How the Cloud is Affecting Web Designers

How the Cloud is Affecting Web Designers

Web Design

By now you must have heard of the buzz labeled as cloud computing. The basics of the cloud are still unknown by many designers, but it’s not difficult. A general…

Hoverizr – An In-Depth View of the jQuery Plugin

Hoverizr – An In-Depth View of the jQuery Plugin

JavaScript

As a web designer, from time to time, you may need to make a grayscale image fade into color on mouseover. So the typical solution would be to have each…

WordPress Plugin Development Resources, Tutorials and Guides

WordPress Plugin Development Resources, Tutorials and Guides

WordPress

Writing your own WordPress plugin is not that difficult if you are a web developer with basic PHP skills. The only thing you will need, coupled with your PHP skills,…

The Foolish Road of Steve Jobs and how it can work for you

The Foolish Road of Steve Jobs and how it can work for you

Design / Freelance

I found out this morning, as did many of us, that Steve Jobs had died. It saddened me and to be honest I wasn’t really sure why. Although I love…

The Before & After Redesigns of Popular Design Blogs

The Before & After Redesigns of Popular Design Blogs

Inspiration

There’s a lot to be learned by looking at before and after shots of a website’s redesign. You get to see what the designer or design team has learned about…

A Showcase of 30 Creative Texture-Based Web Designs

A Showcase of 30 Creative Texture-Based Web Designs

Inspiration

In the past, web design has impressed us with its shiny gradients, smooth expressions, and simple and bold colors. But the use of textures within the design has never really…

Things You Have to Consider When Designing for Mobile

Things You Have to Consider When Designing for Mobile

Web Design

As designers, we will have to start thinking about mobile users by designing not only for desktops but also for smaller devices.

Rubber Layouts – Combining Static and Fluid Layouts

Rubber Layouts – Combining Static and Fluid Layouts

Web Design

Many web pages nowadays are using fluid layouts. While these are very useful, they do have some minuses. Imagine trying to read a fluid layout on your phone – it’s…

Six Questions to Ask Before You Start a New Project

Six Questions to Ask Before You Start a New Project

Freelance

I have been a designer for about thirteen years, and most of my business during the past two years has come from new clients. Many have been new up-start businesses,…

Guidelines for Creating an Elegant Email Newsletter Layout

Guidelines for Creating an Elegant Email Newsletter Layout

Web Design

Marketing is the lifeblood of the Internet industry. Running your own brand and corporation can be tiresome, not to mention extremely difficult. But with a powerful e-mail marketing campaign you…

Technostress – The Freelancers Disease?

Technostress – The Freelancers Disease?

Web Design

The phrase Technostress is being bandied about all over the shop at the moment. The English Wikipedia defines it as: Technostress is, in many ways, the resistance to change that…

Essential Help & FAQ Usability Tips

Essential Help & FAQ Usability Tips

UX Design

A FAQ – frequently asked questions – should be an important part of your website or service. They speed up the help for your users by not waiting for a…

Complex Captchas Might Hurt Your Subscriber List

Complex Captchas Might Hurt Your Subscriber List

UX Design

There is a chance that complex captchas are ruining your efforts to build a subscriber list, especially if you are using the free Feedburner RSS to Email service. After all,…

Existing vs. New Clients – Who Should Get the Bigger Share of Your Attention?

Existing vs. New Clients – Who Should Get the Bigger Share of Your Attention?

Freelance / WordPress

Many business owners, nowadays, are of the view that when you understand your client, you have them hooked up with your product of service forever. However, in my views, knowing…

Signup Form Usability & Design Best Practices

Signup Form Usability & Design Best Practices

UX Design

Honest usability techniques when applied properly will expand your site layouts beyond the elite in web design. When you can open your mind to new ideas it’s possible to manifest…

Useful Tools To Check Cross-Browser Compatibility Issues

Useful Tools To Check Cross-Browser Compatibility Issues

Web Design

With today’s modern web it’s not uncommon for many visitors to be using a different browser. The options seem almost unlimited with Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Opera, Safari, and of…

How to Build Credibility with Responsive Website Design

How to Build Credibility with Responsive Website Design

Web Design

Website traffic is the key component to building any strong community. As web designers, we often forget about the user experience and focus on pretty graphics and pixel icons. However,…

User Interface Case Study of Flash Video Players

User Interface Case Study of Flash Video Players

UX Design
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