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Jun 29 2011

Brad Shorr - 5 Copywriting Errors That Can Ruin A Company’s Website

No matter how brilliant a website’s design, no matter how elegant its navigation, sooner or later visitors will decide whether to take action because of something they read. In the end, the effectiv

Content , Web Design , Content Strategy , Copywriting , Design , Business

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Jun 28 2011

David Boot - Setup A Ubuntu VPS For Hosting Ruby On Rails Applications

Let’s assume you have built a nice little Ruby on Rails application on your local development machine. Now it’s time for the application to go live. But where should you host this application? You k

Linux , coding , Ruby on Rails

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Jun 27 2011

Shawn Borsky - Useful Ideas And Guidelines For Good Web Form Design

The input form is an essential element of almost any website or application these days. Input is a core method of interaction, and in many cases it represents the hard conversion point between succe

Showcases , Forms , Web Design , Design

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Jun 26 2011

Vitaly Friedman - Free Prestashop and WordPress E-Commerce Theme: Velvet Sky

In case you’ve been looking for a nice e-commerce theme for your website or any ongoing projects, today we’ve got something for you. We’re releasing yet another freebie — a Prestashop and WordPress

wordpress , Freebies , Themes

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Jun 23 2011

Matthew Potter - A Web Developer’s Guide To Adobe InDesign

Over the past several years, there has been a big divide between designers: those who work in print distribution and those in digital distribution. The irony is that, despite the disputes, name-call

Best Practices , InDesign , Graphics

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Jun 23 2011

Ryan Cook - A Guide To Starting Your Own Rails Engine Gem

Since Rails 3 was released, developers have been writing Rails engines in a new clean style that can be packaged as RubyGems. A Rails engine is a prepackaged application that is able to be run or mo

coding , Ruby on Rails

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Jun 22 2011

Luke Reimer - Following A Web Design Process

Almost every Web designer can attest that much of their work is repetitive. We find ourselves completing the same tasks, even if slightly modified, over and over for every Web project. Following a d

workflow , Web Design , Design

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Jun 21 2011

David Boot - How To Set Up An Ubuntu Local Development Machine For Ruby On Rails

So, you want to develop Ruby on Rails applications? While loads of (introductory) tutorials are available for developing Ruby on Rails applications, there seems to be some uncertainty about setting

Linux , coding , Ruby on Rails

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Jun 20 2011

Thomas McGee - Free Style Guides Icon Set For Writers And Editors

Today, we’re excited to present you with a free icon set, called Style Guides. Perfect for websites with an editorial flair, Style Guides features 14 high-quality icons ranging from 32×32 to 512×512

Icons , Freebies , Style Guides

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Jun 20 2011

Sue Smith - Guidelines For Working With External Code Libraries

Working with code that was created by some other person or organization is routine for developers, but it can be one of the most demanding activities, particularly if you’re still learning. From us

workflow , Productivity , Communication , Business

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Jun 17 2011

Vitaly Friedman - Useful Resources, Tools And Services For Web Designers

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

Tools , Web Design , Design

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Jun 16 2011

Jon Raasch - 5 Useful Interactive CSS/jQuery Techniques Deconstructed

With the wide variety of CSS3 and JavaScript techniques available today, it’s easier than ever to create unique interactive websites that delight visitors and provide a more engaging user experience

Techniques , coding , Css , jquery

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Jun 15 2011

Anders Hoff - Free Website ROI Calculator (Google Spreadsheet)

In this post we are glad to present to you yet another freebie: the Website ROI Calculator, a free Google Spreadsheet created by Anders Hoff specifically for Smashing Magazine and our readers. Of co

Freebies , Income , Business

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Jun 14 2011

David Bushell - Understanding The Copyright License

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 implementatio

workflow , Privacy , Copyright , Licenses , Design

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Jun 13 2011

Katrín Eyþórsdóttir - The Story Of Scandinavian Design: Combining Function and Aesthetics

This article was written by Katrín Eyþórsdóttir, our talented and hard-working trainee from Iceland. As a designer with background in product design, Katrín is presenting her understanding of what h

Graphic Design , Showcases , Inspiration , Web Design , Design

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Jun 10 2011

Vitaly Friedman - Useful HTML, CSS And JavaScript Tools That Do Pretty Much Everything

Front-end development is a tricky beast. It’s not difficult to learn, but it’s quite difficult to master. There are just too many things that need to be considered; too many tweaks that might be nec

Tools , coding , Css , Resources , HTML , Javascript

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Jun 09 2011

Ben Seigel - A Comprehensive Website Planning Guide

Editor’s Note: This guide has been updated to reflect more recent advice on why planning is essential for most businesses and organizations. → Go to updated article. As a veteran designer, develope

workflow , Maintenance , Web Design , Design

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Jun 07 2011

Vitaly Friedman - Free HTML5/CSS3 WordPress 3.1+ Theme With Responsive Layout: Yoko

Yoko is a modern and flexible WordPress theme. With the responsive layout based on CSS3 media queries, the theme adjusts to different screen sizes. The design is optimized for big desktop screens, t

wordpress , Freebies , Themes , html5

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Jun 06 2011

Vitaly Friedman - Website Navigation: Planning And Implementing

The thing that makes navigation difficult to work with in Web design is that it can be so versatile. Navigation can be simple or complex: a few main pages or a multi-level architecture; one set of c

Showcases , Navigation , Web Design , Design

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Jun 03 2011

Allie Gray Freeland - Content Strategy: Optimizing Your Efforts For Success

Content strategy is a beast with many heads, names and trajectories. To approach it is to be sucked in full force. Even so, as crucial as content strategy is, conveying its gravity to a big audience

Content , Web Design , Content Strategy , Copywriting , Design , Business

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Jun 02 2011

Jonathan Wold - How To Build A Media Site On WordPress

WordPress is amazing. With its growing popularity and continual development, it is becoming the tool of choice for many designers and developers. WordPress projects, though, are pushing well beyond

wordpress , Social Media , php

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May 31 2011

Vitaly Friedman - Desktop Wallpaper Calendar: June 2011

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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May 30 2011

Andy Croxall - 10 Oddities And Secrets About JavaScript

JavaScript. At once bizarre and yet beautiful, it is surely the programming language that Pablo Picasso would have invented. Null is apparently an object, an empty array is apparently equal to false

Errors , Mathematics , coding , Essentials , Javascript

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May 27 2011

Ian Lurie - Getting Started With Defensive Web Design

Most of the time, visitors leave because they’ve hit a roadblock: a problem that lets them go no further. They typed their credit card number wrong or clicked the wrong link or mistyped a URL. And i

ux , Interfaces , Design

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