Here's a useful WordPress function worth knowing about. With wpautop(), you can quickly add <p> tags and line breaks into content without writing a ton of custom code.

Learn how to add a character counter for your excerpt field in WordPress using jQuery. Useful for anyone with strict excerpt constraints.

Learn how to build a cross-browser, custom confirmation dialog box in the form of an easy to use jQuery plugin. You can choose the text, buttons, and actions that will be executed when they are clicked.

This tutorial does an outstanding job explaining how to use CSS3 to create wonderful lightweight table designs without images. Nearly all modern browsers work with most of the CSS3 used here. Code and example included.

In this tutorial, you'll learn how to use texture and adjustment layers to create an aging effect on a colorful abstract poster design.

While the applications for such a menu are limited, this is sort of a neat concept to try out. Creating a hovering navigation menu that follows the users cursor around the website. Source files included for quick and easy testing.

Create a mock shampoo advertisement in Photoshop with dripping wet 3D fruit and shampoo containers.

We don't usually post year-old tutorials, but this one seems timely (and the results are outstanding). Learn how to design a Christmas Tree Icon from scratch in Photoshop.

Phil Dunne explores his process for creating a really wonderful illustration in Photoshop using mixed media elements.

Fireworks and Photoshop are both graphic design applications, but they're geared towards different types of design (and workflows). This guide helps you decide which application makes the most sense for you (or, for some people when it makes the most sense to use each application).