Digital Web was an online magazine intended for professional web design

Web design

Web design is the process of planning and creating a website. Text, images, digital media and interactive elements are used by web designers to produce the page seen on the web browser...

ers, web developer

Web developer

A web developer is a software developer or software engineer who specializes in, or is specifically engaged in, the development of World Wide Web applications, or distributed network applications that are run over HTTP from a web server to a web browser....

s and those who practice information architecture

Information Architecture

Information architecture is the art of expressing a model or concept of information used in activities that require explicit details of complex systems. Among these activities are library systems, Content Management Systems, web development, user interactions, database development, programming,...

. The magazine consisted primarily of work contributed by web authors, as well as by others who occasionally delve into the web realm. They put emphasis on and provided recognition for contributed work. The magazine was recognized by nearly all of the major web design agencies in the industry.

Digital Web was founded by influential web design lecturer Nick Finck

Nick Finck

Nick Finck is a lecturer and author. He was the founder and publisher of Digital Web Magazine in 1996 and co-founder of Blue Flavor, a web consultancy, in 2005.-Professional background:...

. It started as a web resource website in 1996 and in 1999 it turned into a full fledged ezine. Today Digital Web published every week and had over 390 articles and 218 contributors.

On March 8, 2009 the magazine announced it would cease publication, with its writers instead focusing on other projects . Its founder described the closure as an inevitable step stemming from the changing web industry in his posts "Time to Change" and the final post announcing the closure.

Editorial staff

• Publisher: Nick Finck
  Nick Finck
  Nick Finck is a lecturer and author. He was the founder and publisher of Digital Web Magazine in 1996 and co-founder of Blue Flavor, a web consultancy, in 2005.-Professional background:...
  
  
• Editor in Chief: Matthew Pennell
• Editors: Frances Berriman, Nicole Ramsey, Laurie Rauch

Technical staff

• Technical Director: Walker Hamilton
• Production Manager: Tiff Fehr
• Newsletter Designer: Mark Wyner
• Web Designer: Didier Hilhorst
• Logo Designer:
• Database Consultant: Rudy Limeback
• Information Architecture Consultant: Christina Wodtke
  Christina Wodtke
  Christina R. Wodtke is an American businesswoman and specialist in the area of information architecture.-Personal:Wodtke was born and raised in the midwest, including early childhood years in Iowa City, Iowa.-Career:...
  
  

Former Technical Staff

• CMS Programmer: Cal Henderson
  Cal Henderson
  Cal Henderson is a British computer programmer and author based in San Francisco. He was educated at Sharnbrook Upper School and Community College....
  
  - CMS has been completely rewritten since Henderson's involvement in Digital Web Magazine.

Columnists

• Joshua David McClurg-Genevese
• Garrett Dimon
• Nick Gould
• Jonathan Snook
• Sean Madden
• Nathan Smith