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The Push blog is the place to find the latest web design news. We write daily about new tools, technologies, ideas and projects, and give you updates on the HOW Interactive Design Conference and Competition.

How to Design for SEO by @DesignerDepot

February 22, 2012 | Grace Dobush | Comments: 0
how to design websites for seo

Webdesigner Depot just posted this guide to designing for SEO that has some great tips. Some of the most important (especially for new web designers): Don’t make a splash page. … Read more

Developer @alexmwalker Redoes Google Doodle in CSS3 + jQuery

February 22, 2012 | Grace Dobush | Comments: 0
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Everybody loves Google Doodles. But that didn’t keep designer/developer Alex Walker from wondering about the format of today’s tribute to Heinrich Rudolph Hertz, the scientist who discovered electromagnetic waves. Walker … Read more

Wishlist: iPad Etch-a-Sketch Case

February 21, 2012 | Grace Dobush | Comments: 0
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This Etch-a-Sketch case for the iPad is not only protective but potentially also a theft deterrent. Though who knows if today’s miscreants even know what an Etch-a-Sketch is, considering it’s … Read more

Inventing on Principle: Video from @worrydream

February 20, 2012 | Grace Dobush | Comments: 0
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Bret Victor‘s Inventing on Principle is a thought-provoking hour-long talk that touches on interaction design, ethics and technology. You can watch this keynote presentation from the Canadian University Software Engineering … Read more

Classy Navigation Plugin: Page Scroller

February 17, 2012 | Patrick McNeil | Comments: 0
page scroll plugin

No one-page site is complete without sticky navigation and smooth in-page scrolling. the Page Scroller plugin takes the hard work out of navigation and lets you get back to creating a cool … Read more

Deal of the Week: 21 Free Web Tools for Your Creative Business

February 17, 2012 | Grace Dobush | Comments: 0
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You might not know this, but aside from working here on HOW Interactive Design, I co-own a business here in Cincinnati that puts on indie craft shows and make and … Read more

Turn HTML Markup into a CSS File: Bear CSS

February 16, 2012 | Grace Dobush | Comments: 0
bear css html markup to css generator

Bear CSS turns your HTML file into a CSS template like magic—you upload your HTML document and then download the CSS file. It generates the CSS template based on the … Read more

Free Webinar: Taking Advantage of the Mobile Web with Webvanta

February 16, 2012 | Grace Dobush | Comments: 0
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Mobile phones have created the biggest new publishing and marketing opportunity since the dawn of the web. Hundreds of millions of people now use smartphones to access the web. Yet … Read more

Bootswatch: Themed Color Swatches for Bootstrap

February 15, 2012 | Patrick McNeil | Comments: 0
bootstrap bootswatch color picker

If you use Bootstrap for your website, you can use Bootswatch to add color to your site with minimal muss and fuss. It’s got beautiful basic styles so you can just start … Read more

2 New HOW U Classes: Coding for Designers

February 15, 2012 | Grace Dobush | Comments: 0
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Our esteemed colleague Patrick McNeil has been hard at work on two new HOW Design University classes to follow up on his super-successful Principles of Web Design and Principles of HTML, CSS and … Read more