Dumping wisdom on design and the web
Search engine optimization is the key to pinpointing exactly what Google sees when it looks at your content. SEO practices will help you communicate more effectively with Google’s search algorithms, planting your pages at the top of the results index. [Read more…]
Originally posted on July 21, 2020 @ 9:57 am
When you have a business, your online presence can have a huge impact on how successful your business is able to be. But sadly, just having a website or social media profiles likely won’t be all it takes to have success online. To really make an impact here, you have to know how to affect your search rankings so that people can find you online when searching for something relevant to your business. [Read more…]
Originally posted on December 20, 2021 @ 5:55 pm
It’s easy to have perfect vision in hindsight, but when designing a website a little planning ahead can give you a perfect vision from the get-go. Many web designers find themselves performing redundant tasks, or creating things with manual effort that could otherwise be automated. Check out these useful web design tools that you’ll be glad you knew about before designing your first website.
This web design tool serves as an advanced photo editor and workbook all in one. It was built specifically for web design, so you won’t be digging through relevant tools and options while you work. Use Affinity Designer to create your site layout, or just web graphics to add to a premade theme. This application works great on tablet style devices or with the use a stylus. [Read more…]
Originally posted on April 18, 2017 @ 2:27 pm
Web design is a new frontier in creative designing. It takes a special set of design skills to make an effective web site. A good web site is not just pretty to look at, or filled with a lot of cool Flash animations, it is also easily navigable, with well laid out elements that are not confusing to a person who will visit the site for the first time. [Read more…]
Originally posted on November 8, 2014 @ 3:35 pm
Web designers may have their own ideas when creating a layout design for a website but similar to writers, they also experience the so-called mental block syndrome at certain times. Fortunately, the web has a wealth of information available and designers can always turn to it for inspiration.
It may surprise you to know that even the best web designers also get inspiration from various sites particularly the online publications. Depending on their moods, they do a little or extensive research on different topics such as social applications, coding and general design ideas.
Here are some of the sites which expert designers utilize to help them in improving their work. They differ in their preferences as some prefer the simple layout design while the others like the more busy interface. [Read more…]
Originally posted on December 28, 2014 @ 9:05 pm