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  CSS Frameworks + CSS Reset: Design From Scratch

  You don't have to write the same CSS-code or (X)HTML-Markup over and over again. Whatever project you're starting to work with, at some point you have to define classes and IDs you've already defined in... More... 136 Comments

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  170+ Expert Ideas From World’s Leading Developers

  Few days ago we've published the first part of our survey "50 Designers x 6 Questions". We've presented the first three questions which we've asked and 175 professional suggestions, tips and ideas from... More... 64 Comments

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  50 Designers x 6 Questions

  Some months ago we’ve selected 50 prominent designers and design companies, contacted them and asked to answer five design-related questions, sharing their knowledge and experience with fellows... More... 107 Comments

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  40+ Books For Professional Design & Development

  Professionalism is built upon knowledge and experience. To become or remain professional, you permanently need to improve your design and programming skills, be aware of new approaches and now how other... More... 2,105 Comments

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  Mephisto: Elegant and Powerful Weblog-Engine

  Depending on bloggers' needs and skills, the choice of a weblog-engine is usually the choice between flexibility, simplicity and functionality. In fact, most engines don't manage to find the right mix... More... 38 Comments

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  CSS Specificity: Things You Should Know

  Apart from Floats, the CSS Specificity is one of the most difficult concepts to grasp in Cascading Stylesheets. The different weight of selectors is usually the reason why your CSS-rules don't apply to... More... 79 Comments

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  40+ Tooltips Scripts With AJAX, JavaScript & CSS

  Web users love informative clues. Whatever questions and misunderstandings might occur - delivering precise answers immediately is the primary task a responsive user interface should be able to cope... More... 187 Comments

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  PDF: 70 Coding Ideas + 80 Design Tips

  It doesn't matter, whether you've been working with CSS for years or have started to learn it recently. In both cases expert ideas for CSS coding and creative approaches for professional design are... More... 52 Comments

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  60 Elegant and Visually Appealing Designs

  It's quite easy to get stuck in creativity blocks, but it's damn hard to get out of them. Particularly if you are out of time and don't want to compromise your professional principles selecting the... More... 216 Comments

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  70 Expert Ideas For Better CSS Coding

  CSS isn't always easy to deal with. Depending on your skills and your experience, CSS coding can sometimes become a nightmare, particularly if you aren't sure which selectors are actually being applied... More... 374 Comments

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  Microformats: What They Are and How To Use Them

  Web 2.0 has its positive and its negative sides. Apart from tremendous technological improvements, provided by Ajax, semantically organized content and the growing popularity of RSS-Feeds, the term "Web... More... 63 Comments

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  CSS Float Theory: Things You Should Know

  The concept of floats is probably one of the most unintuitive concepts in CSS. Floats are often misunderstood and blamed for floating all the context around it, causing readability and usability... More... 107 Comments

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  11 Almost Perfect Business Layouts

  Business companies tend to impress visitors with solid site structures, precise navigation and the credibility of presented content. Therefore business layouts are usually quite unspectacular, mostly... More... 98 Comments

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  35 Designers x 5 Questions

  35 designers. 5 questions. 5 precise answers. Result: 175 professional suggestions, tips and ideas from some of the best web-developers all around the world. In March we've selected over 35 prominent... More... 290 Comments

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