CSS Frameworks allow you to rapidly improve and speed up your development time when used correctly, and provide a powerful way to style our websites and applications with flexibility and effectiveness.
So How Do We Choose the Right One?
The first step you need to take is to make sure you decide upon a framework that has an established and accurate representation of detailed documentation. This is vital to the steps you’ll take in implementing and utilizing your framework the way it was intended. Next, you should analyze what problems the specified frameworks of your choice will solve. As you come across frameworks that you believe might “fit the bill” for the project(s) at hand, then it would be wise to compare each of them and elaborate on which framework addresses ...
As designers and developers we generally worry about the aesthetics and behavior of a website. But what about the server it runs on that has made it all possible for this site to operate swiftly? In order to provide your clients with the best possible service you should ensure that their websites server is running smoothly on a regular basis, and what better way to do so then with intelligently designed tools that can notify you of any disturbances or irregularities that your websites server may encounter.
The following tools manage and monitor various levels of quality relating to the uptime and security of your servers. These tools will help you identify any problems so that you’re able to resolve the issues as quickly as possible. Take a look at the ...
Getting to know your client is an important part of determining if you’re a right fit for the project. Not only that, but you should always ask questions before-hand to compile information that you will later use to accurately design a website or logo for them. If you quote a client for a project without knowing what it truly entails, then you’re setting yourself up for the possibility of loosing valuable time and money.
Now we know that asking questions before you begin a project is vital, but what about after you’ve completed a project? Although this may seem somewhat insignificant it’s actually an important step to finalizing the completion and delivery of your project. Below you will find various questions that you can ask your client, even though you may ...
Grunge fonts and textures are used in a wide range of web and graphic designs. There is much less of a limit when it comes to using these elements, and they’re a great way to make any of your web, graphic, or print designs stand-out. Some of these fonts or textures may seem useless as a standalone, however, once meshed with a beautiful idea, who knows what can happen.
Here we have a collection of over 50 dark grungy fonts and textures for you to use any way you’d like!
Akoom

[ank]* font

Inked God

Soul Mission

Zombilaria

Vtks good luck for you

Black Oak
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With the increase in developers producing mass quantities of Content Management Systems, in terms of functionality and overall quality we must learn what to look for in the one that’s just right for our projects and satisfies our needs.
Thousands of CMS’s available, and only a fraction can truly speak for themselves. But even then, choosing the right one can always be a bit of a hard task, especially if you’re not looking forward to having to switch from one CMS to the next several times resulting in the loss of valuable time.
What’s Really A CMS?
When we sit back and analyze the true nature of a Content Management System (CMS), we generally come up with an answer along the lines of “A system (that uses a database such as MySQL) ...
Over the past few years we’ve seen an increase in awareness and interactive use for AJAX, it’s becoming more and more popular and it has empowered web apps with the functionality of desktop applications.
This is Ajax, a powerful web-based scripting language that stands for Asynchronous JavaScript and XML. It’s main use is to allow an application to communicate with a server without having to refresh your web page.
Within this article we’ll discuss a variety of ways for you to embed AJAX into your web designs, we will also touch base on how they can benefit you.
Web Forms and Validation

Working with forms for the most part can be a hassle, however, using AJAX you can develop much better web forms with several features such as ...
PHP is a powerful and widely recognized scripting language that enables you to build interactive applications and websites. If you’re new to using PHP, then you’ll most likely benefit from know how you can use it to make your website or applications more interactive and aesthetically pleasing.
With PHP you’re rarely limited to functionality and restrictions, if you can code it, you can build it. Below we’ll touch base on 5 Interactive and Creative Uses for PHP web and desktop oriented.
Graphical User Interface

There are instances were web developers make the switch from only knowing how to create apps for the web, to building desktop applications. And they use PHP as a transitional vehicle since many are already familiar with the programming language.
Creating a GUI made for ...
There’s no denying that the web has evolved and continues to evolve into something very different from what we had in mind a few years ago.
Animation on websites has gone a long way, some time ago everything and anything that had movement on a website was automatically categorized as Flash, now we have these different technologies that have raised the standard and have broken the mold. One of these key technologies is jQuery, and with the powerful scripting language that it represents (JavaScript) you can do amazing things.
This trend of progress is more than heartwarming, it’s amazing, and this is why we’ve compiled a hand-picked list containing 20 Easy-to-Learn jQuery Animation Tutorials that are truly amazing! Have we missed any? If so, please share with us below.
Moving Boxes ...
Selecting the right font(s) for use in print can be a bit challenging. Fonts in this category have to be concise, smooth, and be able to hold its own ground without the additional help of other fonts. Although there are a few interchangeable fonts that can be used for web and print, the list we’ve compiled below should help you get a head start on what fonts are the most effective in print.
Many times the choice that seems obvious for designers is serif fonts, due in part to the fact that they work well in the form of a headline or body content. Though with the following fonts you’ll see that we have digressed from filling up this list with serif fonts. Instead, we hand-picked a variety of well-known and ...
Mac OS X is known for housing an amazing graphical user interface. Not only is the operating system beautiful in every way, but a large portion of the applications developed for Macs have great usability along with a stunning “face”. Below you will find 20 Mac Apps With Beautiful User Interface Designs for your inspiration. This is also a great reference for those that are looking to develop their own applications.
Things

The Things interface offers very easy navigation and simple flow of tasks. It would be pretty hard to get lost, and it uses beautiful icons to get you to where you need to go. The different shades of grey in every section divides the content into a more viewable manner.
Pixelmator

Pixelmator’s ...