingly giving back to the dev and design community by releasing pre-packaged toolkits and frameworks… read more

50+ Must Learn JQuery Tutorials & Cheat Sheets

admin — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 09:20:39 +0000

50+ Must Learn JQuery Tutorials & Cheat Sheets

Free E-Commerce WordPress Theme: Balita

admin — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 16:32:00 +0000

In this post we release yet another freebie: the Balita WordPress theme, a theme dedicated to shops that sell products for children. The theme was designed by Tokokoo and released exclusively for Smashing Magazine and its readers. As usual, the theme is absolutely free to use for both private and… read more

Hoverizr – An in depth view of the jQuery plugin

admin — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 15:19:33 +0000

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As a web designer, from time to time, you may need to make a grayscale image fade into color on mouse over. So the typical solution would be to have each image desaturated to achieve the grayscale effect in Photoshop. Then, you would have to… read more

How To Use AJAX In WordPress

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

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

Weekly Design News – Resources, Tutorials and Freebies (N.108)

admin — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 13:33:30 +0000

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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

Displaying WordPress Site Data Via jQuery Charts

admin — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 05:33:25 +0000

Displaying WordPress Site Data Via jQuery Charts

10+ Jquery Ajax File Uploader Plugins for web developers

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

10+ Jquery Ajax File Uploader Plugins for web developers

30 Useful Infographics for Web Designers

admin — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 13:58:24 +0000

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Typically when it comes to learning something new within web design you have to refer to either the accompanied detailed documentation, the read-me or, if you are lucky, to a quick reference cheatsheet. Each of these options are really useful, but none have the ability… read more

How to Build a Sliding One Page Portfolio with jQuery

admin — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 13:54:07 +0000

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In this tutorial, I will show you how to create an interesting jQuery-powered one-page site. One page sites are usually a great way to show your prospective clients how good you are at what you do. This one is no exception.

Demo & Source Files

View the… read more

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

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

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

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

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

What Went… read more

Do You Suffer From the Dunning-Kruger Effect?

admin — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 19:00:54 +0000

Charles Darwin once noted, “Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge.” We all know the modern man to whom Darwin refers: the unemployed “musician” who must inform all new acquaintences that he is, in fact, a musician (multiple times). The XHTML and jQuery “expert,” who uses XHTML as a… read more

A Collection of Inspiring Blog Designs

admin — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 16:00:31 +0000

Since their inception, blogs have often had some of the most innovative, beautiful and creative designs in the web design community. This is perhaps because bloggers are naturally expressive individuals who enjoy visual and written expression.

Whatever the reason, blogs are always a great source of inspiration if you’re working on… read more

What’s new for web designers – Oct 2011

admin — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 15:58:46 +0000

The October edition of what’s new for web designers and developers includes new web apps, boilerplates, some JavaScript tools and resources, useful documents for working with clients, and a number of great new fonts.

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

Clean: A Responsive and Minimal WordPress Theme

admin — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 10:16:48 +0000

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Last month we released our first responsive WordPress theme at Theme Trust, and it was well received. Since viewing of the web is no longer limited to only desktops and laptops, it’s clear that responsive design will soon be the norm. That’s why we’ve decided to… read more

Seven Premium Style jQuery Plugins And Tutorials To Display Images On Websites

admin — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 09:46:07 +0000

There are many jQuery plugins out there, but getting by free and good ones is not that easy. Today, we are sharing Seven Premium Style jQuery Plugins And Tutorials To Display Images On Website. Read each entry in the list and see which one suits your needs best.

You are welcome… read more

Essential jQuery Plugin Patterns

admin — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 19:42:35 +0000

I occasionally write about implementing design patterns in JavaScript. They’re an excellent way of building upon proven approaches to solving common development problems, and I think there’s a lot of benefit to using them. But while well-known JavaScript patterns are useful, another side of development could benefit from its own… read more

Weekly Design News – Resources, Tutorials and Freebies (N.107)

admin — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 13:36:00 +0000

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

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

CSS3… read more

10 Awesome jQuery Plugins and Tutorials

admin — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 01:55:19 +0000

10 Awesome jQuery Plugins and Tutorials

Quick Tip – jQuery Newbs: Stop Jumping in the Pool

admin — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 23:02:12 +0000

As editor of Nettuts+, I get to review a lot of code from tutorial submissions. Despite the fact that jQuery has been available for years now, there is still one frequent mistake that I see more than anything else. Example #1 Consider the following bit of code: The code above… read more

10 Free Android Apps To Boost Your Productivity With

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

For the designing fraternity, there are plentiful… read more

What you Should be Excited About in jQuery UI 1.9

admin — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 01:35:35 +0000

jQuery UI 1.8 has been around for a little while now. In fact, it’s currently on version 1.8.16. jQuery UI 1.9 is under active development and brings a number of new widgets to the table, along with the usual improvements in stability and performance. The biggest changes are, of course,… read more

10 CMSes for Easier Image Management

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

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

11 jQuery and PHP Tutorials

admin — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 09:28:39 +0000

11 jQuery and PHP Tutorials

A Quick Look Into The Math Of Animations With JavaScript

admin — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 17:32:55 +0000

In school, I hated math. It was a dire, dry and boring thing with stuffy old books and very theoretical problems. Even worse, a lot of the tasks were repetitive, with a simple logical change in every iteration (dividing numbers by hand, differentials, etc.). It was exactly the reason why… read more

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

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

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

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

Scalable and… read more

10 Online HTML5 Tools For Web Designers

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

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

HTML5 Background Information

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

Designers Know Your Code: Web Design Tutorials

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

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

A comparison of leading WordPress theme frameworks

admin — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 15:40:03 +0000

If you’re going to design a WordPress site, there are a few ways you can start. Many designers start with an HTML template that they then add WordPress code to.

Others start with the basic WordPress code and design around that.

But others begin with a starter theme or framework, which is… read more

3 Must-Know Jquery Sliding Doors effects

admin — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 10:28:59 +0000

3 Must-Know Jquery Sliding Doors effects

CSS3 Digital Clock with jQuery

admin — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 00:28:59 +0000

CSS3 Digital Clock with jQuery

10 Amazing jQuery Animation Tutorials

admin — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 05:02:19 +0000

10 Amazing jQuery Animation Tutorials

13 jQuery Visual Effects Tutorials That Can Help You More Effectively

admin — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 10:38:59 +0000

13 jQuery Visual Effects Tutorials That Can Help You More Effectively

HTML5 File Uploads with jQuery

admin — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 07:18:59 +0000

HTML5 File Uploads with jQuery

How to Animate Threaded Comments with CSS and jQuery

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

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

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

40 New jQuery Plugins

admin — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 15:28:02 +0000

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Every six months or we do like to take a look at some of the greatest and freshest jQuery plugins from within that time. Each time we do this the jQuery community never ever fails to let you down. Constantly releasing plugins that are not only… read more

jQuery plugin : captionate images

admin — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 02:25:39 +0000

jQuery plugin : captionate images

jQuery Instead of JavaScript

admin — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 01:52:19 +0000

jQuery Instead of JavaScript

How to Create a Responsive Portfolio Site with WordPress and Semantic.gs

admin — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 17:38:58 +0000

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I doubt that I need to explain to WDL readers what responsive design is, or why it’s important. Suffice it to say that it is a big part of the future of our industry. Fortunately, making responsive layouts is easier than it was when when we… read more

Weekly Design News – Resources, Tutorials and Freebies (N.105)

admin — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 14:20:51 +0000

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

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

How to… read more

New Tutorials For CSS And jQuery To Improve Web Designers’ Skills

admin — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 03:55:39 +0000

New Tutorials For CSS And jQuery To Improve Web Designers’ Skills

The new amazing ferroSlider jQuery plugin!

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

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

Freebie: jQuery Falling Leaves

admin — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 06:50:19 +0000

Freebie: jQuery Falling Leaves

20 Amazing jQuery Menu Resources to Free Download

admin — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 04:53:39 +0000

20 Amazing jQuery Menu Resources to Free Download

15 Free HTML5 and CSS Templates

admin — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 15:58:06 +0000

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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

Freebie: jQuery DropDown LavaLamp menu

admin — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 08:03:39 +0000

Freebie: jQuery DropDown LavaLamp menu

Best of the Week #190

admin — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 20:51:24 +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

Create An Animated Bar Graph With HTML, CSS And jQuery

admin — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 17:45:12 +0000

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

Build Ajax Data Grids with CodeIgniter and jQuery

admin — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 00:47:11 +0000

In this lesson, we will create a CodeIgniter library that allows us to generate data grids automatically for managing any database table. I’ll explain each step required to create this class; so you’ll likely learn some new OOP techniques/concepts in the process! As a bonus, we’ll proceed to write some… read more

30 Excellent Examples of Using Jquery Sliders in Web Design

admin — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 00:36:59 +0000

30 Excellent Examples of Using Jquery Sliders in Web Design

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

admin — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 14:13:49 +0000

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

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

Our… read more

10 jQuery Plugins to Enhance your User Interfaces

admin — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 10:39:11 +0000

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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

Create Sticky Notes To-Do List In CSS And JQuery

admin — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 00:17:39 +0000

Create Sticky Notes To-Do List In CSS And JQuery

20 Helpful jQuery Accordion Menu Tutorials And Plugins

admin — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 23:44:19 +0000

20 Helpful jQuery Accordion Menu Tutorials And Plugins

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

21 Useful jQuery Plugins

admin — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 09:40:59 +0000

21 Useful jQuery Plugins

Best of the Week #189

admin — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 23:10:11 +0000

Creating a jQuery clock

admin — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 10:04:19 +0000

Creating a jQuery clock