New Plus Tutorial: Tumblr Theme Design- Start to Finish

Nettuts+ 11 March 2010 07:03
Tumblr’s popularity over the last year has increased exponentially. The reason why is quite simple: Tumblr is flexible, powerful, and – most importantly, a pleasure to work with. Unfortunately, there aren’t many training resources available for the platform yet. In this video series, we’ll go through the process of taking a Tumblr theme, designed [...]

Inspiration: Awesome Book-Related Website Designs

Nettuts+ 11 March 2010 05:03
If you’re a book lover, you may have noticed that the vast majority of book-related websites out there leave a bit to be desired when it comes to design and information architecture. In fact, some author and publisher websites make me feel like my eyes might bleed! But there are some gems out there, and we’ve [...]

Quick Tip: The Difference Between Live() and Delegate()

Nettuts+ 10 March 2010 18:03
In jQuery 1.3, the team introduced the live() method, which allows us to bind event handlers to elements on the page, as well as any that might be created in the future dynamically. Though not perfect, it definitely proved to be helpful. Most notably, live() bubbles all the way up, and attaches the handler to [...]

Save Time and Money by Systematizing your Photoshop Workflow

Nettuts+ 9 March 2010 15:03
Repetitive tasks can quickly become tedious. As a designer, you probably often find yourself designing the same elements over and over from scratch. STOP! Wasting time is so old-fashioned. It also means you’re wasting money! So, let’s review some ways that you can automate and systematize your Photoshop workflow. And be sure to download the project [...]

Quick Tip: My Favorite New IDE: WebStorm

Nettuts+ 8 March 2010 17:03
Over the weekend, Elijah Manor tweeted about a new IDE, called WebStorm, that is currently being offered as a public preview, from JetBrains. After spending a few hours with it, I’m extremely impressed! In this video quick tip, I thought I’d show you some of my favorite features that you, frankly, just don’t see much [...]

Uncovering jQuery’s Hidden Features

Nettuts+ 8 March 2010 16:03
jQuery is not always as it appears. There's a lot of cool stuff going on under the surface, and there are many methods just waiting to be discovered, and many potential usages of jQuery's API that you may not have considered before. In this article I'll be taking you through a few of the not-so-obvious [...]

How to Create a Simple iTunes-like Slider

Nettuts+ 5 March 2010 17:03
When space is at a premium, making use of sliders is the optimal way to present information. Today, we’ll take a look at how to create a slider similar to the one used in the iTunes store. Developers often seek the functionality provided by sliders in order to fit lots of information in the space provided. [...]