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  • 10 beautiful examples of illustration on the web

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    10 beautiful examples of illustration on the web

    Mike Kus lists his 10 favourite examples of sites using illustrations

    30 Aug 2011

    As more and more graphic designers and illustrators gain web design skills, illustrations can increasingly be found on the web. UK designer Mike Kus showcases his 10 favourite examples of websites using illustration to enhance the user experience.
  • Design the perfect footer in Photoshop

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    Design the perfect footer in Photoshop

    Create the perfect homepage footer design in Photoshop

    29 Aug 2011

    By Elliot Jay Stocks on | 3 comments
    Just because it’s at the bottom of the screen doesn’t mean it isn’t vital for creating an informative and stylish homepage. Elliot Jay Stocks shows us how
  • Crowdfunding: get paid for free stuff

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    Crowdfunding: get paid for free stuff

    Flattr's Linus Olsson explains how you can be funded by your fans, too

    26 Aug 2011

    By Linus Olsson on | 1 comment
    Voluntary payments are picking up pace on the web. Linus Olsson, the co-founder of social micropayments system Flattr, draws on the lessons the team has learned from their users and explains how you can be funded by your fans, too
  • Five ways to maximise your social commerce ROI

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    Five ways to maximise your social commerce ROI

    Jim Wehmann's top tips to ensure social commerce campaigns deliver ROI

    25 Aug 2011

    By Jim Wehmann on
    Jim Wehmann of ecommerce solutions company Digital River provides five top tips to ensure social commerce campaigns deliver ROI. They will help you optimise your social media activities by tracking sales and order performance
  • Master CSS gradients

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    Master CSS gradients

    Peter Gasston introduces us to the syntax of CSS3 gradients

    25 Aug 2011

    By Peter Gasston on | 1 comment
    In this excerpt from The Book of CSS3 Peter Gasston introduces us to the syntax of linear, gradial and multiple CSS gradients and provides examples of how to use them
  • Scott Belsky on the Behance Network

    Interview

    Scott Belsky on the Behance Network

    Scott Belsky on why you should have a portfolio AND be on his network

    24 Aug 2011

    By Oliver Lindberg on
    Scott Belsky, founder of Behance, talks to Oliver Lindberg to explain why creatives should have a personal portfolio site and be on his network, how to market yourself efficiently and what needs to be done to fix crowdsourcing
  • Building a parallax scrolling storytelling framework

    Tutorial

    Building a parallax scrolling storytelling framework

    Stevan Živadinović on the development of side-scroller Hobo Lobo

    24 Aug 2011

    By Stevan Živadinović on | 10 comments
    Stevan Živadinović, the brains behind multi-plane side-scroller web comic Hobo Lobo of Hamelin, walks us through the development of the Parallaxer platform and gives a crash course on turning pencil drawings into transparent-background assets
  • The web dev’s intro to the cloud (part 1)

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    The web dev’s intro to the cloud (part 1)

    Dan Frost of 3EV looks under the hood of the cloud environment

    23 Aug 2011

    In the first of a special four-part series on cloud computing, brought to you by Europe's number one hosting provider OVH, Dan Frost of 3EV looks under the hood of the cloud environment and explains how to get started with launching an instance, cloud and configuration management
  • Self-educate to survive

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    Self-educate to survive

    You’ll need to self-educate before you can progress in your career

    22 Aug 2011

    If you lack a formal design education, you’ll need to self-educate before you can progress in your career, says Ryan Downie. Here's a checklist of the subjects he studied to help him to understand more about web design
  • .net Awards 2011: top 10 online games

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    .net Awards 2011: top 10 online games

    We profile the top 10 online games as nominated by you

    22 Aug 2011

    By Oliver Lindberg on
    This new category in the .net Awards recognises the year's best online games, where timewasting is positively encouraged. Here we profile our shortlist compiled of your nominations. Let the game play begin!
  • The top 10 SEO myths

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    The top 10 SEO myths

    Mark Buckingham destroys his 10 favourite SEO myths

    19 Aug 2011

    Search marketing consultant Mark Buckingham destroys his 10 favourite search engine optimisation myths and asks leading experts such as Google's Matt Cutts and Search Engine Land's Matt McGee for their opinion
  • Optimise your ExpressionEngine site

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    Optimise your ExpressionEngine site

    Christopher Imrie on how to streamline your ExpressionEngine sites

    18 Aug 2011

    By Christopher Imrie on | 15 comments
    Moresoda's lead developer Christopher Imrie explains how to streamline your ExpressionEngine sites and shares some practical tips to help you get every drop of performance out of EE
  • The perfect web design app… and why it doesn’t exist

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    The perfect web design app… and why it doesn’t exist

    Designers demand something more in keeping with modern practices

    18 Aug 2011

    Designers and developers share with Craig Grannell their tools for designing websites and demand something more in keeping with modern practices. The perfect tool, it seems, simply doesn't exist yet, as highlighted by the Project Meteor campaign
  • Interview

    Dries Buytaert on Drupal

    Dries Buytaert on developing and designing for Drupal and its future

    17 Aug 2011

    By Oliver Lindberg on
    On the eve of next week's DrupalCon, Dries Buytaert, the creator of Drupal, talks to Oliver Lindberg about developing and designing for Drupal and the future of the content management system
  • Developers respond to Adobe Muse

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    Developers respond to Adobe Muse

    Designers and developers accuse Adobe of not understanding the web

    17 Aug 2011

    Designers and developers accuse Adobe of not understanding the web and creating a tool that could damage rather than aid the industry. Craig Grannell investigates
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