Thoriq Firdaus

Thoriq is a writer for Hongkiat.com with a passion for web design and development. He is the author of Responsive Web Design by Examples, where he covered his best approaches in developing responsive websites quickly with a framework.

Latest posts

A look into: Foundation 4 Responsive Framework

ZURB has recently released a new version of their popular responsive framework, Foundation. In this version, they’ve made some drastic changes, elim…

Understanding Retina Displays and Media Queries

Apple revolutionized screen quality with its Retina display. This technology offers incredibly clear, vibrant, and detailed images. However, it also p…

Guide to WordPress Development With Microsoft WebMatrix

We have previously talked about web development with Microsoft WebMatrix. In today’s post, we are going to discuss WordPress development using WebMa…

How to Retrieve and Display Battery Status with HTML5

Apart from introducing new elements, the people behind web standard, W3C, also introduced a set of JavaScript APIs that allow developers to communicat…

A Look Into: WebMatrix for Front-End Development

There are plenty of web development applications for Windows system, such as Notepad++, Netbeans, Eclipse, Komodo, Aptana etc. These applications are …

Showcase of Long Shadow Icon Design

Flat design has been a tremendously hot topic for the last couple of months, and we have also discussed it several times in our previous posts. And if…

Easy Color Scheme Creation with Adobe Kuler for iOS

Designing for the web, an app, or print requires choosing the right colors. There are many tools and resources that can help you pick the right color …

Web Design: Hide / Show Notification Bar With CSS3

Inspired by one of our readers comment from our previous, we are going to show you how to create a notification bar with a control button in this tuto…

Fresh Resources for Web Designers and Developers (July 2013)

Ah yes, the regular monthly roundup is back. In this round, we have another ten different tools, apps, and services to help designers and developers. …

How to Refresh Changes on Browser with Sublime Text

As web designers, we often do this: tweak the codes in the code editor, save the file, head over to the browser and refresh it to see the changes. We …

How to Detect a Visitor’s Browser in WordPress

There are times when you may need to deliver specific content or adjustments based on the web browser your site visitors are using. Various methods ca…

How to Wrap Content in Custom Shapes with CSS3

Print media, compared to web media, offers greater flexibility in content layout and display. However, replicating those intricate shape frames used i…