Collective #14
Understanding CSS Filter Effects
Alex Danilo gives us an excellent overview of CSS filters, how to apply them and what their story is.
Read itInspirational Website of the Week
The website of blacknegative will simply blow your socks off! It introduces amazing new ways of navigating and showing content. It was designed by Dilshan Arukatti and developed by Sylvain Tran.
Get inspired!Laravel - A Framework For Web Artisans
A new PHP framework is born: Laravel. It is super-clean and offers an expressive syntax for creative and less "painful" PHP web development.
Read itRearrange content when it’s too wide with jQuery
Learn how to adapt content to the size available in this tutorial by Alexandre Smirnov.
Read itGame Portfolio Tutorial
In this detailed tutorial, Daniel Sternlicht explains step-by-step how he created his unique retro 2D game portfolio with JavaScript and CSS.
Read itThe Ultimate Guide to Web Type
Learn how to handle web type correctly in this extended web typography guide by Ilene Strizver.
Read itjQuery Timing Plugin
This plugin gives you easy-to-use methods to define timeouts and intervals. It supplements the existing functionality from the jQuery effects queue (fxq) by introducing a new timed invocation chain technique (tic).
Get itHTML5 Rubic's Cube
An absolutely awesome web version of the classic Rubic's cube! The page was built using HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript (with the YUI Library) and you can check out the tutorial to see how it's done.
Try itgmaps.js
Have you ever struggled with the usage of the Google Maps API and found it complicated? Gmaps.js allows you to use the potential of Google Maps in a simple way. No more extensive documentation or large amount of code.
Get itFree Carbon Fiber Photoshop Patterns
This free pattern pack of WeGraphics contains 10 carbon fiber styled textures. The patterns are completely seamless and work great for web backgrounds.
Get itFree Font: Driftwood
Heather Burrell shares this beautiful handwritten font with us.
Read itCSS3 Pictogram Buttons
Hidayat Sagita shares some hot buttons with us. There are three different types of buttons, all with interesting hover and active states.
Check it outFree Font: Fenix
An elegant serif typeface by Fernando Díaz.
Read itFree Dribbble Backgrounds Pack
Haziq Mir shares a wonderful pack of backgrounds that he has been using in his stunning Dribbble shots. Also, check out the rebound by Badhon Ebrahim, another free pack.
Get itUI Pixels - Free PSDs & Resources for Web Designers
Emrah Demirag launched UI Pixels, a website where you can find a collection of free PSDs and other resources for your projects.
Check it outVintage Social Icons
Remember those really cool vintage social icons a long time ago? Well, there is an update from webtoolkit4.me and it contains 15 brand new icons!
Get themHow To Create a Cool Blog Post Date Icon with CSS
Learn how to create a really nice date icon with CSS in this tutorial by Chris Spooner.
Read itFree Icon Set
You can definitely go nuts with this icon set by Visual Idiot. Sexy! It's more than just simple icons...
Go nutsFavicons Next To External Links
Chris Coyier explains some techniques of placing the respective favicon next to a link.
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