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Paul Andrew (629 Articles)

Paul is the founder and editor of Speckyboy Design Magazine. He has a passion for UI design, print design, motion design, and graphic design, and loves discovering and sharing new resources and templates.
Web Design Tips to Help You Sell Services Online

Web Design Tips to Help You Sell Services Online

Marketing / Web Design

Selling services online is an entirely different ballgame than selling products. There are separate processes, marketing techniques, and web design principles you must follow. You can’t pitch services in the…

A Realistic Look at Social Media Marketing in 2017

A Realistic Look at Social Media Marketing in 2017

Marketing

Are you one of the thousands of brands getting overshadowed by businesses that are Insta-famous? You don’t have to get lost in the shuffle on social media – nor do…

simple method design skills

A Simple Method for Developing Design Skills This Year

Design / Freelance

There’s no shortcut or hidden trick to improving your design skills – ask anyone in design or any other field, creative or otherwise. But there is a simple way. It’s…

20 Visually Stunning Music Videos from Japan

20 Visually Stunning Music Videos from Japan

Inspiration

Obvious but true: inspiration is crucial for visual designers. You get new ideas, you positively influence your style, and your imagination feels energized and revitalized. Not often explored, but music…

How the Foundation Framework Pushed the Web Forward over the Last Five Years

How the Foundation Framework Pushed the Web Forward over the Last Five Years

CSS

One of the most divisive issues in the web design community has been the use of frameworks. Front-end frameworks are collections of HTML, CSS and JavaScript that make up common…

What is the .htaccess file?

What is the .htaccess file?

Web Design

Generally speaking, an .htaccess file is a server document used to define directory or file permissions, URL rewrite rules, or error messages. It is most commonly associated with the display…

20 Firefox Extensions for Web Developers

20 Firefox Extensions for Web Developers

Web Design

Firefox is a widely-used browser – not just by users but by web developers. Simply put, Firefox and its addons can make developing for the web much easier and endlessly…

9 Useful Services to Get Your Web Designs Coded

9 Useful Services to Get Your Web Designs Coded

Web Design

While there is no shortage of web design conversion services that are capable of doing good work at competitive prices, an attempt to zero in on the very best of…

10 Key Ways to Secure a Typical WordPress Installation

10 Key Ways to Secure a Typical WordPress Installation

WordPress

In over a decade, WordPress has evolved from a fledgling content management system to the most-used solution online. This notoriety, generally speaking, is good for the entire community and has…

Custom Web Design Is the Way of the Future, Not a Relic of the Past

Custom Web Design Is the Way of the Future, Not a Relic of the Past

Web Design

Websites are critical for businesses to succeed, so web design is more important than ever. However, the advent of hundreds of design platforms and web builders has sparked a debate…

Common CSS Errors Made by Beginners

Common CSS Errors Made by Beginners

CSS

With so many new web designers and committing themselves to creating standards-valid website with deep stylesheet formatting, a few patterns have emerged in terms of common errors. Whether it’s the…

The Next Step in the Evolution of Responsive Web Design: Responsivity Analysis

The Next Step in the Evolution of Responsive Web Design: Responsivity Analysis

Web Design

Beyond any question, responsive web design (RWD) has become the standard for anybody who wants to make a strong presence on the internet. With the passage of time, rules, best…

10 Reasons Why Web Projects Fail

10 Reasons Why Web Projects Fail

Web Design

Nowadays every project uses some sort of CMS. Instead of painting a canvas in the old days of HTML, the requirement is to build software applications that need to follow…

20 Highly Creative Contact Form Designs for Inspiration

20 Highly Creative Contact Form Designs for Inspiration

Inspiration / Web Design

In this post, we’ve collected a bunch of creative contact forms for your inspiration that forms design above and beyond the norm. Out-of-the-box, a typical contact form is just a…

Have You Considered Writing an Ebook?

Have You Considered Writing an Ebook?

Design / Freelance

Gone are the days when publishing houses were the gatekeepers of the book industry. We are in the midst of a revolution, and the book industry is being turned upside…

Adobe Fireworks Wireframing Resources & Tutorials

Adobe Fireworks Wireframing Resources & Tutorials

UI Design / Web Design

Adobe Fireworks is one of the most popular application choices amongst web designers for wireframing and prototyping. There are many reasons as for prototyping with Fireworks over any other graphic…

CSS3 Compatibility Tools for Internet Explorer

CSS3 Compatibility Tools for Internet Explorer

CSS / JavaScript

CSS3 is the coolest thing to happen to web design in a long, long time. With all of its incredible new properties, border-radius, box-shadow, border-image, transform to name just a…

20 Examples of Fullscreen Responsive Menus for Inspiration

20 Examples of Fullscreen Responsive Menus for Inspiration

Inspiration / Web Design
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