HTML5 and SEO
Since the advent of the first web search engines, designers and developers have struggled with issues of how to increase…
A simple guide to responsive typography
The vast majority of articles talking about responsive design focus on two main areas: a fluid, flexible grid, and fluid,…
Internationalize your WordPress plugin
WordPress plugins allow you to easily modify and enhance your blog by bringing new functionality not otherwise available in the…
Microsoft’s TypeScript receives a mixed reaction
The one ECMAScript it’s still okay to like, JavaScript has in recent years shrugged off its ‘under-powered’, ‘bloated’ and ‘incomplete’…
Creating a modal window with HTML5 & CSS3
Modal boxes are a frequently utilized tool in the web developer’s arsenal. Used for, amongst many things, login/register forms; advertisements;…
Creating more purpose for content-light websites
Not every company or designer has a lot to say. There are people who believe in letting a product or…
When pages are not paper: the designer’s guide to layout code
InDesign boxes are as simple as click-and-drag. Photoshop’s layers let painters color pixels anywhere they please. But layout with HTML…
Vintage effects for your images with HTML5
I’m not sure whether it’s Instagram, Hipstamatic, or some other smartphone photography app that should be thanked (blamed?) for the…
Image styling with canvas
It’s hard to identify universally accepted rules in web design, but if there is one that the whole community agrees…
A jQuery plugin for optimal use of screen space
Optimizing how space is used on a screen is a key component of good web design, and especially of responsive…
jQuery: the good, the bad & the ugly
jQuery is the largest open source, cross-browser, CSS3 compliant, JavaScript library around and it has made client-side scripting a breeze….
An introduction to Concrete5
Concrete5 entered the CMS scene in 2008, and since then has been making solid headway to becoming one of the…
WordPress Filesystem API: the right way to operate with local files
The evolution of WordPress from a blogging platform into a fully-fledged CMS, simultaneously turns it into a solid framework for…
Great jQuery plugins for fresh websites
One can only imagine how tough it was to practice web design back when everything seemed so new — during…
Dashiell Hammett on the death of Flash
Graphic design is a dirty business. It’s filled with people who excuse theft with tags like “inspiration,” backstabbin’ under the…