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  • Create a page turn effect

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    Create a page turn effect

    Create a stunning page turn effect for a portfolio image gallery

    11 Jun 2012

    Joe Lambert walks you through creating a stunning page turn effect to enhance a portfolio image gallery
  • Take advantage of the CSS background-size property

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    Take advantage of the CSS background-size property

    Stephanie (Sullivan) Rewis on the new CSS3 background-size property

    6 Sep 2011

    By Stephanie Rewis on | 7 comments
    Front-end developer Stephanie (Sullivan) Rewis, owner of W3Conversions, takes you through a variety of innovative uses for the new CSS3 background-size property. More control than you've ever had before!
  • Kinetic typography techniques with After Effects

    Tutorial

    Kinetic typography techniques with After Effects

    The art of animating text to voice and music with Photoshop and AE

    19 Apr 2012

    By Angie Taylor on | 1 comment
    Creative director and motion graphic artist Angie Taylor (@theangietaylor) shows how to use Photoshop and Adobe After Effects for kinetic typography - combining text and motion to express ideas in the form of animation
  • Add HTML5 video

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    Add HTML5 video to your site

    Embed native HTML5 video into your pages without plug-ins

    8 Apr 2011

    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
  • Build a responsive site in a week: media queries (part 4)

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    Build a responsive site in a week: media queries (part 4)

    Clearleft's Paul Robert Lloyd explains how media queries work

    26 Apr 2012

    By Paul Robert Lloyd on | 5 comments
    In the penultimate part of our responsive web design tutorial, Clearleft's Paul Robert Lloyd explains how media queries work, and describes a device-agnostic approach to breakpoints.
  • Create a responsive wireframe

    Tutorial

    Create a responsive wireframe

    New developments make responsive wireframes a breeze

    22 Mar 2013

    By Chris Da Sie on | 1 comment
    New developments make responsive wireframes a breeze. Chris Da Sie builds a single-page example showcasing the power of open source framework Wirefy
  • Make your sites load faster

    Tutorial

    Make your sites load faster

    How to make sites render faster, and why you should be doing this

    7 Feb 2013

    Your website’s visitors care whether or not it loads quickly. Tom Gullen explains what the price of a slow site can be and shows you how to make yours render faster
  • Make a better FAQ page with jQuery

    Tutorial

    Make a better FAQ page with jQuery

    Learn a jQuery expand and collapse technique

    25 Oct 2012

    By Natalie Maclees on | 4 comments
    Learn a jQuery expand and collapse technique that will be useful in many situations
  • Create a WordPress custom post type

    Tutorial

    Create a WordPress custom post type

    Learn what custom post types in WordPress are and how to use them

    6 Jul 2011

    By Gilbert Pellegrom on | 9 comments
    Web developer, software engineer and part-time entrepreneur Gilbert Pellegrom explains how to use custom post types in WordPress. In his example Gilbert builds a book database, which you can control via your WordPress admin area and which displays books on your site
  • The CSS3 Flexible Box model explained

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    The CSS3 Flexible Box model explained

    Peter Gasston explains how to ditch layout hacks once and for all

    14 Feb 2011

    By Peter Gasston on
    Say goodbye to all those layout hacks. Developer Peter Gasston explains how to design a simple web page using the new CSS3 Flexible Box model
  • Code a real-time survey with HTML5 WebSockets

    Tutorial

    Code a real-time survey with HTML5 WebSockets

    Use WebSockets and Pusher to build a demo application

    29 Dec 2011

    By Phil Leggetter on
    Phil Leggetter explains how to use WebSockets and Pusher to build a demo application, plus how to layer a user experience on to an app using progressive enhancement
  • Master CSS gradients

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    Master CSS gradients

    Peter Gasston introduces us to the syntax of CSS3 gradients

    25 Aug 2011

    By Peter Gasston on | 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
  • Code smarter CSS with Sass

    Tutorial

    Code smarter CSS with Sass

    Core contributor to Sass Christopher Eppstein explains how to use it

    15 Sep 2011

    By Christopher Eppstein on | 1 comment
    Sass is a style sheet language that makes your style sheet as beautiful to read as your web page. Core contributor to Sass Christopher Eppstein explains how to use it and maintain style sheets with Sass
  • Build your own HTML5 3D engine with JavaScript

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    Build your own HTML5 3D engine

    Mikko Haapoja explains the fundamentals of building your own 3D engine

    29 Jul 2011

    When Toronto agency Jam3 built www.bjork.com, a site that features an interactive real-time rendered 3D model, they decided to create their own engine to ensure it turned out the way they wanted. Here senior developer Mikko Haapoja explains how you can do the same with a little bit of help of JavaScript and HTML5 Canvas
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