Chris Jean was hard at work this week to release the beta version of the Builder Style Manager. He’ll be using this time to fix issues that rise up and collect input from you on what things you like, or would like to see added, etc.
The Style Manager beta version is available in your member’s [...]

Few would have been able to predict the growth of social networking sites like Twitter. Ultimately, they helped bloggers by bridging the gap between the site, the writer/publisher behind the site, and the community, or the readers who enjoy the site. When these sites were much smaller and more rarely used, the main method of [...]

One of the frequent requests we’ve gotten from our customer community is that we post the theme versions in our membership area. Today, Chris Jean just made that possible!
You asked for it … you got it!
(See how it looks below you login to your Member Panel.)
Of course, you can also see the theme versions [...]

Today, I have some very big news at Noupe. I am thrilled to announce that Noupe has been acquired by Smashing Magazine. This is certainly both a good move for Noupe and a benefit to our readers.
I am very happy that Smashing Magazine wants to invest in growing the vision that I believe so strongly [...]

Many designers tend to have a famine or feast lifestyle. That’s just one of the major drawbacks to the freelancing life. But, it doesn’t have to be. I have never really had a significant famine period in my career and I have my passive income streams to thank for that. I have [...]

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The Smashing Book project is now entering its next phase. Based upon your tremendous feedback, we have finalized the concept and the outline for the book. In fact, the topics have been selected and our writers have already started to brainstorm the ideas for their chapters in the book. The one thing that still remains [...]