Book Description

With this bundle you will master WordPress in no time. Three fresh eBooks contain Smashing Magazine’s best articles on WordPress, carefully prepared, edited and — of course — without advertising. “WordPress Essentials”, “Mastering WordPress” and “WordPress Tutorials” will surely come in handy. All eBooks are available in PDF, EPUB and MobiPocket formats. This bundle really gets your WordPress career started.

“WordPress Essentials” eBook (Techniques for Beginners) (164 pages)
If you want to find out how to extend the limitations of WordPress, this eBook for will help you improve your capabilities, so you can take full advantage of its flexibility. Learn how to build WordPress themes that sell, how to interact with the WordPress database, create a plugin, integrate Facebook with WordPress and use AJAX and HTML5 to produce engaging experience and maintainable code.

“Mastering WordPress” eBook (166 pages)
This eBook explains advanced methods and techniques which go beyond front-end experience and show how to customize back-end for your needs as well. You will learn the definitive guide to WordPress hooks and custom fields, power tips for WordPress template developers, tips for WordPress plugin developers and comprehensive introduction to advanced layout templates.

“WordPress Tutorials” eBook (183 pages)
This eBook is filled with detailed techniques Download Now »

Book Description

This bundle includes three eBooks that will help you master the various areas of CSS, JavaScript and jQuery. Get the full hang of CSS: be it layouts, !important declarations, advanced CSS selectors, CSS specificity and inheritance, media queries or experimental CSS properties. The CSS eBook is a full compendium of advanced CSS techniques for professional Web developers.

Improve your JavaScript knowledge with valuable lessons from practice and learn your way around the new jQuery techniques. Of course, all three eBooks are available in PDF, EPUB and MobiPocket formats.

“Mastering CSS” (eBook, 365 pages)
Are you stumped by the rather sophisticated nature of CSS? Getting a grip on this still dewy technology isn’t quite as hard as you might think. Connecting the dots is easier when you have all the vital facts within reach. And that’s what “Mastering CSS” is all about. This eBook offers 15 hand-picked articles that overflow with professional advice and that reflect the deep experience of the Smashing Magazine authors you trust — authors who know exactly what they’re writing about.

Stop hiding behind cross-browser compatibility issues, and launch a counterstrike. Tame those advanced CSS selectors; learn your way around CSS3 media queries; pioneer the field of CSS3 keyframe animations. Get in the game, and learn how to use advanced CSS typography, CSS3 pseudo-classes and modern CSS layouts, while devising back-up solutions for older browsers.

• Why We Should Start Using CSS3 and HTML5 Today Download Now »

Book Description

This bundle includes a “Mobile Design” eBook which offers everything you need to keep up in the mobile Web game. Helpful articles on mobile Web design practices and iPhone apps, along with practical tips on design from Smashing Magazine’s professional authors, are complemented by insight into responsive Web design techniques and an exclusive study on mobile Web design trends.

Additionally, this bundle comes with Pocket HTML5 Template, a template for a mobile portfolio. Have your work with you at all times and feature your projects and pieces in an appropriate way. Impress your clients and get their attention with the mobile version of your portfolio.

“Mobile Design” eBook (304 pages)
You know it and so do your clients: taking mobile devices into account is a crucial requirement for the success of websites today. Advanced smartphones and tablets like the iPhone and iPad are gaining popularity, and mobile Web usage is growing with no end in sight. Consequently, we are facing the challenge to create engaging mobile experiences, with state-of-the-art design solutions. This eBook offers everything you need to keep up in the mobile Web game.

Helpful articles on mobile Web design practices and iPhone apps, along with practical tips on design for mobile devices from Smashing Magazine’s professionals, are complemented by insight into responsive Web design techniques and an exclusive study on mobile Web design trends. Get set to market your own mobile application; be aware of common visual and contextual mistakes, and avoid usability slip-ups that could cost you precious clicks. Download Now »

Book Description

If you are a professional Web designer, or looking for an expert advice on how to become one, this bundle is for you. The bundle contains four high-quality Smashing eBooks on the various areas: the technical, visual and business side of Web design

“Modern Web Design and Development” eBook (301 pages)
We’re seeing better interaction design and more aesthetically pleasing designs. And we’re seeing more personal, engaging and memorable sites, too. But what exactly is making the difference? What new directions is Web design heading in today? What new techniques, concepts and ideas are becoming important?

This eBook contains 16 articles that cover current as well as upcoming Web design trends. It also includes facts on responsive Web design, improving Web security, useful coding tips and practices for HTML5 and CSS3, responsive design, and much more! This eBook touches on what Web designers should be ready for to meet upcoming challenges and opportunities.

“Professional Web Design, Vol. 1″ eBook (242 pages)
This eBook presents guidelines for professional Web development, including communicating with clients, creating a road map to a successful portfolio, rules for professional networking and tips on designing user interfaces for business Web applications. The book shares expert advice and it also helps you learn how to respond effectively to design criticism, use storytelling for a better user experience and apply color theory to your professional designs. Download Now »

Book Description

When migrating to the new wave of cloud-based applications, we now think about business logic, we think about automating processes, and we think about how we can make the systems better. Force.com is a cloud-based platform that is used to build and deploy enterprise applications on the cloud with minimum coding. Demand for Force.com experts is growing rapidly and companies look for certified professionals. This books comes in handy when you are seeking to clear the Salesforce.com Certified Force.com Developer exam.

The Force.com Developer Certification Handbook (DEV401) is a practical guide for you to become a Salesforce.com Certified Force.com Developer. This book will help you to impress your colleagues with excellent Force.com skills, and prepare for the Dev 401 certification exam. From building applications to automating business processes everything is covered from the certification perspective, and you will gain hands-on expertise with the step-by-step approach of this book.

Force.com Developer Certification Handbook (DEV401) will help you build and deploy a complete application on Force.com by using point and click. With this book you will learn to create and manage custom objects and their data. You will build the user interface for your applications and automate your business process by using workflows and approvals.

This definitive certification guide provides a disciplined approach to be adopted for successfully clearing the DEV 401 exam, which gives you an edge over Force.com developers who are not certified. Each chapter contains ample practice questions at the end. Download Now »

Book Description

The greatest strength of Drupal lies in its design which, when employed correctly, allows developers to literally handcraft every aspect of a site, so that it looks and performs exactly how they want it to. While it is reasonably straightforward to download a Drupal theme and install it, doing anything beyond that is not. Using custom themes requires familiarity and experience with Drupal’s theming system, especially if you want to easily administer and maintain your themes.

Drupal 7 Theming Cookbook provides a plethora of recipes that enable Drupal template designers to make full use of its extensibility and style their site just the way they want it. It is a well-rounded guide which will allow users to take full advantage of Drupal’s theming system.

This cookbook starts with recipes which address the basics of Drupal’s theme system, including regions and blocks. It then moves on to advanced topics such as creating a custom theme and using it to modify the layout and style of content. With the introduction of the Field API and the growing importance of Views and Panels in Drupal 7, chapters have been dedicated to each feature. You will also learn many techniques for dealing with Drupal’s templating system, which will allow you create themes which surpass even the existing Drupal and contributed modules.

What you will learn from this book

• Improve your knowledge of the basics of Drupal theming such as installing and enabling a downloaded theme, changing the logo, and adding a slogan
• Customize the look of your website by configuring Download Now »