The 4 pillars of successful content
Great content connects. It speaks to visitors, makes them want to share it, and motivates them to buy.
In a world that…
By WDD Staff
Test your brand knowledge with Name That Blue
Name That Blue is a deceptively simple online game that asks you to identify which household name brands go with which…
By WDD Staff
SNOW aims to improve responsive design
The goal of responsive web design is to seamlessly adapt the look and UX of a website to different platforms. The…
By WDD Staff
Comics of the week #206
Every week we feature a set of comics created exclusively for WDD.
The content revolves around web design, blogging and…
By Jerry King
20 beautiful monochromatic sites
We know from both our educations and our personal experiences that color has a huge impact on how a design or piece is…
By WDD Staff
Deal of the week: John Forsythe's Professional Text Effects
Sometimes being flat is what a design calls for, at other times we get the chance to really let fly in Photoshop and…
By WDD Staff
50 awesome freebies for web designers, October 2013
Anyone working in web design and development knows that the working day passes a lot easier if you've got a regular…
By WDD Staff
Not your standard CSS: Pushing the boundaries with Adobe
Do you revel in experimenting with leading-edge web design but feel conflicted by the formal technical specifications…
By WDD Staff
A history of the Apple mouse in CSS
Take a look at this incredible Pen, it's an homage to how radically the Apple mouse has evolved over the years. Using a…
By WDD Staff
How to optimize single page sites for search engines
When Google and other search engines index websites, they don't execute JavaScript. This seems to put single page sites…
By WDD Staff
Will generative typography revolutionize the Web?
Love it or hate it, it’s getting difficult to deny generative typography’s steadily increasing importance in the world…
By WDD Staff
HTML5 app smackdown: Which tool is best?
Modern browsers can support rich animation and interactive content without requiring use of plugins such as Flash.…
By WDD Staff
Was iOS7 designed in Microsoft Word?
Since the beta release, there have been countless complaints about the look and feel of iOS7.
The community at large…
By WDD Staff
Master responsive design with Modernizr
As you know, there is a lot more to building responsive websites than width. You need sensors that give you feedback to…
By WDD Staff
Forrst announces major relaunch
Design and development community, Forrst, has announced a completely new and improved website experience.
Originally…
By WDD Staff
Comics of the week #205
Every week we feature a set of comics created exclusively for WDD.
The content revolves around web design, blogging and…
By Jerry King
Our favorite free WordPress themes, October 2013
There are more than 71 million WordPress sites on the internet and new sites are going live every single day.
One of…
By WDD Staff
Deal of the week: 14 Gorgeous WordPress themes
TeslaThemes produce some of the most attractive, and feature-rich WordPress themes available on the Web.
Now, thanks to…
By WDD Staff
Can you design on Windows?
Ask the average person who’s ever heard about these new fangled “computer” things which kind of computer is best for…
By WDD Staff
Is Mainframe2 the end for desktop computing?
If Angel funded Mainframe2 has their way with the cloud, what they reveal this week at Demo Fall 2013, will make…
By WDD Staff
30 incredibly addictive HTML5 games
It's been a fantastic couple of years for HTML5 games, for both consumers and developers. In fact, HTML5 is turning…
By WDD Staff
How to play video with HTML5
Placing a video in HTML5 markup is simple, no more complex for any given browser than placing an image. In this article…
By WDD Staff
What's new for designers, October 2013
The October edition of what's new for web designers and developers includes new web apps, app creators, coding…
Ghost is live
Following months of anticipation the first public release of the Ghost blogging platform is finally live.
Released…
By WDD Staff