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  • PNG guide

    Craig Grannell delves into the underused but useful Portable Network Graphics (PNG) format, showing you how it can bring flexibility and visual impact to your websites
    By Craig Grannell on | 1 comment

  • Make a stylish preloader with SVG

    Many sites neglect users with slow connections. Ian Culshaw explains how to use SVG library Raphaël to create a preloader that’ll hold the users' attention while pages load

  • Getting started with RESS

    This tutorial will teach you the basics of RESS (Responsive Design + Server Side Components) and how you can build a responsive page that works well on small screens with the help of server side technologies
    By Anders M Andersen on | 5 comments

  • Build a responsive site in a week: going further (part 5)

    In the final part of our responsive web design tutorial, Clearleft’s Paul Robert Lloyd explains how there is more to a responsive design than just flexible layouts, images and media queries
    By Paul Robert Lloyd on

  • Handling typography for responsive design

    You've got your layout and images scaling, but you need to have your type following along as well. One size of type does not fit all line lengths or screen widths!
    By Val Head on

  • Create a responsive Drupal theme

    Drupal themes enable you to change the look and feel of your site. Tim Millwood explains how to create a theme that makes it appear differently on different screen sizes

  • Styling the user interface of a Sencha Touch application

    In this exclusive excerpt from their book on the Sencha Touch mobile JavaScript framework, John Clark and Bryan Johnson explain how to customise your app and use the Sencha theme engine with SASS and Compass
    By John Clark And Bryan Johnson on

  • Create an interactive bubble chart with HTML5 canvas

    Josh Marinacci, software engineer, researcher, part-time designer, and general miscreant, explains how to use HTML5 canvas to build an interactive chart that works on desktop mobile and then populate it with real data
    By Josh Marinacci on | 1 comment

  • How to create great infographics

    Great infographics can be a powerful tool for communicating complex ideas quickly and beautifully. In this tutorial Matthew Scharpnick, co-founder of Elefint Designs, puts you on the right track to create beautiful and meaningful infographics
    By Matthew Scharpnick on | 4 comments

  • Create a custom lettered logo in Illustrator

    Learn how to use Adobe Illustrator CS5 to creatively manipulate letterforms that, in combination with unique shapes and negative space, create a solid, recognisable mark. Designer Chandler Van De Water talks us through it
    By Chandler Van De Water on | 41 comments

  • Design the perfect URL

    Graphics, content and navigation are all well and good, but it’s important not to neglect the URL. Faruk Ates explains how to get the most from your site’s address

  • Get to grips with CSS3 multiple background images

    What if you could keep your HTML clean and still add a number of separate images to your design? Freelance front-end designer Prisca Schmarsow shows you how you can do this with CSS3 multiple background images
    By Prisca Schmarsow on | 15 comments

  • Create a set of beautiful social media buttons

    With huge attention to the subtle details, Rob Hampson (lead designer at Slipstream) takes you through the stages of using Photoshop to create a set of beautiful social media buttons and their fellow rollovers, with plenty of tips along the way
    By Rob Hampson on | 7 comments

  • Improve your responsive design workflow with Sass

    Sass does not just help you maintain your style sheets. It can actually improve your responsive layout workflow and you don't even have to worry about the maths! Here Ryan Taylor explains how to build a reusable framework
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