This tutorial will show you how to create your own jQuery content slider. You may ask “Why create my own if there are hundreds of already made sliders out there?” This is true: I myself almost always use ready made plugins for my projects. Yet, it is always a good thing to know how they [...]

One of my favorite ways to stay up to date on the latest design trends is to browse Themeforest. Themeforest has hundreds of the finest web and graphic designers trying to sell their work. It is no surprise that it is here that you will see new styles and craze to ever hit the world [...]

This article will show you how to create pretty hover effects for your images using jQuery and CSS. The plan is to use a clean mark up, adding the necessary elements on the fly. What this means is that we are starting from barebones image HTML tags, with title attributes only. This can come useful [...]

This time around I’m giving away an HTML template with the Photoshop files for “Sifiso”. Sifiso is a one page “portfolio-like” template which you can use for your personal site. It features bold colors, transparent elements as well as hard to miss extra large icons. Sifiso is ideal for web designers, illustrators and photographers; You [...]

Finally, we have come to the conclusion of this 3 part series. This part focuses on user interactions and functionality of our portfolio. The upper sections of the page I will take you through inserting several plugins as well as custom jQuery code that will make our page alive. This includes a rotating slideshow, expanding [...]

One of the challenging parts of web design is to provide exactly what your client needs. Some of them look to advertise a product. Others offer some kind of service, while the rest want a website for general information about their organization. Recently, I had to design for a local restaurant. Restaurant owners are quite [...]