Migrate a local WordPress installation in 5 minutes
If you build new WordPress websites on a regular basis, you may be familiar with the process of setting up…
The Weirdest images from Flickr
If you have ever flicked through the digital pages of ‘The Commons’ section of Flickr, you will have inevitably have…
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…
Easy form creation with MachForm 3.3
[This is a sponsored review for MachForm, the opinions expressed in the article are the author’s only] Creating forms isn’t…
Worldwide conferences 2012 – 2013
After a packed summer of seminars, inspirational talks, and crowd-pleasing predictions, we’ve reached the tail end of the conference season….
Welcome to the new face of social media, we call it erm… Myspace
Facebook is a stupid name for a social media site. Facebook: a book of faces; a directory of the cool…
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…
Adobe “Create the Web”
Yesterday, Adobe used the keynote slot of their ‘Create the Web’ event in San Francisco to preview what they hope,…
35+ awesome and free @font-face kits
With the right fonts, we can do anything, and create anything. Fonts help portray a mood or emotion. Your font…
Our favorite tweets of the week: September 17 – September 23, 2012
Every week we tweet a lot of interesting stuff highlighting great content that we find on the web that can…
Comics of the week #148
Every week we feature a set of comics created exclusively for WDD. The content revolves around web design, blogging and…
The web developer’s guide to A/B testing
Running a web development business isn’t an easy endeavor at all. You have to manage multiple projects, tough clients, and…
Best practices for mobile e-commerce
The web design field has gone through immense advancements and in some cases overhauls over the last decade. These advancements…
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…
The right size of legalese: 5 design contracts for diverse needs
The law: stuffy, complex and boring. You’re a designer; you’re bleeding edge; you laugh in the face of ‘the rules’;…
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…
9 mistakes designers make when creating a logo
Every now and then I’m approached by design students and clients asking me to critique their logos. While I’m not…