eCommerce Product Page Makeover
Category: Web Development > Other      Posted: 23 Jun 09

I subscribe to the theory that web page redesigns should be evolutionary not revolutionary. Making small changes, tweaks, and upgrades over time leads ...

Using the Unit PNG Fix
Category: Web Development > Other      Posted: 23 Jun 09

Designing using alpha-transparent PNGs makes life so much easier and cooler designs possible. As we are all painfully aware, IE 6 and under do not supp...

Using Wufoo for Web Forms
Category: Web Development > Other      Posted: 23 Jun 09

Anytime anyone asks me about forms, I always mention Wufoo. At work and at home, almost every single form I create I just use Wufoo. It makes form crea...

Introduction to the Band Website Template
Category: Web Development > Other      Posted: 23 Jun 09

I have recently released a side project called the Band Website Template. This is just a quick tour of it, explaining why it was built and why I think ...

Starry Night: 3D Background with the Parallax Effect
Category: Web Development > Other      Posted: 23 Jun 09

Using three layers of alpha transparent PNG files, we can can create a pseudo 3-dimensional looking background for a web page. This screencast covers h...

Tools of the Trade: The Mac Software I Use for Web Design
Category: Web Development > Other      Posted: 23 Jun 09

Before I get too far along in these screencasts, I thought I would introduce you a little to my working environment and explain the tools that I use. F...

Columns of Equal Height: Super Simple Two Column Layout
Category: Web Development > Other      Posted: 23 Jun 09

Forcing multiple columns to be of equal height is one of those tricky things in web design. In this screencast I'll show you a little trick around it. ...

Converting a Design From PSD to HTML
Category: Web Development > Other      Posted: 14 Mar 09

Several weeks ago, I showed you how to take a PSD design and convert it into HTML and CSS. Given the popularity of that particular tutorial, I've decid...

Everything you Know is Wrong!
Category: Web Development > Other      Posted: 14 Mar 09

Everything is changing. This weekend, I read a very interesting book: "Everything You Know About CSS is Wrong". The book illustrates how, now that IE h...

Web Design in Two Minutes
Category: Web Development > Other      Posted: 14 Mar 09

This is a time-lapse video of what was originally about 2 hours. Though this video doesn't teach anything specifically, it's strangely calming to watch...

firework - Playing with light in design
Category: Graphics > Photoshop      Posted: 07 Mar 09

I took a few minutes today to talk about something I've been doing with my design work as of late: playing with light to add depth and texture to a design. In this 7 minute and 19 second screencast, I look at layering elements using gradients and the use of white or black as a way to add light or sha...