Win a MooTools 1.2 Beginner’s Guide Book from Packt Publishing

February 24th, 2010 by Jacob Gube | 225 Comments

Here’s a chance to win a copy of my book, MooTools 1.2 Beginner’s Guide published by Packt Publishing. Five winners will be selected to win a copy. Read on to see how you could be one of them.

Win a MooTools 1.2 Beginner's Guide Book from Packt Publishing

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MooTools 1.2 Beginner’s Guide Book

February 23rd, 2010 by Jacob Gube | 30 Comments

I have written a book with Garrick Cheung about the MooTools JavaScript framework called "MooTools 1.2 Beginner’s Guide" published by Packt Publishing.

It’s a book for beginning web developers looking to make interactive websites and web applications rapidly with the help of MooTools.

The book is formatted in a way that teaches you by way of practical examples that you can apply to real-world situations.

If you’ve read my tutorials here on Six Revisions, you can expect the same level of detail and clarity in each page of the "MooTools 1.2 Beginner’s Guide".

MooTools 1.2 Beginner's Guide Book

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The Comprehensive Guide to Saving Images for the Web

February 22nd, 2010 by Joshua Johnson | 50 Comments

On the surface, saving images for the web can be a pretty straightforward process. However, if you dig deeper there’s a wealth of information and techniques you might be missing out on.

This article will focus primarily on the diverse features of Photoshop’s “Save for Web & Devices” command along with some best practices related to saving images that are optimized for web use. We’ll start extremely basic for all the beginners, but there will be plenty of advanced information for the seasoned veterans as we progress.

The Comprehensive Guide to Saving Images for the Web

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Free XHTML Template Pack: Classic Luxury

February 20th, 2010 by Dieter Schneider | 39 Comments

Free XHTML Template Pack: Luxury Classic

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25 Beautiful Examples of “Coming Soon” Pages

February 19th, 2010 by Tyler Denis | 47 Comments

"Coming soon" pages are a great way to tide over your visitors until you finish your new website. They can be used as a teaser for your future website, or places to simply put your information where people can get to it while you are under digital construction. We are going to look at a collection of how websites are successfully using "coming soon" pages.

1. SquidChef

SquidChef

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Create a Clean and Professional Web Design in Photoshop

February 17th, 2010 by Waheed Akhtar | 59 Comments

Create a Clean and Professional Web Design in Photoshop

In this Photoshop web design tutorial we are going to design a smashing, clean, and professional website layout in Photoshop. The layout we are doing in this tutorial can be used as personal or corporate website design.

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How to Find Awesome Clients

February 16th, 2010 by Mathew Carpenter | 32 Comments

Thousands of service buyers complain of poor quality work from freelancers and design agencies every year; often to the point that reputations are ruined and the design industry as a whole suffers. From disappearing service providers to fly-by-night scam artists, the online world is packed with opportunities for things to go wrong, and it’s really not surprising that so many online and offline entrepreneurs have a bad impression of freelancers and one-off designers.

Of course, there’s another side to that coin.

How to Find Awesome Clients

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