11 Outstanding Online Resources for Web Developers

If you’re a web developer, you’re almost certainly constantly looking for ways to improve your skills, expand your technology arsenal, and keep on top of the latest trends in development and design. Whether you need to pick up a new coding language, get informed about new standards, brush up on best practices, or simply get inspired by great examples from your peers, we’ve collated a number of great resources to help you stay at the top of your game. Have a look at some of the online repositories for great development information and inspiration below, and be sure to tell us about any...

35 Wonderful Website Headers

Website headers are a very important aspect of any web design, whether the website is a blog, a portfolio, an informational site or even an online store. It is, along with the logo, one of the first things a new user will see when visiting your website. Your website, just like a human-being, should have a personality; the best way to “present” your website’s personality is via the header design. This allows the visitor to quickly determine not only the quality of the site, but if the content is something they think they will enjoy. This post showcases 35 awesome header...

20 WordPress Security Plug-ins And Tips To keep Hackers Away

WordPress is the leading blogging software for pro-bloggers as well as amateur bloggers around the world. So, be it latest news (WordPress 2.7) or tweaks, we cover it. The Achilles heel of WordPress is its security, which they try to continuously address by frequent patches after every major release similar to Microsoft Windows. If you are a WordPress user, you must be very concerned with security issues and for good reasons. In this world of growing intrusions, hacking, cracking and data-thefts, security is of major concern for a starter as well as for a pro. Here are 20 Plugins and tips for...

Making Blog With W3C Web Standards

What Are Web Standards? Web Standards is a general term for the formal standards and other technical specifications that define and describe aspects of the World Wide Web. These standards ensure that the information we are providing is accessible to everyone. Who Define Web Standards? The World Wide Web Consortium ( W3C ) is an international organization who work together to develop Web Standards, Led by Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee. Read...

30+ Best Firefox Addons for Web Designers and Developers

Firefox is a free and open source web browser and most popular among Web Designers and Developers. If you see in the graph below (taken from smashingshare analytics), 64.57% users of SmashingShare are using FireFox. It makes the job of Web Designers and Developers much easier. There is a huge list of  Firefox Addons or Extensions available to download but here today we will discuss only 30+ Best Firefox Addons for Web Designers and Developers. You are not required to download or install all Firefox Addons or Extensions. There is a little brief with each Firefox Addon so you can read and...

30 Water and Fire Logos – A cool combination

Creating a logo design that revolves around a particular concept is a constant challenge for a professional logo designer. The proper arrangement of design elements is vital in a great logo design. Fire and water are two extremes of nature that can never co-exist. But I’ve always had a fascination towards both fire and water. Each of them has its own positive and negative aspects. Water, with its beauty, embodies a feeling of tranquility and serenity and at the same time it has the power to unleash rage and fury. The same goes with fire. Appropriate use of fire provides us warmth and...

Introducing : Designer/Illustrator Lillian Darmono

Hello! My name is Lilian Darmono. I was born and raised in Jakarta, Indonesia, and currently calls Melbourne my ‘hometown’. Physically, right now, I’m based in London, as a freelancer. I design and and direct, illustrate, animate, occasionally also composite in After Effects. I paint, draw and travel whenever I can. I also write for Motionographer, where I get to meet the wonderful and talented bunch of authors. One of them, Babe Elliott Baker, has generously helped me with creating this site from scratch. As already mentioned, I am currently at the ‘London’ leg of my ‘motion...