Archive: Web Designers
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Nov 09, 2010
No CommentsTips to Enhance Your Ecommerce Website this Holiday Season
“Some 44% of shoppers planning to do some of their holiday gift buying on the Web this year.” (which is seven percentage points higher than said they’d be going online for goodies at this time last year) – According to a new survey from e MarketLive and The E-tailing Group. With Stats like this –...
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Aug 06, 2010
No CommentsSpice Up Your Blog Design with Multimedia
Everyone knows that blog marketing a great way to build relationships with customers and associates, while establishing yourself or your company as a credible authority in your industry. But it is not enough to simply have compelling content. You need to have an eye-catching and visually appealing blog design, to stand out from the competition –...
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Jul 13, 2010
No CommentsDesigning Websites for the iPad
The recent release of the highly anticipated iPad may just turn the web design world on its head. Whether you love the iPad, or hate it … the fact of the matter is that it has arrived and sooner or later we need to learn to design with it in mind. So what should be taken...
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Jul 01, 2010
No CommentsCustomize your Facebook Fan Page
Having a customized social media design will always make you stand out from the rest of the world, the same rule applies on Facebook. Now designers can add HTML code to enhance their Facebook fan page presence to promote and build their brand on the social network. An application which should be implemented by most...
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May 12, 2010
No CommentsTypography and the Web
Some people think they can just slap some text into a website and call it a day. However, there should be more thought put into web content. Information web design is one of the biggest sellers for your website. If it’s easy to read, easy to understand, and laid out in a way that is...
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Apr 13, 2010
No CommentsTo Get the iPad or Not to Get the iPad – That is the Question.
Over Easter weekend,Apple released their brand spanking new tablet PC called the iPad. So being the Apple fan that I am, I decided to run to Best Buy and give it a whirl. The iPad is extremely responsive, lightweight, and easy on the eyes for reading. Is it going to be the netbook killer? As...
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Mar 29, 2010
No CommentsPhotoshop Vs. Fireworks – The Great Debate
Photoshop Pros: Image Editing and Textures are Easier – This is what Photoshop was born for. If you want realistic web design and textures it does it and does it well. Smart Layers and Smart Vectors – Easy integration with Illustrator and keeps your layers from getting out of control. Clipping Masks and Layer Masks –...
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Mar 05, 2010
No CommentsWeb Open Font Format (WOFF)
As mentioned in previous posts, there is an arsenal of methods to implement fonts outside of the ‘web safe’ list into website design. All have their advantages and disadvantages. In particular, the @font-face method is common, simple and somewhat standardized, so why all the other options? Because commercially licensed fonts are copyrighted just like any...
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Feb 01, 2010
No CommentsYouTube and Vimeo Test Drive HTML 5.0 Video
HTML 5.0 Is Kind of a Big Deal … HTML 5.0 is becoming somewhat of a big deal. This last week YouTube and Vimeo both decided to launch beta versions of HTML 5.0 video players. When it becomes standardized (years away), it would do away from browser reliance on many plug-ins (i.e. Flash Design), which...
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Jan 04, 2010
No CommentsDesigning A Font Part 1
Creating a Font Face In my last semester of the graphic design program in college I created a font face. Though not technically a family then, I had plans of expanding to a bold or medium weight. The project required all 26 letters, upper and lower, numbers, and punctuation. I think I had created something...
