Graphic Tips

“The ten most egregious offenses against users. Web design disasters and HTML horrors are legion, though many usability atrocities are less common than they used to be.” (by Jakob Nielsen)

“Follow this step by step walkthrough of the various WordPress theme files, and see how the HTML is split up and injected with PHP tags to provide the complete blogging functionality.”

“As a web designer, you’re probably accustomed to obsessing over the layout and visual appearance of your designs. And if you’re like most, a site’s content is something you’d rather not worry about. But being able to identify weak web copy allows you to offer greater value to your client. By spotting major problems and helping him to solve them, you can position yourself as an expert who works with him…rather than as a labourer who works for him.”

“Traditionally most portfolios are prepared in conventional way such as, gallery style in sequential pages; one contact us page; one about us page etc. Designers then draw the distinction between each other by pumping in creativity and this enables them to display their skill sets. Here, single page portfolio is one of the effective way that projects a designer’s creativity and their skills to deliver a wow-factor portfolio.”

“So, you have a shiny new client. Time to start a new project with them. What to do? What are the first steps? Do you jump right into the job after an OK email - does that have the legal weight as a contract? There are many things you must do to get the project rolling until you get paid: From a services contract to the final payment.”

“One common trend that a number of web designers are using is to include skylines and cityscapes in their designs. In some cases it is a silhouette in the background, in other cases it may be a more significant part of the design. In this post we’ll showcase 25 examples, and at the end of the post you’ll find links to some Photoshop brush sets that will allow you to add this to your own work.”

“Most of the web pages you encounter is presented to you via HTML, the world wide web’s markup language. In this article, I will share with you 20 best practices that will lead to clean and correct markup.”

“We asked “What is the single best tip from your experience that you would give to newbie developers?” This article is the result of all of the amazing responses we have received.”

“The Internet is a medium that is evolving at breakneck speed. It’s a wild organism of sweeping cultural change — one that leaves the carcasses of dead media forms in its sizeable wake. It’s transformative: it has transformed the vast globe into a ‘global village’ and it has drawn human communication away from print-based media and into a post-Gutenberg digital era. Right now, its perils are equal to its potential.”

“How is a web designer to manage color when the screens of their users could be any size or color or could be viewed under any lighting conditions?”