What a great idea, a website dedicated to help web designers organize their PSD files better. The tips are very relevant and cover all the aspect of creating web designs with Photoshop: organizing your files, working with type, best practices, exporting,… Every tip is demonstrated with an example of how to do it or how […]

Drupal doesn’t get as much hype as WordPress, maybe because it is a bit more complicated to learn. However, if you are looking to build large sites, it is probably the most flexible open-source CMS. With Drupal you can create pretty much any kind of site you want, here are eight examples of what you […]

If you are a Mac user and a web designer, you have probably already heard of Coda. I’ve been working with it for almost 4 years now, and I must say that it has changed the way I worked. If you’re not using it yet, this article should convince you to at least try it. […]

Whether you are an experienced Web programmer or just starting out, you know that there are many browsers currently in use and have probably had experience with the cross-compatibility issues.  The frustration of building a beautifully functioning website using Firefox, then discovering it doesn’t render properly in IE6 is a definite learning experience.  Testing your […]

The iPad is well known for its beautiful design and incredible UI. Apple’s platforms seems to also attract app creators with a strong sense for good design. The following apps got themselves great designs that should inspire any web designer. Of coures, if you feel like these are not for you, you can still search […]

For the past couple of years, mega-menus have become a trend in web design, in particular of e-commerce or news websites. If done well, this type of navigation can work extremely good by giving a quick access to information located deep in the website. The best mega fly-out menus will usually be easily scannable, use […]

Thanks to javascript frameworks, creating visual effects on your website has become quite easy. To create tooltips, just look at these techniques using popular frameworks. jQuery tooltip plugins 1. jQuery tools tooltip Easily create simple or complex tooltips, adding some cool effects to it. 2. Simpletip A simple tooltip plugin with many default options. 3. […]

This post is part of a serie on SEO for web designers, make sure you don’t miss any update by subscribing to the RSS feed. Part 1: planning your website Part 2: website structure Part 3: on-page optimization Part 4: link building Part 5: keeping it up Now that you have worked hard on your […]

This post is part of a serie on SEO for web designers, make sure you don’t miss any update by subscribing to the RSS feed. Part 1: planning your website Part 2: website structure Part 3: on-page optimization Part 4: link building Part 5: keeping it up Now that you have built your website and […]

This post is part of a serie on SEO for web designers, make sure you don’t miss any update by subscribing to the RSS feed. Part 1: planning your website Part 2: website structure Part 3: on-page optimization Part 4: link building Part 5: keeping it up Now that your website is planned, you have […]

This post is part of a serie on SEO for web designers, make sure you don’t miss any update by subscribing to the RSS feed. Part 1: planning your website Part 2: website structure Part 3: on-page optimization Part 4: link building Part 5: keeping it up When launching your site, there are things that […]

This post is part of a serie on SEO for web designers, make sure you don’t miss any update by subscribing to the RSS feed. Part 1: planning your website Part 2: website structure Part 3: on-page optimization Part 4: link building Part 5: keeping it up You shouldn’t wait for your website to be […]

Good size differences between titles and text usually makes the page more readable. How about huge font sizes? Well, it doesn’t always make the page more readable, but it quite often makes it much more stylish. These web designs using big typography are good examples. 1. Stephen Caver 2. Polecat 3. Fusion ads bundle 4. […]

After a long, long time, Drupal 7 comes out with plenty of new features.  Now is a perfect time to get started with Drupal if you never worked with that CMS before. Check this post if you want to know what’s new with Drupal 7.

Looking to make your web design process faster? These sets of PSD and vectors of UI elements should help you. 1. jQuery UI widgets jQuery must be the most popular javascript framework out there, this set of UI widget will make the development process much quicker. 2. Modern Web UI Set A well-organized PSD, with […]