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.net Awards 2011: 10 brilliant newcomers

We profile the top 10 newcomers as nominated by you

15 Aug 2011

By Oliver Lindberg on August 15, 2011

The Brilliant Newcomer Award celebrates the ultimate shooting star in web design and development who really has excelled in their field. Here we profile the top 10 newcomers as nominated by you. May the best one win!
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Improve your website navigation

Paul Annett explores navigation trends and how they're evolving

12 Aug 2011

By Paul Annett on August 12, 2011 | 5 comments

Content might be king and a picture may speak a thousand words, but you’d see none of it were it not for navigation. Interaction designer Paul Annett explores navigation trends and how they’re evolving
Tutorial

Build a portfolio with ExpressionEngine

Ryan Irelan on the process of building a portfolio site with EE2

11 Aug 2011

By Ryan Irelan on August 11, 2011 | 1 comment

We all need a place to show off our good work. Here, Ryan Irelan of mijingo.com talks you through the process of building a simple portfolio website using ExpressionEngine 2
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Writing your own cross-browser polyfills

Addy Osmani explains how you can create your own HTML5 polyfills

10 Aug 2011

By Addy Osmani on August 10, 2011 | 2 comments

Addy Osmani recounts his experience of creating cross-browser polyfill visibly.js and provides plenty of top tips on how you can create your own HTML5 polyfills, while avoiding the headaches developers often run into when coding them for the first time
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Creating an optimal customer experience

Craig McCulloch on how to create the optimal customer experience

9 Aug 2011

By Craig McCulloch on August 09, 2011

Craig McCulloch, head of web strategy at WebNarrative, explains why customer experience is so important and how to create the optimal customer website experience
Tutorial

Create fluid width videos

Chris Coyier shows us how to create fluid width videos

9 Aug 2011

By Chris Coyier on August 09, 2011 | 9 comments

CSS-Tricks' Chris Coyier talks us through different CSS and jQuery solutions to create responsive and fluid width videos that maintain aspect ratio and work with all major video hosts, including YouTube and Vimeo
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8 essential Fireworks tips for web design

Jonathan Snook compiles tips to speed up your workflow in Fireworks

8 Aug 2011

By Jonathan Snook on August 08, 2011

Save yourself from doing the same thing over and over again. Use Adobe Fireworks to speed up your workflow with these time-saving tips, compiled by Jonathan Snook
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.net Awards 2011: top 10 redesigns

We profile the top 10 redesigns as nominated by you

8 Aug 2011

By Oliver Lindberg on August 08, 2011 | 5 comments

This week we profile the top 10 redesigns that you have nominated in the Redesign of the Year category of the .net Awards 2011. All the entries on our shortlist are examples of sites that went beyond an aesthetic makeover
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Chris Coyier on HTML5 forms

Chris Coyier on how HTML5 will improve conversion rates and more

6 Aug 2011

By Oliver Lindberg on August 06, 2011

CSS-Tricks’ Chris Coyier, ‘lead hucklebucker’ at form builder Wufoo, recently bought up by SurveyMonkey, chats to Oliver Lindberg about how HTML5 will improve conversion rates and more
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The importance of keeping clients happy

Mike Kapetanovic on how to make your clients do the selling for you

5 Aug 2011

By Mike Kapetanovic on August 05, 2011 | 2 comments

Loyal clients are immensely valuable. Mike Kapetanovic, founder of Washington DC-based agency Reef Light Interactive, explains how to make your clients do the selling for you
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Boost your personal brand

Lea Alcantara reveals the best ways to promote yourself and your work

5 Aug 2011

By Lea Alcantara on August 05, 2011 | 2 comments

Feeling overlooked? Don't sit on your laurels and wait for people to notice you, or worry too much over getting your name out there. Designer Lea Alcantara reveals the best ways to promote yourself and your work to the community
Tutorial

Create a page flip effect with HTML5 canvas

Hakim El Hattab on using HTML5 canvas and JS to create a page flip

5 Aug 2011

By Hakim El Hattab on August 05, 2011 | 15 comments

Web developer and creative programmer Hakim El Hattab shows us a new take on the ‘Flash page flip’ we all love to hate, using HTML5’s canvas and JavaScript. He explains how Fi built 20thingsilearned.com
Tutorial

Use Paper.js to create HTML5 interactive vector animations

Create an example that explores open source JS framework Paper.js

4 Aug 2011

By Dr Woohoo on August 04, 2011 | 1 comment

Paper.js is an open source vector graphics JavaScript framework built on top of HTML5 canvas and developed by the incredible Jürg Lehni and Jonathan Puckey. Dr Woohoo, Claus Wahlers and Rasmus Blaesbjerg from HAUS create an example that explores Paper.js
Interview

Rich Thornett on Dribbble

Dribbble co-creator Rich Thornett answers your questions

4 Aug 2011

By Tanya Combrinck on August 04, 2011 | 1 comment

Dribbble co-creator and developer Rich Thornett answers your questions on the invite-only policy, private shots, community policing, the site’s core design principles, how it got its name and whether it's making any money
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Should designers do spec work?

Is working for free ever worth it? We weigh up the pros and cons

4 Aug 2011

By Karl Hodge on August 04, 2011 | 3 comments

It's the debate that refuses to die. Is working for free ever worth it? Karl Hodge weighs up the pros and cons of pro bono, design competitions, creative pitching and other forms of spec work