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Do’s and don’ts of typography
As so much of the content available on the web is text it’s essential for web designers to understand the basic principles of good typography. Having such knowledge allows designers to communicate more effectively, enabling them to create better designs and websites that are easier to use. For more experienced designers setting text may come [...]
8 jQuery Plugins for Spicing Up Your Forms
Advertise here with BSA Forms are certainly a very important part of a website. They should be intuitive, user friendly, and engaging. This is why we’ve gathered 8 jQuery Plugins that will spice up your forms. From options to make select boxes more user friendly, to file uploaders and more. All of the plugins are useful in a different [...]
The designer’s secret weapon: an account handler
I’m a lucky person. Every day I get to do what I love, which is helping clients work out what their web project is going to look like. As any good account handler or project manager will tell you, their primary role is to make sure that a project goes as smoothly as possible. This [...]
iStock Promo – Save 50% Off Vectors
Advertise here with BSA Listen up guys! Today we have an iStock promo that is SO BIG it is only available for 24 hours so we don't want you to miss it! Today iStockphoto is offering 50% off credit downloads for vector illustrations.Show More Summary
28 Educational Podcasts for Web Designers & Developers
Advertise here with BSA iTunes has changed the way that we listen to music and download TV shows. But podcasting is another area which does not get as much attention. I think there are dozens of outstanding podcasts to be found online, and many of them touch upon fairly obscure topics. There is an audience for almost every podcast [...] Advertise here with BSA
Fantastical fairytale photos
Film studios spend millions of dollars to create stunning epic masterpieces like The Lord of the Rings. But sometimes visual perfection can be created on a shoestring — that is, when enough time, energy and sacrifice are the alternate currency. British photographer Kirsty Mitchell has done just that, creating a fantastical, fairytale-esque series of photos [...]
A taste of CoffeeScript (part 1)
Let’s face it, JavaScript hasn’t always had the best reputation among developers, and since the foundation of CoffeeScript back in 2009 this little language has taken the world of JavaScript developers by storm; mainly because it overcomes what some may say is the worst aspect of JavaScript: the syntax of its code. Even though this is a [...]
WordPress Bootcamp Ending Soon
Advertise here with BSA Just a quick reminder: Registration on LearnWebDevelopment.com’s WordPress Bootcamp is ending this week - May 23, 2013 at midnight. If you want to learn WordPress - and create your first website in just a fewShow More Summary
Side project: The Phraseology Project
The Phraseology Project was originally setup by Drew Melton as a way for him to hone his typography skills. The idea is that people submit words or phrases and Drew, or a guest contributor, creates a typographic treatment of the submissions. The list of contributors include designers such as Ray Brown, Luke Ritchie, Simon Ålander and Joshua Bullock, all [...]
User Interface Icons for Web Applications
Advertise here with BSA There are so many newly released icon sets which are free to download and use in your own projects. Building a website application will take a lot of time and patience. If you are using a CMS or backend programming framework then it might shave off some time. Show More Summary
Designing the new, fully responsive wired.co.uk article pages
Recently, Condé Nast Digital undertook a complete redesign of the articles published on wired.co.uk. The aim was to provide a more content-first and immersive experience. These aims were established after research by our Information Architect. We started on the path of fulfilling those aims over a year ago with the redesign of the GQ.co.uk articles [...]
18 Websites that Take Scrolling to the Next Level
Advertise here with BSA There was a time when the common practice was to try and place all content above the fold. But now, instead of fearing the scroll, web designers and developers are embracing the need to scroll, and using it as opportunity to engage the user with background reveals, element animations, and other clever effects based on [...]
44 Freebie PSD UI Templates for Video & Audio Players
Advertise here with BSA There have been a lot more freebie releases over the course of 2013. Designers from around the world are more familiar with sharing their works on the Internet. And some of these ideas specifically relate to video players and mp3 user interfaces. Frontend web developers have the ability to make these PSDs come to life [...] Advertise here with BSA
Our favorite tweets of the week: May 13, 2013 – May 19, 2013
Every week we tweet a lot of interesting stuff highlighting great content that we find on the web that can be of interest to web designers. The best way to keep track of our tweets is simply to follow us on Twitter, however, in case you missed some here’s a quick and useful compilation of [...]
Comics of the week #183
Every week we feature a set of comics created exclusively for WDD. The content revolves around web design, blogging and funny situations that we encounter in our daily lives as designers. These great cartoons are created by Jerry King, an award-winning cartoonist who’s one of the most published, prolific and versatile cartoonists in the world [...]
Inspiring Type in Package Design
Advertise here with BSA Beautiful typography works are always inspiring. And this is why today we gathered a few examples of beautiful typography use in packages to keep you inspired for the weekend. It is nice to observe package details and see how designers use type, colors, textures and shapes to deliver beautiful and eye catching designs. Make sure [...]
Learn to count with CSS
Hidden away in the depths of the CSS specification you’ll find CSS counters. As the name suggests they allows you to count a thing on your page with CSS incrementing the value every time it appears on the document. This is principally useful if you have a tutorial website — whether that be about cooking [...]
Budding Design Trends for Custom Video Players
Advertise here with BSA Video players both HTML5 and flash-based are becoming more popular. Faster Internet connections are leading towards a full technological breakthrough all around the world. We are now able to share content with...Show More Summary
How I learned to be REALLY creative
As I grew up, being a “creative child,” which was the description my school psychologist used to explain why I didn’t care for school or the usual subjects like math and why I wasn’t like the other children, my mother would get frustrated and call me “bull-headed, just like your great grandfather!” There was little [...]
Deal of the Week: Lizatom WordPress Shortcodes Plugin over 80% Off!
Advertise here with BSA Even if you are just getting started using WordPress, most average users will know about shortcodes. These are the small bits of text which run PHP functions in your backend, only requiring a small tag in your post content. So you may run something like [greenbutton] or [redbutton] to include dynamic HTML elements right within [...]
