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Content strategy 101, Part 4: bringing your content to life

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The top 10 realtime web apps

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Learn to code in a day

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Five fantastic Firefox add-ons for web designers and developers

Mozilla's Louis-Rémi Babé on the best Firefox add-ons for web design

5 Sep 2011

By Louis-Rémi Babé on September 05, 2011 | 8 comments

Mozilla's Louis-Rémi Babé rounds up the best Firefox add-ons for web designers and developers and explains how to use them to learn more about HTML, CSS and JavaScript, add an FTP client to your browser and more
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.net Awards 2011: top 10 designers

We profile the top 10 web designers as nominated by you

2 Sep 2011

By Oliver Lindberg on September 02, 2011 | 3 comments

Another new category in the .net Awards recognises the world's best web designers. Here we profile our shortlist compiled of your nominations. Whose designs rocked your world this year? Make up your mind and cast your vote today!
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Personas as a site design tool

Building a detailed persona of your target user is essential

1 Sep 2011

By Stu Collett on September 01, 2011 | 1 comment

Stu Collett of Super User Studio says building a detailed persona of your target user is an essential part of creating a truly successful interactive website and explains how to go about it
Tutorial

Build a rotating 3D carousel with CSS

Explore CSS3’s new 3D features and create a 3D carousel that rotates

1 Sep 2011

By Paul Hayes on September 01, 2011 | 5 comments

Explore the new CSS transforms features and create a 3D carousel that rotates from panel to panel. Paul Hayes takes you through the project and explains browser support and fallbacks along the way
Interview

ZURB

ZURB's Jeremy Britton explains the agency's approach and philosophy

31 Aug 2011

By Oliver Lindberg on August 31, 2011

Californian agency ZURB specialises in helping web startups connect with their customers. Partner Jeremy Britton explains its approach and philosophy to Oliver Lindberg
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When perfect code gets FUBAR ... and how to avoid it!

Scott Lenger explains how bad code happens and how to prevent it

31 Aug 2011

By Scott Lenger on August 31, 2011 | 3 comments

You hand your beautifully crafted code to a client, colleague or even CMS, and the next time you check in, it's all ruined. Front-end alchemist Scott Lenger explains how bad code happens to good people, why it matters, and the steps you can take to prevent it
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Where ideas for design come from

Jane Campbell explains how and why designers' creative process works

30 Aug 2011

By Jane Campbell on August 30, 2011 | 3 comments

The creative process isn't just magic. Web Hosting Search's Jane Campbell explains how and why designers' creative process works, and goes through it from practice and preparation to execution
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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

By Mike Kus on August 30, 2011 | 5 comments

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.
Tutorial

Design the perfect footer in Photoshop

Create the perfect homepage footer design in Photoshop

29 Aug 2011

By Elliot Jay Stocks on August 29, 2011 | 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
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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 August 26, 2011 | 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
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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 August 25, 2011

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
Tutorial

Master CSS gradients

Peter Gasston introduces us to the syntax of CSS3 gradients

25 Aug 2011

By Peter Gasston on August 25, 2011 | 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
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 August 24, 2011

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
Tutorial

Building a parallax scrolling storytelling framework

Stevan Živadinović on the development of side-scroller Hobo Lobo

24 Aug 2011

By Stevan Živadinović on August 24, 2011 | 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
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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

By Dan Frost on August 23, 2011 | 2 comments

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