How do you portray women on the Web?

Search for "woman" on virtually any stock photo site and you'll get plenty of options. Women in skimpy dresses. Women…

The best free WordPress plugins for March 2014

Welcome, friends, to WebdesignerDepot's monthly WordPress plugin roundup, March 2014 edition. Every time I write one of…

Comics of the week #224

Every week we feature a set of comics created exclusively for WDD. The content revolves around web design, blogging and…

50 essential freebies for web designers, March 2014

New projects are being released all the time that make us excited, curious, inspired and sometimes a little bit…

Deal of the week: Learn to build a flat responsive website from scratch

Whoever you are, and however you choose to work, there's one skill that's imperative for any web designer and that's…

The best of DesignFaves.com, February 2014

For designers passionate about the latest developments across the full spectrum of visual design, there's a brand new…

Adobe's new product integration streamlines content across devices

One of the big challanges for large companies, especially in the digital age, is establishing and maintaining brand…

Project post-mortems: how to successfully conclude any project

It’s launched. It’s live. It works. You designed, built and tested it, grieved nixed ideas and celebrated solved…

How to create horizontal scrolling using display:table-cell

Horizontal layouts of all kinds have intrigued me ever since I found out you could do that. I don't know exactly why…

The ultimate guide to logo design

There are some companies out there that would have you believe that designing a logo is as simple as slapping together…

Comics of the week #223

Every week we feature a set of comics created exclusively for WDD. The content revolves around web design, blogging and…

Nothing left to say? The decline and fall of blog comments

It's fair to say that blogs like this one have experienced a dip in comments of late. Social media shares remain high,…

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…

What's new for designers, February 2014

The February edition of what's new for web designers includes new web apps, icons, color resources, webmaster tools,…

Comics of the week #222

Every week we feature a set of comics created exclusively for WDD. The content revolves around web design, blogging and…

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…