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4 Major Things Designers Should Do to Prepare For the New Year
The New Year is Just Around the Corner Whether you like it or not, the big stores are already cramming Christmas decorations down your throat, and we haven't even gotten through Halloween yet. This is a clear signal of the end of the year. If you aren't careful, it...
Single Page Sites Vs Multi-Page Sites
Single Page Vs Multi-Page Sites We are all familiar with multi-page websites. They are everywhere. Most businesses have a lot of content that they need to break up into manageable chunks, so it is important to divide them up into separate pages. Other sites have less...
Nightmare Clients: What to Do?
Not All Clients Are Nightmare Clients Most of the time, the types of clients that I come across are upstanding, quality companies that are looking to grow and expand via my services. They want to get their name out that and stand out amongst their competitors. They...
How to Add Google Web Fonts to Your Website
Add Google Web Fonts to Your Website As we all know, there is often more than one way to accomplish the same thing. This is especially true when it comes to web design. There are right ways and wrong ways to do things, but there are also viable alternatives as well. I...
The difference between PNG formats
Knowing the different types of file formats is really important when creating professional design work. Choosing the wrong format for your design files can be disastrous. It can mean the difference between a project turning out well, and a project not turning out as...
Responsive CSS Frameworks You Will love
Responsive CSS Frameworks You Will Love We all like to save time and effort when creating websites for our clients. No one wants to reinvent the wheel. One way that we can do this is by implementing responsive CSS frameworks to get us started in our projects....
Useful Tips For Learning Web Design
About Learning Web Design Learning web design can be an insanely daunting task.There is so much to all of it, that it can seem overwhelming. Most people wonder how to even get started to begin with. You hear about all of these different things to learn, such as html,...
Why You Should Sign Up With Elegant Themes
Why I am Writing This Review I don't normally purchase themes or theme services, mainly because I can build them on my own. I build custom themes and customize themes base on frameworks all the time. Recently though, I had the pleasure of winning a free 1 year...
Photoshop Website Template
Photoshop Website Template Today, I have a nice template for you! I am providing a Photoshop website template. Having a template to create a quick mockup of a website in Photoshop will give your client an idea of what their site will look like before you design it....
Essential Design Books You Must Have (25 Design Books For Your Library)
Essential Design Books For Any Pro Whether you are new to design or you have been around for years, you can never have enough books. There are books on design, typography, web design, coding, inspiration, color, design history, design theory, and more. With so many...
Four Awesome ways to enhance layout of a Mobile Website
About 70 percent of tablet owners use these devices to make purchases on weekly basis, according to the Digital Buzz Blog . With the exponential increase of 160 percent only in 2013 sales of Android tablets, it is clear that the demand for mobile sites is only growing...
Top Ten Web Design Trends In 2013
Web Design Trends Technology just keeps evolving at break-neck speed. On the downside, this makes it hard to know what is going to happen in the future of digital design because, as you are Tweeting about the newest trend here, it has already been overtaken by another...
CSS Properties You Use Everyday
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...
Free HTML5 Website Template of the Week: WebLab
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 when Designing Your 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...
21 Fantastic Free Website Templates
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 ...
5 Awesome CSS3 Properties You Should Be Using
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...
Explain to Clients Why Quality Web Design Is Important
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...
Superior Webhosting for WordPress
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...