CategoryFrameworks

November 30, 2012 — In this tutorial, we will be covering a number of interesting topics, including: Magento layout handles, layout XML files, blocks and templates, and an alternative to Widgets. Read more…

July 23, 2012 — This is our sixth article in a series that introduces the latest useful and freely available tools and techniques, developed and released by active members of the Web design community. The first article covered PrefixFree; the second introduced Foundation, a responsive framework; the third presented Sisyphus.js, a library for Gmail-like client-side drafts. The fourth shared a free plugin called GuideGuide with us, and in the fifth we’ve announced Erskine’s responsive grid generator Gridpak. Read more…

April 16, 2012 — This article is the sixth in our new series that introduces the latest, useful and freely available tools and techniques, developed and released by active members of the Web design community. The first article covered PrefixFree; the second introduced Foundation, a responsive framework; the third presented Sisyphus.js, a library for Gmail-like client-side drafts, the fourth covered a free plugin called GuideGuide and the fifth presented Erskine Design’s responsive grid generator Gridpak. Today, we are happy to feature a toolkit devised by Yandex: BEM. Read more…

March 19, 2012 — This article is the fifth in our new series that introduces the latest, useful and freely available tools and techniques, developed and released by active members of the Web design community. The first article covered PrefixFree; the second introduced Foundation, a responsive framework; the third presented Sisyphus.js, a library for Gmail-like client-side drafts and the fourth shared with us a free plugin called GuideGuide. Today, we are happy to present Erskine’s responsive grid generator: Gridpak. Read more…

March 1, 2012 — A lot of community extensions (or modules) are available for the feature-rich open-source e-commerce solution Magento but what if they don’t quite work as you want them to? What if you could understand the structure of a Magento module a little better, to the point that you could modify it to suit your needs or, better yet, write your own module from scratch? Read more…

October 25, 2011 — You’ve probably already heard about responsive design. In this post, the ZURB team present ’Foundation’, a framework to help you build prototypes and production code that’s truly responsive. Read more…

October 17, 2011 — Krysztof Rakowski cover how to separate the view of your PHP application from its other components. Learn some basic MVC concepts, review some popular templating libraries, play around with a small custom-made view class, and explore the basics of using the Twig library. Read more…

September 9, 2011 — LESS and Sass share a lot of basics. oth of them are fantastic tools for designers who code, and they can also help developers work more efficiently and quickly. In this post, Jeremy Hixon presents the main difference between them. Read more…

August 24, 2011 — We are happy to release a responsive jQuery slider plugin created, developed and maintained by Tyler Smith. Released for Smashing Magazine and its readers. Read more…

July 19, 2011 — Questions in the world of mobile app development are endless. Jen Gordon shares her knowledge as a designer to decide what’s best for your client -and how to do it- regarding the audience they are trying to reach. Read more…