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Web Design

You will find articles, tutorials, and resources covering all areas of web design. Topics include CSS, HTML, Javascript & jQuery, responsive techniques, mobile-first resources, UI templates, HTML templates, web frameworks, and so much more.

Can the Visually Impaired Access Your Site?

Can the Visually Impaired Access Your Site?

It’s important to take all potential website visitors into consideration. This includes the visually impaired.

How to Educate Clients About the Value of Your Services as a Designer

How to Educate Clients About the Value of Your Services as a Designer

Understand how to communicate the true value of your design services to clients, enhancing appreciation and compensation.

10 Free Resources to Help You Learn Git

10 Free Resources to Help You Learn Git

A collection of some of the best free resources and tutorials to help you quickly learn the basics of Git and then master it.

How to Specifically Cater to the Needs of Your Clients

How to Specifically Cater to the Needs of Your Clients

Tips for effectively meeting client needs without compromising your standards or creativity in the design process.

Dealing with Terrible Business Ideas from Your Clients

Dealing with Terrible Business Ideas from Your Clients

Knowing how to spot a bad business idea or tell when a particular business relationship looks rickety is an important skill every designer should learn.

Accessibility Tip: How to Test Color Contrast Ratios

Accessibility Tip: How to Test Color Contrast Ratios

Compliance with WCAG color contrast standards isn’t very difficult, as we’ll demonstrate, testing color contrast ratios takes mere seconds.

Why We Unfairly Judge Other Designers

Why We Unfairly Judge Other Designers

In design circles, we’re quick to judge others in our profession. It’s incredibly easy to glance at another’s work and call it “crap.” But are we judging fairly?

Finding Internships as a Young Web Designer

Finding Internships as a Young Web Designer

One of the most challenging transitions a young web designer will have to make is jumping from student of web design to professional web designer. The field of web design…

Why You Should Consider Updating Your Web Design Workflow

Why You Should Consider Updating Your Web Design Workflow

Reasons to reconsider and update your web design workflow for efficiency, creativity, and client satisfaction.

How to Be Proactive with Your Web Design Clients

How to Be Proactive with Your Web Design Clients

We talk about it all the time. Being a web designer is about more than just clean code and pretty graphics. There are a number of other roles we play….

Why Creatives Keep Using the Same Portfolio Design Ideas

Why Creatives Keep Using the Same Portfolio Design Ideas

Should you worry if all of your design projects look similar? Of course not. It may mean that you’re particularly successful in one specific area of design.

How to Minimize Wasted Time during a Web Design Project

How to Minimize Wasted Time during a Web Design Project