For a website to achieve its optimal performance it has to have great SEO and a beautiful design. This article explores how you achieve this and gives some solutions for when it seems impossible to have both. Great SEO Let’s start with achieving great SEO, as it’s a...
Google Opens Asian Data Centers In December 2013, Google announced the opening of two new data centers in Asia, located in Singapore and Taiwan. Plans to open a third data center in Hong Kong have been shelved, with the company citing scalability issues as the reason....
Like the World Wide Web itself, the world of website design is constantly in flux as technologies change and design standards evolve. What worked in 2013 may not fit the bill in 2014. If you’re building a new site, or planning an overhaul of your current page, it’s a...
Gaining traffic from a plethora of sources will increase your sales, drive up your diverse backlinks, and also give you a better perspective of which advertising methods work towards various visitor groups. Keeping a presence up on a multitude of social sites is...
Challenges Of Website Growth Growth is inevitable with most things in our lives. Anything we plant, whether it be a vegetable or an idea, needs some kind of fuel in order to begin the growing process. And the amount of energy we put into it will directly affect how...
Ensuring Your Web Pages Are Readable Contrast Be sure to use adequate contrast in your web designs. Text becomes easier to read when the font text color contrasts with the background. Lower contrast can cause problems and eye strain, not only this but it can also make...
10 Great Places on the Web Web Design Inspiration Can Be Found Have you ever been working on a website and just couldn't figure out which way you wanted to take the project? Did you sit there staring at the screen, or did you find a way to get inspired? There are tons...
If you read "Why I Should Have Switched to Bluehost Years Ago" then you know that I switched hosting companies recently. I was fed up with my site being down every time I turned around. They knew that I was also tired of terrible support and incompetent people...
Precursor to Bluehost (Godaddy) I usually don't like to talk about my own personal difficulties, but I am writing this with the hope that if someone else is struggling with their hosting company then you might feel better about Switching to Bluehost after reading...
Part 1: What CSS Properties Do You Use Everyday? One of my articles "8 CSS Properties Designers Can’t Live Without" was just published on Design Festival, and it got me thinking, what CSS properties do we use everyday and don't even think about it? Many times we get...
WebLab: Free HTML5 Website Template I decided to point out a resource each week to help those who are looking for great templates for their website projects. Html5 is no different, as it can be tricky for newer designers to learn. Having a quality free html5 website...
New Browsers Should Be Considered Unlike old school web design when your greatest concern was designing your page "above the fold," you have to consider the many aspects of the latest browsers being used to view your site. Handheld devices have started to dictate how...
Examples of Retro Web Design Inspiration It is always fun to see anything built with a vintage flair. People pay top-dollar for vintage furniture, retro clothing, and vintage cars. The nostalgia over the past is very lucrative, and whenever someone creates something...
Use Free Website Templates to Get Started Whether you are a new designer who just started school, or a veteran designer who can code a site from scratch in record time, sometimes we need a little inspiration or a good starting point. Let's be honest, sometimes we ...
The best web designers stay up to date with the latest in web design and development. Staying on the cutting edge of the web can give you an advantage in your web design business and can even make your design work substantially easier and better. Most web designers...
Why Quality Web Design Is Important I just recently wrote a post on my personal design blog/website explaining the various reasons why quality web design is important to every business. If you would like to check that out, you can view it here. It is important for...
Webhosting For Wordpress Wordpress is one, if not the most popular blogging platform out there. Many people love it for its easy to use and easy to set up implementation. A lot of businesses use Wordpress for their company sites, simply because it offers built in...
I am glad that so many people entered this contest. Staying ahead of the pack in terms of web design will keep your business relevant and ahead of other businesses. You never want to be behind the curve when it comes to design and technology. For those of you that...
Building Your First Website With IM Creator There are many website building services out there. They all seem to boast about being easy to use, so you can build your own website without knowing code. Today, I am looking at IM Creator, which is a service that sets out...
A Major Problem Updating Wordpress It is always a good idea to keep Wordpress up-to-date, so it is imperative that we can get into our admin area and install the necessary updates. It helps to keep our site secure and is just a good habit to make. I didn't know about...