Challenged with graphical illustration of geographical data? Try simple and interactive geographical heat maps designed with jVectorMap. jVectorMap is a jQuery plugin for creating vector maps and data visualization  on HTML pages. This simple plugin can be used for many other purposes; heat maps, data visualization, interactive maps being  just a few examples. jVectorMap uses SVG to [...]

How do you advertise yourself as solo designer, small business or a freelance developer? If you are relying on traditional methods like word of mouth, social networking, emails etc., simple mathematics will tell you that you are converting only a fraction of your audience into your customers. (Just compare your facebook fans or Twitter followers [...]

Recently, we have seen the entire landscape of web design transforming from traditional design and layouts to creative experiments in all directions. Most recent tends included rich imagery, table less layouts, interactive interfaces and extensive use of jQuery, CSS 3 and HTML 5 to minimize Photoshop and Flash. For the rest of 2011, we can expect a [...]

Minimalism is buzzword of the day. Most website and application being developed today have their prime focus on delivering core functionalities with simple and minimal design. Just take a look at modern web applications, websites and portals and see how a number of mostly used elements are condensed in a singular, fluid and handy layout. Take example [...]

ImageLens is a free jQuery plugin that can be used to add lens style zooming effect to an image. With a small bit of jQuery code, you can integrate this useful tool with your image library. ImageLens provides complete control on zoom level and size of lens and facilitates provide zoom-able images on your website. ImageLens [...]

To put it simple, Google +1 button is a new dimension of social bookmarking. It adds your favorite websites, recipes, videos to your profile (something like Stumbleupon and other bookmarking services). It aggregates popularity of products, services, website etc. (something like Facebook ‘Like’ button). Google +1 service gathers all this data (popularity, favorites/likes) to recommend useful and [...]

Greepit previously shared an HTML5-CSS3 project template that contains the basic structure for starting a new HTML5-CSS3 project. Mobile Boilerplate is your trusted template made custom for creating rich and performant mobile web applications. You get cross-browser consistency among A-grade smartphones, and fallback support for legacy Blackberry, Symbian, and IE Mobile. Mobile Boilerplate is not [...]

How many times did you wish to see nicely formatted code snippet instead of plain, boring lines of code on forums, blogs and websites? This is where Syntaclet comes in. Syntaclet is free bookmarklet that automatically detects code and applies language specific syntax coloring to make it readable and easy to understand. Syntaclet is a free [...]

Thinking of spicing up your website or web application? Start with simple and elegant icon buttons. Adding smart and meaningful buttons to your website or application can significantly improve its look-and-feel and the way users interact with it. Play with font, size, color and icons and see the results. Before you start playing with the [...]

3D Ribbon Generator is a handy online CSS3 ribbon generator that helps designers create 3D ribbons without images. The created ribbons are compatible with all major browsers.