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The Best Articles, Tutorials, Resources and Showcases of April 2009

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The Best Articles, Tutorials, Resources and Showcases of April 2009

Abbiamo selezionato il top del top per quanto riguarda tutoail, risorse e showcase per designer e developer pubblicati in rete durante il mese di Aprile e lo abbiamo messo tutto insieme in un unico articolo. Se vi siete persi qualcosa nel mese di Aprile, qui la troverete!

...buona lettura!

We selected the top of the top regarding tutorals, resources and showcases for designer and developer published online during the month of April and we have put everything together in a single article. If you missed something in the month of April, you'll find it here!

Design and Development Resources

WebAir's April Articles:

6 Tips for Really Useful Headings

22 Designers-Developers-Bloggers that You Should Follow on Twitter

What you can do with the Paper in Webdesign: Examples and Best Practices

6 Ingredients for a Good Design

Innovative and Creative Navigation Menu Part 2

Ruby, application on the web

AJAX Photo Gallery Round-Up

Corporate Design - Showcases and Typographic Resources

The Best Websites and Blogs of all time for Designers and Developers

Retro Rainbow Tutorials and Design Showcase

Retro Rainbow Tutorials and Design Showcase

Below you’ll find a showcase of beautiful Retro Rainbow designs and resources. They range from popular Flickr photos to unconventional sources of inspiration, from helpful tutorials to useful related tools.

Using WordPress as a Portfolio: Examples and Themes (15+)

Using WordPress as a Portfolio: Examples and Themes (15+)

Themes for those who wish to publish his Portfolio on-line through WordPress. Below are 15 Portfolio WordPress Themes to choose one in case you want to launch Portfolio online.

Design a Beautiful Website From Scratch

Design a Beautiful Website From Scratch

Have you ever wanted to design a beautiful website but just didn't know how?

40 Logo Design Tutorials

40 Logo Design Tutorials

In this post, you will find 40 different kind logo tutorial from beginners to advanced level. Beside logo design, some of the links includes broad analysis behind the logo design process which should be helpful for graphic designers and web designers.

Five Simple Steps to Better Typography

Five simple steps to better typography

Useful suggestions about better typography.

Fancy Thumbnail Hover Effect w/ jQuery

Fancy Thumbnail Hover Effect w/ jQuery

Recently I was checking out some nice flash galleries and came across an effect that I really liked. I had a sudden urge to duplicate that similar effect but using CSS/jQuery

Minimalist jQuery: 11 useful plugins under 4K

Minimalist jQuery: 11 useful plugins under 4K

jQuery makes our lives easier. So much so that it's tempting to use it all the time, inadvertently slowing our page load times. Here's some jQuery plugins that give solid bang for your performance buck.

Ultimate Guide To Using WordPress For A Portfolio

Ultimate Guide To Using WordPress For A Portfolio

This article assumes that you have a clean installation of WordPress running on your website.

The first thing you’ll want to do is decide whether to use a pre-made theme or design your own. If you’re a Web designer, chances are you’ll want to design a custom theme. But if you’re any other kind of visual artist, plenty of ready-made themes are available, and with a little customization (changing the background image, logo and color scheme can go a long way), one probably exists that suits your needs and will save you time. Therefore let’s first take a look at some freely available high-quality “portfolio” WordPress themes.

The Mystery Of CSS Sprites: Techniques, Tools And Tutorials

The Mystery Of CSS Sprites: Techniques, Tools And Tutorials

CSS Sprites are not new. In fact, they are a rather well-established technique and have managed to become common practice in Web development. Of course, CSS sprites are not always necessary, but in some situation they can bring significant advantages and improvements – particularly if you want to reduce your server load. And if you haven’t heard of CSS sprites before, now is probably a good time to learn what they are, how they work and what tools can help you create and use the technique in your projects.

So You Want to Create WordPress Themes, Huh?

So you want to create WordPress themes huh?

A tutorial on creating custom WordPress themes.

Advanced Shadow Techniques

Working With Shadows In Photoshop - Advanced Shadow Techniques

Learn the fine art of isolating and preserving delicate and complex shadows for transplantation to exotic new backgrounds. Mark Galer reveals how to introduce a world of exciting textures to your ever so subtle... not... studio tabletop.

8 Simple Ways to Improve Typography In Your Designs

8 Simple Ways to Improve Typography In Your Designs

These details give the designer total control, allowing them to create beautiful and consistent typography in their designs. While these details can be applied across different types of media, in this articles we’re going to focus on how to apply them to web design using CSS. Here are 8 simple ways you can use CSS to improve your typography and hence the overall usability of your designs.

5 Simple Tricks To Bring Light and Shadow Into Your Designs

5 Simple Tricks To Bring Light and Shadow Into Your Designs

Here are 5 ways to better use light and shadow to polish your page designs and make them stand out on the screen.

15 Online Background Generators

15 Online Background Generators

A Roundup of 15 online background generators that will easily create patterns, stripes, gradients and even tartans, that you can use on your website, mobile phone, and desktop.

Setting Type on the Web to a Baseline Grid

Setting Type on the Web to a Baseline Grid

Suggestions about CSS and Type.

7 More Useful Tips To Help Your Site Convert

7 More Useful Tips To Help Your Site Convert

This article presents further principles and rules that will help your site convert. Among other things, we cover A/B testing, footnotes, testimonials, feature lists, the sign-up process and typography.

Casting Realistic Shadows