The iPad. The most killing word on everyone’s lips lately… This newest mobile computing device (a.k.a. Apple Tablet) claims to revolutionize how we consume the web content. Boldly enough, however let’s admit that this tablet has a huge potential, so many people already want their website to be perfectly optimized for this recently unveiled gadget. But what do they need to do when designing pages to perform on this interesting Apple’s invention? For general design [...]

One of the most important skills for Flash developers to learn is how to utilize the vast collections of Web APIs that are available for services such as Flickr, Twitter, Facebook, and mapping using either Google or Yahoo. In this tutorial you’ll learn how to integrate Google Maps into your Flash application using just a few lines of code. The Google API is incredibly easy to use and it’s extremely powerful. 1 [DOWNLOAD THE GOOGLE [...]

1- How To Create A ‘Mootools Homepage’ Inspired Navigation Effect Using jQuery As you know there are a host of competing javascript libraries around these days. Though I prefer jQuery, I’ve always liked the way the menu on MooTools worked. So in this tutorial we’ll recreate that same effect. 2- How to make accordion menu using jquery In this post I’ll show you how can you create fancy accordion menu using jQuery. In this post, [...]

Tutorial Details Program: Fireworks CS4 Difficulty: Intermediate Estimated Completion Time: 1 hour Benefits of Wireframing There are numerous benefits to creating wireframes as a separate stage in your website design process. Here are some of them: Wireframes are excellent for creating layouts, planning functionality, and organizing the information of your website. Wireframes allow you to explore numerous positioning, functional options, and how elements will work together on the page (or between pages) rapidly. Wireframes help [...]

Creating a graphic calendar by hand is not an easy task. That is why it is best if you can find some way of automating the process. In today’s tutorial we will show you how to generate a full year, custom background calendar using JavaScript. If you’re a bit of a computer programmer, that is great, if not, don’t worry this will be pretty straightforward. Step 1 According to Adobe, a script is a series [...]

Final Product What You’ll Be Creating Understanding the fundamental process of creating an icon in Photoshop can become a valuable skill to learn. Today we will be creating a chalkboard icon inspired the Icon Resource website by Sebastiaan de With, whom has given permission to make a tutorial inspired by his work. In this tutorial you will learn some important concepts as well as how to work with some third-party apps. Step 1 Create a [...]