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Content strategy 101, Part 3: put knowledge into action

by Sandi Wassmer

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Make a CSS TARDIS

by John Galantini

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Facebook’s top 10 social design secrets

by Paul Adams

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Agency urges designers to fight thieves

IP theft can hit reputations and search engine rankings

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How to design for Agile projects

Keith Butters on the importance of 'enough design up front' in Agile

5 May 2011

By Keith Butters on May 05, 2011 | 2 comments

Keith Butters, chief experience officer of The Barbarian Group, explains the concept of 'Enough Design Up Front' in Agile processes
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The top 20 Flash sites of 2011... so far!

Flash is alive and well - and this selection is the proof

4 May 2011

By Paul Wyatt on May 04, 2011 | 4 comments

Flash is alive and well as Paul Wyatt shows in this selection of 20 amazing Flash sites
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Optimise your email for mobile devices

Stephen Aase explains how to optimise email messages for mobile

3 May 2011

By Stephen Aase on May 03, 2011 | 2 comments

Senior interactive designer Stephen Aase explains the key principles to keep in mind when optimising email messages for mobile devices
Tutorial

Royal subjects! Add Union Jack bunting to your site

Anthony Calzadilla on how to celebrate the royal wedding with CSS3

28 Apr 2011

By Anthony Calzadilla on April 28, 2011 | 3 comments

Cast out cynical thoughts, and join the royal wedding celebrations by adding festive flair to your pages
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Big Mouth: Apps to inspire

Putting a frond-end on existing content won't cut it for apps

28 Apr 2011

By Gary Marshall on April 28, 2011

There's more to making online content pay than just wrapping it up in an app, says Gary Marshall
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Big question: how does web design need to improve?

Our panel of experts identifies their personal bugbears

26 Apr 2011

By Oliver Lindberg on April 26, 2011

Web design is a young, vibrant and ever-expanding profession. But that doesn't mean everything in the industry is perfect. We asked our panel of experts to identify their personal bugbears...
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Make the most from your ecommerce website

James Holmes explains how to maximise sites for SEO and conversions

20 Apr 2011

By James Holmes on April 20, 2011 | 1 comment

James Holmes, director of SEO and ecommerce agency Blueclaw, explains how you can maximise your sites for SEO and conversions
Interview

Fontdeck co-founder Jon Tan on web fonts

The co-founder of Fontdeck answers your questions

19 Apr 2011

By Oliver Lindberg on April 19, 2011

The co-founder of Fontdeck and Analog answers your questions on the future of typefaces, fonts on mobile devices and working with friends
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The top 10 CSS3 techniques

Denise Jacobs reveals her most exciting CSS3 properties

18 Apr 2011

By Denise Jacobs on April 18, 2011 | 9 comments

Denise Jacobs reveals her top tips on how to use the most exciting CSS3 properties - and provide fallbacks for older browsers
Tutorial

Add HTML5 video to your site

Embed native HTML5 video into your pages without plug-ins

8 Apr 2011

By Vadim Makeev on April 08, 2011 | 5 comments

Embed native HTML5 video into your pages without plug-ins, and provide Flash-based fallback content for legacy browsers. Opera’s Vadim Makeev shows the way
Interview

Flipboard's Mike McCue

Mike McCue explains how he's making digital content beautiful

8 Apr 2011

By Tom May on April 08, 2011

Mike McCue, CEO of news and social media aggregator Flipboard, talks to Tom May to explain how he's working to make digital content beautiful and relevant to the real-time web
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Google SEO tricks that will get you blacklisted

The 10 SEO tips you should never follow

6 Apr 2011

By Glenn Alan Jacobs on April 06, 2011 | 16 comments

Glenn Alan Jacobs, managing director of consultancy SpeedySEO, rounds up the top 10 SEO tips you should never follow
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21 essential resource sites for web designers

The sites you need to bookmark to help you design better websites

6 Apr 2011

By Craig Grannell on April 06, 2011 | 12 comments

Craig Grannell rounds up the must-bookmark sites for web design, which help you build better sites yourself
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Big question: what’s inspiring you?

Our industry experts reveal what gets their creative juices flowing

5 Apr 2011

By Oliver Lindberg on April 05, 2011

Design inspiration shouldn’t just come from looking at other people’s web projects. Our panel of industry experts reveal what kind of things are currently getting their creative juices flowing …
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Optimising your website

Colette Wade explains why you should let data guide your development

2 Apr 2011

By Colette Wade on April 02, 2011 | 1 comment

Colette Wade, marketing director for EMEA and Australasia at Webtrends, explains why you should always let the data decide when it comes to site development