How Obama Raised $60 Million by Running a Simple Experiment - The Optimizely Blog
Obama
optimization
analytics
webdesign
interface
december 2010 by patrix
A few weeks ago President Obama visited Palo Alto to raise money the good ol' fashioned way: a $30,400-per-plate fundraising dinner. This tried and true fundraising technique is a great way to raise money if you can get the President of the United States to show up to dinner. But how can you raise money if no one has heard of you and all you have is a website? Back in 2007, when Obama was running for the nomination and trailing by double digits in the polls, that's pretty much all we had.
december 2010 by patrix
Custom WordPress Homepage with Customizable Widgets
march 2010 by patrix
In this Tutorial, you’ll learn how to build a Custom homepage for your WordPress Theme using Page Templates: Complete with a featured content slider, and customizable Widgets.
wordpress
webdesign
template
pb
march 2010 by patrix
Top 5 Web Design Debates That Cause the Most Riots
march 2010 by patrix
The world that surrounds the topic of Web Design is home to many debates and opinions on best practices or generally how things should and shouldn’t be done. While many of these opinions are accepted and taken on board by everyone, there are some that end up being split into two opposing camps. One camp will provide an expert opinion for one side of the argument, while the other contradicts with an equally valid argument.
webdesign
dilemma
discussion
debate
pb
march 2010 by patrix
A Showcase of 50 Amazing Personal Blog Web Designs
march 2010 by patrix
The importance of a unique, memorable and well designed blog, especially within the design community, should not be underestimated – First impressions will always count and your blog gives you an opportunity to showcase your skills and highlight how professional and serious you are as a designer.
webdesign
blogs
pb
march 2010 by patrix
shutup.css
february 2010 by patrix
shutup.css is a custom user stylesheet that can be applied to your browser to hide comments on many popular web sites without user intervention.
comments
css
tools
webdesign
pb
february 2010 by patrix
The Movie Title Stills Collection
february 2010 by patrix
The extent to which people go to prove they have watched the movies.
design
movies
film
typography
webdesign
pb
february 2010 by patrix
Can Flash be saved?
january 2010 by patrix
Adobe better have a great story to tell at SXSWi, because that’s where a lot of the Web elite gather each year. That means Adobe has six weeks to get an answer together for why Flash is relevant. Can it do it? Can Flash be saved?
flash
adobe
webdesign
iphone
google
apple
pb
january 2010 by patrix
Well Designed Mac App Websites
january 2010 by patrix
To a Mac user, the difference between one application and the other is, in part, how well it is represented. Even though several useful applications have simplistic sites, in the vast sea of websites that we have today, looks make a difference.
macosx
mac
apps
webdesign
pb
january 2010 by patrix
Redesigning the undesigned
january 2010 by patrix
For two years—and with much embarrassment, I have been apologising for my undesigned blog. Well, no more shall I blush. To mark this fourth redesign and rebuild, I’ve decided to detail my inspiration, ideas, processes, type and design choices—and hopefully explain what this miscellany thing is all about.
webdesign
inspiration
january 2010 by patrix
50+ Beautiful Websites with Great Colour Schemes
january 2010 by patrix
Here are 58 website’s I have picked that are all great in their own individual way. Most have used strong, bright colors, where as others have kept it minimal but in a way it still makes the outcome fantastic
webdesign
colors
beautiful
january 2010 by patrix
Tweet Blender – WordPress Plugin and Widgetbox.com Twitter widget
january 2010 by patrix
Tweet Blender is a WordPress plugin and a Widgetbox widget that blends Twitter tweets from multiple sources. For WordPress, it shows up in the blog sidebar and also automatically adds a tweet archive page.
twitter
wordpress
plugins
webdesign
january 2010 by patrix
Realism in UI Design
january 2010 by patrix
Shadows and gradients help the user figure out what he’s looking at and how to interact with it. Adding too many details, however, ends up being confusing.
design
webdesign
graphics
interface
usability
from delicious
january 2010 by patrix
25 User Experience Videos That Are Worth Your Time
january 2010 by patrix
It will take you more than 16 hours to watch all of these videos. So, make some popcorn, turn off the lights and enjoy.
design
webdesign
video
inspiration
smashingmagazine
innovation
usability
from delicious
january 2010 by patrix
How to Build a PHP-based RSS Feed Parser
january 2010 by patrix
We’ll be creating a simple site with just two pages; home and news. The idea is to write two PHP functions that will spit out different content; one is for the display of the titles from the feed, and the other is for the content that will appear in a list form like those of a blog archive.
php
rss
tutorial
howto
webdesign
feed
parser
from delicious
january 2010 by patrix
The Ultimate Guide to CSS Typography
january 2010 by patrix
Typography is often overlooked in todays design specifically by web developers. It really is a shame because CSS gives us so much control over our type. That being said, we our limited to certain “web safe” typefaces but that shouldn’t decrease our creativity. Here are a few CSS tips for typography on the web.
typography
css
webdesign
tips
from delicious
january 2010 by patrix
Stupid WordPress Tricks
january 2010 by patrix
Here is my personal collection of easy-to-use, copy-&-paste WordPress tricks.
wordpress
tips
hacks
howto
webdesign
nefa
january 2010 by patrix
10 Impressive Tumblelog WordPress Themes Reviewed
january 2010 by patrix
For those looking to use WordPress as a tumblelogging platform, they very well can. The following reviews offer up the best and the worst (though the worst here are still pretty damn good) tumblelog themes to build on.
wordpress
themes
blogging
webdesign
tumblr
nefa
january 2010 by patrix
Choosing Type Alignments for the Web
november 2009 by patrix
Text alignment is always a tricky issue, especially on the web where we are at the mercy of text rendering, sizing, and window space all at the discretion of the viewer. However, all forms of alignment have their place on the web. But before we get to the decision making process, let’s have a closer look at our options.
typography
webdesign
design
tips
alignment
reference
text
nefa
november 2009 by patrix
Stop designing websites, start designing posters
november 2009 by patrix
A new generation of websites are emerging that look less like websites and more like posters. They are easy to use, visually engaging and most of all different.
webdesign
inspiration
design
poster
graphics
posters
typography
nefa
november 2009 by patrix
The Smashing Network of Web Design Magazines
november 2009 by patrix
Smashing Magazine network members regularly contribute a wide range of high-quality content to the web design community.
webdesign
resources
inspiration
smashing
design
blogs
nefa
november 2009 by patrix
WordPress Visual Cheat Sheet
november 2009 by patrix
WordPress Visual Cheat Sheet is the new document, of the Visual Cheat Sheet family, that contains a practical reference guide to WordPress 2.8. This cheat sheet (5 pages) contains the full reference guide to WP Template Tags with detailed descriptions and sample code.
wordpress
cheatsheet
reference
css
themes
webdesign
nefa
november 2009 by patrix
Hate Facebook's new look? You'll like it soon enough
april 2009 by patrix
Stop Whining About Facebook's Redesign
Facebook
webdesign
nefa
april 2009 by patrix
10 Useful Web Application Interface Techniques
january 2009 by patrix
To compete with desktop applications, Web apps must offer simple, intuitive and responsive user interfaces that let their users get things done with less effort and time.
webdesign
nefa
tips
web2.0
tools
webapps
usability
fordesipundit
january 2009 by patrix
10 Killer WordPress Hacks
january 2009 by patrix
In this article, we’ll show you 10 new useful killer WordPress hacks to unleash the power of your favorite blogging engine. Each hack has an accompanying explanation, so you’ll not only unleash the power of WordPress but also understand how it works.
nefa
webdesign
tips
wordpress
fordesipundit
january 2009 by patrix
WPtouch: WordPress On iPhone » BraveNewCode
september 2008 by patrix
The perfect solution for making your blog iPhone- or iPod Touch-friendly
wptouch
themes
webdesign
plugins
iphone
ipod
technology
wordpress
september 2008 by patrix
Olympic Medal Count Map
august 2008 by patrix
Circles are sized by the number of medals each country won in past summer Olympic Games.
webdesign
visualization
statistics
olympics
timeline
nefa
august 2008 by patrix
15 Excellent Examples of Web Typography
september 2007 by patrix
Text can be as beautiful as images.
typography
webdesign
design
fonts
css
NEFA
Blogs
creativity
september 2007 by patrix
45 Excellent Blog Designs
august 2007 by patrix
Makes me wanna be a designer again.
design
webdesign
blogs
css
wordpress
NEFA
august 2007 by patrix
Jeffrey Zeldman: King of Web Standards
august 2007 by patrix
A pioneer of standards-based design, he helped put an end to the browser wars and made Web sites available to all
standards
webstandards
zeldman
webdesign
business
NEFA
august 2007 by patrix
Data Visualization: Modern Approaches
august 2007 by patrix
A fantastically cool list. And to think I struggle with tinkering around with my blog's CSS.
Visualization
Data
graphics
information
webdesign
design
NEFA
august 2007 by patrix
Stripe Generator
april 2007 by patrix
If you love striped images for your blog
webdesign
web2.0
Internet
NEFA
april 2007 by patrix
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