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Scaling on the cloud (part 3)

Dan Frost of 3EV explores your options when it comes to scaling

12 Oct 2011

By Dan Frost on October 12, 2011

In part 3 of our cloud series, Dan Frost of 3EV (3ev.com) explores your options when it comes to scaling, and how to choose a cloud hosting provider. In his example he's going to use Scalr, a tool for managing cloud scaling either on a single cloud or across clouds
Tutorial

Build a job listings website with Drupal

Tim Millwood on how you can use Drupal to build a job listings site

12 Oct 2011

By Tim Millwood on October 12, 2011 | 2 comments

Its learning curve is notorious but Tim Millwood argues that Drupal is not that fearsome, and demonstrates how you can use it to build a job board
Feature

Big question: what's the key factor affecting web design today?

Which key factors are uppermost in the minds of our experts?

11 Oct 2011

By Oliver Lindberg on October 11, 2011 | 5 comments

We're seeing a revolution in web design and development across many areas, from new techniques to innovative services. But which are uppermost in the minds of our experts?
Feature

Ethan Marcotte's 20 favourite responsive sites

Ethan Marcotte rounds up 20 of his favourite responsive sites

11 Oct 2011

By Ethan Marcotte on October 11, 2011 | 9 comments

Ethan Marcotte, the father of responsive web design, has compiled a whole folder of responsive sites, each as flexible and foxy as the last. Here he rounds up 20 of his favourites
Feature

The insider’s guide to a successful website: design (part 1)

In part 1 of a new series, Laurence McCahill looks at design

10 Oct 2011

By Laurence McCahill on October 10, 2011 | 1 comment

Laurence McCahill, co-founder of Spook Studio, explains how his team has simplified the process of creating a website into three key stages. In part one of this series he looks at design, including research, planning and testing, and breaks down the phase into 10 simple steps
Blog

Mobile apps must die!

Scott Jenson explains why the native apps model is holding us back

10 Oct 2011

By Scott Jenson on October 10, 2011 | 14 comments

Frog's creative director Scott Jenson argues that mobile apps must die. He explains why the overall model of native apps is holding us back and that they shouldn't be the default approach
Interview

Graham Linehan on Twitter

Comedy writer and avid Twitterer on his love for the service

7 Oct 2011

By Craig Grannell on October 07, 2011 | 2 comments

Graham Linehan, comedy writer and creator of The IT Crowd, Black Books and Father Ted, is an avid Twitterer. Here he talks to Craig Grannell on his love for the service and what it got wrong
Tutorial

Tripping the DOM fantastic with jQuery

Jay Blanchard explains jQuery's DOM tree traversal methods

7 Oct 2011

By Jay Blanchard on October 07, 2011 | 1 comment

Jay Blanchard, author of the book Applied jQuery, explains how to work with elements in your markup that are either ancestors or descendants of an HTML element that you have selected. Here he focuses on the DOM tree traversal methods
Feature

Redesign your portfolio site in 10 easy steps

Grace Smith explains the steps to successfully redesign your portfolio

6 Oct 2011

By Grace Smith on October 06, 2011 | 14 comments

Designing for yourself is one of the toughest tasks for a web designer. Grace Smith rounds up 10 vital steps you need to take to pave the way for a successful redesign of your portfolio site
Interview

Jeff Veen on Typekit and web fonts

Jeff Veen chats to Tom May about how typography is changing the web

6 Oct 2011

By Tom May on October 06, 2011

He left Google to found one of the guiding forces of the web font revolution. Typekit’s CEO Jeff Veen chats to Tom May about how beautiful typography is opening up a new world of options to designers and changing the face of the web
Tutorial

Discover the power of CSS3 selectors

Rich Clark explains how to target elements in the DOM with CSS3

5 Oct 2011

By Rich Clark on October 05, 2011 | 5 comments

Rich Clark explains how to keep your markup slim and target elements in the DOM without resorting to extra presentational markup or JavaScript by using CSS3 selectors. Thus we can truly separate our content and presentation from one another
Feature

How to find better clients

Carl Smith argues how the client service model needs to evolve

4 Oct 2011

By Carl Smith on October 04, 2011 | 1 comment

Long live client services! Carl Smith, founding member of nGen Works, answers Khoi Vinh's post calling for the end of the client services model, explains how it has to evolve and how we can find better clients
Blog

Responsive web design is boring!

Jonathan Longnecker argues that most responsive sites are boring

3 Oct 2011

By Jonathan Longnecker on October 03, 2011 | 24 comments

Jonathan Longnecker, co-founder of web and graphic design agency FortySeven Media, argues that most responsive sites are boring and comes up with a few starting points to help us create designs that break the mould
Tutorial

Build a Tweet map with SVG

Divya Manian explains how to create and manipulate map data

30 Sep 2011

By Divya Manian on September 30, 2011 | 1 comment

Divya Manian of nimbupani.com reveals how to create dynamic visualisations using Polymaps, a library that makes it trivial to create and manipulate map data in SVG
Feature

Earn money in your sleep!

Adii Pienaar explains how to create your own passive income stream

29 Sep 2011

By Adii Pienaar on September 29, 2011 | 2 comments

It’s every web designer and developer’s dream: a passive income stream that generates cash all by itself. Adii Pienaar explains how to create one of your own