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Comics of the Week #41

admin — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 02:09:04 +0000

Every week we feature a set of comics created exclusively for WDD.
The content revolves around web design, blogging and funny situations that we encounter in our daily lives as designers.
These great cartoons are created by Jerry King, an award-winning cartoonist who’s one of the most published, prolific and versatile cartoonists in the world today.
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An Analysis of Typography on the Web

admin — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 03:09:36 +0000

Typography is one of the most—if not the most—important aspects of web design. Some would argue that it takes up to 95% of web design, so why do we often neglect its importance? The readers who come to your site will often decide whether or not to stay according to your typographic choices. After all, [...]

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Build a Custom HTML5 Video Player: Free Premium Tutorial

admin — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 05:09:11 +0000

Much like the other various Envato marketplaces, our newly launched Tuts+ marketplace will offer a free file each month. For September, that free file/tutorial just so happens to mine! I’ll show you how to build a custom HTML5 video player with Flash fallback support. Be sure to grab this one for free for the entire [...]

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Performance Optimization: How to Load your javascript faster!

admin — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 02:09:23 +0000

In this article I’ll point out some important rules, how to use your javascript, which tools to use and what benefits you’ll gain from it.

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How to Create a Web-Based Drawing Application Using Canvas: New Premium Tutorial

admin — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 05:09:44 +0000

Combining HTML with the all new <canvas> feature, you can make some pretty awesome web apps! In this Premium exclusive tutorial, we will create a neat interactive drawing application using HTML and JavaScript. Along the way, we’ll also learn the basic concepts of the all new <canvas> feature. Become a Premium member to access this, [...]

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In-Depth Review of Tumblr’s Custom Theming Ability

admin — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 04:09:15 +0000

Tumblr. If you’re a savvy tech maven, you may have heard of, or had the chance to use, this powerful microblogging platform.
No wonder; millions of people have chosen Tumblr as their blogging service, and the average Tumblr user creates 14 original posts every month. Half of those posts are photos, and [...]

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25 E-Commerce Websites for Your Design Inspiration

admin — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 05:09:19 +0000

The success of an e-commerce website is defined by sales, not by design. However, that doesn’t mean that design does not matter. In this post we’ll showcase 25 well-designed e-commerce sites from a wide variety of industries. For more on e-commerce sites please see these posts from the archives:

Best Buy

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25 Online CSS Compressors to Optimize Your CSS Code

admin — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 05:09:58 +0000

One of the most important thing when developing websites is page loading speed, to load as quickly as possible, especially in the case of large websites.

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Fun CSS3 Animation Experiment

admin — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 05:09:26 +0000

A Fun CSS3 Animation and Twitter Feed Experiment

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Creating a Web Poll with PHP

admin — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 03:09:25 +0000

Polls are nearly ubiquitous on the web today, and there are plenty of services that will provide a drop-in poll for you. But what if you want to write one yourself? This tutorial will take you through the steps to create a simple PHP-based poll, including database setup, vote processing, and displaying the poll. Step [...]

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