psd.tutsplus — Recently, Adobe released the Creative Cloud, a subscription service that will allow you to use all of Adobe’s Creative Suite applications, and more, for just $49.99 per month. The Creative Cloud is a radical deviation from Adobe’s traditional pricing structure, and a model that many think will completely change the...
css-tricks — Where are we at right now in terms of the best markup for using icon fonts? Let's cover some options I think are currently the best. You want the icon to enhance a word You want the icon to stand alone but still be functional or informational And our major goals here are: As...
net.tutsplus — Well, it happened; Panic finally released the long-awaited version two of their popular code editor, Coda. But does it live up to the hype? Well, that depends on what type of coder you are. Read the full review after the jump! The Good It's Beautiful When Panic initially unveiled the tour video for...
webdesignerdepot — Today I am going to share a trendy functionality which I have been implementing in my projects for a while now.I call it “FoxyComplete” and what is does is fetch clickable search results along with images either automatically scraped from the result’s content or a specified file. It’s easy to...
blog.bridgelinedigital — The yearlong grace period the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) provided to allow businesses to comply to new cookie regulations is about to expire. Are you ready? It’s true: The European Union legislation that requires sites to get explicit consumer consent before storing cookies on personal devices of any kind became...
logodesignlove — Arlington was founded in 1875 on the Texas and Pacific Railway as a market town for surrounding farms. In 1972 the Washington Senators baseball team relocated to Arlington and began playing as the Texas Rangers, establishing Arlington in the Dallas-Fort Worth area as a major sports hub for the region....
webdesignledger — Advertise here with BSAWebsite speed is not something that should be taken lightly, especially since it has such a big impact on SEO. To help you out, today we gathered 8 free tools for testing your website speed. Some of the tools will generate suggestions to make things faster on...
vandelaydesign — Churches need to have an effective web presence in order to communicate with members and attenders as well as to attract new visitors. The problem is that most churches are working with very limited budgets when it comes to having a website designed or developed. This free theme can help...
psd.tutsplus — In this quick tutorial we will show you how to create mech-inspired text effect using layer styles in Photoshop. Let’s get started! Tutorial Assets The following assets were used during the production of this tutorial. Font – SF Sports Night Grungy Stripes Pattern .PAT Metallic Pattern .PAT Grunge Natural Pattern .PAT Step 1 First create a new .PSD...
net.tutsplus — If you’re in software development, new techniques, languages and concepts pop up all of the time. We all feel those nagging doubts every now and then: “can I keep up with the changes and stay competitive?” Take a moment, and sum a line from my favourite movie, Casablanca: “The fundamental...
unmatchedstyle — jQuery Nuts Bolts & Bling Doug and Giovanni discuss his jQuery talk from last year’s Front-End Conference in St. Petersburg Florida. There’s a full video of Doug’s talk on his website if you want the details. They go into what Doug does for appendTo on a daily basis and where he...
vandelaydesign — Popular iPhone apps can make a lot of money for their owners whether it is directly (through app sales) or indirectly (with free apps). Having an attractive and professional website for your app can have a significant impact on the number of downloads and the success of the app. While having...
logodesignlove — The Minnesota Zoo logo combines an ‘M’ with a Minnesota moose. It was part of the zoo’s wayfinding system of typography, symbols, and signs, cited in the design section of TIME magazine as one of the best of 1981. Client: Minnesota Zoo Designer: Lance Wyman Sadly, it looks like this one’s no longer...
blog.cloudfour — Jason Grigsby explains it. Essentially: Browsers use a "pre-parser" to find resources in a document it will later need. This plays a huge role in making them fast. It can't wait around for layout information, which is exactly what responsive images need to make a smart call. Direct Link to Article...
net.tutsplus — Many web developers use SSH (“Secure Shell”) on a daily basis to manage their servers, back up files, work remotely, and a myriad of other tasks. Today, I’ll explain what SSH is, do a brief history review, and, lastly, teach you how to set it up on your remote server...
inspiredology — Weekly web series to bring you a small dose of inspiration. Join us as we tap into the designer’s itch for all things artistic, trendy, and otherwise magical.Matta – Release The Freq from Kim Holm on Vimeo.Two Weeks – Grizzly Bear from Gabe Askew on Vimeo.VERSIS ✖ DIBIA$E – FLY...
zeldman — FROM THE HOME PAGE of today’s newly announced, totally disruptive, completely free product powered by Readability: “What’s a Readlist? A group of web pages—articles, recipes, course materials, anything—bundled into an e-book you can send to your Kindle, iPad, or iPhone.” For some time now, people who miss the point have seen...
coding.smashingmagazine — At our company, we process a lot of requests on the leading gift cards and coupons websites in the world. The senior developers had a meeting in late October to discuss working on a solution to replicate the MySQL functions of AES_ENCRYPT and AES_DECRYPT in the...
psd.tutsplus — Leica is considered one of the most prestigious camera brands. In this tutorial, we will draw one of the most notable Leica cameras in Photoshop, the Leica M1. Let’s get started! Step 1: Background and Floor Make new file (Command/Ctrl + N) and set its size to 110 × 700 px. Activate...
webdesignerdepot — It’s not just me; I’ve asked around: You will probably be your own very worst client. Ever.Every trade has a similar story to the point where it’s almost cliché: the carpenter’s house is falling apart, the mechanic’s car is a rattling jalopy, and the barber is a balding chatty guy...
alistapart — The internet is disrupting many content-focused industries, and the publishing landscape is beginning its own transformation in response. Tools haven’t yet been developed to properly, semantically export long-form writing. Most books are encumbered by Digital Rights Management (DRM), a piracy-encouraging practice long since abandoned by the music industry. In the...
alistapart — ebooks are a new frontier, but they look a lot like the old web frontier, with HTML, CSS, and XML underpinning the main ebook standard, ePub. Yet there are key distinctions between ebook publishing’s current problems and what the web standards movement faced. The web was founded without an intent...
boagworld — Yesterday saw a bit of a kufuffle on Twitter over Jakob Nielsen’s latest post about mobile and responsive design. Many saw it as an attack on responsive design and there is no doubt Nielsen did use some harsh wording… It’s cheap but degrading to reuse content and design across diverging media forms...
net.tutsplus — If you haven’t heard, there’s a new kid in town: CanJS. What better way to dive into what this new framework offers than to build a contacts manager application? When you’re done with this three-part series, you’ll have all the tools you need to build your own JavaScript applications! Choosing the...
net.tutsplus — After years of speculation and anticipation, Panic is ready to unveil and release version two of their flagship product: Coda. Though the Nettuts+ team hasn’t yet dug into the editor, based upon the outline on the home page, Panic seems to have come through with the most requested additions by...