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How to use CSS3 columns
With increasing diversity in monitor sizes, it’s not practical to design single blocks of text that take up the entire…
How to create a color picker with HTML5 Canvas
Creating canvas apps is the new thing, we can even create games with it, it’s supported in all major browsers…
How to make your contact forms mobile friendly
Given the rise in mobile web usage year on year, there is now an increased focus on making websites more…
Giveaway: Win $500 credits from VectorStock
VectorStock.com have a huge collection of vector files, with thousands of new files being added each week. Vectors cover subjects…
Comics of the week #174
Every week we feature a set of comics created exclusively for WDD. The content revolves around web design, blogging and…
QR codes turn dynamic
When I write about the black and white, crossword puzzle-like QR code, I feel like I’m talking about the stone…
Microsoft abandons Flash whitelist
There’s a concept in web design that is more important than responsive design, more important than mobile-first, more important than…
France considers net neutrality
The web has grown rapidly in the last two decades and its omnipresence makes it easy to forget that just…
Beyond blogging: WordPress as a platform
WordPress has evolved hugely over the years from simple fork of blogging software to a powerful platform. According to a…
How to use the Fullscreen API
Bundled with HTML5 came a large number of API goodness and one of the best was the Fullscreen API that…
Facebook redesigns core service
It’s been some time since Facebook made any changes to its News Feed, and like Timeline feature launched in 2011…
What’s new for designers, March 2013
The March edition of what’s new for web designers and developers includes new web apps, jQuery plugins and JavaScript resources,…
A new mobile focus for Drupal 8
Drupal 8 is due out later this year, and already speculation has begun to mount over what’s going to be…
40+ humorous print ads
All work and no play, allegedly, makes Jack a dull boy. And advertisers seem to agree; globally, major brands seem…
Building the StartupGiraffe website
We launched our new StartupGiraffe website a few months ago, and we’ve been meaning to write a post about how…
How to manage the back button with JavaScript
One major issue with JavaScript-based applications is that they break the Back button. If you update content on the page…
Adobe announce new features for Muse
Adobe has just announced new features in their Muse web design app. Muse launched just nine months ago, and in…
Is mobile in decline?
Mobile web traffic almost doubled in 2012, but that growth slowed dramatically in 2013 and mobile has even lost market…