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WordPress Developer’s Toolbox

Web designers and developers are getting an increasing number of requests from clients for custom theme development, and a growing number of designers are also building their own themes to distribute... More... 238 Comments
Opera Web Standards Curriculum

Learning Web Standards just got easier. Opera's new Web Standards Curriculum is a complete course to teach you standards-based web development, including HTML, CSS, design principles and JavaScript... More... Be the first to comment!
25 Useful WYSIWYG Editors Reviewed

When it comes to coding editors, it's damn hard to a get a clear overview of all the benefits and functionalities different editors have to offer. However, in the end everybody needs one, so it's... More... 225 Comments
20 Free Tutorials to Create Your Own Flash Game

Flash is a very flexible tool for building games that are both entertaining and educational. Designerfolio presents a bunch of free tutorials for game development in Flash. More... Be the first to comment!
10 Principles Of Effective Web Design

Usability and the utility, not the visual design, determine the success or failure of a web-site. Since the visitor of the page is the only person who clicks the mouse and therefore decides everything,... More... 390 Comments
Adobe Flash Tutorials - Best of

Although usability evangelists often consider Flash to be a usability nightmare, used properly, Flash can provide users with a rich and interactive interface which would be impossible otherwise. Today... More... 158 Comments
10 Usability Nightmares You Should Be Aware Of

Sometimes you just want to get the information you're after, save it and move along. And you can't. Usability nightmares — which are rather the daily routine than an exception — appear every now and... More... 300 Comments
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... 146 Comments
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... 66 Comments
Smashing 1st Anniversary Giveaway

On Monday we've presented 40+ books for professional design and development. We've ordered most of them and are giving them away to our readers. However, if you think that we were planning to celebrate... More... 1,856 Comments
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
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
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
Designing With Grid-Based Approach

The main idea behind grid-based designs is a solid visual and structural balance of web-sites you can create with them. Sophisticated layout structures offer more flexibility and enhance the visual... More... 164 Comments