Introduction by Vladimir Prelovac: As a book author I know the value of a good publisher and everything that comes with it: editor, templates, advice, sales network.. However when you learn the process it can be advantageous to try and publish a book on your own.  With self publishing you will have full control of the process, from design to sales. The article deals with current choices you as a potential author have.

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If there is something that I love to check out in every single page I visit is the about page. I really like to check out how websites are presenting themselves to the community… and I’m pretty sure that there are tons of people like me.

I believe that when designing a ‘about page’ we need to really focus, use all our creativity and inspiration to create something beautiful and that communicates who we are. So here, we present you a list with beautifully designed about pages. From simple and clean to colorful and fun, we gathered really nice examples, enjoy it.

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The new HTML5 provides some interesting features that allow designers to enhance and boost their creativity. The new useful tags will replace many of typical div entries from code, the new canvas support allows you to create fantastic animations without using Flash, etc.

In this post I have collected 15 examples of what we can do with HTML5 and its potentials. Some of these examples work with the support of Javascript but they show how it’s easy to replace Flash with HTML5.

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There are many PHP frameworks available for developers. Certainly the most famous are  CodeIgniter, Symfony, Zend and CakePHP. But the problem with these frameworks is they are very heavy due to the large number of libraries contained and, often, they slow down development for less experienced users.

So once more, we got our investigation hat on and researched what are the best lightweight PHP frameworks out there right now.

We had only two criteria:

1. Framework size does not exceed 1MB
2. Framework has been updated at least since 2009

Read on to choose your next PHP framework. Make sure to check the comparison table at the end!

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We have researched and reviewed all currently available solutions that help you create a WordPress based ecommerce site. There are total of 30 themes and plugins reviewed and we want to keep this the most comprehensive review of WordPress ecommerce solutions.

The article is split in two parts. The first part of the article deals with WordPress e-commerce themes (19 in total) and the second one with ecommerce plugins (11 total).

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Mock ups and wire frames are extremely important when you are working on a project. Having a mock up or wire frame handy not only accelerates the building and design process of your projects, but it also ensures that the project progresses in a systematic way.

There are many tools available for you to create high quality mockups and wire frames. But which one are the best? Which one are the worst? Which ones are to be chosen and which ones are to be left?

To know all that, read on.

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