Category / Usability

256

0 comments

9 Best Modern Web Design Tutorials and Articles

2010

7

MAR

Web Design field is growing very fast and as a modern web designer you should know new design techniques such as CSS3 and Web 2.0 . A visitor to your website is going to decide to stay or leave your website in just a few seconds. If the design looks out of date,

349

0 comments

Best Of February – 10 Web Development Articles And Tutorials

2010

5

MAR

I handpicked 10 webdev articles an tutorials i consider to be the best from February 2010. Hope you like my selection.

css-html, php, usability

363

0 comments

40 Extremely Useful jQuery Form Plugins

2010

2

MAR

The evolution of javascript allow us to further enhance web form. It reduces human errors by guiding and helping users to provide more accurate input. So, I made this post, 40 jquery plugins that I believe will able to reduce your time searching for the right one.

javascript, tools, usability

3306

3 comments

8 amazing WordPress contact form plugins

Contact forms are highly needed on every website and blog.If you have blog you also need contact forms to allow your readers to stay in touch with you,sign up for updates using their email, sign up for email newsletters, or even to reach your customer service if you have an online business.

tips, usability, wordpress

176

0 comments

Tutorial : Style a breadcrumb like apple.com style breadcrumb

2010

25

FEB

Breadcrumb is a navigation pattern that shows a path from the home page to the current one. In this tutorial we will creat apple.com-like breadcrumb using images and simple css.

css-html, tutorial, usability, wordpress

dynamicwp

38

0 comments

The Smashing Book is indeed… Smashing!

2010

24

FEB

A complete and detailed review of the Smashing Book by Smashing Magazine, containing information about the book as a whole and its contents chapter by chapter.

css-html, font, tips, usability

110

0 comments

7 ‘Scroll to Top’ jQuery Solutions

2010

22

FEB

In this post you will find seven jQuery solutions which allow your visitors to smoothly scroll right to the top of a page, making your website more user friendly.

NetKit

71

0 comments

Top 10 Sites to Learn AJAX From

2010

18

FEB

Top 10 Sites to Learn Ajax From a great collection

ajax, css-html, misc, tutorial, usability

352

0 comments

11 Tips for better blogging

In my first post, i will give you some tips on how to be a better blogger and how to success in your blogs! I’m not very experienced blogger but i think that i can give some advices that are useful. These advices aren’t something difficult and they will increase the quality of your blog.

misc, tips, usability, wordpress

ssstratos

135

0 comments

Creating a new blog: What to watch out

There are some things that you have to watch out when you will start a new blog. If you want lots of readers, you have to follow some steps that will reach you to the top. However, the best advice is to stay calm!

misc, tips, usability, wordpress

ssstratos

55

0 comments

Google and Its Official Blogs

If you want to give your Blog a Web presence without spending a lot of time or money, a google optimization is the answer and this is all about google blogs.

seo, usability

woarena

68

0 comments

70+ Best Fonts For Headlines And Titles

70+ handpicked fonts for big, bold headlines and titles in website or blog design.

design, font, freebies, logo, usability

goospoos

139

0 comments

Don’t abuse of uppercase letters

Some tips on typography with regards to uppercase and lowercase letters, explaining when one should use a certain type of letter styling.

font, tips, usability

63

0 comments

User testing and thirteen ways of selling a book

2010

17

FEB

By conducting simple user tests, you can improve the effectiveness of your online banners. Find out how Smashing Magazine is selling their book.

design, graphic, tips, usability

150

0 comments

11 Fresh Google Buzz wordpress plugins

2010

16

FEB

Google Buzz is growing rapidly these times, its more of a necessity to have Buzz integrated to your bog theme right now for more interacting with your readers and fans.I hope these Buzz tools will help you integrate Google Buzz in your wordpress blog

tips, tools, usability, wordpress

184

0 comments

Google Buzz Free Icons And PSD Files

2010

15

FEB

Google Buzz is a new way to Start conversations about the things you find interesting. Share updates, photos, videos and more with your friends.It is the best social product launched by Google compared to orkut and google wave

design, icon, usability

43

0 comments

The Simple Secret to Good Dropdown Navigation

2010

11

FEB

Almost every example of dropdown navigation on the web today relies on the nested unordered list. That makes well-formed lists critical to the entire process.

css-html, tips, tutorial, usability

rglazebrook

53

0 comments

10 Stylish jQuery caption plugins

2010

10

FEB

Listed here you will find ten stylish jQuery caption plugins which you can freely use in your future work.

NetKit

555

0 comments

2010

9

FEB

Buttons and usability

An article about buttons, links, and a lot of usability. Studies on a couple of websites, devices and applications showing how one can improve user experience by improving simple buttons.

447

0 comments

WordPress Plugins as you know allow you easy modification, customization, and enhancement to a WordPress blog. Instead of changing the theme.So I've collected several WordPress plugins to help designers in enhancing of their wordpress.

cms, design, usability, wordpress

425

0 comments

Defining a Multivariate Test: Getting Started with Multivariate Testing

Multivariate testing is becoming more popular amongst the web design and development community, and rightfully so. Take a look and see how the smallest changes can produce the biggest results.

20

0 comments

Four Common Steps Every New Blogger Would Face When Starting A Blog

2010

7

FEB

In this article I will give you "Four Common Steps Every New Blogger Would Face When Starting A Blog" along with some helpful tips that will save you time when starting a new blog or website.

lamnguyen

237

0 comments

10 Must See CSS Sprites Tutorials

2010

6

FEB

CSS sprites are a way to reduce the number of HTTP requests made for image resources referenced by your site so it will increase page loading speed.This post looks at useful tutorials for CSS Sprites.

css-html, design, tutorial, usability

555

0 comments

Top 15 Jquery CSS Animated Navigation Tutorials

2010

5

FEB

Top 15 Jquery CSS Animated Navigation Tutorials with download sources and live demos

css-html, design, javascript, tutorial, usability

735

2 comments

Should I use on hover behavior?

2010

29

JAN

An article that tackles the problems that one can encounter while using on hover events in web development, and tips on how to fix them.

javascript, tips, usability

278

0 comments

The Smashing Book in Review

2010

28

JAN

The Smashing Book has been well praised from within the web design and development community. Smashing Magazine typically releases high quality content but does the book live up to the hype?

148

0 comments

The Semantic Web: Speaking to Humans With Readable Code

2010

26

JAN

The semantic web consists of teaching computers to understand the meaning of web content. Learn the advantages of writing descriptive semantic code.

205

0 comments

Working with Flash: Tips & Tricks to Create a Detailed Image

“God is in the details”. This is a phrase I’ve heard many times before. Perhaps this is why I love taking a closer look at all the small details that make up a whole. It is my search for every bit of perfection working together to create a whole beautiful picture.

design, flash, graphic, usability

165

0 comments

Cappuccino – build desktop caliber applications that run in a web browser

2010

25

JAN

Cappuccino is an open source framework that makes it easy to build desktop-caliber applications that run in a web browser. Cappuccino is built on top of standard web technologies like JavaScript, and it implements most of the familiar APIs from GNUstep and Apple’s Cocoa frameworks.

javascript, tools, trend, usability

mupet

50

0 comments

Making A Cool Thumbnail Effect With Zoom And Sliding Captions

Since the thumbnail spotlight effect i wrote a tutorial about was and still is amazingly popular i decided to make another cool thumbnail effect. This time with zoom and sliding caption.

610

0 comments

Superb Jquery Image Effects and Tooltips Tutorials

2010

23

JAN

Superb Jquery CSS Image Effects and Tooltips Tutorials to improve your sites

css-html, gadget, javascript, tutorial, usability

653

0 comments

Tagclouds, useful or just keyword spam?

2010

22

JAN

Tagging your articles or pictures should be done methodically and consistent throughout your entire website. Find out how!

css-html, design, seo, usability

213

0 comments

10 Quick Tips for Running a Website Optimization Test

2010

21

JAN

Running website optimization tests can be a very rewarding process. It is important to make sure that every test you conduct is worth your time and effort.

design, trend, usability

317

0 comments

10 Ways to animate your hyperlinks

2010

14

JAN

CSS provides some powerful ways to style your hyperlinks but if you want to go one step further and add some smooth animation to your hyperlinks, than I believe you will find this list useful.

NetKit

468

0 comments

Strategizing Web Content: The Right Strategy for Writing for the Web

2010

13

JAN

Users do not commonly browse the internet looking for a good design or decent user experience. Users browse in search of good content. The more effort you put into your content the better the pay off.

271

0 comments

Improve Usability and CTR: Make an Entire List Item Clickable

2010

12

JAN

Larger clickable areas make for greater usability and a higher click-through rate. Here's how to expand a clickable area to an entire list item using jQuery.

rglazebrook

294

0 comments

WordPress Usability: Plugins That Make Your Blog More Visitor Friendly

2010

7

JAN

Making your blog as visitor friendly as possible should be one of your primary design goals. This articles share 5 necessary plugins to make your blog more user friendly.

usability, wordpress

dicky83

286

0 comments

20 Absolutely Stylish Web Form Design Showcase

2010

5

JAN

A web form is one of the methods for users to interact with the website. We use it to collect user feedback, sign up for a service, comments and as well as entering data. It's crucial to make a clean and usable form layout to ensure it's easy to use and understand. In this showcase, you will be able to get inspired by the creativity from other web designers.

design, graphic, inspiration, usability

7969

2 comments

Top 5 Free URL Shortening Online Tools

2009

21

DEC

Top 5 Free URL Shortening Online Tools, and description and why use them

freebies, gadget, tools, trend, usability

1325

1 comment

Web Application Interface Design Guide

2009

10

DEC

A guide covering the basics of Interface Design. From the initial planning stages to the final touches.

design, graphic, misc, tips, usability

agrublev

606

0 comments

Fading navigation on the Google homepage

As you may well be aware of, testing and optimizing your webpages is incredibly important to ensure a good usability and performance. Google certainly is not an exception and is testing some new features, trying to improve the interface to a more efficient, simpler and intuitive search experience. Wonder how they did it?

design, graphic, trend, usability

384

0 comments

Free Web Traffic - Leanne reviews Affiliate Code Program.

2009

6

DEC

By now, you've probably heard all about The Affiliate Code because I mean, it's all over the blogs, and the Alexa ranking for this site is insane right now. Take a look at the review it will shock you.

seo, tips, trend, tutorial, usability

leannegriffiths

514

1 comment

300+ Amazing Jquery CSS Tutorials Round up

2009

4

DEC

ajax, css-html, javascript, tutorial, usability

826

0 comments

30 Most Popular Wordpress Plugins

2009

1

DEC

Every blog working with Wordpress has at least some plugins installed. If you want to know more about the most popular plugins, here is the list with the 30 most popular.

design, graphic, usability, wordpress

exxcorpio

574

0 comments

12 Useful Tutorials to Style Web Forms

2009

29

NOV

Styling a tableless css web form requires advanced skills in CSS. Besides that, we have to consider the form accessibility and usability as well. With all these tutorials, they will show you the right way to implement web form.

css-html, design, tutorial, usability

16433

9 comments

10 Extremely Useful Wordpress Plugins

2009

25

NOV

I handpicked 10 wordpress plugins i find to be very useful. Interacting with twitter, bandwidth saving, social sharing… it’s all here.

css-html, tutorial, usability, wordpress

680

0 comments

A summary of posts 1 to 5

This post is a small and handy recap for posts 1 to 5, which keeps you up to date with the latest articles, reviews and showcases.

design, freebies, inspiration, usability

91

0 comments

10 Quick E-Commerce Optimization Tips

2009

24

NOV

Websites are all in a continuous need of enhancement and we can always be improving our websites. E-commerce websites may be more complex however are no exception to the rule.

664

1 comment

How to avoid comment spam?

Mindbreaking questions you need to answer, impossible images to decipher just to comment on an article or buy a product. Want to know how to avoid comment spam?

design, javascript, tools, usability

496

1 comment

FlashMoto released a powerful Flash CMS

Recently a new offer appeared at the CMS market – Flash content management system from FlashMoto company. Software provider claimed to have developed the most user-friendly and feature rich application for effective Flash website management.

cms, flash, usability

Tianna

641

2 comments

34 cheat sheets for web designers and developers

2009

22

NOV

A cheat sheet is a printable guide of a particular programming language, software or framework. A web designer spends most of his design time to move around different softwares environment and it becomes really hard to memorize the shortcuts and hot keys for each environment.

freebies, usability

webanddesigners

431

0 comments

Top 10 Jquery Animated Navigation Tutorials

2009

19

NOV

Top 10 Jquery CSS Animated Navigation Tutorials

javascript, tutorial, usability

1447

0 comments

Making a Cool Spotlight Effect with jQuery

2009

16

NOV

In this tutorial we will make an amazing effect i saw on a portfolio of an australian designer which is so great i had to write a tutorial about it. Here it is…

1403

0 comments

Developer’s Snack: Exploration on Web Tab Modules

2009

10

NOV

The use of web tab module has been widely adopted to enhance the experience which is generally used to break content into multiple sections that can be swapped on the fly to save space.

ajax, css-html, javascript, usability

390

0 comments

Smart Email Marketing - How to Design and Send Emails

2009

8

NOV

Email marketing is one of the most effective methods of advertising online yet the majority of companies are missing out. I have put together an outline on how to design and send emails, along with a few examples.

css-html, usability

695

0 comments

Forms. Can’t live with them. Can’t live without them.

2009

7

NOV

The first part of a series of articles that are meant to provide valuable insides no how to develop web forms, what options are there, how to properly code a form and to validate it.

453

0 comments

heatmaps, hot or not? Free alternatives for Crazy Egg.

2009

6

NOV

The heatmap is a graphical overlay of your website which points out what content is hot and what not. The click-heatmap makes it possible to analyse the clicking behaviour of the visitor while the eyetracking-heatmap shows you where people actual look on your webpage.

tips, tools, usability, wordpress

1009

3 comments

Why do passwords appear as dots in a form?

When I want to subscribe myself for a newsletter, website, online application or want to sign in, I need to put in my password. This is the easiest way to protect websites/applications and it works, but what I really don’t understand is why a password need to appear as dots in the textfield.

416

3 comments

Create a Hovering Scroll to Top Button With JQuery

2009

5

NOV

Looking for an easy way to help your readers power through long web pages? Sick of scrolling for minutes at a time to get to the top of the document? Here’s a simple Scroll to Top button that hovers in the bottom right corner of your screen. Best of all, it’s made entirely from JQuery, CSS, and HTML, so you can easily drop it into preexisting pages and customize it to your hearts content.

javascript, tutorial, usability

809

0 comments

10 Free Online Image Resizing Tools For Designers

2009

2

NOV

A bunch of free Online Image Resizing Tools that help to resize images in a jiffy. A must read for designers and web weavers. Make use of these hand tools to save time resizing images.

design, graphic, tools, usability

558

0 comments

8 Tips and Tricks on Developing Usable Websites

2009

29

OCT

Tips and tricks on creating websites with higher usability.

design, graphic, misc, seo, usability

agrublev

566

0 comments

10 Attractive Jquery CSS Tooltips Tutorials

css-html, design, javascript, usability

842

0 comments

Curtains Opening Animation with jQuery

2009

27

OCT

In this tutorial we will make a nice curtains opening animation using jQuery with some additional effects. This animation is extremely easy to be made and i really like it, i hope you will too.

1032

0 comments

Equal Column Height with jQuery

2009

22

OCT

In this tutorial i will show you how to achieve equal height on multiple columns. There are a lot of ways to achieve this, one of them is with CSS but with jQuery it’s peace of cake. Here is how…

902

0 comments

Javascript DOs and DONTs. Complete with 17 examples from real web

2009

21

OCT

Case study on 17 sites that heavily use javascript. What they do right and what are their flaws showing how should bugs be fixed to achieve progressive enhancement.

flash, javascript, tutorial, usability

608

0 comments

10 Amazing jQuery Plugins To Improve Your Forms

2009

20

OCT

In this article i handpicked 10 jquery plugins for improving forms that i like the most, and i really hope you will like them too.

javascript, tools, tutorial, usability

944

0 comments

How to waste 1.000.000 Euros on TV spots!

2009

19

OCT

A small case study on TV ad campaigns and search engine optimization done very wrong.

tools, tutorial, usability

416

0 comments

Better home link buttons (4)

2009

16

OCT

Fourth article in a series showcasing best practices and tips to improve usability for logo's on websites.

design, graphic, tips, usability

513

0 comments

10 Blunders to Avoid on Business Websites

Websites are the most preferred way for promoting a business online. For that reason, you must focus on blunders that are responsible to hurt the website performance.

design, graphic, misc, tutorial, usability

andrewjhonson

517

0 comments

16 Best jQuery Widgets

Splash up your designs with jQuery widgets. A collection of smart widgets combining usability and style, a must read for designers and developers.

css-html, design, javascript, usability

1603

0 comments

Contact Us Page Best Practices with 22 Fabulous Showcases

2009

15

OCT

In the entire world wide web, most sites, be it large or small, contain the Contact Us page. The purpose of the Contact Us page is to get your clients or customers to talk to you or enquire more about your services, ultimately it is to generate potential businesses for your company.

design, inspiration, tips, usability

611

0 comments

Understanding Webpage Usability

2009

14

OCT

The study on user attraction is part of usability, a guide on how to assess purposefulness of a user interface.

usability

dicky83

409

0 comments

How To Display Form Fields Based On Selection With Or Without jQuery Cookie

2009

13

OCT

Over these years, adding JavaScript to a form has become very common. The introduction of JavaScript has changed the way in which a user interacts with an online form.

javascript, misc, tips, usability

412

0 comments

Improve iPhone’s UX with custom TLD

2009

12

OCT

One simple, but awesome way to improve the user experience on iPhone when it comes to Safari web browsing.

browser, design, misc, usability

434

0 comments

Making image captions using jQuery

In this tutorial we will make a nice semi-transparent image caption using jQuery. The image caption will be triggered on hover. We are going to use fadeTo() jQuery function to achieve the semi-transparency. It’s a really nice effect to have.

988

0 comments

15 Helpful Website Usability Facts & Guidelines

2009

8

OCT

Web site usability is the quality of a user’s interaction with a web site or, in other words, how usable a web site is to the user. Ultimately, users want to be able to easily access a web site and determine how to use it within seconds.

andrewjhonson

544

0 comments

Making a jQuery pagination system

2009

6

OCT

For paginating purpose PHP seems like a logical solution, but if you don’t have a huge amount of data you want to paginate, i would suggest paginating with jQuery. It’s not hard at all, and in this tutorial we will make a jQuery pagination system.

2023

1 comment

Client side filtering data with jQuery

2009

2

OCT

In this tutorial we are going to make a really easy to build filtering system with jQuery. There will be no AJAX or PHP, just HTML and jQuery.

689

0 comments

Open Source Projects are Using jQuery

2009

30

SEP

jQuery is a fast and concise JavaScript Library that simplifies HTML document traversing, event handling, animating, and Ajax interactions for rapid web development

javascript, usability

woarena

571

0 comments

Best of September- 10 web development articles and tutorials

2009

28

SEP

These are the 10 best web development articles and tutorials from September that took my attention. I learned some new stuff from them and i hope you will too.

css-html, javascript, php, usability

715

0 comments

15 Useful Code Snippet Tools That Will Help You Store And Manage Your Code Library

Every developer should have a way or tool to store their code snippets to speed up their daily work. If you have just started your programming journey, there might not be any code snippets you might want to keep or archive yet.

gadget, tips, tools, usability

732

0 comments

Create Thickbox in Wordpress with just 3 lines of code.

2009

27

SEP

We already know that Wordpress is showing Thickbox in its backend (wp-admin). We can call the same Thickbox in the Wordpress theme also. It is very simple and it will help to remove your Thickbox plugin(if you are using it). Fore more details, check this link http://www.myhtmlworld.com/wordpress/create-thickbox-wordpress.html

php, usability, wordpress

sunil

1390

1 comment

Checking username availability with ajax using jQuery

2009

22

SEP

The time when username availability is checked after the page is normaly processed is long way behind us. Google has it, Yahoo has it and many many more sites have it, ajax username availability checker. So in this tutorial we will make an ajax username availability checker powered with jQuery.

ajax, css-html, javascript, usability

826

0 comments

Graceful flash degradation, reloaded!

2009

21

SEP

Second article of a series containing pointers to improve flash websites, accessibility and usability of websites that contain flash elements.

graphic, tips, tutorial, usability

658

0 comments

UX Designer Interview - Paul Seys

An interview with the very talented UX designer Paul Seys

design, graphic, usability

atikusdesign

610

0 comments

2009

15

SEP

Wordpress Cheat Sheet

A very useful and printable wordpress cheatsheet. it's .pdf and you can print it any size as you want

freebies, usability, wordpress

ekinertac

680

1 comment

Making a jQuery infinite carousel with nice features

2009

14

SEP

Due to high interest in the first tutorial on jQuery infinite carousel and a lot of suggestions from you all, i decided to take it a step further by improving the code a bit, and add some features.

css-html, javascript, usability, wordpress

2048

0 comments

Site redesign & how to lose 50% of your business

A case study based on guru.com's new homepage design, showing how you can miss 50% of your target without proper structure and layout.

design, tips, tutorial, usability

718

0 comments

45 Interesting Web 2.0 Online Services And Applications That Can Make Your Life Easier

Web 2.0 is a category of new Internet tools and technologies created around the idea that the people who consume media and use the Web shouldn't passively absorb what's available.

browser, gadget, tools, usability

794

0 comments

The Encyclopedia of Typographic Contrast

2009

9

SEP

Typography is an essential part of web design, and something I know that I could do a better job with. So, I figured I would start to assembly a mini-encyclopedia on some of the elements you can use to create contrast.

design, tips, tutorial, usability

586

0 comments

How to make a completely reusable jquery modal window

In this tutorial we will code a modal window with jQuery that is completely reusable, so we can put multiple modal windows without making a specific coding for it.

css-html, javascript, usability

1654

0 comments

Consistency. Key element in extraordinary UX

2009

8

SEP

A detailed article about consistency, why it improves user experience on large website, together with lots of examples, good and bad practices around the topic.

design, os, usability

596

0 comments

Simple CSS Tricks to Greatly Improve Site Typography

2009

4

SEP

When creating a minimalist or simple website design, typography plays a key role in adding contrast and interest that would normally be done with images. Because of that, it’s essential that the typography looks professional and is well-tuned with the rest of the design. Here are a few CSS tips to make sure you get it right.

css-html, design, tutorial, usability

1070

0 comments

Make a jQuery content slider with ease

2009

3

SEP

In this tutorial we are going to make a news scroller. You don’t have to use it for news, there are a lot of other uses for it. When you have a lot of content you can use this to make it organized

css-html, freebies, javascript, usability

2316

0 comments

Dump The Tables for Layout Designing

A very informative article about css based website designing. When website designer and developers are not in a favor of using tables while creating a web page and at the same time they can’t even explain why. I think this article will definitely give some solid grounds that people craft css based, table-less designs.

css-html, design, tips, tutorial, usability

seosemanticxhtml

588

0 comments

Graceful flash degradation

2009

2

SEP

Article containing pointers to improve flash websites, accessibility and usability of websites that contain flash elements.

flash, misc, usability

558

1 comment

10 best jQuery gallery and slider plugins

2009

1

SEP

These are the best jquery image gallery and slider plugins i have been able to find. My favorite is SCROLLABLE from jQuery Tools. I hope you like them.

design, inspiration, javascript, usability

2340

1 comment

Image splitting effect with CSS and JQuery

2009

27

AUG

In this tutorial we are going to make an image splitting effect using ONE image. What’s that? It’s simillar to a sliding door effect where the image slides to left or right side and reveals the text behind it, but the thing that makes this different is that the effect looks like the image is splitted into half and one goes left and the other one goes right.

css-html, graphic, javascript, usability

969

2 comments

The Keynotes Of Web 2.0 Design Elements With 30 Dazzling Showcases

Web 2.0 culture has indeed change the way on how we look at the design of websites and the Internet.

design, inspiration, trend, usability

577

1 comment

Make a custom tab interface with JQuery

2009

26

AUG

There are a lot of tabber plugins, but sometimes they don’t give us the freedom we want, so we either deal with it or start changing the plugin’s code. Why bother with finding the one that fits you the best when you can just make your own tab interface and it’s not hard at all, it’s actualy pretty easy.

1038

0 comments

jQuery Collpasible Drag & Drop Panels

Drag n Drop panels are great to let the user control how he/she wants to see the information as he can arrange various information blocks according to his preference. This tutorial explains how to create collapsible drag n drop panels using jQuery & jQuery UI libraries

css-html, javascript, usability

webdevplus

1890

0 comments

Twitter Conversation and Communication Tools

2009

24

AUG

Now a days there is a trend People engage in the conversation by using the golden rules of Twitter. This means that it is a good idea to more or less have the same ratio of following to followers. There are some reasons that why you should use these Twitter tools as they fit your need and requirements.

tools, usability

woarena

384

0 comments

11 menu and navigation jquery plugins you don’t want to miss

2009

23

AUG

Here are the 11 most extraordinary menu and navigation jquery plugins i could find. Hope you like them, i know i do.

javascript, tools, tutorial, usability

1360

0 comments

How To Create Submit News Form For Blogger

how to create submit news page for bloggger using simple Google doc technique tutorial . Add submit news button and drive more traffic to your blog

tutorial, usability

iksa01

799

0 comments

6 Essential tools to check your website Usability

2009

21

AUG

http://tutorialfeed.blogspot.com/2009/08/6-essential-tools-to-check-your-website.html

tools, usability

tutorialfeed

540

0 comments

5 Tips and Tricks For An Effective eCommerce Site With 10 Brilliant Examples

2009

20

AUG

Customers appreciate the convenience of ordering online, but if a site is cumbersome, is veiled about its pricing and polices, or does not seem to provide personal benefit, they leave.

inspiration, misc, tips, usability

477

0 comments

7 Awesome Resources to Test Cross Browser Compatibility of Your Website

When there are many browsers available for the users to surf the internet, it becomes evident for you to check the Cross Browser Compatibility of your website.

browser, usability

andrewjhonson

497

0 comments

Web Analytics Tools – Analyzing The Traffic On Web

2009

18

AUG

With diverse objectives, technologies and access of resources, it is important to select the correct web analytics tool compatible with your website or blog. Before taking a decision, it is essential to hold a brain-storming session so as to pick the ideal tool.

seo, tips, tools, tutorial, usability

raflec

540

0 comments

Connecting Through Type And 20 Typography Inspirational Sites

2009

13

AUG

In its most basic form, type is an interface. It communicates an intended message to the user, facilitates communication, and incites a response.

design, font, inspiration, usability

439

0 comments

Interview with Soh Tanaka, High-Skilled Web Designer and Front-End Developer

2009

11

AUG

To continue meetings with hard-workers and helpful people in Web Design, I’m pleased to share this quick interview with Soh Tanaka. Soh is a passionate, high-skilled, Web Designer and Front-End Developer. He produces usable and aesthetically pleasing designs using XHTML and CSS structures.

css-html, design, inspiration, usability

piervix

744

0 comments

14 Best Firefox Photo Plugins

2009

8

AUG

Don't you love viewing Photographs and images on web pages, your Picassa albums, Flickr albums or from your mail account? Then these Best Firefox Photo Plugins will enhance your photo viewing experiences.

freebies, graphic, tools, usability

923

0 comments

10 Common Design Flaws That Frustrate Your Website's Users

2009

5

AUG

At one time or another, we have all visited a website that is so confusing and poorly-designed that it is not worth wasting any time or effort on. Some webmasters are so focused on collecting information from their users that they overload their visitors with requests and instructions. Listed here are some of the most common features of a website that frustrate visitors.

873

0 comments

How A Web Designer Can Make Your Email Campaign A Success

2009

4

AUG

If you’re planning on making email campaigns a part of your Internet marketing strategy, consider enlisting professional help. Your website designer is a terrific choice when you’re ready to launch a successful email campaign.

540

0 comments

Before putting CAPTCHA on your next web form

When to use CAPTCHA (importantly, when not to use) and if at all required, how to make it easier for your website visitors.

prasanthmj

657

1 comment

12 Best CSS Frameworks For Designers

2009

1

AUG

The best of the CSS Frameworks on the web. A Boon for designers!

css-html, design, tools, usability

1025

0 comments

The Essence Of About Us Page With 12 Captivating Showcases

2009

30

JUL

About Us are important for establishing trust because they let customers know that there are real people and a real organization behind an otherwise virtual world.

design, inspiration, trend, usability

909

1 comment

Increase sales by 70%

Brief article showcasing a case study regarding website optimization done for increasing conversion rates and sales.

tips, usability

490

0 comments

10 Simple Ways to Make Life Easier for Your Website’s Users

Compatibility, usability, interaction, visual appeal, and support for a website’s users are all important aspects for a designer to consider when looking to present the most interesting and user-friendly site possible. By implementing the simple suggestions below, you can dramatically improve your users’ experience and the overall performance of your site.

design, misc, tips, usability

684

0 comments

Keep Your Website Alive and Thriving with Regular Maintenance

2009

28

JUL

Practically every business knows they need to keep their services and offerings fresh and up-to-date if they want to please their customers. The same is true for websites. Search engines and visitors alike become bored with old, outdated websites that fail to offer anything new. Broken links, antiquated news and dated content cripple your website, impairing your ability to attract new traffic.

cms, design, tips, usability

701

0 comments

Awesome navigation techniques

2009

23

JUL

An article showcasing one interesting navigation technique, with multiple options given to the user, from basic links, to keyboard shortcuts rounding up with amazing gestures.

design, flash, tips, usability

1060

0 comments

2009

22

JUL

Simple jQuery tabs

This tutorial looks into creating a really simple tabbed interface using just plain HTML and CSS with the functionality and interface manipulated using jQuery. Tabbed interfaces are great for maximizing the amount of space you have on your site.

javascript, tutorial, usability

ashleyford

1957

1 comment

2009

21

JUL

Red sites showcase

An article showcasing good and bad usage of red to emphasize key elements on different websites, plus a beautiful sites showcase.

design, graphic, tips, usability

602

0 comments

The Art Of Applying Rule Of Five Plus Or Minus Two For An Effective Wireframe

2009

20

JUL

Working on your wireframes before starting on the details of design is a crucial step in web design.

design, misc, tools, usability

665

0 comments

Preserving the corporate web design

This showcase is a great example how an international company is applying its corporate design on the web. Orange is present in eleven countries on two continents, yet all the websites follow a unique corporate design, which creates an outstanding powerful brand.

mihai

549

0 comments

2009

17

JUL

jQuery Ajax delete

Removing contents with Ajax is a useful tool to have in any web designers kit. Using a few lines of jQuery we can remove a div and simultaneously remove a record from the database with Ajax.

ajax, javascript, php, usability

ashleyford

1136

1 comment

15 Essential Checks Before Launching Your Website

2009

15

JUL

In this article, we are creating a checklist of all the basic but essential tasks which should be done and tested before launching any new website.

design, tips, tutorial, usability

seosemanticxhtml

756

0 comments

45+ Unusual Layout Website Designs

2009

10

JUL

List of websites that are unusual, coll and quite different. Websites that are unique, unusual design, structure, navigation, flow. All this is so different from regular websites that we see everyday.

css-html, design, graphic, usability

dewebtimes

1633

0 comments

Better home link buttons (3)

The third article of a series of articles showcasing ways to improve the user experience of home links, and logo's.

design, tutorial, usability

782

0 comments

Is Your Website in Need of a Facelift? The Pros & Cons of Redesigning Your Site

2009

9

JUL

Many business owners who have seen success from their company website in the past are now stuck in the world of Web 1.0. Some do not feel a need to update their web presence and others do not understand how redesigning their website can result in increased traffic and sales.

design, tips, trend, usability

545

0 comments

Where to use red color, information & advice

2009

8

JUL

The first article from a series of article about colors. Also contains an interview with renowned color expert Igor Asselbergs.

design, graphic, logo, tips, usability

681

0 comments

10 Principles Of Navigation Design And Why Quality Navigation Is So Critical

If content is the heart of every website publication, navigation is its brain and a fundamental pillar of information architecture design.

design, graphic, inspiration, usability

748

0 comments

12 Navigation Options That Help Users Navigate Through Your Website Effectively

Previously, we have discussed the 10 principles of navigation design and why quality navigation is so critical. Readers think differently about how to find content, depending on their training, profession or habits.

design, inspiration, tips, usability

2818

0 comments

Does Your Website Send the Wrong Message?

2009

7

JUL

Your website should be custom designed with your customer in mind. You have spent time creating a brand and image for your company. Why destroy that brand with a website design that a thousand other people are also using?

design, seo, tips, usability

2432

1 comment

Enhance Visitor Experience By Creative 404 Page

2009

4

JUL

In this article, we are including 15 creative 404 pages which we have found after doing a extensive research of over thousands of websites.

css-html, design, seo, tutorial, usability

raflec

693

0 comments

2009

3

JUL

Web Standards

Using web standards improve the accessibility of the websites, reduce development and maintenance time, improve search engine rankings and can also improve accessibility.

browser, css-html, design, tutorial, usability

seosemanticxhtml

739

0 comments

Create a Digg-style post sharing tool with jQuery

2009

29

JUN

I will show you how to create a social bookmarking tool that look similar to digg's. It looks cool, practical and useful! I also include the komodomedia's social bookmarking icons and a long list of submission URL for one click bookmark.

28711

15 comments

10 Really Interesting jQuery Plugins

2009

23

JUN

I handpicked these plugins from jQuery website. I found them really cool and some of them simply a good stuff to enhance website frontend user interface, usability and capability. Awesome plugins I must say.

javascript, usability

29177

13 comments

40+ Useful Color Tools, Color Palette, Color Scheme & Background Generators

2009

16

JUN

Color is like the arms and legs of a designer. Not only do designers have to deal with them daily, they need to manipulate and integrated them precisely into their works.

design, freebies, tools, usability

890

0 comments

What not to do in mobile web design (#2)

2009

15

JUN

This is a second article of a series of articles about what one developer, or for that matter, a designer, shouldn't do in mobile web design. This second article also treats some serious usability issues, so the problems described in this article shouldn't be used on any site, not just on website's versions targeted to mobile devices.

design, logo, tips, usability

673

0 comments

bwin’s live betting system in the spotlight

2009

6

JUN

A detailed review on bwin's live betting system, how it works, the things that are great, and its downsides.

flash, tips, trend, usability

1322

0 comments

An Introduction To JQuery

2009

16

MAY

An article that deals with the nuts and bolts of JQuery.

ajax, javascript, usability

1090

0 comments

8 Characteristics Of Successful User Interfaces

2009

20

APR

Following guidelines from experts will likely lead you towards creating a good user interface — but what exactly is a good interface? What are the characteristics of an effective user interface?

2219

0 comments

What not to do in form design

2009

17

APR

I posted a few days ago an article regarding issues that can arise during mobile web design, and I am now posting an addition to that, regarding some issues that can appear on web form designs.

css-html, javascript, tips, usability, video

2082

0 comments

25+ jQuery Plugins that enhance and beautify HTML form elements

2009

15

APR

I have collected over 25 jQuery plugins that enhance and beautify html form elements. Some of them add more capabilities that able to increase usability and user friendliness to a website.

javascript, tips, usability

155888

100 comments

How to Spot Quality within Web Design: Examples & Tips

2009

13

APR

I’ve put together a few pointers, and collected some examples to explain just how I look for quality within a website design.

inspiration, tips, usability

1793

0 comments

What not to do in mobile web design!

Mobile web design and development should be easy these days. We have iPhones, Androids and Blackberries which make our lives a lot easier. However, some web developers out there really cannot handle the pressure of mobile development and they do wrong big time. Find out what not to do in when designing web sites for mobile platforms.

1282

0 comments

15 Essential Checks Before Launching Your Website

2009

8

APR

This article reviews some important and necessary checks that web-sites should be checked against before the official launch.

tips, usability

1433

0 comments

Avoid Spammers on your blog

2009

5

APR

How many times have you seen spam on your site? How many times have you struggled to insert captchas or other techniques to get rid of those bots? Well, you have finely made it, but you are now facing a new type of spammers. Humans! read full article to see avoiding techniques.

design, misc, usability

1044

0 comments

Better home link buttons (2)

2009

2

APR

The second part of a series with the same name, describing how can a website be enhanced while adding features to the logo.

1595

0 comments

Better home link buttons

The first part of a series with the same name, describing how to enhance your user experience by adding features to your logo.

css-html, javascript, usability

1502

0 comments

The Importance of Color in Web Design

2009

27

MAR

All too often, I see a great design concept with a poor choice of colors. Part of what makes a great web design “great” is layout, typography and color. When each of these aspects work to compliment each other, great design is born.

design, tutorial, usability

2124

0 comments

20 Excellent Blogs for Those Who Love Design

2009

26

MAR

Here are some of my favorite blogs that cover various topics from web design to package design.

design, inspiration

1308

0 comments

Designing Drop-Down Menus: Examples and Best Practices

In this article we take a closer look at the nature of drop-down navigation menus, analyze situations in which they should or should not be used, discuss various implementations and finally showcase a couple of bad and good examples of such menus. The article also includes various tips and suggestions to help you work with your drop-down menus.

inspiration, tips, usability

1874

0 comments

Common Mistakes in Web Design

2009

24

MAR

Many rejected templates here on Themeforest suffer from the same few common mistakes: typography (font, line-height, letter-spacing, color), alignment (grid), and spacing (padding). In this tutorial, we are going to take a closer look at how to avoid these common errors.

design, font, tips, usability

1356

0 comments

4 Principles of Good Design for Websites

2009

23

MAR

This post will discuss those four principles as they relate to web design. By keeping these design theories fresh in your mind, you will be sure to design cleaner, more aesthetically pleasing sites.

1403

0 comments

10 Principles For Readable Web Typography

2009

19

MAR

Readability is one of the more important aspects of Web design usability. Readable text affects how users process the information in the content. Poor readability scares readers away from the content. On the other hand, done correctly, readability allows users to efficiently read and take in the information in the text.....

font, tips, usability

1402

3 comments