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Improve your coding with 25 hyper legible fonts for programmers

The pinnacle of web development is hand-coding. No other approach delivers the same bespoke quality, performance and…

Deal of the week: Learn to use WordPress in 1 hour

WordPress is a Web phenomenon. It powers a gazillion blogs and almost as many websites. As a technology, it's unique in…

typographicposters.com presents a beautiful overview of poster design

Typographicposters.com is a hidden gem of a site, that displays the artwork of a host of talented graphic designers in…

WYSIWYGs and the end of web design as we know it

With Squarespace (and similar platforms) out in the market, Do-It-Yourself website design just got more…

The secret of successful redesigns: what Ted got right and what Twitter got wrong

There was a time—it's hard to imagine now—when most businesses did not have a website. In the early days of the Web,…

35+ inspiring quotes for designers

When it's going well, design is a pleasure. But we all know what it's like to experience a bad day: nothing works the…

Deal of the week: The Design Kickstarter Bundle

Every designer's toolbox needs a few new goodies every now and then, to keep it up to date. Selecting the right tools,…

How to supercharge your site's speed with AJAX and jQuery

In this tutorial we're going to look at how to speed up the user experience on small static sites using a few different…

Using animation to create an emotional connection with your audience

For many of us, our early days are filled with animation. Cartoons made up a big part of my childhood, and many others…

The best free WordPress themes, February 2014

WordPress is still a hot technology in 2014, and the CMS of choice for the majority of web designers continues to go…

Facebook gives away next-gen design tool Origami, for free

Origami, developed by the Facebook design team, is one of the emerging next-generation tools for designers producing…

35+ fresh inline typefaces

It's looking to be the hottest trend to hit web design since large text: inline typefaces are the perfect marriage of…

Deal: Massive discounts on stock photos

Stock imagery is one of the toughest things to get right on a website. Hunting for the right image can be…

How to use large images like a pro

Despite the fact that it's a huge trend these days, using large scale photographs, or just photography incorporated…

Is templating killing your brand?

Templating; it’s a fantastic web design idea for pulling together a business’ online presence, and creating the…

The best free WordPress plugins for February 2014

Welcome, friends, to WebdesignerDepot's first monthly WordPress plugin roundup of 2014. If there's one word that I…

15+ widgets that take Adobe Muse to the next level

In 2011, Adobe sent shockwaves through the design community by introducing Adobe Muse: design software that made…

Type inspired glasses for font nerds

Stereotypes are frequently wrong, but every legend has, as they say, a grain of truth to it. It seems that the image of…