Web Development Techniques Focused on Scalability & Growth

Web Development Techniques Focused on Scalability & Growth

All websites are built to scale out in some level. When developing a new social network or webapp it’s all too common that developers will jump on the scalability issue…

Coding a Vimeo API Instant Search App with jQuery

Coding a Vimeo API Instant Search App with jQuery

In this tutorial, we show you how to build a small Vimeo API instant search web app, creating the front-end with jQuery and the backend on PHP.

Getting to Grips with the HTML5 File API

Getting to Grips with the HTML5 File API

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The HTML5 File API allows developers to interact with the local filesystem on the client-side. Using these APIs, developers can build more robust web applications that work seamlessly both online…

Type Scan Alphabet: Amazing Creativity Using Scalpel and Paper

Type Scan Alphabet: Amazing Creativity Using Scalpel and Paper

Creativity knows no limits. No matter what your medium of expression is — paper, glass, or the digital screen — if you are creative, your talent will be visible in…

Tips for Launching Your New WordPress Plugin

Tips for Launching Your New WordPress Plugin

When our company recently released our first WordPress plugin, we knew how to develop the plugin, but had absolutely no idea how WordPress manages plugins on their directory nor how…

14 Ways Your Website May Be Giving You a Bad Reputation

14 Ways Your Website May Be Giving You a Bad Reputation

When people come to your site, you’re implicitly asking them to believe in you. You may want them to feel secure enough to buy your product or to hire you…

How to Create a Basic jQuery Tooltip Plugin

How to Create a Basic jQuery Tooltip Plugin

If you have had anything to do with web development of late, you hardly need an introduction to either jQuery or jQuery plugins. In fact, jQuery plugins have become so…

How to Create Lazy-Loading Images for Your Website with jQuery

How to Create Lazy-Loading Images for Your Website with jQuery

Learn how to quickly implement lazy-loading images on your website with a jQuery plugin and customize it according to your needs with this tutorial.

Microsoft TypeScript: “Syntactic Sugar” For JavaScript

Microsoft TypeScript: “Syntactic Sugar” For JavaScript

A few weeks ago, Microsoft unveiled a new JavaScript-like programming language named Microsoft TypeScript.

The Future of Email Marketing & Newsletter Designs

The Future of Email Marketing & Newsletter Designs

Where has modern email marketing advanced into now in Q4 2012? In this article I’d like to look over some unique trends in current email marketing newsletters and see what…

How to Build a Sliding One Page Portfolio with jQuery

How to Build a Sliding One Page Portfolio with jQuery

In this tutorial, we will show you how to create an interesting sliding one page portfolio with jQuery.

Firefox 16: HTML5 Awesomeness And Love For Developers

Firefox 16: HTML5 Awesomeness And Love For Developers

Mozilla Firefox 16 has just arrived at our doorsteps, and this time, it comes with plenty of love for web developers as well as HTML5. Unlike the previous version, Firefox…

Sell Your Designs – Print-on-Demand (POD) Tips and Services

Sell Your Designs – Print-on-Demand (POD) Tips and Services

Print-on-Demand (POD) is usually related to books and other written stuff but it is not limited to this. With POD, you prepare your manuscript, or design, upload it to a…

So, Your Post Went Viral, What Now?

So, Your Post Went Viral, What Now?

Every now and then you might find that pot of gold, that magic moment when one of your pages goes viral. That amazing moment when you are the top of…

Adobe Edge Web Fonts – A Free Service Powered by Typekit

Adobe Edge Web Fonts – A Free Service Powered by Typekit

If you love free web fonts (seriously, who doesn’t?), Adobe has come up with a special treat for you — Edge Web Fonts, an altogether new, Typekit served, free web…

Building Forms That Convert – Six Things to Keep in Mind

Building Forms That Convert – Six Things to Keep in Mind

The Internet is chock-full of tips for developing your forms, but when you need to figure out where to start from, it will always be the user side that gives…

Design Trends for More Accessible Mobile Content

Design Trends for More Accessible Mobile Content

When dealing with mobile interface design you have to consider a number of factors. Not all devices are built the same, and so each visitor will have a different experience…

5 Sites with Killer Landing Videos

5 Sites with Killer Landing Videos