博客 RSS 訂閱

Chad Smith & Derek Woods - Replicating MySQL AES Encryption Methods With PHP

At our company, we process a lot of requests on the leading gift cards and coupons websites in the world. The senior developers had a meeting in late October to discuss working on a solution to repl

php , Security , coding

收藏 評論

Dan Reynolds - How To Choose The Right Face For A Beautiful Body

What is it that makes a typeface into a text font, instead of a font for larger sizes? The answer differs slightly, depending on whether one aims for print or Web-based environments. Nevertheless,

Typography , fonts

收藏 評論

Peep Laja - Quick Course On Effective Website Copywriting

Many dismiss copywriting as something that ad agency people do. Truthfully, all of us need to pay close attention to copywriting if we want to achieve our business objectives. The goal of a “regula

workflow , Content , Communication , Content Strategy , Copywriting , Business

收藏 評論

Gavyn McKenzie - A Good User Interface Means Something Completely Different On Mobile Devices

Responsive design is the hottest topic in front-end Web development right now. It’s going to transform the Web into an all-singing, all-dancing, all-devices party, where we can access any informatio

Responsive Design , mobile

收藏 評論

Aurélien Denis - How To Customize The WordPress Admin Easily

In this article, we take a break from some of the more advanced ways to customize WordPress, and share some super-easy customization techniques for the WordPress Admin area. If you’re just getting

wordpress , admin , Techniques (WP)

收藏 評論

Zack Grossbart - Backpack Algorithms And Public-Key Cryptography Made Easy

E-commerce runs on secrets. Those secrets let you update your blog, shop at Amazon and share code on GitHub. Computer security is all about keeping your secrets known only to you and the people you

Security , coding

收藏 評論

Vitaly Friedman - Welcome To The Smashing Mobile Section!

This Mobile section of Smashing Magazine is curated by our editor Derek Allard and features articles on best and emerging practices for responsive Web design, Web apps and native apps. While the mob

mobile

收藏 評論

Louis Rosenfeld - Stop Redesigning And Start Tuning Your Site Instead

In my nearly two decades as an information architect, I’ve seen my clients flush away millions upon millions of dollars on worthless, pointless, “fix it once and for all” website redesigns. All type

Responsive Design , User Research , ux , Information Architecture , Design

收藏 評論

Sam Collins - Free Zocial Button Set: Social CSS3 Buttons

The idea behind this project was to produce a consistent set of buttons that could be used for the range of social actions frequently taken in Web applications. These actions are often important goa

Buttons , css3 , Freebies , coding

收藏 評論

Simon Loxley - Font Wars: A Story On Rivalry Between Type Foundries

I had thought of terms like “intellectual property” or “intellectual theft” as being of fairly recent provenance, so my eye was caught by the latter’s use in a headline of a 1930 edition of the Amer

Typography , fonts

收藏 評論

Marli Mesibov - How To Enhance Your Creativity - Taming The Wild Mind

Myths have developed around and researchers have studied how the human brain juggles creativity and organization. Popular theory tells us that the left brain is structured and logical, while the rig

Graphic Design , workflow , Creativity

收藏 評論

Siobhan McKeown - Diary Of A WordCamp

Pretty much anyone who has anything to do with WordPress is coming to volunteer-organized events called WordCamps. In March, I travelled to Utrecht, where I was lucky enough to attend WordCamp Neth

Community , wordpress

收藏 評論

Erik Perotti - Interaction Design In The Cloud

Interaction designers create wireframes in tools such as Adobe Illustrator, OmniGraffle and Microsoft Visio. Originally, these wireframes were primitive shapes drawn to represent various UI elements

Interaction Design , Tools , ux

收藏 評論

Phil Leggetter - How To Build A Real-Time Commenting System

Adding real-time functionality to an application can result in a more interactive and engaging user experience. However, setting up and maintaining the server-side real-time components can be an unw

coding , Css , HTML , html5 , Javascript

收藏 評論

Pritam - How To Add Custom Fields In A WordPress Comment Form

Apart from its ease of use and the availability of themes and plugins, WordPress can be easily modified to include custom features and functions. Hooks and filters are built into the CMS that allow

wordpress , Custom Fields , Comments

收藏 評論

Vitaly Friedman - The Smashing Book #3 “Redesign The Web” Is Out!

We believe this is by far the best book we’ve produced so far. We are very proud and excited, and the initial verdict has been thoroughly positive, yet in the end it’s up to you to decide how valuab

Events , Smashing Books

收藏 評論

Benjamin De Cock - Refining Your Design In Adobe Fireworks

While certainly not as well known as Photoshop, Adobe Fireworks is a great tool for creating user interfaces, website designs and mock-ups, wireframes, icons and much more. However, most designers w

workflow , Fireworks , Techniques

收藏 評論

Nathan Ford - How To Apply Macrotypography For A More Readable Web Page

Any application of typography can be divided into two arenas: micro and macro. Understanding the difference between the two is especially useful when crafting a reading experience, because it allows

Graphic Design , Typography , Web Design , Readability

收藏 評論

Robert Brauer - Removing Stumbling Blocks In Mobile Forms

I normally try to be as attentive as possible, but this time a big crack in the pavement caught my shoe and threw me completely off balance. After reporting my clumsy accident to friends and family

Interaction Design , mobile , ux , Usability

收藏 評論

Konstantinos Kouratoras - WordPress Shortcodes: A Complete Guide

When a shortcode is inserted in a WordPress post or page, it is replaced withsome other content. In other words, we instruct WordPress to find the macrothat is in square brackets ([]) and replace it

wordpress , Functions , Shortcodes , php

收藏 評論

Vitaly Friedman - Desktop Wallpaper Calendars: May 2012

We’ve discovered the best one—desktop wallpapers that are a little more distinctive than the usual crowd. This creativity mission has been going on for over four years now, and we are very thankful

Wallpapers , Graphics

收藏 評論

Jacob Cook - How I Work: Yahoo!’s Doug Crockford On JavaScript

The goal is not to get into the specific nuances of their craft (as that information already exists online), but rather step back and learn a bit about their habits, philosophies, and workflow for p

workflow , coding , Javascript

收藏 評論

Peter Steen Høgenhaug - Gamification And UX: Where Users Win Or Lose

The gaming industry is huge, and it can keep its audience consumed for hours, days and even weeks. Some play the same game over and over again — and occasionally, they even get out their 15-year-old

Interaction Design , ux , Design

收藏 評論

Alessio Atzeni - A Pure CSS3 Cycling Slideshow

Thanks to CSS3, we can create effects and animations without using JavaScript, which will facilitate the work of many designers. But we must be careful to avoid abusing CSS3, not only because old b

animation , css3 , coding

收藏 評論