Google asks you to take action against the U.N.

On December 3rd a closed-door meeting will take place in Dubai. In attendance will be members of the United Nation's…

Building your first WordPress plugin (part 3)

There is no need to ask why anybody would want to write a plugin for WordPress. It's one of the primary features that…

Amazing bundle from MightyDeals.com

It’s hard to believe, but it’s true: our sister-site MightyDeals.com is 2 years old. Hard to believe, because it’s only…

Amazing free bundle from ByPeople.com

Most web pros can't make it through a week without falling back on some else's work: you may be a great programmer, but…

How to make design decisions

This post examines an important part of the design process that, for some reason or other, is often omitted from…

SEO for the mobile web

With the explosive expansion in the use of tablet computers and smartphones for web searches, why are so many SEO…

Comics of the week #156

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

What's the point of favicons?

When I start telling people about the importance of a favicon to their overall online branding strategy, they usually…

Ride the Rails way

Ah, Ruby on Rails. The champion of the startup hustle, and the side project. That in essence describes a lot of why I…

Phenomenal usability bundle

We’ve all been in the situation: sat opposite a client, having delivered your best ‘gimme a job’ pitch. You’ve walked…

Is customer service dead?

Doing business in the age of social media and online communities is not the same as it was some 20 plus years ago. It’s…

10 JavaScript frameworks to improve your mobile development

Issues of cross-browser compatibility, screen resolution and inconsistent HTML and CSS code are things of the past in…

Extraordinary day to night photography

Our lives, particularly within the urban environment, are governed by light; half natural, half artificial. Light is…

15 easy ways to lose clients

Clients are an important part of any business. But when it comes to web design, clients are everything! Whether it is…

How to keep your text clean

Nothing is more important than readability when it comes to the text on your website. Absolutely nothing. If you can’t…

Yesterday, Internet Explorer seemed so far away…

…now it looks as if it's here to stay. Having been introduced as part of the Windows 8 operating system launch last…

How to plan better content

Building stuff for the web is fun. Want to know what isn’t? Waiting on a client to give you content so that you can…

40+ essential WordPress plugins

If you run your website on WordPress, chances are you use at least a handful of plugins. That's what's so great about a…

Kestrel flys into view

Born in London, England in the early 1950s, Alan Meeks began his career as a trainee artist, typographer and typeface…

Are corporate logo changes always necessary?

It seems that everyone is on the logo change bandwagon. Why are so many companies choosing now to change logos that are…

What's new for designers, November 2012

The November edition of what's new for web designers and developers includes new web and Mac apps, JavaScript and…

Faster internet! Kill! Kill!

It will come as no surprise to anyone, that slow buffering of a video is highly likely to see viewers give up, and go…

Comics of the week #155

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

Google simplifies but retains dead space

It is a commonly held view that the minimalist approach to design is what lifted Google, in the early days of the web,…