Save 28% on Annual Membership, Black Friday Through Cyber Monday!

Even though this is technically still Black Friday, our Cyber Monday sale has begun!

Save 28% on your WebDesign.com Premium Annual Membership (or renewal) by using coupon code FREESHIPPING.

Plus, you can use the same coupon code on the PluginBuddy Developer Suite from PluginBuddy and the All Access Theme Pass from iThemes.

These are our three BIG product packages, so it’s a perfect time to stock up.

Not ready to purchase but really wish you could? What about putting it on your Christmas list and asking your family to “shop” the Cyber Monday sale for you?

The coupon expires Monday at midnight Central Time, so make sure you get your shopping done by then.

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Ultimate Collection of Free Paper Texture Packs for Designers

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Is There a New Theme Song for WebDesign.com?

Nathan Ingram, an active member of the WebDesign.com community, created a theme song to the tune of Gilligan’s Island. Actually he turned it into a music video. It’s very entertaining…though it does make you wonder how much free time he has on his hands.

Take a look at “The Ballad of Benjamin Bradley”.

Are you signed up to attend the WordPress Developers Course, January 13-15 2012? You can attend live in Oklahoma City, or via the internet.

Plus Lisa Sabin-Wilson will be offering a “pre” course workshop on WordPress Multisite on January 12, 2012 – live and streaming.

Use coupon code EARLYBIRDWP to save 33% through November 30th!

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25 of the Latest Free WordPress Themes 2011

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PBS to Air Steve Jobs Special: One Last Thing

PBS will air a special look at Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, called Steve Jobs – One Last Thing, on November 2. The look at Steve Jobs includes interviews with Ronald Wayne, Steve Wozniak, Ross Perot, Walt Mossberg, Will.i.am, Robert Cringely, Robert Palladino, Bill Fernandez and many others.



It also includes footage from a never-before-broadcast interview from 1994 where Jobs says, “You tend to get told that the world is the way it is, but life can be much broader once you discover one simple fact; and that is that everything around you that you call life was made up by people no smarter than you … Once you learn that, you’ll never be the same again.”



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Announcing the November LIVE Training Event at WebDesign.com

JUST ANNOUNCED: WebDesign.com November LIVE Training Event – November 11 & 12 (plus optional add-on days)

WebDesign.com Premium Annual Members receive 25% off registration.
Log in to view your hidden members’ only discount code.

Space is Limited. Register Now.

You can check out all the details, including what topics will be covered, the optional add-on SEO Training Day, and the VIP Reception!

This is the first-ever Designer-Focused LIVE Training Event from WebDesign.com, and it’s sure to be a winner.

From the last LIVE Event…

By 11 o’clock  I had already earned my money’s worth back. I learned enough in 15 minutes to make up for my airfare, my hotel – everything was paid for. I came half way across the country for this knowing I’d get my money’s worth from WebDesign.com! –Valerie Cudnik

What will be covered at the LIVE Event Nov. 11 & 12?

The key ingredients you need to know to whip up the best websites for yourself and your clients, including:

• optimizing images
• creating jaw-dropping effects with Photoshop
• designing sites for multiple platforms
• building better layouts to maximize results
• how to design with typography to create compelling user experiences
• getting creative with CSS

Plus sessions specifically related to the business of being a web designer:

• designing your workflow for maximum efficiency
• building a personal brand, how to deal with that client
• harnessing the power of Facebook business pages
• how to educate your clients about web design and how to work with their own site

Plus tons more – including the optional VIP Reception and the optional add-on SEO Training Day.

View all the details and register here.

p.s. Premium Annual Members of WebDesign.com receive a 25% discount on registration to the event, the SEO Training Day, and the VIP Reception.

Early Bird Pricing ends Saturday, October 15th – and space is limited, so don’t delay!

Check it out now.

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Amazon Explains Its Silk Browser

Amazon’s software engineers explain the company’s new Silk browser, which is used to power its recently announced tablet, the Kindle Fire. Amazon uses its powerful Amazon Web Services technology to speed up web browsing with Amazon Silk. Part of the browsing data (images, javascript, css) is stored in Amazon’s cloud as you surf. Amazon has says the data it collects while users browse the Internet will be anonymized. Take a look:

Photo: Amazon



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Cross Browser Transparent CSS

CSS is an area that any good web developer should be trying to expand their knowledge and put into use during projects. While CSS can do many things and make development faster and easier, we can all admit that learning CSS and learning cross-browser CSS are two very different things.

Today, we will look at making good cross browser transparency, or better known as opacity. This method will allow for an object to have that “see through” appearance and give your site and objects greater depth. But the problem for developers arrises when we realize that different browsers handle opacity in CSS differently. Here is a simple code that covers all the major browsers and gives the #opacity-item an opacity setting of 50%.

#opacity-item {
	filter: alpha(opacity=50);
	-khtml-opacity: 0.5;
	-moz-opacity: 0.5;
	opacity: 0.5;
}

If you were a member of WebDesign.com or were logged into the site, you would be able to see more of this cross browser css code with explanations, plus a new trick to provide a better solution than just a simple opacity setting. WebDesign.com members get access to over 250+ hours of video-based training and exclusive access to extended code-snippets and explanations. Become a member of WebDesign.com today!

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What People Are Saying About the LIVE WebDesign.com Training

This past weekend WebDesign.com hosted a LIVE training event geared toward web developers. We had a full house of enthusiastic learners who came away from the event feeling well equipped and inspired.

You can check out the initial training agenda, though as with any WebDesign.com event, the training agenda shifts based on the needs of the participants. This event included an impromptu “midnight chat” as well as numerous other networking opportunities.

Here are what a few of the participants had to say:

Our next LIVE Training Event will be November 11 & 12 in Oklahoma City at The <Div>.  Stay tuned for more details…be sure to follow us on twitter (@WebDesignCom) for the latest news.

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Gartner Expects Apple to Dominate Tablet Market This Holiday Season

Gartner reported in a press release that it expects Apple’s tablet dominance to continue this holiday season. That’s a good bet. They project tablet sales are on pace to total 63.6 million units, a 261.4% increase from 2010 sales of 17.6 million units. Gartner projects tablet sales will soar to 326.3 million units in 2015.



Gartner says Apple’s iPad tablet will account for 73.4 percent of worldwide media tablet sales in 2011, down from 83 percent share in 2010.



Carolina Milanesi, research vice president at Gartner, says, “We expect Apple to maintain a market share lead throughout our forecast period by commanding more than 50 percent of the market until 2014. This is because Apple delivers a superior and unified user experience across its hardware, software and services. Unless competitors can respond with a similar approach, challenges to Apple’s position will be minimal. Apple had the foresight to create this market and in doing that planned for it as far as component supplies such as memory and screen. This allowed Apple to bring the iPad out at a very competitive price and no compromise in experience among the different models that offer storage and connectivity options.”



Amazon is expected to announce an Android tablet soon. If the tablet takes off and does really well over the holidays it could put a major dent in Apple’s tablet dominance. The main issue holding back tablet sales is the economy is still terrible. Consumers are looking for tablets priced less than manufacturers can afford to make them.



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