When it comes to how people perceive and use your website, user experience is king. You want the user to enjoy, revel and thoroughly embrace every aspect of your site. That is why it is important to use the latest technologies, designs and code. Assembled here are some poll numbers that reinforce the reason to […]
Have you ever wondered why all links that are deeper than the home page of a website have a / forward slash on the end? You may have never gave it a second thought. Well, it actually plays a role in web development and user interface. The forward slash is used to prevent the server […]
Square corners are useful in places, but let’s face it, sometime they are just, well, square! How nice would it be to round out all the corners on your site and give it a modern feel? Well in this tutorial, we are going to cover just that. Add curved edges through CSS. Your CSS file […]
Color is one of the most important factors of an attractive website or graphic presentation anywhere. Picking colors for the web can be especially challenging as color is “computerized” through hex codes. The HTML hex codes go by a pound # symbol and 6 alphanumeric characters. The intensity of the color goes by letters, with […]
Time is a key factor in web design, not just from the standpoint of how long it takes to build a website. Many articles debate the amounts of time required to build a website, this article is not about that. What is so important about time and web design is how often changes are made […]
Did you know that web design has many pitfalls to be aware of when it comes to ethics? Building websites and web applications can be done in literally thousands of different ways, not all of them the best or most ethical. There are terms for the various acts a web designer will take to gain […]
JUST COPY & PASTE CSS can do some neat things to jazz up web pages. One nifty trick is to make a stitched look on the page for western themes or for coupons or whatever your imagination can muster. Below is the CSS code needed to make the stitching. Just copy and paste the code […]
LinkedIn is a great career networking tool that you should be on! It’s free to use the basic service, and there are millions of professionals to network with that may want to do business with you. Assembled here are some tips on how to maximize your LinkedIn profile. Tips for Business Connection Expansion on LinkedIn: […]
Shadows can help give depth and influence to text and when done properly, adding style to a web page. Design programs like Photoshop and Paint.net allow text shadows to be easily created, but it is not recommended for search results to save text as an image where it cannot be searched by the search […]
Want to increase your your visibility to search engines and the rest of the web world?Then why don’t you try out our free Meta Tag Library!It’s easy to install, just open up your header.php file on the back-end of your website and insert this code before the closing head tag. Copy and paste the meta […]
