30+ Amazing Free Tumblr Themes

30+ Amazing Free Tumblr Themes

Twitter is the number 1 in the war of the microblogging apps, does it deserve its place there? Maybe. What about the others? Do you remember Tumblr?

Tips on Writing a Services Page that Sells

Tips on Writing a Services Page that Sells

Your Services page can be just… well, a list of services. Or it can help you reassure buyers who are close to hiring you to do their website – becoming…

Worried About Typography? Check Out This Simple Five-Step Guide!

Worried About Typography? Check Out This Simple Five-Step Guide!

Whenever I browse a website or read a book, the first thing I notice is the font. If the font or typography is not proper, I’m hardly motivated enough to…

20 Highly Creative Contact Form Designs for Inspiration

20 Highly Creative Contact Form Designs for Inspiration

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…

Prototyping with Marvel and Sketch: Part 1 of 2

Prototyping with Marvel and Sketch: Part 1 of 2

It’s a match made in digital heaven! And I’ll show you how to get both Sketch and Marvel working together in sweet harmony! In this 2 part guide, we’ll be…

Have You Considered Writing an Ebook?

Have You Considered Writing an Ebook?

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…

The Essential Elements for Building a Design Agency Website

The Essential Elements for Building a Design Agency Website

Today, I’d like to cover some crucial tips for constructing a great layout for your design company. Design labs and agencies either work with set clients or tend to release…

How Flat Design Increases Conversion Rates

How Flat Design Increases Conversion Rates

There are many arguments for and against flat design, so in this article I wanted to take a quick look at how flat design can actually affect your bottom line….

Techniques for Responsive Website Advertisements

Techniques for Responsive Website Advertisements

More users are getting onto smartphones and accessing websites on a daily basis. There are methods for rendering these websites the same as on a desktop, but you lose the…

Five Steps to an About Page That Sells

Five Steps to an About Page That Sells

I’ve seen a lot of bad designers’ and developers’ websites in my work as a writer, but very few good ones. That goes double for About pages – and here’s why.

The Five Questions You Absolutely Must Ask Before Starting Your Next Project

The Five Questions You Absolutely Must Ask Before Starting Your Next Project

No one likes to ask difficult questions. When put in a situation of potential conflict or social awkwardness, we tend to shy away and opt for a more comfortable scenario….

Adobe Fireworks Wireframing Resources & Tutorials

Adobe Fireworks Wireframing Resources & Tutorials

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…

The Classification of Fonts

The Classification of Fonts

The classification of fonts is still unclear, even with the various classes and categories that have been created by some of great type lovers of the years. Some may consider…

Designing for Drupal

Designing for Drupal

In a perfect world, it wouldn’t matter to a designer what content management system a site uses. But for most of us, projects are actually a combination of design and…

Guide to HTML5’s Media Tags – Audio and Video

Guide to HTML5’s Media Tags – Audio and Video

HTML5 aims to standardize elements on a page and reduce the use of plugins to get the leverage more from the browser. With HTML4 you would always need a plugin,…

Designing Websites Using DISC Analysis

Designing Websites Using DISC Analysis

I first came across DISC analysis while doing a stint as a ski instructor in Canada last winter (every web designer needs a hobby right?!) and the technique helped me…

How To Write A Homepage That Helps You Sell

How To Write A Homepage That Helps You Sell

In the first post of this series I talked about “politely useless” content-stuff that’s not bad, exactly, but sure as heck not good either. I hate that kind of content,…

2016 Predictions For Open Source eCommerce Platforms

2016 Predictions For Open Source eCommerce Platforms