Design & Development Digest : design and development

Creative Design Tools for Non-Designers

'Net Features : wm-designdev — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 20:10:00 GMT

Face it; you're not a Web designer. You may try your digital best, but hey, you've never been trained in the art of virtual aesthetics. But that’s okay, because we can't all be Web Van Gogh's. However, for those of us that run websites...(read more)

9 Spectacular Social APIs

'Net Features : wm-designdev — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 19:50:00 GMT

Like it or not, the Web is an increasingly social place, and in order to successfully market a brand and reach out to consumers, utilizing the various social media resources at your disposal is quickly becoming an essential part of running a website....(read more)

The Hardest-Working Staff Pages on the Web

'Net Features : wm-designdev — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 18:50:00 GMT

Every digital enterprise has a team – from one-man shows with makeshift offices to globally staffed companies with luxury digs. Regardless of size or setup, transparency is key to building trust, and almost no page works harder for a company in...(read more)

12 Effective Corporate Blog Designs

'Net Features : wm-designdev — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 19:35:00 GMT

In the age of likes, retweets and shares, content marketing has suddenly become the best way to spread the word about your brand to bring in new customers and rack up conversions. However, since social media has its limitations, in terms of both branding...(read more)

Chrome Extensions for Hyper-Productive Developers

'Net Features : wm-designdev — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 21:00:00 GMT

One of the fastest and easiest ways to increase productivity and efficiency as a Web developer is to collect an assortment of tools that can help simplify, automate and just generally lessen the burden that different tasks add to your to-do list. Of course...(read more)

Responsive Design Gets Simplified

'Net Features : wm-designdev — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 19:45:00 GMT

As a Valentine’s Day present of sorts, Adobe announced the release of a handful of new Web design and development tools for its Creative Cloud suite earlier today. This includes updates to the Adobe Edge Animate and Dreamweaver programs, but the...(read more)

6 Innovative Solutions to CAPTCHA User Attention

'Net Features : wm-designdev — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 19:35:00 GMT

Security is one of the most important factors that a webmaster or developer has to take into consideration when designing a website – especially one that handles sensitive user data and/or requires users to register before they can begin to interact...(read more)

Typography App Eases Design Process

'Net Features : wm-designdev — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 15:05:00 GMT

A new browser-based tool is helping the design community save some time and create better quality Web typography. Typeface provider Monotype Imaging Holdings has commercially launched the Typecast application, which allows Web designers to combine, compare...(read more)

jQuery Plugins for Increasing Interaction

'Net Features : wm-designdev — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 20:55:00 GMT

There is one thing that every website, no matter what kind it may be, always wants to see: more user interactions. However, despite the universal desire to increase interaction on one’s website, the route that each designer and/or developer takes...(read more)

5 Exciting Web Design Headers for Sellers

'Net Features : wm-designdev — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 20:25:00 GMT

The Web landscape is filled with hundreds of great brands, each of which has become successful over time for their own unique reasons. However, despite their success, it seems that the majority of the Web’s biggest and most recognizable brands tend...(read more)

Streamline Web & Application Development for Visual Studio

'Net Features : wm-designdev — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 15:30:00 GMT

Proficiency with a keyboard is an invaluable skill for Web developers, and KeyRocket wants to help them achieve this expertise with new support for Microsoft Visual Studio. KeyRocket is a smart application that suggests context-aware keyboard shortcuts...(read more)

8 Awesome Advertising APIs

'Net Features : wm-designdev — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 20:00:00 GMT

Web businesses use application programming interfaces (APIs) for all sorts of the things, depending on their unique needs and the demands of their customers. These interfaces allow website developers to easily migrate their software to different platforms...(read more)

Squash Bugs with GitHub Survivor

'Net Features : wm-designdev — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 19:30:00 GMT

Developers have a lot on their minds, which makes it easy for them to occasionally forget about bugs. Development teams, however, can prevent bugs from becoming an issue with GitHub Survivor , which is essentially a dashboard that displays an overview...(read more)

Look Out Below! 15 Fabulous Footer Designs

'Net Features : wm-designdev — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 18:51:00 GMT

One of the most literally overlooked aspects of website design are footers, the area at the very bottom of a page that provides information and links to other areas of the site or outside Web properties (such as social media profiles). All designers use...(read more)

Optimize Native Apps With A/B Tests

'Net Features : wm-designdev — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 15:00:00 GMT

Most Web workers know the importance of testing usability features when building a website, however, this same strategy should also be implemented when building mobile applications. Luckily, a new service from mobile experience management (MEM) provider...(read more)