Open Device Labs: Why Should We Care?
With all of the different smartphones, tablets and other devices that sport various operating systems and versions thereof, a Web developer’s job — testing (sometimes virtually) on multiple...
View ArticleWebsite Builder With Responsive Templates: Web Start Today (5 Accounts Giveaway)
Web Start Today is a web-based site builder service that simplifies creating websites that look and behave good. The service has 1000s of templates where each of them has versions with different color...
View ArticleWebsite Builder With Responsive Templates: Web Start Today (5 Accounts Giveaway)
Web Start Today is a web-based site builder service that simplifies creating websites that look and behave good. The service has 1000s of templates where each of them has versions with different color...
View Article20 Single-Page, Responsive & Parallax Templates (Deal By MightyDeals)
Single page websites became so much popular with the simplicity they offer for browsing content. And, the same popularity is valid for the parallax effect. MightyDeals is running a deal that brings...
View ArticleLightweight Modals For jQuery – Pop Easy
Pop Easy is a jQuery plugin for quickly creating completely customizable modals . The plugin is lightweight (2kb) and has support for displaying any HTML element, including videos. Regarding the...
View ArticleIs the Web Ready for Responsive Web Design?
Advertise here via BSA The Mobile Playing Field Today, a large portion of site traffic comes from mobile devices—namely smart phones and tablets—in addition to traditional PCs. Across the globe,...
View ArticleDynamic-Column & Gap-Free Grids: Mason.js
There are various JavaScript-powered solutions for creating dynamic-column grid layouts (like Pinterest) . Although most of them are great, sometimes, the grids contain gaps or ragged edges. Mason.js...
View ArticleDynamic-Column & Gap-Free Grids: Mason.js
There are various JavaScript-powered solutions for creating dynamic-column grid layouts (like Pinterest) . Although most of them are great, sometimes, the grids contain gaps or ragged edges. Mason.js...
View ArticleSite Search And Suggestion jQuery Plugins By Tipue
Tipue, a web development studio in London, has created and sharing 2 nice jQuery plugins for a good site-search experience. The first of them is “ Tipue Search ” which is an easy way to create a full...
View ArticleMay The Fourth Be With You: Add Your Twitter Avatar To The Smashing Book #4
If you’ve spent the last few months under a rock, then we’ve got a surprise for you. We are working on two brand new Smashing Books. The first, New Perspectives on Coding , will cover...
View ArticleMay The Fourth Be With You: Add Your Twitter Avatar To The Smashing Book #4
If you’ve spent the last few months under a rock, then we’ve got a surprise for you. We are working on two brand new Smashing Books. The first, New Perspectives on Coding , will cover...
View ArticleCreative And Innovative Navigation Designs
A website has a personality — it is a reflection of the person or organization behind it. When people visit your website, you want it to stand out from the crowd, to be memorable. You want people...
View ArticleTabs Made Easy With jQuery – Tabulous.js
Tabs are used widely to present lots of content in a limited space and they help the user to browse without scrolling. Tabulous.js is a lightweight jQuery plugin that simplifies creating them with a...
View ArticleResponsive Github is on your Mobile Now
Advertise here via BSA Github has recently ship mobile web views on GitHub . Repositories, Issues, Pull Requests, blobs, history views, and Pulse are now much easier to use from a phone. GitHub is a...
View ArticleSimple Responsive Images With CSS Background Images
With all the talk of new HTML5 standards such as the srcset attribute and element, as well as server-side techniques such as Responsive Web Design + Server Side Components (RESS), you'd be...
View ArticlePart One: How To Fix The Web: Obscure Back-End Techniques And Terminal Secrets
We are very happy to present a sample chapter from the upcoming printed Smashing Book #4: New Perspectives on Coding , written by Paul Tero. Please note that the second part of this chapter will...
View ArticleThe Web Designer’s Guide to Google Glass
As I look up into the screen just above my right eye, I think about all of the things Google Glass is: the future, a communication device (and a great one at that), a conversation piece, a camera,...
View ArticleQuick Tip: Pomodoro Technique to the Creative Rescue
In some situations, we need to be creative quickly and effectively (we’ve all been in situations where there’s a deadline looming in just a few hours). For example, perhaps a client wants last-minute...
View ArticleQuick Tip: Pomodoro Technique to the Creative Rescue
In some situations, we need to be creative quickly and effectively (we’ve all been in situations where there’s a deadline looming in just a few hours). For example, perhaps a client wants last-minute...
View ArticleSmarter Sticky Elements With jQuery: Sticky-Kit
We use sticky elements in web pages a lot to improve navigation, the display of ads and more. Sticky-Kit is a very handy jQuery plugin that simplifies creating/managing such sticky elements and comes...
View Article