JavaScript libraries such as jQuery have fundamentally shifted the course of web development. It is now easier than ever to prototype UI functionality, animations, slideshows, and of course dynamic navigation. I feel this tremendous growth is allowing for developers to build page elements with less time and more overall browser support. In this guide I’d like to spend some time examining the functions of sub-navigation. Not only covering the realm of JavaScript, but also user experience and key design tips [...]

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Please Note that this competition has now ended. Its getting closer and closer to the Christmas season, and if you are a designer or a developer you will know exactly what that means – IT’S BUNDLE SEASON! The best time of year to buy anything premium at a fraction of the normal price. And to kick things off we have Three 2nd Annual MOJO Themes Cyber Bundles to giveaway, which consists of 15 Premium WordPress Themes (10 of the most [...]

Developing apps for the iPhone or iPad can be a tricky process. You need to understand not just the programming libraries, but also design standards and common themes in user interfaces. This entire skillset would require months of study just to build your first live app. I realize this may seem intimidating, but we all have to start somewhere! And in this guide I would like to introduce the most important nuggets of information to designing 100% perfect layouts. The [...]

Designers who know how to code well (or conversely, code poets who know what the hell Gaussian blur even is) are sometimes referred to as “unicorns” due to their rarity – and rightly so, given the complexity of the types of tasks they can accomplish, and the skillset required by both. Unicorns typically command higher hourly rates than straight designers or developers, which makes sense to an extent – as a client, why would you want to pay more for [...]

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.

Obvious but true: inspiration is crucial for visual designers. You get new ideas, you positively influence your style, and your imagination feels energized and revitalized. Not often explored, but music videos are a great source of inspiration: The moving imagery and graphics can give fresh design inspiration in ways that still-image can’t do. It’s like getting inspired by nature, watching films or even listening to music. So, music videos – this article features 20 Japanese music videos for your design [...]

I’ve always appreciated logos as creative by-products of companies to present themselves visually – from simple vector graphics to intricate designs reminiscent of medieval coat-of-arms. Interestingly, logos prove that human beings are indeed visual beings. We easily recognize something based on its color, shape, and orientation – once we see and experience something it’s likely that we’ll never forget it. Well, the world as we see it is bland and boring. That’s why people – the creative and the misfits [...]

Please note that this competition has now ended. Congratulations to Peter G from Fifteen Media Design, hope you enjoy your iPod! Today we have the most amazing giveaway for you, courtesy of our friends MightyDeals.com. As you probably already know, Mighty Deals is a platform to get the best deals on products and services for web professionals. The deals are highly discounted, sometimes as much as 90% off the retail price. In this competition, you will have the chance to [...]

On the 13th of November we published the competition for two copies of the book jQuery UI 1.8: The User Interface Library for jQuery. The competition has now ended and it is time to announce the winners. Thanks to everybody for all the comments. Remeber even if you are not a winner you can still purchase the book directly from Packt here. The Winners All winners should have by now received their winner emails, if not please get in touch [...]

An infographic on The History of Online Shopping is an interesting one, and much longer than you might think. Beginning in the early days of the modern computer and only allowing simple B2B transactions it has grown to a multi-billion dollar industry that all of us use everyday… …but where did it all begin? The History of Online Shopping View Fullsize You might also like… An Infographic on the History of the Modem → 30 Useful Infographics for Web Designers [...]

In web design we frequently assume any layout with a spiffy logo and graphics will work out perfect. But designing for the web goes much deeper than attractive page graphics. The entire user experience comes into play and you have to account for a number of anomalies in your layout. In this article I’d like to examine some tips on designing your web layouts focused around page content. Each type of website is built around a different task and expects [...]

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