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Daniel Pataki - Better Image Management With WordPress

With the advent of sophisticated and user-friendly content management systems like WordPress, textual content has become increasingly easier to manage. The architecture of these systems aims to deli

wordpress , Tutorials , Responsive Images

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Paul Tero - Introduction To DNS: Explaining The Dreaded DNS Delay

Imagine that your biggest client calls because they are having trouble retrieving their email. Or they want to know what their best-selling item is right now. Or their most popular blog post. Perhap

backend , dns , coding

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Sacha Greif - Building An Effective ‘Coming Soon’ Page For Your Product

I recently had to design a couple of teaser pages for a client and a personal project, and this led me to think about what exactly makes for a good teaser page — or to be more precise a “coming soon

Showcases , Branding , Web Design , Design

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Mark Cossey - The Future Of Content Delivery: How Print Loves Web

A recent power cut highlighted the fragile and dated way I access content on the Web. I sit in front of a computer which has a number of hardware elements like a keyboard, mouse and monitor — all co

Print , ux , Content

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Rick Sloboda - Why Can’t We(bbies) Be Friends?

The Web industry is loaded with some of the globe’s brightest minds and revolutionary technologies. Yet, designers, developers, copywriters and other Web types repeatedly fail to reach their full co

Creativity , Content , Discussions

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Tom Giannattasio - Relationship Engineering: Designing The Happily Ever After

I remember when we first met. We hit it off instantly, and it didn’t take long before I was in love. I introduced her to my family, and they all loved her, too. Hell, I even convinced my wife that s

Relationships , Branding , Web Design , Design

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Shell Greenier - Optimizing Emotional Engagement In Web Design Through Metrics

Using metric data, we are able to trace behavioral and emotional responses to identify the weak spots in our storytelling strategies. By identifying and optimizing these areas, we’re able to make ou

Storytelling , ux , Emotional Design , Psychology

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Daniel Waisberg - Optimizing Error Pages: Creating Opportunities Out Of Mistakes

In this article, we’ll review a few techniques that will help Web designers and UI professionals improve their error pages in order to engage visitors and improve the experience. As C.S. Lewis said,

Errors , optimization , Navigation , Web Design , Design

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Louis Lazaris - An Introduction To CSS Keyframes Animation

By now you’ve probably heard at least something about animation in CSS3 using keyframe-based syntax. The CSS3 animations module in the specification has been around for a couple of years now, and it

animation , css3 , coding , Responsive Images , Css

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Michael Aleo - Web Designers, Get Out There and Make Something!

When people ask me what I do, I tell them I make websites. They usually smile and nod and then ask whom I might make these sites for. I’ll ramble off a random list of clients I perceive to be most i

Community , Inspiration , Opinion Column

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Cassie McDaniel - Designers And Developers Playing Nice

The differences between designers and developers often erupt in pointed jabs on the Web or at conferences. Jokes or not, the jabs create friction whose consequences are real. I am a designer, and b

workflow , Teams , Communication , Business

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Michael Tuck - Getting Ahead Of The Curve: Branding On Mobile Devices And Desktop Browsers

According to Brandweek, “brands are the express checkout for people living their lives at ever increasing speed.” This article shows you how, and why, to add “app”-like icons to your sites for sever

mobile , Devices , Branding , Web Design , Logo Design

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Christian Krammer - The Future Of CSS: Experimental CSS Properties

Despite contemporary browsers supporting a wealth of CSS3 properties, most designers and developers seem to focus on the quite harmless properties such as border-radius, box-shadow or transform. The

coding , Css , Resources

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Jacob Goldman - New WordPress Power Tips For Template Developers And Consultants

It has been a big year for WordPress. If there were still some lingering doubts about its potency as a full-fledged content management system, then the full support for custom taxonomies and custom

wordpress , php , templates , Techniques (WP)

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Paul Boag - Nudging Clients In The Right Direction To Give Them What They Want

“How did you do that?” My colleague Leigh sounded impressed. He had been working with a problem client for weeks trying to get design approval. Then I came along and was able to get signed-off in a

workflow , Clients , Business

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Anthony T - Innovative Techniques To Simplify Sign-Ups And Log-Ins

There are many ways to design sign-up and log-in forms. Most designers are familiar with the conventional ways. But understanding and applying a few innovative techniques could make your forms simpl

CAPTCHA , Forms , Security , ux , Usability , Design

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Vitaly Friedman - Useful Photoshop Tools and Techniques For Your Workflow

Productivity is a crucial asset of professional designers. Photoshop is an extremely powerful application for photo processing and image manipulation, and we can make it even more powerful by using

Photoshop , CMYK , Scripting , Graphics , Tools , PSD

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Dave Sparks - Using CSS3: Older Browsers And Common Considerations

With the arrival of IE9, Microsoft has signalled its intent to work more with standards-based technologies. With IE still the single most popular browser and in many ways the browser for the uniniti

css3 , coding , Css , Browsers , Essentials

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Lyndon Cerejo - A User-Centered Approach To Web Design For Mobile Devices

For the past few years, we’ve heard pundits declaring each year as “year of the mobile Web”; each year trying to sound more convincing than the previous. Whether 2011 will be the real “year of the m

Responsive Design , mobile , Strategy

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Vitaly Friedman - Desktop Wallpaper Calendar: May 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 , Downloads , Freebies

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Sam Quayle - Real-Time Data And A More Personalized Web

As Web designers, we face a daily struggle to keep pace with advances in technology, new standards and new user expectations. We spend a large part of our working life dipping in and out of recent d

Web Design , Personalization , Design

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Greg Nudelman - Mobile Auto-Suggest On Steroids: Tap-Ahead Design Pattern

In contrast to desktop Web search, auto-suggest on mobile devices is subject to two additional limitations: typing avoidance and slower bandwidth. The new patent-pending design pattern, Tap-Ahead, u

Interaction Design , Design Patterns , mobile

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David Cole - Proximity In Design: Why I Can’t Use My Car’s A/C

I’m always fumbling with the A/C controls in my car. My daily commute is in hot, sunny Southern California, home of the courteous freeway driver. I can’t afford to take my eyes off the road for too

Relationships , Case Studies , Design

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Trent Walton - CSS3 vs. CSS: A Speed Benchmark

I believe in the power, speed and “update-ability” of CSS3. Not having to load background images as structural enhancements (such as PNGs for rounded corners and gradients) can save time in producti

Speed , performance , css3 , coding , Css

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