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Best web design tools you should be using for 2013 I remember web development was not an easy task in the beginning of the Internet. I remembered coding page by page in an web editor before being able to see the live output in Netscape.

Here are 8 vital CSS tools to speed up your designing process and coding.

In this tutorial we will take a close look at the technique of creating blend objects that will help us to create smooth color transitions. We'll also talk about the problems you may encounter and about the technique that will allow you to avoid unpleasant artifacts. Using the Blend Tool (W), we can obtain smooth transitions between colors, obtaining the shadows, glares, or simply color spots. Artworks below are examples in which blend objects were mostly used. Source: http://designmodo.com/color-transition-blend-tool/#ixzz2VR9hJtOF

Infographics have become a popular means of displaying information. It is a well known fact that the attention of viewers is attracted and held better through images than text, and people are more likely to digest the information in images. Road signs were probably among the first infographics; they needed to impart necessary information at a glance, and they have achieved that by using graphics and very large text, and that is the basis of modern infographics, which are becoming available for all trades, services, products and niches. Today we are bringing you a collection of online infographic tools, some tutorials, guides and articles on infographic creation and some beautiful free infographic elements and kits. All in all, you should be able to gather your data and create your masterpiece with the help of these resources.

The trend of blogging is at its peak, these days' people are establishing blogs for personal and professional reasons. Individuals create blog to share information, to communicate with the users and to have an online presence as compare to that professional organization set up blog to interact with their customers and share latest news about the company, so everyone has its own reasons. WordPress is the most powerful blogging tool so far, it offers variety of features to support bloggers. It is an open source CMS developed in PHP and has the largest community online.

The usage for twitter is on the rise and growing day by day. Everyone wants to be unique in everything they do. That is the reason people get customized clothes, cars and accessories. They want everything of theirs to give a statement a about them. This trend has fast caught up social networking profiles. However, a few people know that they can actually improve and customize their twitter backgrounds as well. I am here to reveal these secrets to you:

I want to share a fantastic little tool that I've only recently come across; Live.js, written by Martin Kool. This JavaScript file automatically checks for changes to your CSS and JavaScript files, and refreshes them. That means you can have your text editor in one half of the screen, and a web browser in the other. When you save changes in the editor, the updates are reflected immediately in your browser. It really helps to speed up your development time. A lot of text editors offer HTML previews and such, but they only work for plain .html pages. The great thing about Live.js is that it works on any webpage, including a working WordPress theme...............(.read more.)

Bookmarking services are a dime a dozen. So, I wasn't too keen on checking out yet another iteration by the name of Keeeb. But, and I honestly mean it, I'm glad I did. Keeeb is not simply a social bookmarking service, it is a knowledge management system and it levels up the quality of my research on longer and more complicated articles easily. I am both an avid user of Pocket and Evernote Premium, yet Keeeb still closes a gap I didn't even know existed. Let's take a closer look, shall we?!

Here is a tool that is all about making it easier for developers and website owners to have email integrated into their websites. PostMark is a web app which removes the headaches of delivering and parsing transactional email for web apps, all with minimal setup time and zero maintenance. It is designed for web developers to integrate quality email functionality into their web apps easily without having to setup an SMTP server from nearly scratch. Let's take a look at the features of PostMark, how to use it, the advantages and disadvantages of PostMark.

Here is a tool that is all about making it easier for developers and website owners to have email integrated into their websites. PostMark is a web app which removes the headaches of delivering and parsing transactional email for web apps, all with minimal setup time and zero maintenance. It is designed for web developers to integrate quality email functionality into their web apps easily without having to setup an SMTP server from nearly scratch. Let's take a look at the features of PostMark, how to use it, the advantages and disadvantages of PostMark.

A perfect code editor is the only thing a developer needs for joy. When it comes to code editors, developers mainly care about usability and functionality of the tool they're working with, but the era of plain, old, ugly code editors is gone.

A perfect code editor is the only thing a developer needs for joy. When it comes to code editors, developers mainly care about usability and functionality of the tool they're working with, but the era of plain, old, ugly code editors is gone.

Photoshop is a powerful tool for creating all sorts of imagery but it does have its limitations. While Photoshop does have some fantastic tools for creating 3D text, there are other applications that are often better suited for the job. That is why many illustrators use a combination of Photoshop and some other 3D application to help create 3D text. In this tutorial, we will show you how to use Cinema 4D to create wooden 3D text and then how to use Photoshop to add the final touches. Let's get started!

PHPUnit has hinted at parallelism since 2007, but, in the meantime, our tests continue to run slowly. Time is money, right? ParaTest is a tool that sits on top of PHPUnit and allows you to run tests in parallel without the use of extensions. This is an ideal candidate for functional (i.e Selenium) tests and other long-running processes.

One of the most important aspects of a front-end framework is how it handles navigation. In this part of Foundation for Beginners, we'll take a look at several forms of navigation, along with some JavaScript tools which add extra flourish. I'll also introduce you to another helpful tool which will help you to become a better Foundation developer.

Organic website design is a style of design that uses natural textures such as wood and paper, as well as scenic or floral imagery. There are many, many sites that could be considered organic in their design, and in this collection we have selected 30 of the best we could find that are beautifully presented and use organic elements to their very best effect.

There are a number of great methods for handling user redirects on mobile. Wordpress is one of the most popular CMS brands on the market. So it makes sense to work around these problems by putting together a two-way split for website themes.

The quality of users' experience with your website is the deciding factor of its success. If visitors are able to use your site quickly and without problems, they are likely to return. On the other hand, if your site is confusing and frustrating to use, they'll be happy to find a better one.

Final Product What You'll Be Creating The new version of Photoshop is finally here! Adobe Photoshop CC (Creative Cloud) was finally announced at the Adobe MAX conference in Los Angeles. In the keynote address, Adobe announced several new features including Camera Shake Reduction, Camera RAW improvements, Image Upsampling, Properties Panel Improvements, Behance Integration, Sync Settings, and many more useful features.

Tutorial Details Estimated Completion Time: 9 Minutes Difficulty: Beginner Apps Used: Adobe Photoshop CS6 Final Product What You'll Be Creating This entry is part 28 of 35 in the Shortcuts on Psdtuts Session " Previous Next " If you have been working with Photoshop for a while, chances are you've developed some custom settings that you prefer to work with.

On the 5th of March, Twitter is going to retire version 1 of its API. The replacement, version 1.1 is very similar, but with one major difference; every single call must be authenticated. This means that come March, your existing API calls will break; including simple things like displaying tweets on your site. To fix this, you need to move to the new v1.1 API, and authenticate with Twitter. Let's look at how to do this in WordPress, by embedding a list of tweets on your site