Nov 11 2009

The Smashing Newsletter Team - Redesign: When To Relaunch The Site and Best Practices

Redesigning a website is a big job (needless to say) and should be handled with care. Many of us with a portfolio, blog or other website have probably thought about a redesign or at least know we ne

performance , Redesign , Validation , Web Design , Design

Nov 17 2025

Atila Fassina - SolidStart: A Different Breed Of Meta-Framework

The current landscape of web tooling is increasingly more complex than ever before. We have libraries such as Solid, Vue, Svelte, Angular, React, and others that handle UI (User Interface) updates i

Frameworks , API , Javascript

Nov 17 2025

Myriam Frisano - Decoding The SVG path Element: Line Commands

In a previous article, we looked at some practical examples of how to code SVG by hand. In that guide, we covered the basics of the SVG elements rect, circle, ellipse, line, polyline, and polygon (a

Techniques , coding , svg

Aug 26 2008

Glen Stansberry - How Simple Web Design Helps Your Business

Many e-commerce sites these days tend to be loaded down with too much information on their landing pages. The reasoning for cluttered e-commerce sites is simple: the more information you can cram on

Minimalism , Usability , Web Design , E-Commerce , Business

May 12 2010

ZURB - Case-Study: Deconstructing Popular Websites

In our past articles, we’ve experimented with better ways to engage users on web pages with CSS3. We love getting into the nuts and bolts of web design by showing off some nifty coding tricks. In th

Security , Case Studies , Opinion Column , Design

Mar 23 2009

Chris Coyier - [Ask SM: CSS] Equal Spacing, CSS Font Replacement

This is our fourth installment of Ask SM, featuring reader questions about Web design, focusing on HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. In this post we’ll cover how you can distribute the horizontal space bet

coding , Css

Nov 17 2025

Jhey Tompkins - 3D CSS Flippy Snaps With React And GreenSock

Naming things is hard, right? Well, “Flippy Snaps” was the best thing I could come up with. 😂 I saw an effect like this on TV one evening and made a note to myself to make something similar. Altho

react , Techniques , Tools , Apps , Css

Apr 07 2010

Inayaili de Leon - CSS Specificity And Inheritance

CSS’ barrier to entry is extremely low, mainly due to the nature of its syntax. Being clear and easy to understand, the syntax makes sense even to the inexperienced Web designer. It’s so simple, in

coding , Css , Essentials

Nov 13 2008

Cameron Chapman - 15 Useful Project Management Tools

There is a huge variety of project management applications out there. Most are general purpose apps, not aimed at any one industry. But there is a growing number of project management apps aimed spe

workflow , Time management , Project Management , Tools , Open Source , Business

Jun 12 2008

Sven Lennartz - Block Quotes and Pull Quotes: Examples and Good Practices

This post presents creative examples and best practices for design of pull quotes. We’ve tried to identify some common solutions and interesting approaches you may want to use or develop further in

Showcases , Web Design , Design