Articles by Smashing Magazine from February 2013

  As of today were pleased to announce Typeplate, a free-range and open-source typographic starter kit that will hopefully help you build beautiful, text-rich websites. The word on the stree...

  Before 1998, the birth year of CSS Level 2, form elements were already widely implemented in all major browsers. The CSS 2 specification did not address the problem of how form elements sh...

Before 1998, the birth year of CSS Level 2, form elements were already widely implemented in all major browsers. The CSS 2 specification did not address the problem of how form elements should be pres...

Layout, for both print and screen, is one of the most important aspects of graphic design. Designs that extend across multiple pages or screens, whether containing large or small amounts of type, must...

  In the past few years, we’ve been working hard to publish only the best in quality industry knowledge, and have decided to finally create a series of workshops to immerse participant...

  Layout, for both print and screen, is one of the most important aspects of graphic design. Designs that extend across multiple pages or screens, whether containing large or small amounts o...

  Layout, for both print and screen, is one of the most important aspects of graphic design. Designs that extend across multiple pages or screens, whether containing large or small amounts o...

Its time to stop thinking about the Internet and online communication in the context of a device, be it desktop, tablet or mobile. Advances by Google and Apple have heightened consumer expectations, w...

  Its time to stop thinking about the Internet and online communication in the context of a device, be it desktop, tablet or mobile. Advances by Google and Apple have heightened consumer exp...

Theres no avoiding those Angry Birds. They are, quite literally, everywhere: toys, snacks, cartoons, plush toys and that wildly addictive game that seemingly everyone has downloaded at some point 1 b...

  Theres no avoiding those Angry Birds. They are, quite literally, everywhere: toys, snacks, cartoons, plush toys and that wildly addictive game that seemingly everyone has downloaded at som...

  This article is a case study about the evolution of BEM, a methodology that enables team members to collaborate and communicate ideas using a unified language that consists of simple yet p...

This article is a case study about the evolution of BEM, a methodology that enables team members to collaborate and communicate ideas using a unified language that consists of simple yet powerful term...

  There is so much to learn about WordPress theme development. The Internet is home to hundreds of articles about building WordPress themes, to countless theme frameworks that will help you ...

There is so much to learn about WordPress theme development. The Internet is home to hundreds of articles about building WordPress themes, to countless theme frameworks that will help you get started,...

  How do you convince clients to trust you with their valuable and much-loved product? In my experience, the best way to sell work to clients is to apply user-centered design not only to the...

How do you convince clients to trust you with their valuable and much-loved product? In my experience, the best way to sell work to clients is to apply user-centered design not only to the work we pro...

  Right up front, Ill offer some simple advice: In production, your code should be as performance-friendly as possible. This means, Gziping, concatenating and minifying as many assets as pos...

Right up front, Ill offer some simple advice: In production, your code should be as performance-friendly as possible. This means, Gziping, concatenating and minifying as many assets as possible, thus ...

With the rise of web fonts as well as affordable hosted web font services and ready-made kits, typography is reclaiming its title as design queen, ruler of all graphic and web design. [Links checked M...

  With the rise of Web fonts as well as affordable hosted Web font services and ready-made kits, typography is reclaiming its title as design queen, ruler of all graphic and Web design.At th...

  With the rise of Web fonts as well as affordable hosted Web font services and ready-made kits, typography is reclaiming its title as design queen, ruler of all graphic and Web design.At th...

  In the previous parts of this tutorial (part 1 and part 2), we looked in detail at the building blocks of our design in Fireworks (pages, shared layers, symbols, styles), and we started to...

  The products we build are full of feedback loops, whether we know it or not. People who study human behavior agree that feedback loops play a critical role in what we do. From biofeedback ...

The products we build are full of feedback loops, whether we know it or not. People who study human behavior agree that feedback loops play a critical role in what we do. From biofeedback to the quant...

In the previous parts of this tutorial (part 1 and part 2), we looked in detail at the building blocks of our design in Fireworks (pages, shared layers, symbols, styles), and we started to make a demo...

  If people are on your website, theyre probably either skimming quickly, looking for something, or theyve found what theyre looking for and want to read it as easily as possible. Either way...

  If people are on your website, theyre probably either skimming quickly, looking for something, or theyve found what theyre looking for and want to read it as easily as possible. Either way...

If people are on your website, theyre probably either skimming quickly, looking for something, or theyve found what theyre looking for and want to read it as easily as possible. Either way, keeping te...

  When considering a mobile Web strategy and weighing responsive Web design against a separate mobile website, the most important metric is how functional the website is for the user. This g...

When considering a mobile Web strategy and weighing responsive Web design against a separate mobile website, the most important metric is how functional the website is for the user. This goes beyond b...

When I think about where we are with the Web in comparison to other media in history, pinpointing it is really hard. Is it like when the Gutenberg Press was just invented and were experimenting with m...

  When I think about where we are with the Web in comparison to other media in history, pinpointing it is really hard. Is it like when the Gutenberg Press was just invented and were experime...

  I love games and Im a huge math nerd, so I made a new iPhone game based on a famous math problem called The Seven Bridges of Knigsberg. Im selling it in the App Store, but I also want to s...

I love games and Im a huge math nerd, so I made a new iPhone game based on a famous math problem called The Seven Bridges of Knigsberg. Im selling it in the App Store, but I also want to share it with...

I’ve always wondered, What is it that makes a typeface or any other design good? However simplistic this question may seem to typographers, it is a legitimate question many of us are trying to a...

  I’ve always wondered, What is it that makes a typeface or any other design good?  However simplistic this question may seem to typographers, it is a legitimate question many of ...

Spam! Monty Python may love it, but the rest of us are not so convinced. But what is spam? Are you spamming users without realizing it? And is there any place in the world for email marketing?Most of ...

  Backbone.js is quickly becoming the most popular framework for building modular client-side JavaScript applications. This is largely due to its low barrier to entry; getting started with i...

  Backbone.js is quickly becoming the most popular framework for building modular client-side JavaScript applications. This is largely due to its low barrier to entry; getting started with i...

To help you tap the full potential of Marionette, we’ve prepared an entire eBook full of useful hands-on examples which is also available in the Smashing Library. Ed.Backbone.js is quickly beco...

  Spam! Monty Pyton may love it, but the rest of us are not so convinced. But what is spam? Are you spamming users without realizing it? And is there any place in the world for email marketi...

  Spam! Monty Pyton may love it, but the rest of us are not so convinced. But what is spam? Are you spamming users without realizing it? And is there any place in the world for email marketi...

The practice of branding is undergoing a deep transformation a change brought about by our kaleidoscopic postmodern culture, the development of communication technology and rapid globalization.In pri...

  There has quite probably never been a better time to be a premium theme user. While a huge increase in the supply of quality premium themes hasnt particularly driven down prices, it has pr...

There has quite probably never been a better time to be a premium theme user. While a huge increase in the supply of quality premium themes hasnt particularly driven down prices, it has promoted a hug...

  The practice of branding is undergoing a deep transformation — a change brought about by our kaleidoscopic postmodern culture, the development of communication technology and rapid g...

Today, it is our great pleasure to present to you a fantastic St. Valentine’s icon set exclusively designed by our illustrator Ricardo Gimenes for Smashing Magazine and its loyal readers. The ic...

  Today, it is our great pleasure to present to you a fantastic St. Valentine’s icon set  —  exclusively designed by our illustrator Ricardo Gimenes for Smashing Maga...

  Today, it is our great pleasure to present to you a fantastic St. Valentine’s icon set  —  exclusively designed by our illustrator Ricardo Gimenes for Smashing Maga...

  Editors note: Welcome to Smashing Magazine UX Design Q&A. It works like this: you send in questions you have about UX Design, and each month well pick a handful of questions asked by ...

  Editors note: Welcome to Smashing Magazine UX Design Q&A. It works like this: you send in questions you have about UX Design, and each month well pick a handful of questions asked by ...

Editors note: Welcome to Smashing Magazine UX Design Q&A. It works like this: you send in questions you have about UX Design, and each month well pick a handful of questions asked by our readers a...

User Experience (UX) design is a broad field. It’s not just about usability, interaction design and information architecture, it also involves various domains such as psychology, strategy, copyw...

  In this tutorial, we will create a Magento module that will capture an affiliate referral from a third-party source (e.g. an external website or newsletter) and include a HTML script on th...

In this tutorial, we will create a Magento module that will capture an affiliate referral from a third-party source (e.g. an external website or newsletter) and include a HTML script on the checkout s...

How do you make sure all the software products you spend time building are something that your customers will actually want to buy? It’s one thing to spend a few weeks coding your next big idea....

  Our brand new Mobile Book was a labor of love. But the love doesn’t just stop there! We’re giving away 20 exclusive A3-sized (11.6 × 16.5 inches) poster sets designed and...

  How do you make sure all the software products you spend time building are something that your customers will actually want to buy? It’s one thing to spend a few weeks coding your ne...

  How do you make sure all the software products you spend time building are something that your customers will actually want to buy? It’s one thing to spend a few weeks coding your ne...

  The history of the Internet has been a steady march towards websites that are richer, bigger and more interactive. As websites have become more robust, we — as designers and develope...

  The history of the Internet has been a steady march towards websites that are richer, bigger and more interactive. As websites have become more robust, we — as designers and develope...

The history of the Internet has been a steady march towards websites that are richer, bigger and more interactive. As websites have become more robust, we as designers and developers have often plac...

Today we are pleased to feature the Polaris UI icon set that includes useful UI components and 48 beautiful icons. This freebie was created by the team at Designmodo. As usually, you can use the set f...

  Today we are pleased to feature the Polaris UI icon set that includes useful UI components and 48 beautiful icons. This freebie was created by the team at Designmodo. As usually, you can u...

  One of the best patterns for browsing a small collection of featured products is the carousel. Unfortunately, many mobile app implementations do not offer an engaging or satisfying carouse...

One of the best patterns for browsing a small collection of featured products is the carousel. Unfortunately, many mobile app implementations do not offer an engaging or satisfying carousel experience...

  We’ve all been total newbies. In fact, I spend most of my time still feeling like one. So researching this article was a great opportunity for me to do some more learning, and to sha...

We’ve all been total newbies. In fact, I spend most of my time still feeling like one. So researching this article was a great opportunity for me to do some more learning, and to share all of th...

We always try our best to challenge your artistic abilities and produce some interesting, beautiful and creative artwork. And as designers we usually turn to different sources of inspiration. As a mat...

  We always try our best to challenge your artistic abilities and produce some interesting, beautiful and creative artwork. And as designers we usually turn to different sources of inspirati...