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Every week we feature a set of comics created exclusively for WDD.
The content revolves around web design, blogging and funny situations that we encounter in our daily lives as designers.
These great cartoons are created by Jerry King, an award-winning cartoonist who’s one of the most published, prolific and versatile cartoonists in the world today.
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Much like the other various Envato marketplaces, our newly launched Tuts+ marketplace will offer a free file each month. For September, that free file/tutorial just so happens to mine! I’ll show you how to build a custom HTML5 video player with Flash fallback support. Be sure to grab this one for free for the entire [...]

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In this showcase we’ve put together a great collection of some of the most colorful web designs out there. If you need some inspiration for any sort of design or just want to have a look at some truly great web designs, these are definitely worth having a look at !

These websites will show you [...]

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I recently developed a site for a client who requested their product listings be displayed similar to how Johnny Cupcakes (Street wear brand from Boston/Los Angeles) lays out their products (columns laid out in a zig zag pattern). My first instinct was to split each section into its own list, but since this site was [...]

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Tumblr. If you’re a savvy tech maven, you may have heard of, or had the chance to use, this powerful microblogging platform.
No wonder; millions of people have chosen Tumblr as their blogging service, and the average Tumblr user creates 14 original posts every month. Half of those posts are photos, and [...]

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Combining HTML with the all new <canvas> feature, you can make some pretty awesome web apps! In this Premium exclusive tutorial, we will create a neat interactive drawing application using HTML and JavaScript. Along the way, we’ll also learn the basic concepts of the all new <canvas> feature. Become a Premium member to access this, [...]

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The results are in, and we’ve got some really fantastic information on different aspects of usability for Yahoo! Mail, Hotmail and Gmail. Read on to find out just who won in this usability faceoff.

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I was recently contacted by the crew at .Net Magazine and had been asked to be part of the judging panel for this year’s .Net awards. It was an honor to be part of the panel amongst the other great designers, bloggers, and developers. I’m not exactly sure what this really means, but I am [...]

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The most obvious job for a web designer is working for a web design agency, but if you’ve never done that before… then how do you know what to expect? Is it even the right path for you?
Setting foot in an agency for the first time can be daunting. It’s filled with people who [...]

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When it comes to adding JavaScript functionality to a website, jQuery has become the solution of choice for web designers and developers. With it’s ease of use and ever-growing selection of plugins, there’s really no point to look elsewhere. Awesome jQuery plugins are popping up everyday, and we’re always on the look out. So for [...]

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