We all love javascript and jquery, right? It’s the stuff that helps you do cool stuff on your site, like rotators, animated elements, and a ton more. But the problem is, if you use Javascript and Jquery to do every effect on your site, it can be a little code-intensive. It also won’t work when [...]
As I’m building a new blog for a client, I came across designing the comments area for the single post page. I thought to myself, it would really impress my client if I was able to integrate Facebook Connect and Twitter right into the response form. Then I remembered seeing Disqus in many blogs [...]
An FTP program is an essential part of your tookit. It allows you to install scripts on a website if needed, upload a ton of pictures or content quickly, even edit files on the server without logging into your text program.
FileZilla is the program I’ve used for years, and I RELY on it. It’s pretty [...]
When designing a website for a client, it’s nice to have easy-to-use free tools you can rely on. Here are a couple of my favorites.
1. Favicon Generator – some clients ask you to create a favicon, you know, that little icon that shows up in the address bar in the browser and in the bookmarks [...]
One of the best websites I know of to get great lessons on web design, especially if you didn’t get a masters in design at a big name school (or a design degree at any school at all :) is Smashing Magazine.
Just do a search on their website or just browse the articles for really [...]
Google has tons of cash laying around and they seem to have plenty to throw at developing their online tools into really awesome ones …
The calendar tool works extremely well, and has some syncing programs that you can use to keep it synced up with Outlook, an exchange server, Mac calendar, lots of different ones.
I [...]
When designing websites or even on your own blog it can be a challenge to create a form. I mean where you have people fill out their name and email, etc. Well there’s a really cool plugin that I’ve used on Wordpress websites to generate rather complicated forms on pages on the website.
I’m a believer [...]
NOTICE: Welcome to the first guest author post on Web Designers’ Edge! Maurice is a plugin developer and jQuery expert. I’m really happy to have this to share with you.
If you haven’t seen the really cool coverflow effect on Apple’s website, or actually even on an iPhone in the iPod or other apps that use [...]
Vector graphics are harder than other graphics unless you know what you are doing. Using Illustrator can either be freeing … or frustrating, depending.
Check out this huge list of tutorials that can help you with every imaginable aspect of using Illustrator. Just dedicate yourself an hour or two a week, and in a year you [...]
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This hosting company is the BEST there is. Hands down …
And for a limited time, when you sign up with a reseller account, I’ll give you a FREE copy of the MotherTheme developer [...]
