April 8, 2013 — What can we do to make our email more engaging? People are exceedingly good at ignoring emails. Even Gmail and Hotmail are helping us ignore them by providing smart inboxes that sort incoming messages. However we’ll happily read messages from families, friends or complete strangers. Why? Because these emails are full of personality. Read more…

April 8, 2013 — The first time Rachel McCollin had to move a WordPress installation, she spent hours searching online for information on the various aspects of the process, and eventually wrote herself a checklist — which she still uses. Here’s a step-by-step guide to moving a WordPress website! Read more…

April 5, 2013 — How can we, as Web designers, be equally well-versed in selling our clients on the value in supporting mobile devices every day, as being something in which they need to invest precious budget dollars? In this article, Mark Reeves will tell us a few things to take into account! Read more…

April 4, 2013 — Demonstrating your designs on a wide range of devices can be time-consuming. In this article, Craig Lawson shows us the Create Demo extension. It automatically converts your Fireworks documents into portable presentations, which can then be easily presented in any browser — desktop or mobile. Read more…

April 4, 2013 — In this article, Milan Petrović will teach you how to create the Tabber widget, which saves space and streamlines the appearance and functionality of your WordPress-powered website. As you’ll see in this tutorial, creating a tabbed widget that works on its own and with any theme is easily accomplished. So, let’s jump in and learn how to create our own Tabber widget! Read more…

April 3, 2013 — With the help of Docracy, we collected the experience of many designers to provide a wide range of starting points for less experienced creative professionals, and to start a permanent free legal resource for the community. Below you’ll find a collection of legal documents curated by our fantastic community! Read more…

April 3, 2013 — 80% of people are disappointed with the experience of browsing Web on mobile devices. To meet the high expectations of mobile users, you need a mobile-optimized website. Here, Johan Johansson shows you some techniques that will improve your way into building a snappy mobile Web experience. Read more…

April 2, 2013 — In the first part of this series, we discussed Backbone.Marionette’s Application. This time around, we’ll discuss the module system that is included in Backbone.Marionette. Modules are accessible through the Application, but modules are a very large topic and deserve an article dedicated to them. Read more…

March 31, 2013 — jQuery Mobile, an open-source multiplatform UI framework, was released to help designers and developers create mobile Web experiences that are easy to build, customizable and unobtrusive in code. While mobile browsers and platforms are creating new challenges for us, jQuery Mobile can help us succeed with our mobile apps. Read more…

March 28, 2013 — What happens if you have an existing site or app that was built for desktop without a responsive or mobile strategy in mind? What if you don’t have the resources, time, or budget to start over from scratch in the near term? Despite being a design shop, we at Fresh Tilled Soil found ourselves in this very position. This is how we addressed it. Read more…