HTML5 is an effective language for web developers and designers to use to structure and present content on the web. It’s increasingly used more and more, whether to make websites more functional and user-friendly, deliver video faster, or build desktop-level web apps. No doubt you want to jump in and join the fun. But where to start, you might ask? Or you could be looking for some resources and tools while developing and designing with HTML5, perhaps? Well, today’s your [...]

We have a fantastic Sunday competition for you, courtesy of Uprinting.com – For three lucky winners, we have a 18×24” Large Format Poster Print (Semi Gloss / High Gloss) to giveaway. All you have to do for the chance of winning one of these large poster prints is leave a comment below telling us about what you plan to print on your free poster. That is it, that is all you have to do to enter. Please note that this [...]

This is our weekly selection of our favorite web designs from the past week, thanks to everybody for their recommendations. Feel free to comment and let us know what you think.

Having spoken with many freelance web and graphic designers over the years, I can say I have heard some extraordinary tales. The path from freelancer into single business is an arduous one. It proves to be extremely rewarding and will offer many benefits to those willing to stick it out until the end. A freelance operation is no different from any other. Sitting down to plan out a marketing strategy, operation times, scheduled work, and other tasks is just the [...]

When designing a website, it’s important to take all potential visitors into consideration. This includes the visually impaired – those afflicted with color blindness, low vision and even total blindness. While only U.S. government websites are required to be compliant with Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act, many large American retailers are beginning to follow suit – especially after Target was sued for six million dollars (USD) for having an inaccessible site for the visually impaired. The first thing to [...]

The wireframing process is the straight-to-the-point and completely non-tech stage of any web project. It only requires that you define a skeletal outline of essential page elements such as headers, footers, navigation and content area and should illustrate how to cater and respond to any possible interaction from a user. It is the most important, yet underused, stage of any web or apps development. There are several avenues you could take for sketching a wireframe, most notably pen and paper [...]

We have another amazing freebie for you today — a completely free single-page HTML5 portfolio template and all of the accompanying PSDs. It has been jointly designed by Hannah Milan & Joefrey Mahusay and is a beautifully crafted template perfect for any creative designer as a means of displaying their portfolio. This template is also a great exercise in practical and semantic HTML5, it is well worth downloading, dissecting and experimenting with the code. Free Single-Page HTML5 Portfolio Template Click [...]

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WordPress is one of the most popular and widely-used blogging platforms and CMSs (content management system). The reason is it’s easy to install and use, so you can focus on creating content rather than building and maintaining your website. Everything from small personal blogs to big digital magazines like Smashing use WordPress to run their sites. Chances are you’re using WordPress for your own site or are planning on using it. Well, although WordPress is fine out of the box, [...]

Most web designers aren’t very familiar with SEO (Search Engine Optimization), which is the process of ranking specific web pages as high up in the SERPs (Search Engine Result Positions) as possible. It’s understandable, web design and SEO are only loosely connected. The only time when SEO enters the mind of a web designer is usually when they’re writing the HTML and considering the relevant tags to use. It’s also understandable because most web designers work with local clients, or [...]

This is our selection of our favorite web designs from the past week or so, some sites we discovered and others have been recommended by our readers. Thanks for all your recommendations, and we hope you like this selection of sites as much as we do, feel free to comment and let us know what you think.

Drupal has perhaps one of the most misunderstood reputations within web design. It is generally thought of as an overblown and hard to learn CMS that is aimed only towards large corporate/business websites. Yes, it can handle very large and complex web sites, but the truth is Drupal can be used effectively for any type of web site, from blogs, personal portfolios, community driven sites, and, as we have already mentioned, large corporate, business and government sites as well. And, [...]

It has become a common necessity for website owners to collect data and manage it properly. Creating a MySQL CRUD class allows you to conveniently create, read, update and delete entries for any of your projects, indifferent of how the database is devised. CRUD allows us to generate pages to list and edit database records. So, in this tutorial I will show you how to build a simple CRUD web app, that will empower you with the basic functions of [...]