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WordPress

How To Integrate Facebook, Twitter And Google+ In WordPress

Today, we’ll show you how to manually integrate the three most popular social media services on your website: Twitter, Facebook and Google+. First, you’ll learn how to integrate Facebook comments on your WordPress website, to make it easier for readers to discuss your posts. Then, we’ll show you the most common ways to display your latest tweets in the sidebar, which should encourage more people to follow you on Twitter.

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Design

Designing The Well-Tempered Web

In this article we’ll look at what Bach has to do with modern Web challenges — Particularly the challenge of designing for devices with diverse attributes and capabilities.

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Photoshop

Extracting Logos Using Levels In Adobe Fireworks

The author has improved the process of handling multi-colored logos and non-white backgrounds; it works best on solid-colored text and shapes with clear outlines. Because it involves Fireworks’ awesome features and tools, this method is a quick and easy solution that you can incorporate in your Web and interface design workflows.

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Photoshop

Create Monstrous Characters with Illustrator CS5's Bristle Brush

Creating works of art just became so much easier with the new Bristle Brushes in Illustrator CS5. Using a Wacom tablet, you can easily create realistic flowing hair, pressure and direction sensitive sketches, all in vector format. We're going to use them to create some monsters.

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Photoshop

Pixel Perfection: Showcase of Inspired Pixel Art

In this showcase, we will take a look at some of the work of a handful of stunningly talented pixel artists. Seeing the depth to which these intricate creators go to bring their pixel art pieces to life is beyond inspiring, it is often breathtaking. Once you get your fill of inspiration, the post finishes with some wonderful pixel art tutorials for getting you on the way to creating some stunning works of your own.

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CSS

Burst Title

We're going to create cool neat title screens with CSS. You can just add a header tag with an anchor link inside. It would be cool to do it with just the header tag but you'll also need to figure out a way to get the layers all right with the text on top without the extra element.

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Design

The Proxority Principle in Web Design

We’re going to examine a basic technique that could help you improve your general content flow, and, for lack of a better term, I’m going to call that technique the proxority principle (a portmanteau word that combines "proximity" and "priority").

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CSS

Developing a Responsive Website: Background Images

In this installment we’re going to set up the structure of our homepage and add in a few media queries that will help the site load quicker, navigate better, and keep our desired appearance across multiple devices, platforms, and resolutions. Read More
Server Side

Building a PHP Ad Tracker: Creating the Database Tables

Banner ads for services related to the web site owner’s industry allow customers to view products that tie into the site owner’s core business. In exchange, the web site owner can charge the banner ad owner for every impression (banner ad appearance) or click-through (when a user clicks the banner ad).

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Photoshop

How To Create a Vibrant Cloud Icon in Photoshop

Follow this step by step Adobe Photoshop tutorial to create a colourful and vibrant cloud icon. We’ll be using plenty of gradients and lighting effects to produce a really cool icon perfect for a modern website design or mobile app.

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