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Fireworks in the Real World: Design Tools
Before we dive into the actual process of designing our pet shop website, it’s a good idea to first become acquainted with some of the design tools and niceties which Fireworks offers us....
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Something New and Exciting: Tuts+ Hub
We’re ready to announce something new and exciting — the Tuts+ Hub beta!As you know, Tuts+ is all about helping people learn. With Hub, we’ve worked to deliver an experience that makes it easy for you...
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Decoding the iOS 6 SDK Available Now!
Rockable Press is proud to present our latest release: Decoding the iOS 6 SDK. Written by five seasoned iOS experts and packed with almost 500 pages of essential iOS 6 development fundamentals, this...
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Getting to Know GitHub Pages: Static Project Pages, Fast
Let’s talk about GitHub Pages; what they are and how you can use the service in minutes to deploy static pages for free. Let's get started!What it isAccording to GitHub, GitHub Pages are:… public...
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Understanding Typographic Hierarchy
One of the most important techniques for effectively communicating (or “honoring”) content is the use of typographic hierarchy. Typographic hierarchy is a system for organizing type that establishes an...
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The Concept of Creativity
Some people seem to learn a language effortlessly, others seem to be highly talented when it comes to sport. It’s also possible for people to succeed at something, even if they’re not especially gifted...
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Understanding Creative Thinking
In this article I’ll explain how we think during the process of being creative. This knowledge will help you understand creativity and will form a foundation in helping you understand why we have...
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Fireworks in the Real World: Design Tools Continued
During this video we’ll continue our overview of Fireworks’ tools. We’ll look at blending modes, live filters and how they compare to Photoshop’s layer styles. We’ll also take a look at some vector...
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Web Design Workshop #36: Gateway Learning
Web Design Workshop is our regular community project where we ask readers to submit their work for your friendly, constructive criticism. It’s the perfect way to learn, offer opinions and have your own...
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Creative Block 101
In the previous article, I described the creative thinking process. Sometimes this process isn’t as easy as you might think; problems may arise during any one of the various phases. For example, it...
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Designing a Better Contact Page
A good contact page is essential for maintaining relationships with your visitors. Whether we’re talking eCommerce, magazines, personal websites, online services, users will usually seek out a contact...
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Quick Tip: Use “x-default hreflang” for International Landing Pages
Google recently introduced the new x-default hreflang annotation. Thanks to this markup, webmasters can specify international landing pages. Google will use this information to display the most...
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The Best Way to Learn CSS
CSS works hand in hand with HTML; HTML sorts out the page structure, CSS makes it look pretty and adds subtle levels of interaction. As a web designer you should really get to grips with both these...
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Weekend Presentation: So You Want to Learn Hand Lettering?
When the working week is done it’s always nice to kick back and absorb inspiration from others. This weekend, learn from Sean McCabe as he talks about his background, workflow, methods and passion for...
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Reveal Content When Needed With an Expanding Footer
During this tutorial we’re going to build an expanding footer; a user interface pattern which allows the user to click on expandable footer regions if they wish to see more content. The end result is...
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Community Project: Any Old Icon!
We’re compiling an icon web font and we need your help.. If you’ve ever designed an icon glyph, but didn’t actually use it for anything, now’s the time to let it shine! Fish your old icons out of the...
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Build a Responsive Pricing Table with Neat Hover States
During this tutorial we’ll be creating a sleek pricing table with some striking hover effects. We’ll use Lea Verou’s Prefixfree script to keep our CSS clean, plus we’ll make the whole thing...
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Fireworks in the Real World: All About Masks
In this episode we’re going to take a look at masks. I used to think the masking tools within Fireworks were relatively weak, but (even though they’re not quite as fluid as those in Photoshop) I’ve...
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Creative Block: Environmental and Emotional
In the previous article we discussed the meaning of creative block. We introduced the observational block and possible solutions for overcoming it. In this article, we’ll introduce two more types of...
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Build a Multi-Step Form Interface
Form usability is an incredibly important topic in web design. As one of the primary input interfaces provided to users, the usability of a form is essential to a good user experience.Today, we're...
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