March 2010
16 posts
Handy Tools and Tips for E-Commerce Websites →
How to Create a Simple iTunes-like Slider →
When space is at a premium, making use of sliders is the optimal way to present information. Today, we’ll take a look at how to create a slider similar to the one used in the iTunes store.
Print Magazines for Web Designers, Digital... →
Quick Tip: The HTML 5 Audio Element →
As of Firefox 3.5, Chrome 3, Opera 10.5, and Safari 4, we can take advantage of many of the new HTML 5 features, including native audio support without the need for Flash. As you’ll find, we only…
Redesign and Other Tuts News →
Over the last three days we’ve been steadily rolling out a new Tuts+ theme across all 8 sites. The new design is a refinement more than a big change, with lots of little improvements in usability…
Quick Tip: The HTML 5 Audio Element →
As of Firefox 3.5, Chrome 3, and Safari 4, we can take advantage of many of the new HTML 5 features, including native audio support without the need for Flash. As you’ll find, we only to create the…
12 Steps to MooTools Mastery →
This tutorial is about understanding and mastering the MooTools library. It does so by offering a high level introduction to the history and foundations of the Core library: where to start, where…
Beautiful Illustrator Artworks By Artists Around... →
Coding a Complex Design into CSS and HTML: New... →
Today, we’re going to be taking the PSD website design, from Mahmoud’s Psdtuts+ Tutorial ,and coding it into valid, semantic HTML and CSS. Along the way, we’ll go over some essential CSS…
How to Add Custom Configuration Settings for an... →
Since its release, ASP.NET applications and components have looked to the web.config file to load any settings they need to function. However, adding custom settings to add flexibility and…
How To Market Your Mobile Application →
Inspiration: Wonderful Watercolor Websites →
This article showcases 30+ stunning web designs that make use of the incredible watercolor effect. The showcase is followed up with a small selection of links sharing a few tutorials and watercolor…
Web Design Criticism: A How-To →
How to Build and Enhance a 3-Level Navigation Menu →
Perhaps more than any other topic, I’m most often contacted about how to build cross-browser navigation menus. Understandably, the reason is because every web designer has built one at some point,…
Quick Tip: Learning jQuery 1.4’s $.proxy →
One of my favorite new features in jQuery 1.4 is the new $.proxy method. It allows us force a particular context when calling a method. In JavaScript, there can be times when it’s difficult to…
The Future Of CSS Typography →
February 2010
59 posts
CodeIgniter from Scratch: The Calendar Library →
In this tenth episode of the CodeIgniter From Scratch screencast series, we will be exploring the Calendar library. We are also going to utilize the database class and jQuery AJAX. I will show…
Usability Review of Charity Websites Taking the... →
Finding Inspiration in Uncommon Sources: 12 Places... →
Design a Prettier Web Form with CSS 3 →
Thanks to advanced CSS properties, such as gradients and shadows, it’s now quite easy to turn a dull web form into something beautiful – with minimal effort. I’ll show you how in today’s tutorial!
Designing User Interfaces For Business Web... →
How to Design a Website with Fireworks: New Plus... →
In this week’s plus video tutorial, we’ll teach you how to design a home page for a website using Adobe Fireworks CS4. Over the course of the video, you’ll learn numerous tips and tricks to…
Coding your First jQuery UI Plugin →
jQuery contains the fn.extend() method, which makes authoring jQuery plugins quite easy, allowing us to write code that is used in exactly the same way as other jQuery methods. jQuery UI also…
Smashing Newsletter Challenge… And Giveaway! →
Quick Tip: Private Variables in JavaScript →
Because of JavaScript’s dependence upon globals, it might be easy to forget that creating private variables can be accomplished quite simply, thanks to closures. In just a few minutes, I’ll…
.NET LINQ from Scratch →
As software developers, we spend a lot of time extracting and displaying data from many different data sources. Whether it’s a XML webservice of some sort, or a full featured relational database, we…
Shalom! Showcase Of Web Design In Israel →
Server Issues →
Over the weekend and into Monday we unfortunately experienced some pretty severe downtime on all Envato WordPress blogs. The downtime was due to problems in the data centre of our current hosting…
One Week Left to Enter the CodeCanyon Scripting... →
On February 1st, we announced an enormous scripting competition on CodeCanyon with prizes equaling $6200. You now have just one week left to enter!
For those unfamiliar, Envato recently…
CSS Fundamentals: CSS 3 Transitions →
As CSS3 rolls out around the web, it is bringing some interesting new presentational techniques along with it. Today, we’ll review the basics of using CSS3 transitions and animations to add an extra…
The Seven Deadly Sins Of JavaScript Implementation →
Art Manifestos and Their Applications in... →
Free Dark and Clean WordPress Theme: Designpile →
CodeIgniter from Scratch: File Uploading and Image... →
In lesson nine of our CodeIgniter series, we’ll build a small image gallery that allows you to upload files, and automatically create thumbnails.
Catch Up
Day 1: Getting…
Is John The Client Dense or Are You Failing Him? →
Quick Tip: Easy Sequential Animations in jQuery →
In this video quick tip, I’ll demonstrate an easy way to allow for sequential animations of an infinite number of elements. I originally learned this technique from Dave Methvin, but don’t think…
ASP.NET for PHP Developers: Part 2 →
In part one of the “ASP.NET for PHP Developers” tutorial, we learned the basics of ASP.NET and the C# language. Part two builds on that foundation, and introduces some more advanced features and…
50 Useful Coding Techniques (CSS Layouts, Visual... →
Integrating PHP and jQuery: New Plus Tutorial →
So you can work with PHP, and have a basic understanding of jQuery, but you haven’t yet figured out how to combine the two into your projects? If so, we’ve got you covered today! In this Plus…
Make your MooTools Code Shorter, Faster, and... →
MooTools is one of the most flexible, modular, and well written JavaScript frameworks available. So many people use it but many of them don’t optimize their code. This post will provide you with…
Group Interview: Expert Advice For Students and... →
Quick Tip: Fully Understanding $.grep() →
The jQuery method $.grep() is one of those methods that isn’t used as often as it should be. This is mostly because, until you understand exactly what it does, it can be a bit confusing….
How to Create a Better WordPress Options Panel →
Today, we’ll go through the entire process of creating an admin options panel for a WordPress theme. Then, we’ll take things a step further, as we implement jQuery to improve some of the…
Smashing Network Update: Add Widget To Your Site... →
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Email Newsletter Design: Guidelines And Examples →
10 Hand-Picked Tutorials for Beginning Web... →
So you’re starting to show interest in web design, but are having trouble figuring out where to start? Want to create awesome websites, learn how to code HTML/CSS, and learn about web standards and…
Free Medical Icons Set (60 Icons) →
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Easy Gallery Focus v0.2 →
A simple jQuery plugin I wrote for my own projects used to focus the current hovered element in a set of elements using animation effects. v0.2 is up with callback options and parameter documentation added. Feel free to use it however you want.
The Definitive Guide To Styling Web Links →