IMHO
The Fireworks Lament [IMHO]
A few days ago Adobe caused an outcry with its announcement to not develop Fireworks, their web design prototyper, further. Though they did not really call it quits, instead ...
Design
“Retinize It” Simplifies the Creation of Retina-Ready Images in Photoshop
Creating retina-ready images from within Photoshop is no rocket-science. Still, it is a tedious task no designer is likely to associate the term fun with. Help in shortening the ...
Essentials
Map Icons Designer: 200 Map Symbols plus 10 Location Pins Free for Commercial Use
Icons, these sweet little thingies, you can never have enough of. If you are like me, you'll tend to collect each and every one you can find. The new set "Map Icons Designer" by ...
Design
No Matter of Luck: What To Consider In Mobile App Development [Infographic]
There are gazillions of mobile apps out there. If you are looking for a specific use case or - not - you won't see any shortage in what you will be able to find. Thus, releasing a ...
Themes
11 Free WordPress Themes: April 2013 Edition
Another month lies behind us and here is April's edition of free WordPress themes for self-hosted websites! April did not see many new free themes being released -- there were ...
Design
The Future Is Now: GinWiz Mobilizes Your Website [Review]
We all know it. Mobile is the future. There are studies all over the place that tell you there are more smartphones than toilets out there, more smartphones than humans even (well, ...
Design
Photoshop in Web Design: 5 Plugins to Make your Workday More Pleasant
Still nowadays lots of web designs start as a Photoshop draft. This gets more and more elaborate and has to be converted to HTML and CSS during the late stages of the project. No ...
Development
Fast and Easy: Create HTML Mockups with RoughDraft.js
In the process of the development of the next client's website it comes inescapably - the moment, where you will have to present a design that does look real, though you almost ...
Development
Web Developer Checklist and Userium: 2 Useful Helpers for Oblivious Web Developers
I'll admit, you need not be oblivious to benefit from the two services I am about to introduce you to. It is not easy to keep proper track of all important aspects of clean and ...
Development
Surviving the Zombie Apocalypse with HTML5 and SVG #2: Text, Paths and Basic Animation
The first article in this series covered the basics of SVG, an overlooked, underappreciated aspect of HTML5. While different browsers implement SVG in different ways, the previous ...
Deals & Giveaways
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Today we are happy to be able to offer you a web hosting package for an entire year, worth around a 100 USD, for free. Well, at least for the three lucky winners of our giveaway ...
(Free) Services
PSDDD: Brand-New Resource for Creative Professionals curates Dribbble’s Best Freebies
Dribbble is awesome. You cannot help but get inspired browsing the various works and reading the almost always constructive feedback provided by the community. Show and tell is what ...
Business Online
Atmail Cloud: Modern Email Solution For Web-Working Professionals [Review]
Email - there is no getting around it. You need a reliable, fast and secure service to host the mail-related part of your business life. Self-hosting is always an option, but ...
Development
Mozilla Labs TowTruck: Brand-new Real-Time Collaboration Tool Tested
Mozilla Labs achieves amazing things. And this is more of an under- than an overstatement. The latest sprout from Mozilla's garden, interestingly named TowTruck, makes no exception ...
Tips, Tricks & Tutorials
Improving the Default Search Experience in WordPress
No matter what the genre or niche of your website is, the search functionality forms an integral part of your site. In fact, it is almost impossible to think of the internet without ...
Development
5 jQuery Plugins to Breathe Life into your Texts
Texts are primarily made for reading. Yet, at least sometimes, we want them to be apparent, eye-catching. A set of jQuery plugins provide possibilities to animate texts in various ...