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Dev Depot: Wow Slider, Flexible jQuery Powered Slider System

Among the most popular of web design trends over the past few years has been the use of sliding horizontal panels, known as carousels and sliders. These implementations range from simple eye candy to full-blown gallery sites and everything in between; with a wide range of frameworks available to make crafting your own slider easy.

Stephen Yagielowicz ·

XBIZ Awards 2014 Show Videos Now Online

XBIZ is pleased to announce the debut of exclusive videos of the winners who took the stage at the 2014 XBIZ Awards Show.

trends

Strategies for Better Mobile URLs

From short codes to custom addresses, URLs are becoming more mobile friendly and easier to share via social media. The simplistic nature of these customized and truncated addresses is meant to make them easier to type on small keyboards (or to speak via voice recognition systems) on a mobile device.

Stephen Yagielowicz ·

Push-Button Orgasm Device Can't Raise $6 Million

How much are people willing to pay for an instant, flick-of-of-the-switch orgasm? Surprisingly, not very much.

opinion

New Solutions for Mobile Video Delivery

With more mobile users hitting websites every day, it is increasingly important for site operators to deploy cross-platform video delivery systems. In 2014, one might think this would be a straight-forward and foolproof task, but some nagging challenges remain.

Stephen Yagielowicz ·
opinion

Internationalization Breeds Discovery Concerns

The Internet as you know it is changing, as billions of non-English speaking users come online, and with them, numerous new top-level domains. This couples with the de-Americanization of the Internet to introduce non-Latin character sets that require careful handling by coders and marketers alike.

Stephen Yagielowicz ·

XBIZ Summit Goes Moderator-Free, Introduces New Format

XBIZ plans to ditch the role of the seminar moderator for its upcoming XBIZ Summit digital media conference in Miami.

XBIZ Summit Official Show Schedule Now Available

XBIZ is pleased to announce the official show schedule for the upcoming XBIZ Summit in Miami slated for May 13-16.

Dev Depot: jQuery Audit, Auditing Conflicts

One of the most popular technologies employed by modern web developers is jQuery, which powers countless sites and mobile applications. As easy as the framework is to use, however, a variety of conflicts and other concerns await even the most careful of coders.

Stephen Yagielowicz ·
opinion

When It Comes to Sex Toys, Gay Consumers Are the Trendsetters

Well educated, tech savvy, socially connected and self aware … just a few of the attributes that Jahaziel Perez — owner of DickzToyz.com — uses to describe the gay male consumer.

Dan Cameron ·

Dev Depot: Media Query Builder, Queries Made Easy

One of the most powerful features of cascading style sheets (CSS) for modern website development is the use of media queries — an interrogatory used to determine the characteristics of a display device.

Stephen Yagielowicz ·

XBIZ Summit 'Traffic Rush Hour' to Host Top Traffic Providers

XBIZ is pleased to announce its preliminary list of leading traffic providers that have enlisted so far for the all-new Traffic Rush Hour session sponsored by BrokerBabe at XBIZ Summit.

XBIZ Adds Industry Attorney Corey Silverstein to Blog Lineup

XBIZ is pleased to announce the addition of adult industry attorney Corey Silverstein to its roster of distinguished blog columnists.

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Special Delivery: Expanding Face of Film Distribution

“As adult movie producers, we are going through an evolution in the way content is first produced and then delivered,” said X-Play coowner Will Ryder, “and the audience always decides what works best for them. That evolution can be seen most clearly — and often uncomfortably — in the area of content distribution.

Jared Rutter ·

Happy Ride Vibrating Bike Seat Makes Exercise Fun, Dangerous

For cyclists looking for a boost — in their routine as well as their nether regions — there is now the Happy Ride, a vibrating bicycle seat cover.

Dev Depot: ImgFlip, Creating Mobile Video Previews in a Snap

As Flash fades and new devices come to market, it’s important to explore new ways of presenting video samples — regardless of the platform that they are viewed upon.

Stephen Yagielowicz ·
opinion

A Look at Biller-based Affiliate Systems

Today’s market leading Internet payment service providers (IPSP) offer integrated affiliate back end systems that not only eliminate the need for additional affiliate tools, but which may provide a competitive distinction for those choosing a primary processor — and with it, the software that will power their adult websites’ affiliate program.

Stephen Yagielowicz ·
opinion

Distributing the Pleasure

As the new year helps people recharge their goals, careers and outlooks, it’s a fitting time for pleasure product distributors to do the same — literally.

Dan Cameron ·
opinion

As the Adult Pendulum Swings

As I’ve watched the debate concerning David Cameron’s proposal for opt-out porn filters at the ISP level play out in the U.K., I can’t help but wonder if a similar idea might not eventually percolate up again from the bowels of U.S. Congress — perhaps even a bill that lacks some of constitutional defects that doomed various iterations of the Child Online Protection Act (COPA) and the enjoined portions of the Communications Decency Act (CDA), and that might better survive court scrutiny.

Q. Boyer ·

Dev Depot: Pinnect, Makes Social Pinboarding a Snap

There is no denying the continued popularity of Pinterest, the market defining social pinboard site that allows user uploads of photos and other media — a seemingly ideal application for adult websites, if it wasn’t for Pinterest’s pesky “no porn” policy.

Stephen Yagielowicz ·