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

by Tanya Combrinck

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Content strategy 101, Part 3: put knowledge into action

by Sandi Wassmer

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Facebook’s top 10 social design secrets

by Paul Adams

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Want money from customers? Then ask for it

BugHerd CEO says start-ups must be more gung-ho about asking for money

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Make serious cash from web templates: 10 insider tips

Turn your web design by-products into some serious cash flow

28 Oct 2011

By Brandon Jones on October 28, 2011 | 2 comments

Looking for ways to make some extra money? Here WordPress themes designer Brandon Jones examines 10 practical tips for turning your web design by-products into some serious cash flow each month by selling them online
Blog

Does every business need a Facebook fan page?

James Yorke asks whether fan pages are always appropriate

27 Oct 2011

By James Yorke on October 27, 2011 | 9 comments

Businesses are falling over themselves to create Facebook pages that promote their products. James Yorke considers why some succeed while others fail
Tutorial

Build an ecommerce store with LemonStand (part 1)

Phil Schalm on the installation, setup and basic theming of LemonStand

27 Oct 2011

By Phil Schalm on October 27, 2011 | 4 comments

Freelance developer Phil Schalm talks us through the installation and setup of new PHP ecommerce platform LemonStand and explains the basics of building a theme
Interview

Marc Thiele on beyond tellerrand

The organiser of beyond tellerrand, Marc Thiele, answers our questions

26 Oct 2011

By Oliver Lindberg on October 26, 2011

Designer Marc Thiele is the organiser of beyond tellerrand, a web design and development conference taking place 20 to 22 November in Düsseldorf, Germany and featuring top speakers such as Simon Collison, Jeremy Keith and Dan Rubin. Here he tells us all about it
Feature

Top 10 Photoshop productivity shortcuts

Designers at Precedent reveal their top Photoshop shortcuts

26 Oct 2011

By Mark Murphy on October 26, 2011 | 5 comments

Mark Murphy quizzes digital designers across communications agency Precedent to come up with a comprehensive list of top Photoshop productivity shortcuts and mixes in some of his own favourites
Feature

Five killer ways to break the grid

You can enhance the grid by breaking its own rules, says Matthew Smith

25 Oct 2011

By Matthew Smith on October 25, 2011 | 1 comment

The grid may be a key element of good web design but you can enhance it by breaking its own rules, says Matthew Smith
Tutorial

Improve your responsive design workflow with Sass

Ryan Taylor on how to use Sass in your responsive layouts workflow

25 Oct 2011

By Ryan Taylor on October 25, 2011 | 2 comments

Sass does not just help you maintain your style sheets. It can actually improve your responsive layout workflow and you don't even have to worry about the maths! Here Ryan Taylor explains how to build a reusable framework
Feature

The insider’s guide to a successful website: promote (part 3)

Laurence McCahill provides 10 top tips on promoting your site

24 Oct 2011

By Laurence McCahill on October 24, 2011 | 3 comments

Laurence McCahill, co-founder of Spook Studio, explains how his team has simplified the process of creating a website into three key stages. In the last part of this series he provides 10 top tips on promoting your finished site
Blog

Devs and creatives, it's time to collaborate!

Ben Winter calls for a return to the credo, ‘form follows function’

24 Oct 2011

By Ben Winter on October 24, 2011 | 1 comment

In this new mobile, multi-platform digital age, Ben Winter calls for an end to the old battles between creatives and developers and a return to the credo, ‘form follows function’
Feature

The birth of the HUGE UX school

Michal Pasternak explains how HUGE developed a UX training program

21 Oct 2011

By Michel Pasternak on October 21, 2011

Michal Pasternak, partner (user experience) at HUGE, explains how the agency developed a training program for prospective interaction designers and how it changed the company
Feature

The .net strip #2: Don't touch my screen

It's the second of our weekly comic strips, created by Brad Colbow

21 Oct 2011

By Brad Colbow on October 21, 2011 | 1 comment

In the second of our new, weekly comic strips - exclusively created by Brad Colbow - we discover how our attitude towards screens has changed over the years
Blog

The death and rebirth of customer experience

Des Traynor stresses the importance of good customer communication

20 Oct 2011

By Des Traynor on October 20, 2011 | 8 comments

Des Traynor, COO of Intercom, stresses the importance of good customer communication and explains how to connect to your customers to turn them from idle browsers into active, loyal and passionate visitors
Tutorial

Create slick animations with Adobe Edge

David Nibley on the basics of creating an animation in Edge

20 Oct 2011

By David Nibley on October 20, 2011 | 6 comments

David Nibley, creative director at Rain, guides you through the basics of creating an animation in Adobe Edge and is pleasantly surprised about its ease of use and familiarity of the process
Feature

The best ways to bill clients

Jessica Richmond and Mike Kapetanovic compare rival billing methods

19 Oct 2011

By Jessica Richmond on October 19, 2011 | 1 comment

Jessica Richmond, director of strategic initiatives at Rock Creek Strategic Marketing, and Mike Kapetanovic, founder of Reef Light Interactive, explain how you determine which billing method is right for you
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.net comes to iOS 5 Newsstand - grab your free issue now!

To celebrate the launch of iOS 5 Newsstand, enjoy a free issue

19 Oct 2011

By Oliver Lindberg on October 19, 2011 | 4 comments

To celebrate the launch of iOS 5 Newsstand, we're giving away a free copy of our September issue (#219) for a limited time only. Read on to find out how!