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PrefixFree: Break Free From CSS Prefix Hell

Posted by Lea Verou on October 12, 2011 · Comments Off

Editor’s note: This article is the first piece in our new series introducing new, useful and freely available tools and techniques presented and released by active members of the Web design community. Lea Verou is well-known for her experiments with CSS [...]

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Freebie: Twitter GUI PSD

Posted by Smashing Editorial on October 12, 2011 · Comments Off

Updating your Twitter profile can give you really unnecessary headaches. In today’s post, we proudly present to you a Twitter UI GUI template, designed by Shelby White which has exclusively been released for Smashing Magazine and its readers. As usual, the [...]

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Introducing The 6 + 1 Model For Effective Copywriting (Better Than AIDA!)

Posted by Danny Iny on October 11, 2011 · Comments Off

AIDA. Attention, interest, desire, action. It’s the classic copywriting formula, studied and used by almost every copywriter on the planet. Well, I’m not a fan. Not because it isn’t accurate, and not because it doesn’t work. If your writing can get attention, [...]

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Essential jQuery Plugin Patterns

Posted by Addy Osmani on October 11, 2011 · Comments Off

I occasionally write about implementing design patterns in JavaScript. They’re an excellent way of building upon proven approaches to solving common development problems, and I think there’s a lot of benefit to using them. But while well-known JavaScript patterns [...]

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Supporting Your Product: How To Provide Technical Support

Posted by Rachel Andrew on October 10, 2011 · Comments Off

Whether your product is an open-source script, a Web application or a downloadable product, you will need to provide some form of technical support. This article explores the subject based on my experience of supporting our company’s product, Perch, a small content [...]

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WordPress Essentials: The Definitive Guide To WordPress Hooks

Posted by Daniel Pataki on October 7, 2011 · Comments Off

If you’re into WordPress development, you can’t ignore hooks for long before you have to delve into them head on. Modifying WordPress core files is a big no-no, so whenever you want to change existing functionality or create new functionality, you will have [...]

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16 Pixels: For Body Copy. Anything Less Is A Costly Mistake

Posted by D Bnonn Tennant on October 7, 2011 · Comments Off

16 Pixels For Body Copy. Anything Less IsA Costly Mistake I know what you’re thinking. “Did he just say 16 pixels? For body copy? Obnoxiously big! 12 pixels is ideal for most websites.” I’d like to persuade you otherwise. As usability expert Oliver Reichenstein [...]

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Free Download: Cheat Sheet For Designing Web Forms

Posted by Joe Leech on October 7, 2011 · Comments Off

Forms, forms, forms: so often overlooked in design. In this post, we are pleased to release the Form Design Cheat Sheet, created by Joe Leech and released for Smashing Magazine and its readers. This crib sheet contains an Omnigraffle template, as well as Photoshop [...]

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Not Your Parent’s Mobile Phone: UX Design Guidelines For Smartphones

Posted by Tim R. Todish on October 6, 2011 · Comments Off

In your pocket right now is the most powerful “remote control” (as Drew Diskin put it) that has ever existed. It is no ordinary remote control. It can harness everything that all of the previous mass media (television, radio, Internet, etc.) can do. People [...]

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The Smashing Coffee Mug Photo Contest – Join In!

Posted by Smashing Editorial on October 5, 2011 · Comments Off

Here’s a task for you! Have a look at your desk, take a shot of your beloved coffee mug, send us the photo, and see if you’re added to the huge poster that we’ll be creating from the best images that we get from all over the world. We’ll [...]

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