Sexy Web Design

Friday Freebies: “Sexy Web Design”

Apr 3rd in Contests by Jeffrey Way

This week, I have five copies of "Sexy Web Design" to raffle off, courtesy of SitePoint! Written by Elliot Jay Stock, this beautifully laid out guide will teach you how to create stunning web designs.

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Author: Jeffrey Way

Hi, I'm Jeff. I'm the editor of Nettuts+, and the Site Manager of Theme Forest. I spend too much time in front of the computer and find myself telling my fiance', "We'll go in 5 minutes!" far too often. I just can't go out to dinner while I'm still producing FireBug errors...drives me crazy. During my free time, I sporadically write articles for my own personal blog. If it will keep you in the good graces of the church, follow us on Twitter.

How to Enter?

To be entered into the drawing for one of the five available books, find your favorite tutorial on Nettuts+, and paste a link into the comments form. That's it; but don't just paste any random link. Please think about which one helped you more than any other since launch!

Winners will be contacted via email.

Sexy Web design

Whether you’re completely new to web design, a seasoned pro looking for inspiration, or a developer wanting to improve your sites’ aesthetics, there’s something for everyone here.

How? Because instead of trying to cover every possible area of creating a web site, we’ve focused purely on the design stage; that is, everything that happens before a single line of code is written.

However, great design is more than just aesthetics. Long before we open our graphics program of choice, we’ll be conducting research, dealing with clients, responding to briefs, sketching out sitemaps, planning information architecture, moving from doodles to diagrams, exploring different ways of interactivity, and building upon design traditions.


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    Leah April 3rd

    http://nettuts.com/tutorials/wordpress/how-to-create-a-wordpress-theme-from-scratch-part-2/

    Both of the parts to this tutorial on how to build a Worpress theme was very helpful.

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    Jamie Rumbelow April 3rd

    http://net.tutsplus.com/videos/screencasts/you-still-cant-create-a-jquery-plugin/

    - Fab tutorial, helped me immensely, when I had no clue where to begin. Thanks Jeff.

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    arn_qst April 3rd

    http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/site-builds/build-a-sleek-portfolio-site-from-scratch/

    Was what really got me into CSS and I never looked back..
    This site has been a huge tool for my web projects..

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    Roosevelt P. April 3rd

    This tutorial made me Fall in Love with Nettuts.

    Here you go: http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/php/a-better-login-system/

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    Sonali Agrawal April 3rd

    http://net.tutsplus.com/articles/web-roundups/are-you-making-these-10-css-mistakes/

    Nothing can get worse if you don’t know where you are going wrong! This tutorial has helped me like anything..Thanks Guys!!

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    Jesse April 3rd

    Picked up a couple of apps I hadn’t seen before at http://net.tutsplus.com/articles/web-roundups/30-amazing-mac-apps-for-developers/

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    Valuediz April 3rd

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    Joey April 3rd

    http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/other/creating-your-first-joomla-template/

    very useful if you are new to the joomla template system :)

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    Tony Dunsworth April 3rd

    http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/javascript-ajax/15-resources-to-get-you-started-with-jquery-from-scratch/

    Gave me a great jump on things and helped me start some really interesting changes to a few sites

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    Marta Ferreirinha April 3rd

    Hi!
    This tutorial on “5 Ways to Instantly Write Better CSS” by Trevor Davis really has some useful tips that helped me a lot:

    http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/html-css-techniques/5-tips-to-writing-better-css/

    Thanks!

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    Delilah Hinman April 3rd

    Learning PHP from scratch (part 1 and 2) have been two of the most helpful tuts for me. Once I read that and started learning PHP, I’ve expanded my skill set from just being a designer to also dipping into the dev side. Thanks guys, you have been really useful!

    http://nettuts.com/php/learn-php-from-scratch-a-training-regimen/

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    Jason April 3rd

    http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/site-builds/build-a-sleek-portfolio-site-from-scratch/

    As someone looking to get more into Web design, I found this to be a good starting point for me.

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    mokin April 3rd

    Web Design Week:
    http://net.tutsplus.com/articles/news/web-design-week/

    I think it has been the best content the site has ever had very helpful.
    And good all sub topic.

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    Brenelz April 3rd

    http://net.tutsplus.com/videos/screencasts/how-i-can-code-twice-as-fast-as-you/

    You can have all the programming knowledge in the world, but you need to be able to work as quickly as possible (time = money)

    Thanks Jeffery!

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    Josh Johnson April 3rd

    This tutorial walked me through the first website I ever coded. Now I’m completely addicted. Thanks Collis!

    http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/site-builds/build-a-sleek-portfolio-site-from-scratch/

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    Jeff Mackey April 3rd

    This tutorial about context includes for a WP blog was awesome. Totally pointed me a in a new direction for my WP-powered sites.

    http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/wordpress/context-includes/

    Thanks,
    Jeff

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    Jamis Charles April 3rd

    http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/other/enhancing-your-ubuntu-server/

    Gave simple instructions for setting up a Subversion Repository. Thanks.

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    Matt April 3rd

    http://net.tutsplus.com/videos/screencasts/how-i-can-code-twice-as-fast-as-you/

    I came across Nettuts through Jeff Way’s jQuery for Designers, but I found that this video tutorial really opened up more possibilities for me to do more and save LOTS of time.

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    Alicia April 3rd

    http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/php/using-paypals-instant-payment-notification-with-php/

    I’ve been toying with it myself and been leary of doing so for clients but this showed me the ease in which I can provide this service at it’s basic level.

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    DataMouse April 3rd

    Really helped with my CSS:
    http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/site-builds/build-a-sleek-portfolio-site-from-scratch/

    Now I don’t code in anything else – bye bye tables!

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    NatalieMac April 3rd

    http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/javascript-ajax/creating-a-filterable-portfolio-with-jquery/

    I pick this one because I’m actually putting it to use in a project I’m working on that will be released soon.

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    Kyle April 3rd

    http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/php/codeigniter-basics/

    Great overview of basic CodeIgniter features and some of the most common questions about the framework.

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    Diogo Duarte April 3rd

    http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/javascript-ajax/10-essential-principles-of-the-javascript-masters/

    I was entering on javascript world, and this tuto just gave me the little help I need to begin iwth some experiments.

    I dream with this book (Sexy Web Design)… Hope I win!

    Congratulations for iniciative!

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    Iain - CodeJoust April 3rd

    http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/php/getting-started-with-cake-php-part-2/

    I’m just starting thinking about writing full-fledged webapps with a framework. I’ve been having issues with Ruby on Rails configuration, and this is an excellent article for, as the name implies, getting started with cakePHP.

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    Michael April 3rd

    i always come away from Nettuts with something.

    but my current fave is still the post that addresses the maxim “…it’s always the simple things that get you…”

    http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/html-css-techniques/solving-5-common-css-headaches/

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    Francois April 3rd

    http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/javascript-ajax/build-a-better-tooltip-with-jquery-awesomeness/

    This is the article that helped me out rescently, since I needed something really similar for a project. I learned to do so with the help of that article.

    Thanks.

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    mary April 3rd

    http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/other/working-with-a-content-management-framework-modx/

    Helped me iron out some kinks about Ditto that were bothering me, and was just overall a great refresher for my MODx knowledge.

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    Nick D April 3rd

    http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/html-css-techniques/evening-tip-force-ie6-to-display-alpha-transparency/

    This one saved me so much time and headache. I was completely unaware until this tutorial.

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    Jed April 3rd

    I might not be the sharpest knife in the drawer, but it took me a bit of tweeking to understand what was going on here:

    http://net.tutsplus.com/videos/screencasts/fun-with-css-shapes/

    Anyway, any CSS tutorial is great for me, I love design, and anything to make clean code just makes it better.

    Thanks,

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    Chuck April 3rd

    http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/javascript-ajax/use-the-jquery-ui-to-control-the-size-of-your-text/

    This got me started with jQuery. You can’t put a value on showing a designer the light of jQuery.

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    Shibi Kannan April 3rd

    Awesome
    All Nettuts articles are amazing but I really like this one as it helped me understand many underlying concepts of building an elegant website.

    http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/site-builds/build-a-sleek-portfolio-site-from-scratch/

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    Filip Stefansson April 3rd

    http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/wordpress/creating-a-custom-wordpress-plugin-from-scratch/

    This article throwed me in to the Wordpress Plugin Djungle!

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    Talon April 3rd

    http://net.tutsplus.com/videos/screencasts/diving-into-php/

    this really helped unlocked the mysteries of php for me.

    Thank you!

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    John Deszell April 3rd

    http://net.tutsplus.com/articles/news/new-plus-tutorial-wordpress-beginner-to-master/

    Finally helped me learn about creating option pages for WP Themes.

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    Andre April 3rd

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    Andrew Pryde April 3rd

    http://nettuts.com/tutorials/wordpress/how-to-create-a-wordpress-theme-from-scratch-part-1/ would have to top if for me along with part 2. An esntial skill I use almost every day :)

    @Prydie

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    Doug Erkkila April 3rd

    http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/other/intro-to-drupal-build-a-simple-cms/

    I was hired by a company and had limited experience with Drupal and this tutorial helped get me up to speed!

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    Chris April 3rd

    http://nettuts.com/tutorials/wordpress/how-to-create-a-wordpress-theme-from-scratch-part-2/

    Definitely set me in the right direction for starting to create my own WP theme.

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    Melissa April 3rd

    http://nettuts.com/site-builds/how-to-create-a-wordpress-theme-from-scratch/

    was a good tutorial to get started on creating WordPress themes!

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    revanxp April 3rd

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    Brendan April 3rd

    http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/site-builds/build-a-sleek-portfolio-site-from-scratch/
    I’m a big fan of a lot of the net tuts tutorials but this is the one for me! Great starting block along with a few others…I first came across it about 8 months ago and regularly look back on it!

    Thanks!

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    Matty April 3rd

    http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/wordpress/creating-a-custom-wordpress-plugin-from-scratch/

    I found the above tutorial to be clear and informative, when researching Wordpress plugin development.

    “Sexy Web Design” looks like a brilliant read. :)

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    Sirwan April 3rd

    http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/wordpress/creating-a-custom-wordpress-plugin-from-scratch/

    Probably one of the most important articles on Nettuts, this article allowed me to be able to endlessly create plugins and distribute them across the internet, gaining mass traffic to my site, as well as expanding my Wordpress services and be able to sell my wordpress themes at a better quality. It was a fun-to-read article, I was learning something that was very useful in my line of work, and more importantly it was an article that i knew after reading it, would directly lead me to gaining more money.

    All free and all very informative. Plugins are a faboulous concept and to be able to get creative and expand a very flexible piece of software was great. I have bookmarked this article and recommended it to a couple of friend on MSN. Thank you nettuts!

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    Yann April 3rd

    http://net.tutsplus.com/videos/screencasts/how-to-build-a-super-duper-news-scroller/

    I love the tiny box with a lot of power! It’s very userfriendly and it taught me a lot about understanding how to use php and jquery in one project.

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    Alex Bousquet April 3rd

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    jermaine April 3rd

    http://net.tutsplus.com/videos/screencasts/how-to-build-a-login-system-for-a-simple-website/

    It was this video which kick stared my php enlightment, and make me love this site so muchhhhhhhhhh!

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    Steven Knight April 3rd

    http://net.tutsplus.com/videos/screencasts/how-to-build-a-login-system-for-a-simple-website/

    Helped me get started with PHP, it cut out all of the scary stuff and presented it in a friendly way.

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    Jonny M April 3rd

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    George April 3rd

    http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/html-css-techniques/5-tips-to-writing-better-css/

    A great example of why I read Nettuts all the time.

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    raw April 3rd

    http://net.tutsplus.com/videos/screencasts/the-easiest-way-to-use-any-font-you-wish/

    Didnt know this and already used it on two sites since the tutorial.

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    Enes April 3rd

    http://net.tutsplus.com/videos/screencasts/diving-into-php/

    it’s not just one tutorial, but this helped me a lot.. thanks again

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    Adam Farnsworth April 3rd

    http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/ruby/learn-ruby-on-rails-from-scratch-week-1/

    I thought you guys did a bang up job of covering RoR. Your series got me off on the right foot.

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    Lewy April 3rd

    http://net.tutsplus.com/videos/screencasts/everything-you-know-is-wrong/

    This article got me to thinking more about CSS standards and to really dig in and learn more about CSS.

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    Marko April 3rd

    http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/site-builds/from-psd-to-html-building-a-set-of-website-designs-step-by-step/

    It really helped me to understand standards and learn some good practices. :)

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    Norm April 3rd

    http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/other/the-golden-ratio-in-web-design/

    Sometimes a step back to look at the past is what makes a good designer a great designer.

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    iPad April 3rd

    http://net.tutsplus.com/videos/screencasts/slice-and-dice-that-psd/

    Jeffrey’s Screencast are my favorites! I’m anxious about his next SC PSD -> HTML -> WordPress

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      Jeffrey Way April 3rd

      Me too! I’m hoping to have it ready by this coming Wednesday!

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    Chris H April 3rd

    http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/javascript-ajax/javascript-and-the-dom-series-lesson-1/

    Answered all my questions when I began learning javascript from scratch. I couldn’t wait for the next article to be released!

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    Chris M April 3rd

    http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/php/a-better-login-system/

    A real winner. Well explained and written.

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    Matt April 3rd

    This is the best one, well the entire series, helped me get started with learning a new language:

    http://nettuts.com/php/learn-php-from-scratch-a-training-regimen/

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    Zanoey April 3rd

    http://nettuts.com/articles/web-roundups/jquery-for-absolute-beginners-video-series/

    I’m always coming back to this, I have the videos saved to my computer.
    It has been an awesome introduction to jQuery and continues to be a great refresher.

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    Rhawn April 3rd

    Your Message…http://net.tutsplus.com/videos/screencasts/you-still-cant-create-a-jquery-plugin/

    This one got me started with JQuery

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    Seventoes April 3rd

    http://ae.tutsplus.com/tutorials/motion-graphics/design-rhythmic-motion-typography-in-after-effects/

    I followed AETUTS since it started, but that’s the one that really got me in to messing around in AE.

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    Jazzspin April 3rd

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    Daniel Genser April 3rd

    http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/html-css-techniques/5-tips-to-writing-better-css/

    Such easy yet powerful principles for writing effective CSS. Thanks! (Fingers-crossed)

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    George April 3rd

    http://net.tutsplus.com/videos/screencasts/how-i-can-code-twice-as-fast-as-you/

    After reading this I took a moment to think of my process of going about creating websites. It occurred to me how much “re-work” I do, that I could just re-use for each project!

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    Luca April 3rd

    This was the most useful for me:
    http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/php/a-better-login-system/
    Thanks a lot guys!

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    Chris Raymond April 3rd

    http://nettuts.com/site-builds/how-to-create-a-wordpress-theme-from-scratch/

    Hard for me to pick which of the design->Wordpress tuts was the best, but since this was the first in one series, I’ll pick this. I am a print designer who shifted to web FT about 3 years ago, and I can’t say too much about how helpful your WP tuts are, because the place where I work uses it and a custom CMS based on its principles, and I really need to gain deep understanding of how best to design for a CMS or WP.

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    kevin April 3rd

    http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/php/user-membership-with-php/

    this one because it helped me to create a page accessible only to people who I wanted to see like my freinds

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    Chris April 3rd

    http://nettuts.com/tutorials/wordpress/anatomy-of-a-wordpress-plugin/

    This article has been helpful in getting started with building my own plugins.

    ( Reply )
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    Kim April 3rd

    http://net.tutsplus.com/videos/screencasts/building-the-imgpreview-jquery-plugin/

    There are plenty of jQuery-plugin-tutorials on the web, but “Building the imgPreview jQuery Plugin” has, so far, been the best at describing each step – AND most importantly, the purpose of each step.

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    MC April 3rd

    Alreday downloded the book, its only 177 pages!

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    Gustavo April 3rd

    http://nettuts.com/javascript-ajax/build-a-top-panel-with-jquery/

    Seriously helped me and will continue to be used!

    ( Reply )
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    Wilson April 3rd

    http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/php/creating-a-php5-framework-part-1/
    (And, of course, part 2.)

    This “series,” which doesn’t seem to be going on any more…was extremely helpful in understanding PHP and frameworks in general. A GREAT resource!

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    Jason Hardy April 3rd

    http://net.tutsplus.com/videos/screencasts/how-i-can-code-twice-as-fast-as-you/

    This is pretty straightforward, but has really changed my world as I have been getting better at learning my own common code snippets and refined them.

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    Hassan April 3rd

    http://www.nettuts.com/videos/screencasts/mimicking-apple’s-address-book-for-the-web/

    This was actually a screencast, but I didn’t access to it so I just read the text only. And, this was really awesome: I’ve never imagined to use WP as my web development Application Framework…

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    romek April 3rd

    http://net.tutsplus.com/articles/web-roundups/50-must-read-books-in-web-development/

    A few of the books from the tut are on my bookshelf now and I would like to have another one :-) Thanks in advance!

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    Greg Szczotka April 3rd

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    Josh Hill April 3rd

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    Javid April 3rd

    Wordpress: Beginner to Master
    http://tutsplus.com/plus-content/nettuts/

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    Davelk April 3rd

    http://net.tutsplus.com/videos/screencasts/how-to-build-a-login-system-for-a-simple-website/

    came at the perfect time, saved me a lot of time and effort

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    Mexx April 3rd

    This is my absolute favorite tutorial series. I pretended to be sick so I could stay at home and study these lessons: http://nettuts.com/articles/web-roundups/jquery-for-absolute-beginners-video-series/

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    Svend C Svendsen April 3rd

    http://nettuts.com/videos/screencasts/how-to-convert-a-psd-to-xhtml/

    It helped me to get started making some real webdesign when i diddent had alot of experience with css and html.

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    Jason Pelker April 3rd

    http://nettuts.com/videos/screencasts/how-to-read-an-rss-feed-with-php-screencast/

    Not the most complicated tutorial, but one that every developer should have up their sleeve, regardless. Thanks for all the useful info you publish here–keep up the great work!

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    Alekos Karalazos April 3rd

    Everything You Need to Get Started With CodeIgniter

    http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/php/codeigniter-basics/

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    Duncan April 3rd

    http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/javascript-ajax/15-resources-to-get-you-started-with-jquery-from-scratch/

    This because it’s the first real jQuery tutorial that explains the very beginning. Since this moment I’m really using jQuery in my designs, and it’s really gotten better since that day:D

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    Joaquin Windmuller April 3rd

    I’m a wordpress user and the Top 50 Wordpress Tutorials post you did not too much ago ( http://net.tutsplus.com/articles/web-roundups/top-50-wordpress-tutorials/ ) is a great list of resources. In fact it even got a star in my Google Reader

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    Dana Severance April 3rd

    http://net.tutsplus.com/articles/web-roundups/50-excellent-image-galleries-you-can-use-today/

    While not technically a tutorial, this particular post helped me a great deal. It showed me galleries I could build upon and improve on, or just use straight out of the box!

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    Chris Sharp April 3rd

    http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/html-css-techniques/prototyping-with-the-grid-960-css-framework/

    This just confirmed what i already knew about the importance of structure in modern web design.

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    Pierre April 3rd

    http://net.tutsplus.com/videos/screencasts/how-i-can-code-twice-as-fast-as-you/

    I cant tell you how much this made my life easier, especially in writing stored procedures for SQL Server and in my ASP.NET development.

    ( Reply )
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    icetrix April 3rd

    Absolutely this one: http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/html-css-techniques/5-tips-to-writing-better-css/

    Helped me alot writing my CSS more functional and cleaner.

    ( Reply )
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    Megh Suthar April 3rd

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    Beth April 3rd

    My favorites have been the AJAX+DOM tutorials.

    http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/javascript-ajax/javascript-and-the-dom-series-lesson-1/
    and
    http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/javascript-ajax/javascript-and-the-dom-lesson-2/

    The instructions and explanations are clear and the visuals are great. I got a much clearer understanding of nodes.

    ( Reply )
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    Galled April 3rd

    http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/php/creating-a-php5-framework-part-1/

    Help me to make a little framework for my work.

    ( Reply )
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    traylorillo April 3rd

    http://net.tutsplus.com/articles/web-roundups/top-50-wordpress-tutorials/

    I use Wordpress and every little bit of new info helps tremendously. Thanks for continuing to provide excellent resources.

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    Jesus Sahagun April 3rd

    http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/php/a-better-login-system/
    I’ve had been searching for a simple way to make a good login system with php. I searched libraries in pear, pecl, etc. and just nothing convinced me. Now I’m writing my own auth library using some of the concepts and ideas in your tutorial.
    Thanks + U rock

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    Budgetperson April 3rd

    I’m a newb so this helped a lot with psd to css coding later on. Also a great resource to reference to!

    http://net.tutsplus.com/videos/screencasts/slice-and-dice-that-psd/

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    Quentin April 3rd

    More and more people have been coming to me with wordpress design needs, this series has been a huge help.

    http://net.tutsplus.com/articles/news/new-plus-tutorial-wordpress-beginner-to-master-parts-4-6/

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    Joel April 3rd

    All these

    http://net.tutsplus.com/category/tutorials/ruby/

    Pushed me to learn ruby beyond Nettuts!

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    Michael Owens April 3rd

    http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/site-builds/from-psd-to-html-building-a-set-of-website-designs-step-by-step/

    By far the best tutorial on the site as far as explanation, discovery, and helpfulness to all levels of designer / developers.

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    dgcal April 3rd

    My favorite is the codeigniter tutorial. It got me hooked on codeigniter!
    http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/php/codeigniter-basics/

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    ec April 3rd

    10 Principles of the PHP Masters

    Although the codeigniter one was good, this one set me in the right direction, to even think of using CI (or, to push me over the top, rather).

    Here’s a quote:

    [Note: If you have to use a PHP framework, Rasmus likes Code Igniter the best, as it is "least like a framework"]

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    Andrew Miesner April 3rd

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    Scott April 3rd

    http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/php/learn-php-from-scratch-a-training-regimen/
    was a great help when I started teaching myself PHP. I’m still learning, nowhere near an expert, but I’m starting to be able to do some cool things.

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    Mohammad Eid April 3rd

    http://net.tutsplus.com/videos/screencasts/how-to-convert-a-psd-to-xhtml/

    is most effective and practical tutorial for me ( in my opinion) it put my first step in css styling on the Right Way thanks,

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    Ryan Stubbs April 3rd

    http://net.tutsplus.com/videos/screencasts/build-a-login-and-registration-system-with-xml/

    I’d never found a practical use for XML until I saw Ryathis so thanks a lot!

    Ryan.

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    Bryan April 3rd

    http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/other/intro-to-drupal-build-a-simple-cms/

    This was a good primer to get my feet wet with drupal. I highly recommend it.

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    Daniel Sroka April 3rd

    http://nettuts.com/tutorials/javascript-ajax/creating-a-filterable-portfolio-with-jquery/

    This one taught me something I’ve always wanted to do, but never had the time to figure out on my own.

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    Daft Viking April 3rd

    http://net.tutsplus.com/articles/web-roundups/10-rare-html-tags-you-really-should-know/

    (at least for the ones posted in the last month or so, can’t remember much earlier than that)

    When I read about the optgroup tag I had one of those “where the heck has that been all my life?” moments – most of the other tags were old news to me, but that one really got my attention. Makes it so much easier to add grouping to select tags.

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    Brian April 3rd

    http://net.tutsplus.com/articles/web-roundups/top-50-wordpress-tutorials/

    This is one of the best collection of wordpress learning resources I’ve seen. A great assortment. And while not a “tutorial” I’d like to see you guys collect more of your own tutorials and such into single posts…as sort of featured collections…

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    curtjen April 3rd

    http://nettuts.com/tutorials/html-css-techniques/prototyping-with-the-grid-960-css-framework/

    Great explanation on how 960.gs works. It sure has helped me figure out how to use it a lot faster than on my own. Thanks for the great tutorials. I love the tuts+ universe.

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    Pablo Cordero April 3rd

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    Josh Maxwell April 3rd

    http://tinyurl.com/cm9mde and successor: http://tinyurl.com/cs4puv

    Slowly using these tuts to set up a server for my site, and to test sites to come.

    Cheers!

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    kenderendre April 3rd

    No doubt about it, this is the best
    http://net.tutsplus.com/videos/screencasts/how-to-build-a-login-system-for-a-simple-website/
    It’s a great tutorial that every web-designer must see

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    Steve April 3rd

    The WordPress, Beginner to Master series was very timely for me since its allowing us an improved communication tool at work.

    http://net.tutsplus.com/articles/news/new-plus-tutorial-wordpress-beginner-to-master-parts-4-6/

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    Jonathan April 3rd

    http://net.tutsplus.com/videos/screencasts/scanning-folders-with-php/

    This tutorial helped me speed up creating simple galleries for a lot of my clients.

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    thelastpulse April 3rd

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    Jan April 3rd

    http://nettuts.com/videos/screencasts/5-easy-ways-to-tackle-ie6s-transparency-issues/

    ie6 is a pain in the ***, this link helped me very much!

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    Tami April 3rd

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    Jeff Adams April 3rd

    http://net.tutsplus.com/videos/screencasts/building-the-back-end-of-a-photo-site/

    Quite simply the first ever real tutorial that showed me how jQuery and a database can really be so easy. Screencast was great, and it’s so refreshingly different from the code-dribble tutorials i get bored of trying to follow on other sites!!!

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    Chad Beninati April 3rd

    http://net.tutsplus.com/articles/web-roundups/jquery-for-absolute-beginners-video-series/

    This got me into jQuery. Before this, I was just a floundering fish doing custom javascript libraries. Ah the time I’ve saved since!

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    Fatih Turan April 3rd

    http://nettuts.com/tutorials/other/intro-to-drupal-build-a-simple-cms/

    I want to learn Drupal’s basics and theme systems before. So i was read this tutorial and it was a good starting point. Thanks.

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    Steven Clark April 3rd

    http://net.tutsplus.com/articles/are-you-making-these-10-php-mistakes/

    Particularly the parts about database caching and protecting session IDs… which makes me cringe a little about the past… :)

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    mr. tunes April 3rd

    i like this one on the site building:
    http://tinyurl.com/dc4ltd

    very thorough and good looking!

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    Danny Pape April 3rd

    This one is my favorite:
    A better login system
    http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/php/a-better-login-system/

    Danny Pape
    dapapes@gmail.com

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    Helms April 3rd

    http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/other/enhancing-your-ubuntu-server/

    Helped learning and setting up Ubuntu server

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    Nick April 3rd

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    Jack Franklin April 3rd

    It was impossible to choose one! But in the end I went for:
    http://net.tutsplus.com/videos/screencasts/you-still-cant-create-a-jquery-plugin/

    As firstly I love screencasts and because having done this tutorial I managed to turn 2 of my ideas into plugins which I released on my site jackfranklin.co.uk.

    But there are very few tutorials which I don’t like on NETTUTS, it really is the cream of the crop.

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    Jacob April 3rd

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    Chesham April 3rd

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    Mason Sklut April 3rd

    This tutorial helped me a great ton with learning how to properly setup WP Comment Validation with jQuery: http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/wordpress/adding-form-validation-to-wordpress-comments-using-jquery/

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    David Felix April 3rd

    http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/php/learn-php-from-scratch-a-training-regimen/

    Brilliant guide that really helped me out. Bookmarked and referenced regularly.

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    Daniel A. Tiecher April 3rd

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    Andrea April 3rd

    Hell.. how many posts: nobady has money top buy a book :P

    http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/php/asynchronous-comments-with-jquery-and-json/

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    rebellion April 3rd

    It would be awesome if I won that book :)

    My favorite Nettuts+ tutorial is the one about secure PHP programming: http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/php/5-helpful-tips-for-creating-secure-php-applications/

    The tutorial contains of 5 crucial tips that everyone should be aware of if they develop using PHP (or any language really..)

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    Samantha Armacost April 3rd

    http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/wordpress/how-to-create-a-wordpress-theme-from-scratch/

    That tutorial plus all that is going on with the ThemeForest Blog really motivated me to get into WordPress, and I never thought it would be so simple.

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    Robert Gaspar April 3rd

    I needed this at just the right time. I still need it, sometimes

    http://nettuts.com/articles/web-roundups/jquery-for-absolute-beginners-video-series/

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    |Walter| April 3rd

    Hellou, i found this one as my firt tut on net tuts. Firts tut for me and awsome Jeffrey tut make me like this whole site ;)
    and this tut is best ;) like Joefrey/Jeffry design :D and very nice english for me as foreing language :) Jeffrey you rock’s ;)
    and for now i looking forward to see next tut from Jeffry ;) awsome work
    THX very much. |W|

    http://net.tutsplus.com/videos/screencasts/slice-and-dice-that-psd/

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    Andrew Abogado April 3rd

    http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/other/working-with-a-content-management-framework-modx/

    It was a good starter for me to dive and delve with ModX. The tutorial was very much helpful & a juicy crash course.

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    Andrew Turner April 3rd

    http://net.tutsplus.com/articles/the-ultimate-guide-to-building-a-wordpress-plugin/

    Love that article due to the fact that i was able to really expand myself and learn a handful of new skills.

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    Chris April 3rd

    I looked for a long time trying to figure out how to do this correctly, this video was a HUGE help

    http://net.tutsplus.com/videos/screencasts/exactly-how-to-use-css-sprites/#more-2959

    Thanks again

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    Schimpy April 3rd

    Yes, i like this one:
    http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/javascript-ajax/jquery-style-switcher/

    Putting it into my new homepage.

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    Vinicius Dallacqua April 3rd

    http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/javascript-ajax/10-rare-but-clever-javascript-techniques/

    This tutorial was realy usefull on two projects that i’m making the interface. And i just don’t know how i would do some things smartly and better without some of this helps (like the jQuery image upload and crop presented on this tutorial). And also this tutorial inspired me to study more about JQuery.

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    Derek Venuto April 3rd

    http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/html-css-techniques/10-principles-of-the-css-masters/

    This tutorial helped me see the beauty in simple css code that would save me time and utilize declarations that I had yet to experiment with.

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    Jez Thompson April 3rd

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    Christian Mejia April 3rd

    http://nettuts.com/site-builds/how-to-create-a-wordpress-theme-from-scratch/

    I have gone over this one as a refresher many times! This Tut has saved me from losing my hair and over eating my finger-nails a few times. Ha ha ha

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    AW April 3rd

    http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/other/the-golden-ratio-in-web-design/

    Definitely one of the best tutorial I have read on web design basics.

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    Matthew B April 3rd

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    Antony April 3rd

    Designing A website from scratch, because although on the surface it is beginners article it always good to see others coding practices and reinforce your own knowledge

    http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/site-builds/build-a-sleek-portfolio-site-from-scratch/

    As ever, thank you Nettuts+

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    Alex April 3rd

    http://net.tutsplus.com/

    -I figured it was obvious; everything on this site, is maximum win. Thanks for making my life a lot easier and teaching me new things.

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    brauny April 3rd

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    Drazen April 3rd

    I read almost all of them but at the most valueable tutorial was http://net.tutsplus.com/videos/screencasts/fun-with-css-shapes/ for me.

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    Tom April 3rd

    http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/php/how-to-setup-a-dedicated-web-server-for-free/

    Great to start off with dedicated server, or even just giving you an introduction into server administration

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    Sid April 3rd

    http://net.tutsplus.com/videos/screencasts/the-easiest-way-to-use-any-font-you-wish/

    Stuff like these, I only find out when I’m at Nettuts+

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    Justin April 3rd

    http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/javascript-ajax/the-definitive-guide-to-creating-a-practical-jquery-plugin/

    Because building jQuery plugins is by far the best way to package and re-use my jQuery code. Prior to this tutorial, there were plenty of places (including jQuery.com) that described what you needed to do to turn a chunk of jQuery code into a plugin, but this is the only tutorial as far as I know that walks through a practical example of a plugin, from the first anonymous function to the working, useful, reusable image loader.

    Highly recommended :-)

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    Jeff Bridgforth April 3rd

    http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/html-css-techniques/5-techniques-to-acquaint-you-with-css-3/

    Big help in getting me familiar with things to know in CSS 3

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    Shane April 3rd

    http://net.tutsplus.com/articles/general/10-most-sought-after-skills-in-web-development/

    I really think that it is useful for people to have a broad range of abilities and to know which of those skills will be useful in your studio.

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    Ryan April 3rd

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    Pedro Magalhães April 3rd

    The post was good enough to make my applications and clients more safer in what relates to security on databases, forms, etc.

    Take this one:

    http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/php/5-helpful-tips-for-creating-secure-php-applications/

    I recommend you all!

    Pedro from Portugal

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    Colin McFadden April 3rd

    http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/php/a-better-login-system/

    This tutorial has been great as I explore PHP. Your ThemeForest PHP videos were also extremely helpful!

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    Rex Stevens April 3rd

    http://net.tutsplus.com/articles/web-roundups/top-50-wordpress-tutorials/

    This roundup was amazingly helpful, and basically any wordpress tutorial you guys have put together have been great. I was doing web design for years but never even thought about wordpress until i found nettuts because i thought it would be too much to learn, and i’m amazed at how many more things i’m learning about it all the time through this site.

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    Jonathan Lambert April 3rd

    Straight up, this tutorial was fantastically useful. And you called it awesomeness. Awesomeness. :)

    http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/javascript-ajax/build-a-better-tooltip-with-jquery-awesomeness/

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    Beto Arpi April 3rd

    http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/html-css-techniques/6-easy-ways-to-improve-your-html-emails/

    As a newbie, this really helped me to avoid most of the common problems with the newsletter development!

    Thanks!

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    Benoit April 3rd

    http://net.tutsplus.com

    Everyone who’s involved in website development should subscribe http://feeds2.feedburner.com/nettuts

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    James Black April 3rd

    http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/wordpress/creating-a-custom-wordpress-plugin-from-scratch/

    This is just a great topic and something i think a lot of people are interested in. I work with wordpress every day as it is part of my job as a developer and building custom plugins for wordpress can be a necessity to some sites.

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    Otto April 3rd

    This Tut:

    http://net.tutsplus.com/videos/screencasts/how-to-convert-a-psd-to-xhtml/

    Shows the very essence of web design…. I realy Love it…

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    Erik Draven April 3rd