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Tom McFarlin - A Process For Professional WordPress Development

Recently, we discussed “How Commercial Plugin Developers Are Using The WordPress Repository.” This article provided a solid explanation of the plugin repository, how to use it, how not to abuse it,

wordpress , Themes , Techniques (WP) , plugins

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Richard Shepherd - Behind The Scenes Of Tourism New Zealand (Case Study)

In 2011 we saw the rise in popularity of two relatively new trends: responsive Web design and the use of HTML’s canvas. While some websites had experimented with both, in the last 12 months we’ve se

Showcases , Inspiration , Web Design , Design

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Martha Rotter - Designing Engaging And Enjoyable Long-Form Reading Experiences

Finally, some good news from the media industry: digital subscriptions are growing. We’re seeing positive reports from newspapers such as the New York Times and magazine publishers such as Conde Nas

Graphic Design , ux , Readability , Design

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Zack Grossbart - Writing Unit Tests For WordPress Plugins

My first goal for the WordPress Editorial Calendar was to make it do anything useful. I was new to JavaScript and PHP and didn’t really know what I could pull off. In a few days I had a proof of con

wordpress , coding , Techniques (WP) , plugins , Javascript

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Shoko Mugikura - Japanese Writing, A Beautifully Complex System

As a Japanese person living in Europe, I’m sometimes asked: “Japanese is a difficult language, isn’t it?” Those asking are often surprised when my answer is a simple: “No, actually, it’s not.” Whil

Graphic Design , Typography , Inspiration , Web Design

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Dominic Giglio - Inside The WordPress Toolbar

The WordPress Admin Bar, first introduced in version 3.1, debuted to mixed reactions. A Google search for “wordpress admin bar” returns multiple articles about how to disable or remove it. Version 3

wordpress , Functions , Guides , php

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Joseph McDermott - The Basics Of Creating A Magento Module

A lot of community extensions (or modules) are available for the feature-rich open-source e-commerce solution Magento, but what if they don’t quite work as you want them to? What if you could unders

Frameworks , Magento , coding

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Vitaly Friedman - Desktop Wallpaper Calendars: March 2012

We always try our best to challenge your artistic abilities and produce some interesting, beautiful and creative artwork. And as designers we usually turn to different sources of inspiration. As a m

Wallpapers , Graphics

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Mark Cossey - Why Transitions Are Important

Life and nature are one big transition. The sun slowly rises to mark a new day and then slowly sets to mark the end of the day and the beginning of night. We are created in the womb and from small c

Interaction Design , ux

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James Young - Is There Ever A Justification For Responsive Text?

Depending on who you follow and what you read, you may have noticed the concept of “responsive text” being discussed in design circles recently. It’s not what you might imagine — resizing and alteri

Responsive Design , mobile , Content

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Jeremy Girard - A Fun Approach To Creating More Successful Websites

But one goal we have for all of our projects is that we want them to make an impression on people — we want the websites that we create to be memorable. A fun experience is often an enjoyable one a

Personality , Showcases , Web Design , Design

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Jason Gross - Redefining Hick’s Law

Hick’s Law has always been a popular reference point for designers. You’ll find it cited in the endless lists of basic laws and principles that all designers should be familiar with. Given our assum

Graphic Design , ux , Usability

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Kevin Muldoon - 25 Social Media Plugins For WordPress

After search engines, social media services are the second biggest source of traffic. Facebook, Twitter and Google+ have established themselves as the most heavily used social sharing websites, with

wordpress , Social Media

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Zack Grossbart - Web-Drawing Throwdown: Paper.js Vs. Processing.js Vs. Raphael

Before drawing anything in a browser, ask yourself three questions: Do you need to support older browsers? If the answer is yes, then your only choice is Raphaël. It handles browsers all the way

coding , Javascript

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Anthony T - Finger-Friendly Design: Ideal Mobile Touchscreen Target Sizes

In darts, hitting thebulls-eyeis harder to do than hitting any other part of the dartboard. This is because the bullseye is the smallest target. This same principle can also apply to touch targets o

ux , Usability

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Spyros Zevelakis - Beautiful Covers: An Interview With Chip Kidd

The work of Chip Kidd spans design, writing and, most recently, rock ’n’ roll. He definitely has the charisma to get ahead in that third field. He is best known for his unconventional book jackets,

Interviews , fonts , Inspiration

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Jonathan Wold - Stop Writing Project Proposals

After several grueling days I had finally finished the proposal. I sent it off and waited for a response. Nothing. After a few weeks, I discovered that they were “just looking”. Despite the urgency

workflow , Project Management , Clients , Business

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Matthew Ogston - How To Recruit A UX Designer

The Web has entered an era of user-centricity. If businesses are to attract new customers and retain existing ones, they must create websites and apps that deliver intuitive and tailored experiences

Teams , ux , Business

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Gennady Kovshenin - Inside WordPress Actions And Filters

When WordPress 1.2 rolled out back in 2004, a new plugin architecture was introduced that is now commonly referred to as actions and filters, hooks, and the Plugin API. WordPress’ core has been c

wordpress , Techniques (WP)

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Vitaly Friedman - The Smashing Book #3: All Good Things Come In Threes

Update (30.04.2012): The Smashing Book #3 has finally arrived to our storage facilities. The printed Smashing Book #3 will be sent out on the 3rd of May 2012 at the latest. Due to logistical reasons

Events , Smashing Books

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Rian van der Merwe - How To Stop Designing For Ourselves

Have you ever looked at a bizarre building design and wondered, “What were the architects thinking?” Or have you simply felt frustrated by a building that made you uncomfortable, or felt anger when

ux , Process , Usability , Design

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Jeremy Hixon - Progressive And Responsive Navigation

Developing for the Web can be a difficult yet rewarding job. Given the number of browsers across the number of platforms, it can sometimes be a bit overwhelming. But if we start coding with a little

coding , Css , jquery , HTML , html5

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Robin Rendle - Why Should We Design Emotional Systems?

Before the very first page of a book has been read, you’ve already analyzed it in countless ways without even noticing. The paper stock, the thickness of the binding, the aroma, the color of the typ

Inspiration , Content , Web Design , Emotional Design

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Ben Howdle - A Beginner’s Guide To jQuery-Based JSON API Clients

The goal of today’s tutorial is to create a simple Web app for grabbing movie posters from TMDb. We’ll use jQuery and the user’s input to query a JSON-based API and deal with the returned data appro

API , Ajax , coding , jquery , Javascript

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