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7 CSS and JavaScript Performance Tips
Advertise here with BSA Have you ever thought about how many customers you lose by having a slow site? And I’m not talking about file size only, as we rely on browser capacities to understand our code, we need to consider the processing time also. That’s why sometimes adding a few bites in your code is much better because [...]
The Benefits of Using a Tumblr Corporate Blog
Advertise here with BSA Tumblr is an online social network for blogging and connecting with other users. It is easy to post new photos and reblog what others have posted. I really like this system because of the Dashboard UI, which displays all the latest reblogs from everybody you follow. Show More Summary
What’s new for designers, May 2013
The May edition of what’s new for web designers and developers includes new web apps, jQuery plugins and JavaScript resources, educational resources, wireframing kits, image tools, Photoshop extensions, web development tools, coding resources, and some really great new fonts. Many of the resources below are free or very low cost, and are sure to be [...]
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Advertise here with BSA Web hosting is either a very simple thing, or it can give you a headache the size of Mount Everest. Seasoned online dwellers may already have done a lot of trial and error research to find the web host that works best for them. Newbies yet have to go through the process. Whether you’re a [...]
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Farewell to Fireworks
Last week, Adobe announced that there will be no further development of their Fireworks application. Security updates will be provided and bug fixes may arrive, but for all intents and purposes Fireworks CS6 is a dead man walking. The petitions for clemency have already begun, but it seems likely that at some point Adobe’s CEO [...]
29 Bakery and Cake Shop Websites for Design Inspiration
Advertise here with BSA Bakeries and cake shops around the world are the sweetest treats. Business owners want their website to reflect this and draw in customers based on the unique and tasteful design. But this process can be difficult...Show More Summary
40+ free PSDs and actions for mock-ups
It’s all about presentation. Ideas and concepts are great, but mean nothing if they cannot be properly communicated. To help others understand them, we may create prototypes or sketch out an idea to get to a meeting of the minds. Fortunately, in graphic design, we do that by creating mock-ups. Most times when we create [...]
Publishing High-Quality Digital Media on the Web
Advertise here with BSA Before posting large media files onto your blog or website you should consider the best means of transferring from the server to your readers. Large HQ video and image files will take up a lot of space on your server. This also means that they require loads of bandwidth to push out to everyone. Images [...]
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21 Beautiful Examples of Using White in Web Design
Advertise here with BSA White is certainly an elegant color, and when properly used in web design, it can deliver really beautiful results, as the ones we will see here today. Using the right amount of white in a website creates a clean and elegant design, and it makes things easy and pleasant on our eyes, helping the viewer [...]
Our favorite tweets of the week: May 6, 2013 – May 12, 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 #182
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 [...]
No more Creative Suite: what does it mean?
Adobe has just announced that Creative Suite will cease to exist after CS6 (in name at least), and be replaced exclusively by Creative Cloud. On its most basic level, that means there won’t be perpetual licenses for future Adobe products (though, for now, you’ll still be able to buy CS6 in that format) and instead [...]
SEO sanity check part 1: Google’s Penguin and Panda updates
SEO has always been a tricky business, not only do experts have to spend time on researching keywords and following the best practices, they have to be prepared for the changes which search engines inevitably put into place. Last year saw search giant Google make two major algorithm updates — Panda and Penguin — that saw many [...]
Deal of the week: The ultimate shortcodes collection
The most popular CMS out there, WordPress has a ton of great features; probably the best of which is its extensibility. Taking advantage of that Lizatom Shortcodes provides literally thousands of shortcodes and countless shortcode combinations, to give you a simple, easy to implement solution for improving your site’s design. Consequently, we’re delighted to say [...]
Art, Copy & Code: advertising in the modern era
It’s been said that the only thing constant is change; and in the world of advertising, this saying is especially true. For years, successful “Mad Men” merged art with copy, effectively defining the creative team and reaping great rewards. Fast forward to today, where digital advertising is increasingly omnipresent, and one thing becomes clear: the [...]
Getting Started with WordPress Post Formats
Advertise here with BSA Since WP 3.1, we’ve had post formats. Most people don’t know what that is and most developers don’t make use of this great tool. You should know about it since we’ll probably have a great increase on post formats usage with the upcoming WP 3.6 version. There we’ll find a better post formats UI, and [...]
Common usability errors to avoid at all costs
One of the most important tasks on your plate as a web designer is usability. Usability is defined as a gauge of the quality of the user’s experience when interacting with your website. Any website you design should always be seamless from the standpoint of the user. They should find your site easy to navigate [...]
40 Popular Website Job Boards for Design Inspiration
Advertise here with BSA Freelance job boards were not so common looking back 5 or 6 years. But nowadays modern businesses are more willing to work with each other and hire freelancers from anywhere in the world. This is great news for people who work online because the options are practically endless. But what about new webmasters who are [...] Advertise here with BSA
45 Japanese Animation & Video Game Website Layouts
Advertise here with BSA Comparing Japanese web design trends to the United States is a great difference. Icons and banners and Flash media is all too common, especially amongst video game websites and cartoons/TV shows. The JapaneseShow More Summary
How to use the flexbox layout method (part 1)
With every new revision of CSS, a plethora of new, exciting attributes come to light; one of which being the understated display: flex approach. The flexbox layout model has been floating around the web for a little while now, each time with its own variation on the approach (some outdated, such as the display: box [...]
