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Tutorial

Create a zoomable user interface

David DeSandro on how to use CSS transforms to create a zoomable UI

22 Sep 2011

By David DeSandro on September 22, 2011 | 2 comments

David DeSandro reveals how to use CSS transforms to create a zoomable user interface similar to that of 2011.beercamp.com. In this tutorial, you’ll also learn how to use JavaScript to hijack scrolling to manipulate the zoom
Tutorial

Building an immersive environment with CSS and JavaScript

The Big Spaceship team on how they built Activatedrinks.com

22 Sep 2011

By Benjamin Bojko on September 22, 2011 | 2 comments

Technologist Benjamin Bojko and art director Dan Mall, on behalf of digital agency Big Spaceship, give us an exclusive look behind the creation of Activatedrinks.com and explain how they pulled off the loading process and added depth and fluid parallax motion to the particles effect on the site
Feature

Five killer ways to integrate social sharing

Matthew Smith on how to integrate social networking into your sites

21 Sep 2011

By Matthew Smith on September 21, 2011 | 1 comment

Creating your own buttons to get people to Like or tweet your own or your client’s pages isn’t always an option. Matthew Smith takes a look at the right way to integrate social networking into your sites
Feature

Prototyping in code

Alex Morris on how to build prototyping into your workflow

21 Sep 2011

By Alex Morris on September 21, 2011 | 3 comments

Alex Morris, user experience director at Mark Boulton Design, walks us through some of the rationale, the tricks, the processes and techniques you can employ to build HTML prototyping into your workflow
Interview

Jonathan Snook on Photoshop vs Fireworks, and more

Jonathan Snook on choosing software, getting inspiration and more

20 Sep 2011

By Tanya Combrinck on September 20, 2011

The Canadian writer, speaker, blogger and designer/developer extraordinaire answers your questions on choosing software, getting inspiration, learning how to architect apps that can scale nicely, and what’s holding back the web
Tutorial

Building prototypes in HTML and CSS

Anna Debenham summarises the things she taught on Code Fitness day

20 Sep 2011

By Anna Debenham on September 20, 2011 | 4 comments

Prototyping tools can be restrictive and it's becoming more important that designers know how to code up their concepts, so Leisa Reichelt organised a workshop teaching how to build prototypes in HTML and CSS. Here Anna Debenham summarises what she taught on the Code Fitness day
Blog

Emotion in design

Our creations need to be more human, says Aarron Walter

19 Sep 2011

By Aarron Walter on September 19, 2011 | 3 comments

Our creations need to be more human, says Aarron Walter, lead user experience designer at MailChimp. He argues that the task of designing a pleasurable experience is made easier when we create a distinct personality for our interface
Feature

Exclusive preview of the hottest CSS specs

Divya Manian gives us the lowdown on 13 exciting CSS3 specs

19 Sep 2011

By Divya Manian on September 19, 2011 | 6 comments

Divya Manian, web opener for Opera Software, provides an exclusive look behind the CSS Working Group and the lowdown on 13 exciting CSS3 specs being discussed right now. If you want to know the future of CSS, read on!
Blog

Should hosts cooperate with law enforcement?

Alex de Joode of LeaseWeb says trust is critical to the relationship

16 Sep 2011

By Alex De Joode on September 16, 2011 | 2 comments

Alex de Joode, security officer of global hosting provider LeaseWeb, discusses why it is vital that law enforcement agencies and hosting companies should cooperate, and why trust is critical to the relationship
Feature

.net Awards 2011: top 10 podcasts

We profile the top web design/development podcasts as nominated by you

16 Sep 2011

By Oliver Lindberg on September 16, 2011

This week we profile the top 10 podcasts for web designers and developers that you have nominated in the .net Awards 2011. Which one's your favourite show?
Tutorial

How to use PHP on the command line

Lorna Mitchell on how to use PHP outside of the scope of a web server

15 Sep 2011

By Lorna Jane Mitchell on September 15, 2011 | 1 comment

PHP is used by the biggest sites on the net. It also has a powerful command-line version, allowing you to use PHP outside of the scope of a web server. Lorna Jane Mitchell shows us how to get started
Tutorial

Code smarter CSS with Sass

Core contributor to Sass Christopher Eppstein explains how to use it

15 Sep 2011

By Christopher Eppstein on September 15, 2011 | 1 comment

Sass is a style sheet language that makes your style sheet as beautiful to read as your web page. Core contributor to Sass Christopher Eppstein explains how to use it and maintain style sheets with Sass
Feature

Run a WordPress site on the cloud (part 2)

How to set up and run a WordPress site on the cloud and more!

14 Sep 2011

By Dan Frost on September 14, 2011 | 2 comments

After part one’s introduction to cloud hosting, it’s time to step things up a notch. Now Dan Frost of 3EV (3ev.com) explains how to set up and run a WordPress site on the cloud, and looks at some advanced features to help improve your site’s performance
Feature

How to build a killer mobile game

User Vision's Simon Duke and Mark Westwater on developing mobile games

14 Sep 2011

By Simon Duke on September 14, 2011

Simon Duke, senior UX consultant, and Mark Westwater, senior usability consultant of User Vision, explain some of the key constraints to gaming on a smartphone and highlight the key attributes of a successful game
Feature

Big question: what do you think of Adobe Edge?

Our experts give us their opinion on web animation tool Adobe Edge

13 Sep 2011

By Oliver Lindberg on September 13, 2011 | 4 comments

Last week, Adobe pushed out the second preview version of Edge, a web animation tool that generates the code for you. There’s been some controversy over its use of div-based animation instead of canvas or SVG, but Adobe wants us all to remember that this is just a taster …