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Interview

Noah Stokes projects with meaning

Bold's founder on Apple, redesigning Delicious and burying a goat

23 Jan 2013

By Jim Thacker on January 23, 2013 | 2 comments

Bold founder Noah Stokes chats to Jim Thacker about getting out of the city and finding projects with meaning, redesigning Delicious – and why working for Apple was no Garden of Eden
Feature

2012 into 2013: web standards in perspective

Chris Mills on the most exciting web standards developments of 2012

23 Jan 2013

By Chris Mills on January 23, 2013

Chris Mills looks back at most exciting web standards developments of 2012, and looks ahead to what we can expect in 2013
Interview

Alex Duloz on The Pastry Box Project

Duloz on Madmen, diversity, crowdfunding and making a book

22 Jan 2013

By Tanya Combrinck on January 22, 2013

The Pastry Box Project provides an insight into the minds of those at the forefront of the web design industry. Creator Alex Duloz explains his views on diversity in the industry, how he's planning to make the writings into a book and how TV show Madmen inspired him to start the project
Tutorial

Build a powerful ecommerce site with ExpressionEngine

David Dexter on how to use the CMS to build ecommerce sites

22 Jan 2013

By David Dexter on January 22, 2013 | 8 comments

ExpressionEngine is a powerful and flexible content management system. David Dexter of codesly.com walks us through the process of using the CMS to build ecommerce websites
Feature

The pro's guide to CSS layouts

Peter Gasston offers a snapshot of the future for CSS layouts

21 Jan 2013

By Peter Gasston on January 21, 2013

CSS’s next big challenge is to make flexible, dynamic page layouts that work across our ever-broadening range of devices. With solutions proposed and under discussion, Peter Gasston offers a snapshot of the future
Feature

Five killer ways to use contingency

It’s important to plan for failure so that you’re able to fail well

21 Jan 2013

By Gene Crawford on January 21, 2013

It’s important to plan for failure so that you’re able to fail well, says Gene Crawford
Feature

The .net strip #28: Mobile run around

Brad Colbow on cumbersome and frustrating mobile experiences

18 Jan 2013

By Brad Colbow on January 18, 2013 | 2 comments

Brad Colbow on cumbersome and frustrating mobile experiences
Feature

Adaptable content

We present an exclusive excerpt of Content Everywhere

18 Jan 2013

By Sara Wachter-Boettcher on January 18, 2013 | 2 comments

Sara Wachter-Boettcher's book, Content Everywhere, went on sale just before the holidays. We present an exclusive excerpt that looks into creating content for responsive and adaptive experiences
Blog

Don't ever stop playing

Sometimes experimentation and play yield the best ideas

17 Jan 2013

By Ashley Nolan on January 17, 2013

Playing around with technologies that interest us, without a particular end in mind, can produce some of the best and most useful ideas, says Ashley Nolan
Tutorial

Getting CSS animations to trigger at the right time

Staggering full-site animations with CSS and JS using page scrolling

17 Jan 2013

By Karl Schellenberg on January 17, 2013 | 2 comments

Karl Schellenberg demonstrates how to stagger full-site animations with CSS3 and JavaScript through page scrolling
Interview

Rob Ford on showcasing the best of the web

The founder of the Favourite Website Awards spills the beans

16 Jan 2013

By Tanya Combrinck on January 16, 2013 | 2 comments

Founder of the Favourite Website Awards, Rob Ford spills the beans on hooking up with Adobe, how things have changed in the last 12 years – and whether beauty or technical prowess wins out
Feature

Five search marketing trends in 2013

2013 search strategies: What can we expect to see more of next year?

16 Jan 2013

By Kelvin Newman on January 16, 2013 | 4 comments

Kelvin Newman, director at SiteVisibility, shares his top five trends for search marketing in 2013
Blog

Responsive web design Zen gardening

Web designers need to put aside their differences, argues Rick Monro

15 Jan 2013

By Rick Monro on January 15, 2013 | 1 comment

In order for responsive web design to move forward, argues Rick Monro, designers must put aside their differences
Tutorial

Create drag and drop features in HTML5

Thomas Hardy demonstrates HTML5’s nifty Drag and Drop API

15 Jan 2013

By Thomas Hardy on January 15, 2013 | 1 comment

Thomas Hardy demonstrates HTML5’s nifty Drag and Drop API, which facilitates dragging and dropping elements natively within the browser
Blog

Designing for success in 2013

The 2013 trends designers need to watch

14 Jan 2013

By Olof Schybergson on January 14, 2013 | 1 comment

Olof Schybergson, CEO, Fjord, explains how to design for business success in the coming year, citing trends designers need to watch