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Tickets on sale for Generate, .net's first conference!

by Tanya Combrinck

Feature

Content strategy 101, Part 3: put knowledge into action

by Sandi Wassmer

Feature

Facebook’s top 10 social design secrets

by Paul Adams

Newsflash

Designer says 'stop using Helvetica and Arial'

Instamojo co-founder thinks too many use typefaces without asking why

Latest articles

Feature

20 common WordPress mistakes, myths and misgivings

Jesse Friedman helps you avoid common WordPress mistakes and more

1 Oct 2012

By Jesse Friedman on October 01, 2012 | 28 comments

Jesse Friedman, author of the Web Designer's Guide to WordPress, helps us avoid common WordPress mistakes and takes a look at some myths and misgivings to boot
Feature

Build the perfect app

You need to make careful decisions to ensure your web app succeeds

28 Sep 2012

By Jeremy Caine on September 28, 2012

You might be the next Mark Zuckerberg, but you need to make some careful decisions to ensure your web app is a success, says Jeremy Caine
Blog

Designing responsively

What he learned from the responsive redesign of his company's site

27 Sep 2012

By Kevin Leetham on September 27, 2012 | 2 comments

Kevin Leetham talks you through the recent responsive redesign of his company’s site and shares what he learned through the process
Feature

Top 15 Drupal performance tips

Get the best out of your Drupal site with these speed tips

27 Sep 2012

By Tim Millwood on September 27, 2012 | 3 comments

Get the best out of your Drupal site with these speed tips
Interview

Davin Wilfrid on Future Insights

Davin Wilfrid on the new company behind FOWA, FOM and FOWD

26 Sep 2012

By Tanya Combrinck on September 26, 2012

Product director at Future Insights Davin Wilfrid tells us about the new company behind the Future of Web Apps, Future of Mobile and Future of Web Design conferences
Feature

The pro's guide to cookies (part 2)

Getting to grips with cookie implementation

26 Sep 2012

By Sandi Wassmer on September 26, 2012

Getting to grips with cookie implementation
Interview

Karen McGrane on content strategy

Content strategist and information architect Karen McGrane on mobile

25 Sep 2012

By Tanya Combrinck on September 25, 2012 | 1 comment

Content strategist and information architect Karen McGrane fields your questions on mobile content, working with clients, and implementing ‘mobile first’
Tutorial

Swishy CSS3 navigation

Dan Voyce explains how he created the effect on Graphite Design’s site

25 Sep 2012

By Dan Voyce on September 25, 2012 | 5 comments

CSS3 offers so many possibilities to create cool rollovers on website menus. Dan Voyce explains how he created the effect on Graphite Design’s site
Blog

Big Mouth: Responsive browsing

It’s time to make the internet a happier place, says Gary Marshall

24 Sep 2012

By Gary Marshall on September 24, 2012 | 4 comments

Maybe it’s sunstroke, but the irascible Gary Marshall has decided it’s time to make the internet a happier place
Feature

10 points I always keep in mind while designing

Fi's Anton Repponen gives his personal checklist for better designs

24 Sep 2012

By Anton Repponen on September 24, 2012 | 5 comments

Fi's Anton Repponen has worked with some of the world's biggest brands. Now you can learn from that experience, as he presents his own personal checklist for better designs
Feature

The .net strip #27: Lorem Ipsum

Brad Colbow looks at the issue of using Lorem Ipsum in web design

21 Sep 2012

By Brad Colbow on September 21, 2012 | 2 comments

This week Brad Colbow looks at the much debated issue of using Lorem Ipsum in web design
Feature

Five smartphone features you never thought of using in your apps

Keith Butters reveals new ways to make use of sensors in modern phones

21 Sep 2012

By Keith Butters on September 21, 2012 | 3 comments

Don't wait for the next big thing: today's phones are already full of sensors developers can use, argues Keith Butters in his guide to creating lateral-thinking mobile apps
Interview

W3C's Robin Berjon on editing the HTML5 spec

New technical editor on ecosystems, drama, speed and testing

20 Sep 2012

By Craig Grannell on September 20, 2012

New technical editor on ecosystems, drama, speed and testing
Feature

The truth about structuring an HTML5 page

An excerpt from Luke Stevens' controversial book

20 Sep 2012

By Luke Stevens on September 20, 2012 | 33 comments

Part polemic, part instruction manual, The Truth About HTML5 has ignited an interesting debate. Here we present an exclusive excerpt on the problems around structuring in HTML5
Interview

Simon Collison on hiring top people

Insites: The book by Keir Whitaker and Elliot Jay Stocks

19 Sep 2012

By Keir Whitaker on September 19, 2012

Insites: The Book – written by Keir Whitaker and Elliot Jay Stocks – offers a unique take on the industry’s brightest luminaries.