Slideshows, carousels and sites that are generally image-driven is a web design trend that has been with us for a while now and shows no signs of going out-of-date. Reading and writing seems to be a dying art in terms of imparting information, and that is mainly due to our very busy lifestyles nowadays. Road signs have been imparting information in image form for many years, and I suppose it was only a matter of time before other informational sources grasped the concept. So now when designers and developers have a new project, the question is not ‘Do you want to include images?’

Rather, ‘Where, how many and what size do you want your images, and how would you like them presented?’ And that makes slideshows and carousels very important and necessary elements in website design. Here is a collection of some of the best, free jQuery slideshows and carousels available at the time of writing.

In this tutorial I will show you how to create a very simple, to the point contact form that will be very easy for you to understand. Creating a form in HTML5 only differs slightly as HTML5 brings in a few more attributes to the table that enhance the form filling experience making both developer’s and user’s life easier; besides that there isn’t much difference.

It is becoming more and more important for companies to promote their products or services as much as possible. The importance of using social media is well documented, but the value of sending a beautiful, regular newsletter to subscribers is enormous. HTML newsletter templates are extremely time-saving, usually customizable to your own requirements, and a pleaure for subcribers to receive. Here we have listed some of the best free HTML email newsletter templates currently available, along with a short round-up of email marketing sites through which you can regularly email your subcribers and target prospective clients.

HTML5 is the fifth revision of the well known and loved markup language. There are many new features and abilities that HTML5 has to offer and this post will get you familiarized with them. I will not go into in-depth detail about every aspect of HTML5, but I will get you familiarized with its key aspects; after all, this is only an introduction to HTML5.

Google Chrome was fully introduced in December 2008, and as of February 2013, Chrome has a 37% worldwide usage share of web browsers, making it the most widely used web browser in the world, and with those kind of statistics, it is no wonder there are thousands of extensions available for Chrome. Here we have collected some of the most useful and essential google chrome extensions available for web designers and developers.

In this article I decided to list several free CSS editors where you can create and edit CSS files. Some of those editors listed need to be downloaded but many others are available directly from your browser.

I hope you find on this list something useful to help you when working with CSS and don’t forget to check our previously article 14 Useful Sites for Designers.

Cheat Sheets are quick reference cards that help you quickly find information you want about specific topics, in this case HTML, CSS and Javascript.

In this article you will find a list of some good cheat sheets and hope you like them (PDF format or web page).

Vertical scrolling is predicted to be one of the trends of 2013, and it makes a lot of sense. Actually, many of the predictions for new trends lean towards mobile device browsing, and given the rise in the use of mobiles, it is no surprise! Vertical scrolling is the art of putting all the site’s content on one long landing page, and the user simply has to scroll down through the site. The clear advantage of this style of design is reduced time waiting for the next page to load, especially for mobile users.

In this collection of vertical scrolling sites, the only links that take you away from the page are those to blogs or other sites, otherwise the entire website content is on one page and clicking the navigation links will take you up or down the page.

In the simplest of terms a grid is a layout guideline. They are most often used by designers to align elements vertically, and even horizontally, so that the design looks well manicured due to the alignment.

In this article I decided to list some tutorials that teach you how to convert a design from PSD to HTML using CSS3 and latest HTML version.

Today, HTML5 and CSS3 are finally being used but there is still a lack of good and detailed tutorials teaching you how to code one page using this versions. I tried to select the ones I thought were the best but hope to see more tutorials about this topic being published in 2013.