How to create your own WordPress shortcodes
In version 2.5 WordPress introduced shortcodes, and all of us have probably used them at one time or another. They…
By Sara Vieira
Perfection in a portfolio; a web design showcase
Web design is a subtle science that is lost to most who are not in the field. The amount of choices that go into…
By Rob Bowen
Win 10 licenses of the Jumpeye Framework
Today we have a neat giveaway from our friends at Jumpeye which will come in handy for all developers.
The Jumpeye…
By WDD Staff
Comics of the week #185
Every week we feature a set of comics created exclusively for WDD.
The content revolves around web design, blogging and…
By Jerry King
14 key WordPress functions to jump-start theme development
After a few years (or even months) of designing and developing WordPress themes, especially for clients, you start to…
By Joe Nyaggah
How corporate logos evolve
It’s fascinating to watch the evolution of a brand. Companies large and small inevitably change their identity over…
By Ben Moss
The SEO sanity check part 3: White hats always win
The last two articles have dealt with black and gray hat techniques employed by some search engine optimization…
Deal of the week: Mega design bundle
You’ll find enough great deals on our sister site MightyDeals.com to keep you busy for weeks at a time, but even so,…
By WDD Staff
Enchant, simplify and amaze; the Android way
The Android User Experience Team have published their own design principles for delivering a world-class user…
By Ben Moss
A taste of CoffeeScript (part 2)
In the first part of this article about CoffeeScript, you saw its basic capabilities; but let's be honest, most of the…
By Sara Vieira
Social networking noise
Everywhere you go online you see lots of tweets, Facebook posts, and Google+ updates: the social networking noise can…
By Andy Nathan
Common misconceptions about responsive design
I browse the internet everyday, on multiple devices. I use my Macbook Pro, iMac, PC, iPad, iPhone and yes even my…
By Daniel Kling
Graphic designer dad’s lunch bag surprise
Pulling a peanut butter and jelly, or ham and cheese on rye out of your lunchbox every day can get boring pretty…
By Stacey Kole
iOS7 to adopt flat design
The last great bastion of skeuomorphic design, Apple Inc., is rumored to be completely revamping its mobile OS, ahead…
By Ben Moss
What's new for web designers in Illustrator CC
On May 6th Adobe announced its latest updates to its creative software. Some of these updates have big implications on…
Ghost: a crowd-funded blogging platform, launching soon
Sometimes you need a fully-fledged CMS; something that lets you create any kind of website you want to create, with…
Comics of the week #184
Every week we feature a set of comics created exclusively for WDD.
The content revolves around web design, blogging and…
By Jerry King
A more social Adobe Creative Cloud
Adobe has been rolling out some major changes and updates to Creative Cloud. While the new subscription-only model and…
Side project: Coloradore
Coloradore is the side project of graphic designer Anna Kövecses in which her aim is to create a collection of…
By Sam Jones
Design = emotions + usability
While fine art is a subjective field, graphic design is more formulaic in its fundamentals. An effective design should…
By Jason Mark
Deal of the week: Responsive parallax templates
Most sites have too much information; users are overwhelmed as CEOs wax lyrical on everything from their favorite…
By WDD Staff
The designer's secret weapon: an account handler
I’m a lucky person. Every day I get to do what I love, which is helping clients work out what their web project is…
By Jordan Hall
Do's and don'ts of typography
As so much of the content available on the web is text it's essential for web designers to understand the basic…
By Sam Jones
Fantastical fairytale photos
Film studios spend millions of dollars to create stunning epic masterpieces like The Lord of the Rings. But sometimes…
By Stacey Kole