Twitter tip-toes into the ad game

Twitter finally tossed a bigger hat into the advertising realm on February 20, 2013 by announcing the new Twitter Ad…

Deal of the week: Certified Adobe training

There is so much technology employed on the web, it’s difficult to keep up, and even harder to know where to begin when…

How to host a WordPress blog on your computer

When I'm designing themes for WordPress, I find that working remotely can be a little troublesome at times;…

What's new for designers, April 2013

The April edition of what's new for web designers and developers includes new web apps, jQuery plugins and JavaScript…

How to write markdown

Recently, there's been a lot of talk about markdown as an alternate way to format text. I decided to do a little…

Comics of the week #178

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

How web posture affects user experience

What makes a great website? There are many ways to measure the effectiveness and quality of a website. Web designers…

How to use CSS3 transitions

Everyone loves motion. Adding the fourth dimension (time) to a site design is the main way screen-based design stands…

How to turn your icons into a web font

I had created some neat icons for a website redesign I was doing, and I previewed the new site on an old iPad. The…

An introduction to AngularJS

When I came across AngularJS a couple weeks ago, I was intrigued at first. By the time I had worked through the set of…

Deal of the week: The Bricks UI Framework

DesignModo's hugely popular set of resources 'The Bricks' is available once again through our sister site…

Adaptive content with WordPress

Responsive design not only challenge our tools and approaches to web design and development, but also forces us to…

Particle effects in Edge Animate

One of the most exciting perks of using Adobe's Edge Animate is the seamless integration with new, exciting CSS…

10 amazing design founders and why you need one

A design founder is a founder of a company who happens to be a designer or makes sure to create a large role for…

jQuery Mobile 1.3

jQuery Mobile 1.3 is now available as a stable release. This new version spearheads the jQuery team’s efforts to fully…

Comics of the week #177

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

15 inspirational approaches to CSS

HTML will only take the web designer so far and if you want to create dynamic, attractive, reactive web design then you…

Get motivated

In the journey from fledgling startup to full-blown success, any burgeoning business will undoubtedly face its fair…

Video tutorials are the bane of my existence

We've all been there. You have an idea, something that just seems like it would work perfectly for your current…

Google forks Webkit

Yesterday, anyone old enough to have been working during the browser wars, felt the icy cold fingers of fear creep up…

How to use CSS specificity

If you plan to use CSS on a regular basis you need to develop an understanding of what specificity is and how it is…

Should creatives be unionized or earn certification?

Every now and then, on some blog or design group, someone brings up the question of designers unionizing or having some…

The typographic portfolio of Peter Tarka

Talent, discipline, and creativity just might constitute a triple threat in the world of design; and if it does,…

Essential tools for every web designer

Every web designer requires the right tools to do their job. To create well crafted original designs you certainly need…