February 7, 2013 — It is our great pleasure to present to you a fantastic St. Valentine’s icon set  —  exclusively designed by our illustrator Ricardo Gimenes for Smashing Magazine and its loyal readers. The icons presented are available in transparent and non-transparent PNGs, as well as in EPS format and are perfect for any projects you have coming up for St. Valentine’s Day. Read more…

February 7, 2013 — You send in questions you have about UX Design, and each month we’ll pick a handful of questions asked by our readers about best practices in designing smart and usable experiences. Read more…

February 6, 2013 — There has been a slight change in the UX Design editorial team. We’d like to introduce you to our new editor, Chui Chui Tan, who will continue to publish high-quality articles in this section. Read more…

February 6, 2013 — In this tutorial, we will create a Magento module that will capture an affiliate referral from a third-party source (e.g. an external website or newsletter) and include a HTML script on the checkout success page once this referral has been converted. Read more…

February 5, 2013 — Before you ever start coding, it’s essential that you “pop up” from the keyboard, and learn what your customers actually want to use and will pay for. In this article, Austin Gunter shares a process you can go through to find that out! Read more…

February 4, 2013 — As websites have become more robust, we have often placed the burden on our users to make more decisions, each of which distracts them from their wants and needs. However, by using a combination of technical solutions, we can often remove interface barriers for our users. Read more…

February 2, 2013 — We are pleased to feature the Polaris UI icon set that includes useful UI components and 48 beautiful icons. As usually, you can use the set for all of your projects for free and without any restrictions. Read more…

February 1, 2013 — In this article, Greg Nudelman uses the analogy of a real-world amusement park carousel to explain what makes for an authentically mobile user experience. Also, find the design, the complete source code and a downloadable mini-app, which you can use today to add an enjoyable and effective carousel to your own app on phones and tablets. Read more…

February 1, 2013 — Siobhan McKeown reached out to people from across the WordPress community to ask what advice they would give to people just starting their WordPress journey. This article is a result of their insight, and we hope that it provides some encouragement and guidance to newbies. Read more…

January 31, 2013 — We always try our best to challenge your artistic abilities and produce some interesting, beautiful and creative artwork. And as designers we usually turn to different sources of inspiration. As a matter of fact, we’ve discovered the best one—desktop wallpapers that are a little more distinctive than the usual crowd. This creativity mission has been going on for over five years now, and we are very thankful to all designers who have contributed and are still diligently contributing each month. Read more…