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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

  • Create a web icon

    A cool icon can make the difference between success and failure for your site. Bolivian web developer and graphic designer Alvaro Guzman explains how to create one

  • Adaptive layouts with media queries

    Create a beautiful website employing adaptive layouts and optimised for the latest mobile devices. Aaron Gustafson, founder of Easy! Designs, explains how
    By Aaron Gustafson on | 5 comments

  • Learning the basics of HTML5 canvas

    In Chapter 3 of his book, Foundation HTML5 Canvas, Rob Hawkes explains how to use the canvas element, draw basic shapes and text, change the colour, erase the canvas and how to make it fill the browser window
    By Rob Hawkes on

  • Create a diagonal rotation with CSS transitions

    Web designer Josh Miller, the creative director of Paramore, shows us how to turn an unordered list into a rotating diagonal portfolio with CSS3 and jQuery, just like the one he built for joshmiller7.com
    By Josh Miller on

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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 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

  • 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 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
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