The Ups and Downs of Being a Perfectionist

Almost everyone out there knows someone who's a perfectionist, if they aren't one themselves. Some people are…

How to Make a Screencast for Your Website

Having a video on your website can vastly improve your conversion rate. Whether the goal is for users to sign up for…

Comics of the Week #19

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

4 People You Should Ask For Website Feedback

Most people know that good feedback is essential to designing and developing quality websites. But what constitutes…

Fight Div-itis and Class-itis With the 960 Grid System

Years ago, HTML tables were the standard for laying out web pages. CSS and semantic thinking changed that, and today…

A Showcase of Watercolor in Web Design

Watercolor is such an old school element. Artists have been using watercolor for hundreds of years, and web designers…

A Look at the New MSN.com Design

Since March 9 of this year Microsoft has been rolling out their new design of MSN.com. Backed by countless hours of…

Comics of the Week #18

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

Book Review: Logo Design Love

Logo Design Love: A Guide to Creating Iconic Brand Identities by David Airey is a fantastic place to start if you're…

Winners of “jQuery: Novice to Ninja”

Last week's contest from SitePoint is now officially over. The giveaway was really successful with almost 800 entries…

The World's Most Beautiful Bridges

Today's bridges not only symbolize our world's advancement in design but its advancement in technology as…

Techniques for Squeezing Images for All They’re Worth

An image’s dimensions on screen are measured in pixels: width and height. An image's quality is determined by less…

Comics of the Week #17

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

Showcase of Photography Portfolio Websites

Photographers, just like designers, often use the Internet to help promote their work. Other than using mainstream…

How to Scan, Absorb and Process Information

Learning new information quickly is very important to both designers and developers. That being said, regardless of…

Win 5 Copies of “jQuery: Novice to Ninja”

Sitepoint is known to consistently release amazing books. Their latest book, "jQuery: Novice to Ninja", covers jQuery,…

The Amazing Art of Disabled Artists

Some of the best artists deal with disabilities in their everyday lives that the rest of us can't even imagine living…

Comics of the Week #16

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

Design Around the World: Metro Maps

Every city looks and feels unique. Regional culture, typography, dialect, local customs and many more factors play a…

How to Be Corporate and Still Be Creative

If you're like me, you graduated from art school and had dreams of working as an art director at a small agency. You…

WordPress vs. ExpressionEngine: Apples and Oranges?

This post has been a long time coming. Whether on Twitter or in the blogosphere, the question often arises, and I have…

Winners of 5000 Business Cards from UPrinting

Today we're announcing the winners of the UPrinting contest that we held on WDD for the past week. Many thanks to all…

Why Designers Shouldn't Settle

Ugly designs abound on the web, and behind each and every one of them is a "designer". In many of these cases the…

Comics of the Week #15

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