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Welcome to Website Magazine's Web Design Magazine, your go-to source for the latest news, trends, and tips in the world of web design. Our magazine is dedicated to providing valuable insights and practical advice to help web designers, developers, and marketers create stunning websites that engage and convert.

 

At Website Magazine's Web Design Magazine, you'll find a wealth of information on website design, user experience, responsive design, mobile optimization, graphic design, and much more. Our team of expert writers and industry insiders are constantly on the lookout for the latest web design news and trends, as well as best practices and emerging technologies.

 

Whether you're a seasoned web designer or just starting out, our Web Design Magazine has something for everyone. We cover a wide range of topics that are essential for creating successful websites, including website design tips, SEO strategies, content creation, branding, e-commerce, and much more.

 

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The Vertical Split Screen Design Tr....
by Pete Prestipino
One Device Window, Many Messages Using the split screen design technique not only shows that you as a designer are on the cutting ...
The Vertical Split Screen Design Trend
Six User Testing Questions to Ask While Navigating Website Redesigns
by Jessica DuVerneay
Six User Testing Questions to Ask While Navigating Website Redesigns
A website overhaul requires careful planning and detailed execution. Marketers and designers must not only ...
Design for Conversion: Apply the Von Restorff Effect
by Pete Prestipino
Design for Conversion: Apply the Von Restorff Effect
Designers are at their best when they can make adjustments based on users' interaction history, right? Of ...
Why Modern Web Design Is No More: The New Era of 'Product Design'
by Michael Janiak
Why Modern Web Design Is No More: The New Era of 'Product Design'
I'll admit it, I grew up alongside the Internet revolution, but can still recall life without the constant ...
Before and After: Transforming Email Design with the 3 P's
by EJ McGowan
Before and After: Transforming Email Design with the 3 P's
One of the hottest trends on social media today is publishing before-and-after photos. Hashtags like ...
5 Fab, Fresh & Free Animation Libraries
by Peter Devereaux
5 Fab, Fresh & Free Animation Libraries
The use of Web animation has been a popular topic among digital designers for several years and for good ...
Why UX Design Principles Are So Tricky
by Ellie Martin
Why UX Design Principles Are So Tricky
When building software the first thing we have to think about is the user experience. Feature-rich software ...
Incredible UX Design Innovations for iOS
by Charles Dearing
Incredible UX Design Innovations for iOS
UX is one of the most important components of software design. Designing and developing software is about ...
Key Concepts in Designing & Optimizing for Conversion
by Pete Prestipino
Key Concepts in Designing & Optimizing for Conversion
Web professionals have very different definitions of the term "optimization" based on their daily ...
4 Clever Ways to Use Video in Website Design
by Larry Alton
4 Clever Ways to Use Video in Website Design
Leading brands constantly look for ways to set their website apart from the competition and reach individual ...
5 UX Designers to Follow in 2018
by Ellie Martin
5 UX Designers to Follow in 2018
Gone are the days of feature-rich software with poor usability. In order for your software company to stay ...
Quiz Time: The UI & UX Edition
by Peter Devereaux
Quiz Time: The UI & UX Edition
Website success demands a deep understanding of the digital experience. Test your awareness of important UI ...
Design Principles for SaaS Products
by Dr. Diane Schleier-Keller
Design Principles for SaaS Products
Building beautiful software products is essential to gaining usership. There are plenty of great software ...
Exposing Web Design Copycats
by Amberly Dressler
Exposing Web Design Copycats
Whether it was the flat design, pinboard or parallax scrolling trend, some developer or designer created it ...
Make UX Strategies Less Complex & More Functional
by Lexie Lu
Make UX Strategies Less Complex & More Functional
A user-centric website is one that has the needs of the user in mind. However, your user experience (UX) ...
Editor's Letter: Beyond Design
by Pete Prestipino
Editor's Letter: Beyond Design
There are three pillars to "Web Success" - design and development, marketing and promotion, and analysis and ...
How Good Design Improves Content Marketing Strategy
by Amanda Bowman
How Good Design Improves Content Marketing Strategy
If your small business is trying to leverage social media for marketing, you're probably struggling to build ...
The Magic of UX Design
by Josh Althauser
The Magic of UX Design
User experience is, far and away, the most significant part of your software product. Whether it's a web ...
5 Lessons in Design Aesthetics for Your Next Mobile Website
by John Siebert
5 Lessons in Design Aesthetics for Your Next Mobile Website
With more than half of the world's Internet traffic coming from mobile devices like smartphones and tablets, ...
IN FOCUS: Inspirational Dashboard Designs
by Josh Althauser
IN FOCUS: Inspirational Dashboard Designs
Software-as-a-service has proven to be an effective way to gain customers who may not have hundreds of ...
Website Redesigns that Better Serve Modern Marketers
by Tim Dearlove
Website Redesigns that Better Serve Modern Marketers
Investing in a website redesign? Systematic shifts in search and design may make you think twice about where ...
Understanding Website Redesigns via Qualitative and Quantitative Data
by Martin Greif
Understanding Website Redesigns via Qualitative and Quantitative Data
When redesigning a website section, organizations will usually observe user satisfaction decreases in the ...
Designer Matching Capabilities in Focus
by Pete Prestipino
Designer Matching Capabilities in Focus
Graphic design marketplace 99designs has just introduced a ways for its customers to search for and be match ...
Deep Photo Style Transfer
by Pete Prestipino
Deep Photo Style Transfer
Adobe and a team at Cornell University have reportedly devised a way to transfer photo styles from one image ...
QUICK HIT: The Role of Design in the Content Experience
by Peter Devereaux
QUICK HIT: The Role of Design in the Content Experience
Content plays an important role in users' digital experience, but how individual content assets (as well as ...
The Undeniable Benefits of Simple Website Design
by Katie Lundin
The Undeniable Benefits of Simple Website Design
We've all heard the old cliche - less is more. But, is it really true? When it comes to web design, the ...
Why Responsive Design is Dead
by Ed Kennedy
Why Responsive Design is Dead
The Adoption of Adaptive Design and the Rise of Progressive Web Apps Mobile traffic is past its tipping point ...
UI Trends with Greater Staying Power than Flat Design
by Derek Robinson
UI Trends with Greater Staying Power than Flat Design
Over the past few years, flat design has been a hot topic and a huge hit in the design and development ...
Design is Overrated, Here's Why.
by Daniel Davidson
Design is Overrated, Here's Why.
Design makes the Web beautiful, but it is hurting how business is being done. Design is the epitome of the ...
Web Design: The Most Effective Tool for Reducing Friction
by Larry Alton
Web Design: The Most Effective Tool for Reducing Friction
When a user visits your website, the last thing you want is for them to feel like the experience is rough, ...
How a Website Redesign Could Benefit Your Company Today & Tomorrow
by Charles Dearing
How a Website Redesign Could Benefit Your Company Today & Tomorrow
In the internet age, a business is only as good as its website. Most business these days occurs on the ...
Compelling Web Design through Brand Narratives
by Larry Alton
Compelling Web Design through Brand Narratives
In order for a business to reach the customer in the 21st century, some sort of personal connection between ...
4 Questions that Must Be Asked Before Designing a New Website
by Daniel Davidson
4 Questions that Must Be Asked Before Designing a New Website
Most websites are doomed to failure from the very start due to one simple mistake, and it happens way too ...
How Cloud Sandboxing Helps Web Dev & Design Teams
by Kayla Matthews
How Cloud Sandboxing Helps Web Dev & Design Teams
People often think of cloud computing as a storage solution that lets them update documents or other ...
The Best Time of Day to Design Anything (Based on Real Science!)
by Josh Althauser
The Best Time of Day to Design Anything (Based on Real Science!)
Backed Up by Science Human beings are ruled by certain biological rhythms that govern thought processes and ...
Page-Level Personalization Designers Need to Know About
by Amberly Dressler
Page-Level Personalization Designers Need to Know About
Recently, the talk of delivering one-to-one experiences on each page a person visits on the Web is centered ...
8 Web Design Goals for Ecommerce Sites
by Lexie Lu
8 Web Design Goals for Ecommerce Sites
Ecommerce websites have a different set of goals than other types of websites. Not only does the site need to ...
The ROI for UX Design Is Astounding
by Josh Althauser
The ROI for UX Design Is Astounding
Few things are as important in the tech world as UX design or the user experience. User experience designers ...
Top Responsive Web Design Frameworks
by Derek Robinson
Top Responsive Web Design Frameworks
There has been a lot of buzz around the use of responsive frameworks in design thanks to the efficiency they ...
Branding Decisions Sans Designer
by Amberly Dressler
Branding Decisions Sans Designer
From social influencers and social media managers to students and small business owners, practically everyone ...
The Difference Between CX and UX in Customer Impact
by Grace Lau
The Difference Between CX and UX in Customer Impact
What do most businesses want? The obvious answer is good sales, a good conversion rate, and high revenue ...
20 Essential Tools and Plug-Ins to help you become a better WordPress web designer and developer
by Andy McIlwain
20 Essential Tools and Plug-Ins to help you become a better WordPress web designer and developer
As the web grows, so does the role of a web professional. Luckily, the toolkit of available plug-ins grows as ...
Website Redesign Lessons from 50+ Digital Professionals
by Amberly Dressler
Website Redesign Lessons from 50+ Digital Professionals
From modernizing the look and feel of a website to addressing employee and end-users' frustrations, a website ...
Top 50: Designing the Interactive Content Experience
by Peter Devereaux
Top 50: Designing the Interactive Content Experience
Website design is nuanced and so often imperfect. While it is challenging to do exceedingly well (and easy to ...
Accelerated Design
by Hannah Oiknine
Accelerated Design
Editor's Note: After spending four months participating in Techstars, Hannah Oiknine, co-founder of Babbler, ...
Quiz Time: Digital Design & 'Net Dev
by Peter Devereaux
Quiz Time: Digital Design & 'Net Dev
Today's most successful designers are those with a mastery of the nuances of design and the theory behind it, ...
Finding Value in Design: How to Make Forms an Asset to Site UX
by Chad Reid
Finding Value in Design: How to Make Forms an Asset to Site UX
Web forms are not inherently pretty. At their core, they are just boxes and letters; function over fashion. ...
Favorite Tools for Web Design
by Amberly Dressler
Favorite Tools for Web Design
Whether it is to create a prototype, manage a project, collaborate with colleagues or peers, organize work or ...
Top Design & Development Posts of 2017 at Website Magazine
by Peter Devereaux
Top Design & Development Posts of 2017 at Website Magazine
New Year's Day is almost here, and it is a good time to reflect on what worked and what did not in 2017. ...
Key Web & Digital Design Trends to Know
by Pete Prestipino
Key Web & Digital Design Trends to Know
Design preferences (and techniques) seemingly change by the day (if not the hour). These changes make it ...
Quick Guide to Material Design Lite
by Pete Prestipino
Quick Guide to Material Design Lite
Looking for a new approach to your digital design? You've just stumble-clicked upon it. Material Design Lite ...
There's a Major Problem with Flat UI Design
by Colin Taylor
There's a Major Problem with Flat UI Design
How often do you think about the actual long-term impact of the digital design decisions you made yesterday, ...
Designing the Perfect App Icon
by Pete Prestipino
Designing the Perfect App Icon
The success of mobile applications starts with its icon (and the visual impression it offers) as a great deal ...
4 Metrics that Prove a Website Redesign is Imminent
by Simon Ensor
4 Metrics that Prove a Website Redesign is Imminent
Design is in an ever changing state of flux, evolving with the fickle nature of consumer taste. Website ...
Mastering Form Design
by Pete Prestipino
Mastering Form Design
Make no mistake; the success of a digital enterprise (and its specific initiatives and campaigns) is in ...
How To Pick the Right Web Design Agency for Your Website Project
by Daniel Davidson
How To Pick the Right Web Design Agency for Your Website Project
Hiring the wrong agency to build a website will cost precious time. Picking the wrong agency could even be ...
SEO Cheat Sheet for Web Designers & Developers
by Pete Peranzo
SEO Cheat Sheet for Web Designers & Developers
Your website might look amazing, but it's all for naught if your intended audiences can't find it. Search ...
Simplicity: The Key to Good Logo Design!
by Emin Sinanyan
Simplicity: The Key to Good Logo Design!
A good logo is the foundation for a brand's identity, and while identity is an an important part of the ...
Mapping UI Design to Great Architecture
by Ellie Martin
Mapping UI Design to Great Architecture
Understanding the different fields of design can be difficult these days. Ten years ago, there was just ...
Using Cinemagraphs in Website Design
by Josh Althauser
Using Cinemagraphs in Website Design
In the world of Web design, many design trends come and go, but occasionally some stick around for the long ...
3 Psychological Patterns to Use in UX Design
by Lisa Froelings
3 Psychological Patterns to Use in UX Design
Imagine you're building a house. You have to go through the steps of construction in a certain order, right? ...
Design Your Portfolio Site Like These
by Amberly Dressler
Design Your Portfolio Site Like These
Whether you're a freelancer who has created dozens of websites or an in-house designer or developer ...
A Web Designer's Toolkit
by Shawn Moore
A Web Designer's Toolkit
Every Web designer has their preferred toolkit, which is heavily dependent on their level of coding ...
3 Cutting-Edge Web Design Trends
by Josh Althauser
3 Cutting-Edge Web Design Trends
In the digital age, having a great website is crucial to a company's success. Not only does a website need to ...
Designing Your Website Checkout for Conversion
by Evans Walsh
Designing Your Website Checkout for Conversion
It is no great secret that many of your site's visitors are there purely to browse through with no intention ...
Designing for Seniors, Respect Required
by Robin Elwick
Designing for Seniors, Respect Required
If you missed the phenomenon of the rather adorable grandmas tagging themselves as rapper Grandmaster ...
Skeleton Screens In User Experience Design
by Trevor Drake
Skeleton Screens In User Experience Design
Speed is a reward in and of itself when it comes to the user experience (UX) and brands are doing everything ...
Designing Landing Pages with the Principles of Conversion
by Rajesh Bhatia
Designing Landing Pages with the Principles of Conversion
Today's customers are empowered and informed. Commercial websites experience a huge number of visitors of all ...
Best Apps, Sites for UX Inspiration
by Amberly Dressler
Best Apps, Sites for UX Inspiration
In our upcoming April issue of Website Magazine, we interviewed a panel of UX experts who shared their ...
Promising Trends in Web Design
by Ellie Martin
Promising Trends in Web Design
In the past year, Web design has seen a few big changes, whether it's the rise of reactive front-end ...
Overcoming the Imperfections of Responsive Web Design in Mobile Commerce
by Bob Buffone
Overcoming the Imperfections of Responsive Web Design in Mobile Commerce
As online commerce continues to expand and define the future of retail, some brands are still making one of ...
SEO Considerations for a Website Redesign
by Peter Devereaux
SEO Considerations for a Website Redesign
The job responsibilities of web designers have changed dramatically over the years. Once concentrated ...
Trendy Fonts for Distinctive Web Design
by Pete Peranzo
Trendy Fonts for Distinctive Web Design
Words matter, but the way the words look matters just as much. Fonts offer an additional level of expression ...
Commonly Misused Web Design Techniques that Tank Conversions
by Martin Greif
Commonly Misused Web Design Techniques that Tank Conversions
Web design is an evolving craft with room for change. + There used to be a need to display well for just ...
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7 SEO Issues to Avoid During a Website Redesign
by Paul Schmidt
7 SEO Issues to Avoid During a Website Redesign
Redesigning a website is a massive undertaking, with hundreds of technical, financial, creative, operational, ...
10 SEO Tips for Website Redesigns
by Alex Berg
10 SEO Tips for Website Redesigns
Understanding how design, technology and content affect search engine optimization (SEO) is an essential ...
Experts Speak: Conversion Rate Optimization for Designers
by Amberly Dressler
Experts Speak: Conversion Rate Optimization for Designers
Everything impacts conversions, from internal influences like a website not responding to a device type or ...
4 Design Elements to Keep Above the Fold
by Larry Alton
4 Design Elements to Keep Above the Fold
While print marketing and digital marketing are very distinct in terms of design, there is a little bit of ...
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4 Lessons Web Designers Can Learn From Print
by Larry Alton
4 Lessons Web Designers Can Learn From Print
As a Web designer, it's easy to only mingle with other Web designers and forget all that graphic designers ...
4 Design Tips to Working with Typefaces
by Peter Devereaux
4 Design Tips to Working with Typefaces
There are so many important elements that go into creating a successful, high-converting website or app that ...
DAM! And Its Role in Marketing, Design & UX
by Peter Devereaux
DAM! And Its Role in Marketing, Design & UX
Digital Asset Management, or DAM, systems essentially provide a process (and, of course, related software and ...
Questions to Ask During a Website Redesign
by Peter Devereaux
Questions to Ask During a Website Redesign
Website redesigns can be quite the undertaking for businesses both small and large. Not only are funds tied ...
Practical Solutions for Overcoming the Inherent Challenges in Website Redesign Projects
by Pete Prestipino
Practical Solutions for Overcoming the Inherent Challenges in Website Redesign Projects
In the course of an enterprise's digital lifespan, the time will inevitably come when the redesign of a ...
Improve Your Travel Site Conversions through Page Design
by Larry Alton
Improve Your Travel Site Conversions through Page Design
The greatest travel sites don't rely on just a single page to convince visitors of their utility. They ...
Benefits of Using WordPress Themes in Place of a Custom Web Design
by Milan Jovanovic
Benefits of Using WordPress Themes in Place of a Custom Web Design
Custom Web design is not as popular as it used to be a decade ago. Before, the fear people had is that their ...
Accessibility Considerations for the Modern Digital Designer
by Peter Devereaux
Accessibility Considerations for the Modern Digital Designer
By Peter Prestipino, Editor-In-Chief The ideas behind "universal design" and "accessibility," two topics ...
Most Common Digital Design Distractions
by Peter Devereaux
Most Common Digital Design Distractions
With just seconds to capture a Web visitor's attention and guide them to complete the task they came to the ...
Designing a Website in a Week
by Peter Devereaux
Designing a Website in a Week
By Roscoe Tsalacopoulos, Web/UI Designer, Envato First impressions are everything. For any business today ...
4 Lessons Pokémon GO Offers Global Website Designers
by Rebecca Ray
4 Lessons Pokémon GO Offers Global Website Designers
:: By Rebecca Ray, Common Sense Advisory :: Pikachu & Friends continue to break records as their ...
8 Simple Rules for Web Design
by Simon Slade
8 Simple Rules for Web Design
There are some basic standards of Web design that every website owner should know. The proper design elements ...
15 Best Database Management Software For Web Designers and Developers
by Sujain Thomas
15 Best Database Management Software For Web Designers and Developers
Databases are one of Web designers and developers' main tools for serving high-quality products to clients. ...
Website Inspiration By Color
by Amberly Dressler
Website Inspiration By Color
Web professionals know that certain colors evoke certain reactions from people visiting their websites. For ...
How Website Design Differs In Four Corners of the World
by Sponsor
How Website Design Differs In Four Corners of the World
Trends in popular web design vary from country to country around the world. It's fascinating to chart the ...
Yea or Nay: AI in Web Design?
by Amberly Dressler
Yea or Nay: AI in Web Design?
Web professionals are quite familiar with the algorithms in use by social media networks and search engines, ...
Web Design Midterm: Where Trends Stand Halfway through 2016
by Daniel Clark
Web Design Midterm: Where Trends Stand Halfway through 2016
Hopefully 2016 has found your site with plenty of highly engaged consumers who value the Web design choices ...
Top Resources to Find Your Fonts
by Peter Devereaux
Top Resources to Find Your Fonts
When creating a website, a logo or any other digital asset, designers have plenty of options when it comes to ...
Fun with Fonts: 3 Brands Making a Statement
by Peter Devereaux
Fun with Fonts: 3 Brands Making a Statement
Most websites can get away with choosing traditional font choices on their websites; startups, those catering ...
Not So Fast With That Website Redesign
by Joel Citron
Not So Fast With That Website Redesign
: How an A/B Test Revealed the 'Creature of Habit' Layout : Every year Web page design trends sweep across ...
Catering to Google: Adaptive vs. Responsive Web Design
by Itai Sada
Catering to Google: Adaptive vs. Responsive Web Design
Go responsive! Make the move now. Responsive is the only way to go if you want to make Google happy. How many ...
Way Past Pretty: Building Blocks for a Successful Website Redesign
by John Kudos
Way Past Pretty: Building Blocks for a Successful Website Redesign
:: By John Kudos, kudos.nyc :: Architects work with construction developers to build spaces. Graphic ...
6 Colorful Websites for Design Inspiration
by Allison Howen
6 Colorful Websites for Design Inspiration
The majority of websites are light in color and feature a lot of negative space (aka whitespace) - and for ...
7 Steps to Follow When Executing a Web Design Project
by Peter Devereaux
7 Steps to Follow When Executing a Web Design Project
By Christine Mandrake, Dynamic Internet Marketing Web design is vocabulary that even children in elementary ...
4 Design Trends for Drupal Sites
by Peter Devereaux
4 Design Trends for Drupal Sites
By David Lewis, Byte Productions Designing a site for Drupal can be a little bit intimidating but it ranks ...
How to Avoid Common UX Design Mistakes
by Peter Devereaux
How to Avoid Common UX Design Mistakes
By Juned Ahmed, IndianAppDevelopers.com As a designer, you always run the risk of being misunderstood, ...
5 Tips for an Optimal Online Shop Design
by Richard Stevenson
5 Tips for an Optimal Online Shop Design
The ecommerce market is highly competitive. What should merchants consider if they are to beat their ...
Managing 100's of Custom-Designed Sites
by Peter Devereaux
Managing 100's of Custom-Designed Sites
As part of Website Magazine's Web Masters tech interview series, spotlighting product and service providers ...
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Like Them or Not: 7 Web Design Trends Here to Stay
by Larry Alton
Like Them or Not: 7 Web Design Trends Here to Stay
As always, the world of Web design is moving quickly, and as always, it's in your best interest to stay ahead ...
Less is More - Whitespace in Web Design
by Saher Naseem
Less is More - Whitespace in Web Design
Most of us spend a great deal of time online browsing articles, shopping, updating timelines on Twitter and ...
Less is More: Whitespace in Web Design
by Saher Naseem
Less is More: Whitespace in Web Design
Most of us spend a great deal of time online browsing articles, shopping, updating timelines on Twitter and ...
Career Crossroads: Web Developer vs. Web Designer
by Phillip Singer
Career Crossroads: Web Developer vs. Web Designer
People often talk about website design and development interchangeably. In their defense, it is difficult to ...
DIY: Design Tips that Will Help Boost Conversion Rates
by Richard Nation
DIY: Design Tips that Will Help Boost Conversion Rates
All Web professionals are searching for ways to better our websites: increase traffic, increase conversion ...
4 Steps to Take When Looking for a Web Design Company
by Richie Roland
4 Steps to Take When Looking for a Web Design Company
Creating a website can be a hectic process if you do not know what to do (and sometimes even when you do.) ...
8 Tips for Hiring a Web Design Agency
by Saher Naseem
8 Tips for Hiring a Web Design Agency
Selecting the right partner for Web redesign endeavors can be a real challenge. This is especially true when ...
Do You Need to Be an Artist to Do Web Design?
by Larry Alton
Do You Need to Be an Artist to Do Web Design?
Web design and development are necessary components of creating online success, and certainly aesthetic ...
The Big Lie: Split Test Only, and Never Redesign Your Website
by Tim Ash
The Big Lie: Split Test Only, and Never Redesign Your Website
I have been around conversion rate optimization (CRO) for a long time; and many years of that were spent ...
Invisible Web Design 101
by Jack Dawson
Invisible Web Design 101
Design doesn't always have to be about creation of striking art; sometimes the best design is usable, yet ...
5 Website Design Myths
by Sam Tribble
5 Website Design Myths
Have you inadvertently bought into website design myths? It is easily done, but you could be losing out on ...
12 Design Elements Every Site Should Have
by Bruce Jones
12 Design Elements Every Site Should Have
Content is important, but it's not enough if you want your website to convert visitors to leads. With 2016 ...
The Future of Landing Page Design
by Pete Prestipino
The Future of Landing Page Design
Web design (and design in general) is perpetually top of mind with serious digital-minded enterprises because ...
A Few Design-Related Scripts to Boost Interaction
by Peter Devereaux
A Few Design-Related Scripts to Boost Interaction
Keeping a website current is a tough job, as not only do users' expectations change but competitor offerings ...
A Beginner's Look at Designing for Corporate Identity
by Sujain Thomas
A Beginner's Look at Designing for Corporate Identity
Design is difficult to define, because there is a broad range of skills, projects and people involved. ...
How Your Website Design can Boost Sales
by Keval Padia
How Your Website Design can Boost Sales
A website represents a business to the wider digital audience - offering a display of the company's offerings ...
7 Sites Opting for Simple Designs
by Peter Devereaux
7 Sites Opting for Simple Designs
If 2015 was the year of anything, it was minimal Web design. Fueled by smartphone usage, more companies took ...
7 Priorities for an App's UX
by Larry Alton
7 Priorities for an App's UX
Whether you're designing a responsive website or a mobile-specific app, one of the biggest factors for your ...
Web Design vs. Development: It's Not About Picking a Side
by Lalit Sharma
Web Design vs. Development: It's Not About Picking a Side
The premise that Web designers should learn to code continues to grow as the distinction between Web design ...
7 Digitally Decorated Stores for Your Inspiration
by Allison Howen
7 Digitally Decorated Stores for Your Inspiration
Not everyone waits until after Thanksgiving to put up their holiday decorations. Even though decorated trees ...
Simple Steps to Optimize Responsive and Adaptive Design Websites
by Peter Devereaux
Simple Steps to Optimize Responsive and Adaptive Design Websites
:: Michael Wilson, Webtrends :: Common goal of responsive design and adaptive design websites: Create ...
Advice from the Pros: Designing for Web Accessibility
by Amberly Dressler
Advice from the Pros: Designing for Web Accessibility
More people are accessing the Web than ever before and with the influx of new Internet users comes a greater ...
Need More Customer Data? Improve Your Design.
by Larry Alton
Need More Customer Data? Improve Your Design.
For most businesses, customer data is as good as revenue. When more customers give up their names, email ...
Experts Speak: Tips for Designing for Web Accessibility
by Peter Devereaux
Experts Speak: Tips for Designing for Web Accessibility
Designing for Web accessibility is often an afterthought for many design and development professionals, as ...
Tools for Designing for Web Accessibility
by Peter Devereaux
Tools for Designing for Web Accessibility
Conversions, decency and regulations are but a few reasons why most digital enterprises need to do more when ...
Lightbox Best Practices for Web Design Teams
by Peter Devereaux
Lightbox Best Practices for Web Design Teams
Lightboxes are an excellent way for designers to showcase their visual content. They are a perfect solution ...
The Digital Redesign Process: Smarter, Faster, Stronger
by Pete Prestipino
The Digital Redesign Process: Smarter, Faster, Stronger
There are few things more stress-inducing than redesigning a website. With so much to consider and address - ...
Master List of Tools & Resources for Digital Designers
by Peter Devereaux
Master List of Tools & Resources for Digital Designers
Most designers are pretty set with the tools they use every day to complete and improve projects, but some ...
SEO-Focused Website Redesign
by Peter Devereaux
SEO-Focused Website Redesign
Designers often believe that their work only plays a minor in the user experience and how sites visitors ...
A Designer's Information Architecture Guide
by Peter Devereaux
A Designer's Information Architecture Guide
Don't be scared by the headline because information architecture isn't really that scary at all. In fact, not ...
Is Adaptive Design Better than Responsive Design?
by Keval Padia
Is Adaptive Design Better than Responsive Design?
Web conversations in recent years have always focused on design and more importantly, responsive design and ...
Designing Awesome Web Experiences with Parallax Scrolling
by Juned Ahmed
Designing Awesome Web Experiences with Parallax Scrolling
Parallax scrolling is still a hot Web design trend incorporated by countless sites on the Web. While some ...
Tips for Getting Your Design Chosen on a Crowdsourced Marketplace
by Allison Stuart
Tips for Getting Your Design Chosen on a Crowdsourced Marketplace
For today's design professionals - whether newbies just starting out in the field or seasoned pros just ...
Designers Flock to the GoDaddy Pro Program
by Allison Howen
Designers Flock to the GoDaddy Pro Program
The GoDaddy Pro Program has already passed 50,000 members since its launch just five months ago, and is now ...
4 Habits of Successful Web Designers
by Amberly Dressler
4 Habits of Successful Web Designers
There was a time when Web designers were applauded for their ability to publish a page that worked; it was ...
WordPress Wednesday: One Page Web Design
by Pete Prestipino
WordPress Wednesday: One Page Web Design
One page websites are quite common these days and there are plenty of themes (and solutions) for Wordpress ...
Web Design for SEO: Building a Strong Foundation
by Marcus Howling
Web Design for SEO: Building a Strong Foundation
Some clients will come in or call asking for websites that look amazing. They demand high-resolution images, ...
4 Tips for Creating an App Icon That Stands Out
by Chirag Leuva
4 Tips for Creating an App Icon That Stands Out
Although it's said we shouldn't judge a book by its cover, that's exactly what we do - glancing over ...
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by Pete Prestipino
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Google is introducing a new ad format for its Adsense Publishers that the company hopes will not only ...
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by Pete Prestipino
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Text is an essential part of the digital experience so designers should know how to work with it - in both ...
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by Peter Devereaux
Is RWD Responsible Web Design?
By Firuze Okten Gokce, Superarama Search Engine The rapid expansion of different Web-enabled devices and ...
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by Pete Prestipino
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Typography doesn't typically get the attention it deserves when it comes to designing and developing ...
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by Pete Prestipino
An Endless Stream of Website Images
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by Amberly Dressler
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Depending on those involved, agency-client relationships can be tenuous and tense or productive and ...
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by Peter Devereaux
Getting What You Want from a Web Design Company
:: Daniel Clark, Website Design Sydney :: When it comes to an online-based company, all its stakeholders ...
Optimizing Conversion: Hands-On UX Analysis
by Peter Devereaux
Optimizing Conversion: Hands-On UX Analysis
By Kate Shaughnessy and Jennifer Malone, 3Q Digital Improving conversion rate on a client's site can be a ...
5 Must-Have Items to Incorporate in Your Responsive Web Design
by Peter Devereaux
5 Must-Have Items to Incorporate in Your Responsive Web Design
By: Ron Hadler, Red Door Interactive According to a recent report released by Global Web Index, 91 percent of ...
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by Peter Devereaux
Web Design Visualization Tools You Might Have Missed
Whether its to get consumers to purchase a product or to get potential volunteers to sign up and donate their ...
How to Perfectly Insert Images into Posts
by Nick Rojas
How to Perfectly Insert Images into Posts
An advertising manager named Fred Barnard speculated that a picture is worth a thousand words, and used it ...
Adaptive Design Meets Responsive Development
by Brian Crucitti
Adaptive Design Meets Responsive Development
Both adaptive and responsive Web design models have adherents, and while it's tempting to choose a side, ...
5 Solutions for Design Feedback
by Peter Devereaux
5 Solutions for Design Feedback
A brand's website is very much the face of an organization, but often companies don't know what users are ...
Web Design for Optimal Interaction: Defining & Developing the Modern Customer Experience
by Pete Prestipino
Web Design for Optimal Interaction: Defining & Developing the Modern Customer Experience
If it is becoming increasingly apparent that those leading their respective verticals have an unwavering ...
How One Design Shop Cooked Up a Modern Approach to Responsive Web Design
by Amberly Dressler
How One Design Shop Cooked Up a Modern Approach to Responsive Web Design
Web designers and developers spend months and sometimes years redesigning a website to cater to clients' ...
Web Design Feedback In Focus
by Peter Devereaux
Web Design Feedback In Focus
As consumers continue to shift more and more of their focus to the online world, companies must make sure ...
Hiring Devs & Designers: One of The Most Important Digital Decisions You'll Ever Make
by Peter Devereaux
Hiring Devs & Designers: One of The Most Important Digital Decisions You'll Ever Make
By Peter Prestipino, Editor-In-Chief Web design and development is essential to the success of today's ...
Create Design Concepts from Your iPad
by Allison Howen
Create Design Concepts from Your iPad
Adobe is strengthening its mobile app family with the launch of its Adobe Comp CC iPad app. Adobe Comp CC is ...
4 Reasons Your Web Design Is A-OK
by Amberly Dressler
4 Reasons Your Web Design Is A-OK
It's easy for website owners and those who manage digital presences to get wrapped up in what their site does ...
Web Design: Right-to-Left Support, Legacy Browsers & Organizing CSS
by Peter Devereaux
Web Design: Right-to-Left Support, Legacy Browsers & Organizing CSS
In the April 2015 issue of Website Magazine, Four Kitchen discussed its redesign of World Pulse's website - ...
Optimizing for the Speed of Design
by Peter Devereaux
Optimizing for the Speed of Design
As consumers continue to shift more of their lives into the digital world, brands who wish to be successful ...
4 Common Small Biz Web Design Disasters
by Peter Devereaux
4 Common Small Biz Web Design Disasters
By Sam Butterworth, Just Template IT The vast majority of small business owners understand just how important ...
5 Cool and Creative Staff Pages
by Peter Devereaux
5 Cool and Creative Staff Pages
There is a hard-working team behind every successful digital business. While some businesses have small teams ...
Designing a B2B Website? Better Talk to Your Sales Team First
by Jason Michaels
Designing a B2B Website? Better Talk to Your Sales Team First
When designing a business-to-business (B2B) website, gathering input from an enterprise's sales team can make ...
Is Adaptive Web Design Right For You?
by Ari Weil
Is Adaptive Web Design Right For You?
The evolution of the mobile representation of digital storefronts and digital media has embraced a variety of ...
7 Tips for Designing High-Converting Landing Pages
by Chirag Leuva
7 Tips for Designing High-Converting Landing Pages
Every designer wants their Web pages to "look good," but successful design is both aesthetically pleasing and ...
10 Ways to Design An Effective Pricing Page
by Isaac Rothstein
10 Ways to Design An Effective Pricing Page
If you run a software-as-a-service (SaaS) business, or you only have one product to sell, then you probably ...
New LinkedIn Homepage Design Rolling Out
by Peter Devereaux
New LinkedIn Homepage Design Rolling Out
LinkedIn announced a redesigned homepage back in December, and it seems like the new layout is finally ...
6 Unquestionable SEO Benefits of Responsive Web Design
by Keval Padia
6 Unquestionable SEO Benefits of Responsive Web Design
With the increasing adoption of smartphones and tablets all across the globe, demand for multiple device ...
Easy Does It: 5 Web Design Principles for Effortless Interaction
by Peter Devereaux
Easy Does It: 5 Web Design Principles for Effortless Interaction
By Neill Harmer Designers should want the websites they create to inspire user interaction. Whether a site ...
4 Blacklist" Principles for Successful Web Design Projects"
by Peter Devereaux
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By Brent Delperdang, Web Talent Marketing On the hit show The Blacklist, the character Raymond (Red) ...
Web Design Trends for Small Businesses
by Anna Rodriguez
Web Design Trends for Small Businesses
Creating an attractive website isn't enough to entice visitors and drive sales; savvy business owners know it ...
Responsive Design: 10 Do's and Don'ts for Web Pages and Emails
by Peter Devereaux
Responsive Design: 10 Do's and Don'ts for Web Pages and Emails
Responsive Design: 10 Do's and Don'ts for Web Pages and Emails February 2nd, 2015 2 p.m. ET/11 a.m. PT ...
Best Web Design Trends of 2014
by Peter Devereaux
Best Web Design Trends of 2014
By Allison Howen, Associate Editor Every year there are a variety of website design trends that take the ...
5 Noteworthy Designs of 2014
by Peter Devereaux
5 Noteworthy Designs of 2014
The Web design industry is in a constant state of change, with new trends and techniques emerging every year. ...
Designing Interfaces with a User Experience (UX) Perspective
by Peter Devereaux
Designing Interfaces with a User Experience (UX) Perspective
Most of us spend countless hours online surrounded by a myriad of tech devices with screens, which receive ...
Responsive Vs. Adaptive Web Design
by Peter Devereaux
Responsive Vs. Adaptive Web Design
When designing and building a website today, it's essential for enterprises to think about how users will ...
Nominate Now: Best Web Design of 2014
by Allison Howen
Nominate Now: Best Web Design of 2014
As Website Magazine editors are busy wrapping up a few end-of-year articles, we have reached out to our ...
5 Mistakes to Avoid When Giving WEB DESIGN FEEDBACK
by Peter Devereaux
5 Mistakes to Avoid When Giving WEB DESIGN FEEDBACK
By Roy Chomko, President of Adage Technologies Providing effective - and meaningful - Web design feedback can ...
Head-to-Head Web Design RESPONSIVE VS. ADAPTIVE
by Peter Devereaux
Head-to-Head Web Design RESPONSIVE VS. ADAPTIVE
By Amir Glatt, Co-Founder and CTO of Duda When designing and building a website today, it's essential for ...
5 Stunning Sites Using Responsive & Adaptive Web Design
by Peter Devereaux
5 Stunning Sites Using Responsive & Adaptive Web Design
Responsive, adaptive or a combination of the two? These are the considerations that many modern digital ...
Millions of New Images Available at Wix
by Peter Devereaux
Millions of New Images Available at Wix
Wix.com has teamed up with Bigstock to provide its users with access to millions of high-quality, licensable ...
5 Surprising Sites Using Adaptive Web Design
by Amberly Dressler
5 Surprising Sites Using Adaptive Web Design
The debate between having a dedicated mobile optimized website and one using responsive Web design has been ...
Nominate the Best Web Designs of 2014
by Peter Devereaux
Nominate the Best Web Designs of 2014
The drop in temperatures and holiday lights are both signs that the year is coming to an end, which has many, ...
How to Successfully Pitch a Website Design
by David Blackburn
How to Successfully Pitch a Website Design
Web designers, whether freelance or from an agency, find themselves trying to explain their new design ...
For Better or Worse Web Design Trends that Impact SEO
by Peter Devereaux
For Better or Worse Web Design Trends that Impact SEO
By Derek Schou, Associate Editor With more than 1 billion searches conducted every day on Google, it's clear ...
6 Sexy Web Design Agency Websites
by Peter Devereaux
6 Sexy Web Design Agency Websites
Web designers are only given one chance to make a good first impression and often that first impression is ...
2 Winners & 2 Losers of Big Brand Web Design
by Amberly Dressler
2 Winners & 2 Losers of Big Brand Web Design
With all the website traffic big brands get, you'd think they'd be chomping at the digital bit to provide a ...
Web Design Trends That Impact SEO
by Ant Hodges
Web Design Trends That Impact SEO
If you think of SEO as a separate entity in your online presence you could be making costly mistakes with ...
The Problems With Parallax Design
by Briley Kenney
The Problems With Parallax Design
Design elements that seem like a great idea at first might cause some pretty serious issues later down the ...
7 Deadly Web Design Sins Many Startup Entrepreneurs Commit
by Michael Georgiou
7 Deadly Web Design Sins Many Startup Entrepreneurs Commit
Today, websites act as an online branding and sales hub for companies. But for a startup, a website assumes ...
5 Ways to Find New SEO Clients (Also Great for Web Design and PPC Client Hunting!)
by Travis Bliffen
5 Ways to Find New SEO Clients (Also Great for Web Design and PPC Client Hunting!)
You would think that an SEO company would have no problem generating all the leads they can handle. While for ...
Picture This: Free Images for Use on the Web
by Peter Devereaux
Picture This: Free Images for Use on the Web
By Bonny Clayton, Your Web Chick Navigating the Web for photos to populate your website, company newsletter, ...
Back-to-School Redesign Boosts Conversions
by Allison Howen
Back-to-School Redesign Boosts Conversions
Launching a website redesign is challenging - especially for retailers with large inventories. Recently, ...
3 Ways to Make Your Awesome Web Design Provide ROI
by Peter Devereaux
3 Ways to Make Your Awesome Web Design Provide ROI
By Gabriel Shaoolian Blue Fountain Media Businesses that have finally finished their new websites are ...
What's New in Google Web Designer?
by Pete Prestipino
What's New in Google Web Designer?
Google has released an update to its Web Designer product, a tool for authoring interactive HTML5 websites ...
Now That's Smart Web Design
by Peter Devereaux
Now That's Smart Web Design
When companies are founded on the idea of improving a shopping experience through what's best about the ...
9 Crucial Tools for Web Designers
by Erez Zundy
9 Crucial Tools for Web Designers
Most companies spend thousands (and thousands) of dollars looking to give their Web designers the tools they ...
Webs Releases 450 New DIY Website Themes
by Amberly Dressler
Webs Releases 450 New DIY Website Themes
For more than 2,200 small businesses, customization and available templates are the top deciding factors when ...
10+ Reasons to Use Responsive Web Design
by Peter Devereaux
10+ Reasons to Use Responsive Web Design
By Ryan Holman, Website Design Sydney Before discussing anything about responsive Web design, we should first ...
Design Something: Express Yourself with Timeline.js
by Pete Prestipino
Design Something: Express Yourself with Timeline.js
The traditional horizontal scrolling website has become the standard, but that "normal" doesn't mean that you ...
Grow Your Biz With Designer Partner Platform
by Amberly Dressler
Grow Your Biz With Designer Partner Platform
Web designers and resellers looking to grow their businesses may want to check out LightCMS's new partner ...
Leave Web Design to the Real Pros
by Joe Martin
Leave Web Design to the Real Pros
With plenty of website builder services to choose from, it's easier now than ever before to effectively set ...
Marketers, Meet Your New All-In-One" Digital Ad Designer"
by Derek Schou
Marketers, Meet Your New All-In-One
The process of creating a single digital advertisement can be unbelievably complex and expensive. Not only is ...
Can Videos Improve the Performance of Your Web Design?
by Peter Devereaux
Can Videos Improve the Performance of Your Web Design?
:: Sarah Parker, Designs2HTML Ltd. :: Eighty-percent of marketers use video on their websites and their ...
RWD Rocks. But Only If You Get It Right
by Ezequiel Ortuno
RWD Rocks. But Only If You Get It Right
We simply can't keep our hands off the Internet. Whether at home, work or outside; the Internet follows us ...
Designing a Footer that Doesn't Say "Goodbye
by Tina Yeung
Designing a Footer that Doesn't Say
Are footers out-of-date or can we make them better? The truth is, footers have been underestimated. We just ...
Top 5 Website Design Tips for Local SEO Success
by Peter Devereaux
Top 5 Website Design Tips for Local SEO Success
By Thomas Stern, ZOG Digital New research from Google is backing up what digital marketers have been telling ...
15 Sites for Web Design Inspiration
by Jeff Davis
15 Sites for Web Design Inspiration
:: By Jeff Davis :: There are websites that don't merit a second glance; there are others whose designs will ...
Choose The Right Web Fonts For Your Clients' Sites
by Peter Devereaux
Choose The Right Web Fonts For Your Clients' Sites
:: Nir Barlev, Webydo :: When designing a site for a client, you need to consider a variety of design ...
Everyone's a Designer Thanks to Front-End Frameworks
by Peter Devereaux
Everyone's a Designer Thanks to Front-End Frameworks
Those just getting started in the world of digital design are faced with complex problems, which likely ...
The Great Design Debate: Responsive or Optimized?
by Peter Devereaux
The Great Design Debate: Responsive or Optimized?
Responsive Web design is a hot topic, but is it the only way to go? A variety of Internet professionals - all ...
BIG LIST of WEB DESIGN TOOLS
by Peter Devereaux
BIG LIST of WEB DESIGN TOOLS
In Website Magazine's April 2014 issue, we featured 20-plus Web design tools, which can take a project to the ...
Opportunities, Trends & Tools in Web Design
by Peter Devereaux
Opportunities, Trends & Tools in Web Design
What makes for an exceptional website design? Can its success be measured (and in both the short and long ...
Big List of Design Tools for 2014
by Peter Devereaux
Big List of Design Tools for 2014
Web designers are a creative and skilled bunch, but they can't always create masterpieces alone. Over the ...
Pros and Cons of Flat Design
by Lori Wagoner
Pros and Cons of Flat Design
All those who believe that beauty lies in the simplicity of things probably knew that simple things need not ...
How to Avoid the Risk of a Website Redesign
by Chris Goward
How to Avoid the Risk of a Website Redesign
Many companies are trapped in a traditional website redesign cycle. Every 2-5 years, the marketing team ...
Getty Images Unlocks Its Photo Library
by Allison Howen
Getty Images Unlocks Its Photo Library
The biggest name in stock photography, Getty Images, has made millions of its stock images available to the ...
Selecting the Right Design & Development Partner for Your Next Project
by Peter Devereaux
Selecting the Right Design & Development Partner for Your Next Project
Many small businesses outsource their Web design and development functions to agencies, so they can focus on ...
5 Design Mobile Apps to Know
by Peter Devereaux
5 Design Mobile Apps to Know
Creativity doesn't follow a schedule, which means designers must be prepared for the unpredictable moment ...
How to Design for On- and Offline
by Jonny Rowntree
How to Design for On- and Offline
:: By Jonny Rowntree, Elanders :: It's one of the most exciting aspects of starting up a business: spending ...
7 Website Redesign Challenges for Merchants
by Peter Devereaux
7 Website Redesign Challenges for Merchants
Redesigning an ecommerce website is a huge project that must be handled very strategically, as any unwelcomed ...
Breaking Up With Your Site's Design
by Peter Devereaux
Breaking Up With Your Site's Design
Breaking up is hard to do, especially when it's with your website. After all, it is more than just a random ...
Google Web Designer Puts Animators Back to Work
by Joe Martin
Google Web Designer Puts Animators Back to Work
The benefits of an Art School offer many opportunities for a number of different career paths for young ...
The Defining Web Design Trend of 2014 >> Non-Boring Typography
by Peter Devereaux
The Defining Web Design Trend of 2014 >> Non-Boring Typography
Web design trends always change and almost all elements covered by Web design also change as a result. ...
Filter Google Images By Usage Rights
by Pete Prestipino
Filter Google Images By Usage Rights
Google Image Search has long made it possible for users to find images based on usage rights, but they are ...
Responding to the Hype Around Responsive Web Design
by Peter Devereaux
Responding to the Hype Around Responsive Web Design
The hype surrounding responsive Web design (RWD) was substantial for digital marketers in 2013. For those ...
Dissecting the Flat Design Trend
by Peter Devereaux
Dissecting the Flat Design Trend
What makes design "flat"? This question might seem simplistic, but it's imperative to have a working ...
Unlocking the Power of Single-Theme Landing Experiences
by Eileen Burick
Unlocking the Power of Single-Theme Landing Experiences
In most cases, a discussion of landing pages and microsites comes down to their differences: single page ...
5 Steps to Designing Consumer-Centric Web Experiences
by Justin Cowan
5 Steps to Designing Consumer-Centric Web Experiences
via 2. If You Have To Ask, It's Too Late: Many brands that serve a variety of customer types have adopted a ...
Designing for a Designer [A Before & After Look]
by Amberly Dressler
Designing for a Designer [A Before & After Look]
Like cooking for a chef, designing for a designer can be nerve-wracking. Most approach a project differently ...
Innovation & Web Inspiration
by Peter Devereaux
Innovation & Web Inspiration
2013 was an epic year for Internet professionals from an innovation standpoint. We're moving faster, making ...
How to Create Ads in Google Web Designer
by Peter Devereaux
How to Create Ads in Google Web Designer
Google's recently released Web Designer tool might have flown under your digital radar, but if you're in a ...
Animate SVG Assets In a Snap
by Peter Devereaux
Animate SVG Assets In a Snap
This week Adobe announced the release of a new and open-source JavaScript library that will enable designers ...
Three Top Site Designs from 2013 for Inspiration
by Peter Devereaux
Three Top Site Designs from 2013 for Inspiration
Like a fine wine, Web design is getting better with age. There's strong evidence that the digital design ...
Making Color Considerations for Mobile Design
by Calvin Sellers
Making Color Considerations for Mobile Design
Web design is a key part of any successful company's marketing strategy. It's rare nowadays to find a ...
Flat Design: Past, Present & Future
by Peter Devereaux
Flat Design: Past, Present & Future
If 2012 was the year of big background images and parallax scrolling in Web design, 2013 could easily be the ...
10 Popular Google Web Fonts
by Peter Devereaux
10 Popular Google Web Fonts
There's no shortage of "trends' that Web designers must pay attention to, but few are more practical - and ...
7 Brands Doing Mobile Design Right
by Peter Devereaux
7 Brands Doing Mobile Design Right
Executing a comprehensive mobile strategy goes far beyond just optimizing your website for mobile devices. ...
Responsive Design Comes to Ecwid
by Allison Howen
Responsive Design Comes to Ecwid
Ecommerce services provider Ecwid is providing a better shopping experience to mobile customers, as the ...
Photoshopapalooza - A Photoshop Guide
by Allison Howen
Photoshopapalooza - A Photoshop Guide
Unbelievably, summer is already halfway over. Some sun seekers get to celebrate the last few warm weeks by ...
The Acrobatics of Mobile Ad Design
by Peter Devereaux
The Acrobatics of Mobile Ad Design
By Amberly Dressler, Managing Editor Swipes, tabs, scrolls and flips - mobile advertising offers unparalleled ...
5 Design Elements That Can Help Maximize Online Sales
by Evan Brandell
5 Design Elements That Can Help Maximize Online Sales
Website design trends are constantly evolving, often leaving those responsible for ecommerce either ...
5-Point Website Redesign Checklist
by Peter Devereaux
5-Point Website Redesign Checklist
:: Amy Johnson, A Small Orange :: Ready for a redesign? Maybe your website needs a complete overhaul, or ...
3 Navigational Design Solutions for Mega Websites
by Skylar Barret
3 Navigational Design Solutions for Mega Websites
Website navigation is not supposed to be an adventure for the visitor. It should be more like cruising on a ...
Before & After: 11 Exceptional Website Redesigns
by Amberly Dressler
Before & After: 11 Exceptional Website Redesigns
The list of reasons for a website redesign includes different concerns and objectives for every enterprise, ...
3 Reasons Website Redesigns Are Stalled
by Amberly Dressler
3 Reasons Website Redesigns Are Stalled
There's nothing more frustrating than missing a deadline - for everyone involved in a project. And, ...
Using Graphic Design to Increase Visitor Response
by Peter Devereaux
Using Graphic Design to Increase Visitor Response
By Bill Haig, Ph.D. When a company logo and its website design work together, the two have the potential to ...
Publicity, Compliments and Money for Designers
by Peter Devereaux
Publicity, Compliments and Money for Designers
Publicity, compliments and money are among life's greatest motivators, especially in the eyes of the modern ...
Top-8 Well-Designed Gaming Websites of 2013
by Shaun Chatman
Top-8 Well-Designed Gaming Websites of 2013
The online gaming industry is booming, with 72 percent of American players logging on to get their fix in ...
3 Must-See Menu Design Styles
by Amberly Dressler
3 Must-See Menu Design Styles
Ever walk in a mall and not know whether to look left, right, up or down for the store, theater or restaurant ...
Essential Rules of Single-Page Site Design
by Peter Devereaux
Essential Rules of Single-Page Site Design
Single-page site design is among 2013's hottest trends, and for good reason. The technique essentially brings ...
How Touchscreens Changed the Way Designers Design
by Peter Devereaux
How Touchscreens Changed the Way Designers Design
Ever since it was reported in April that Microsoft is planning on launching a smaller 7-inch version of its ...
5 Barriers to Engaging Web Design
by Peter Devereaux
5 Barriers to Engaging Web Design
For all intents and purposes, design is probably the most important part of a website when it comes to ...
Parallax Scrolling, Responsive Design Make Nice
by Peter Devereaux
Parallax Scrolling, Responsive Design Make Nice
Responsive design is top-of-mind these days for website owners and designers, alike. Plenty of developers are ...
The Web's Most Gorgeously Designed Websites
by DJ Miller
The Web's Most Gorgeously Designed Websites
Stagnant websites simply can't keep up in the continually evolving online world. Those that update often and ...
Designing Websites for Multivariate Testing, Key Considerations
by Kim Ann King
Designing Websites for Multivariate Testing, Key Considerations
If you are like most digital marketers, you are doing everything you can to optimize your website. One of the ...
6 Tools for Mastering Usability & Interface Design
by Peter Devereaux
6 Tools for Mastering Usability & Interface Design
The hallmark of a quality website is that it puts the user first. In that regard, website designers have a ...
Creative Design Tools for Non-Designers
by Peter Devereaux
Creative Design Tools for Non-Designers
Face it; you're not a Web designer. You may try your digital best, but hey, you've never been trained in the ...
Experts Speak: Everyday Design Tools
by Amberly Dressler
Experts Speak: Everyday Design Tools
Occasionally, a design tool comes along that establishes its place as an essential, can't work without it ...
Designing a Friendlier User Experience
by Peter Devereaux
Designing a Friendlier User Experience
As more consumers shop online, Web retailers are experiencing welcomed traffic spikes and recognizing the ...
Gamification: Motivation or Inspiration?
by Peter Devereaux
Gamification: Motivation or Inspiration?
There's been a lot of talk about gamification being the future - specifically, the future of increasing ...
Hooked! Mobile Design Interaction on the Web
by Pete Prestipino
Hooked! Mobile Design Interaction on the Web
You have to admit that the modern "mobile" world is changing all sorts of things about the traditional Web - ...
Six Questions for Responsive Designers
by Peter Devereaux
Six Questions for Responsive Designers
The response in "responsive" Web design provides a clue about how to think about the practice. It's ...
TypeKit or Google Web Fonts?
by Peter Devereaux
TypeKit or Google Web Fonts?
Pitting Google against Adobe may sound like the tech industry's version of a clash of titans, but for the ...
Beginners Guide to Web Design Blunders
by Peter Devereaux
Beginners Guide to Web Design Blunders
Being a website designer can be tough. Your work is out there on display for anyone and everyone to critique ...
Design Inspiration from the Web 100
by Amberly Dressler
Design Inspiration from the Web 100
From innovative navigational elements to design based on customer feedback, Web 100 companies design for the ...
Fount: Find Fonts You Love
by Peter Devereaux
Fount: Find Fonts You Love
What happens when you come across a font online you'd like to use within your website? Look in the source ...
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by Peter Devereaux
Responsive Design Gets Simplified
As a Valentine's Day present of sorts, Adobe announced the release of a handful of new Web design and ...
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by Peter Devereaux
Customer Happiness via Responsive Web Design
By Robert Patrick Gone are the days where you just had to build a website to work in multiple browsers. Now, ...
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by Peter Devereaux
Responsive Design: Not So Simple
By Mike DiMarco, Director of Media for FiddleFly, Inc. Sometimes, a good idea on paper can blossom into a ...
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by Timothy Toohey
Designing for Privacy & Web Success
It is a safe prediction for 2013 that public awareness of websites' data privacy issues will continue to ...
Design Principles & Readability for Master Developers
by Peter Devereaux
Design Principles & Readability for Master Developers
It is difficult in the rapidly changing digital ecosystem to be a virtual jack-of-all-trades. While it would ...
The Biggest Mistakes in Web Design
by Peter Devereaux
The Biggest Mistakes in Web Design
There are many factors to keep in mind when designing a website. Sometimes in the vast scope of Web projects, ...
Web Design Trends of 2013
by Peter Devereaux
Web Design Trends of 2013
Getting in shape, quitting smoking and managing debt are among the most popular New Year resolutions, but ...
5 Fundamentals of Mobile Website Design
by Peter Devereaux
5 Fundamentals of Mobile Website Design
MAKE IT WORK It's hard to ignore mobile's influence on digital commerce and Web business today, but it is ...
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by Peter Devereaux
Design Tactics for an Optimized Web Experience
Every website is different, and because of that, every enterprise takes a unique approach to optimizing their ...
Look Out Below! 15 Fabulous Footer Designs
by Michael Garrity
Look Out Below! 15 Fabulous Footer Designs
One of the most literally overlooked aspects of website design are footers, the area at the very bottom of a ...
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by Peter Devereaux
Five Fantastic Web Font Services
The evolution of the Internet has taught developers that the key to creating a successful website is to build ...
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by Pete Prestipino
Design Recognition in Focus; Horizon Interactive Awards
As 2012 winds down, it's the perfect time to reflect. And what about exactly? Well, how about all that you ...
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by Pete Prestipino
CSS Frameworks for Responsive Web Design
Responsive Web design (RWD) has taken the 'Net by storm. RWD isn't just trendy among designers, it's useful ...
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by Peter Devereaux
Quickly Test Mobile Design Elements with Plunk
Usability is everything - especially when it comes to mobile. But creating a design that is truly user ...
Act Responsively: Guide to Responsive Web Design
by Peter Devereaux
Act Responsively: Guide to Responsive Web Design
Responsive Web design has recently become a very hot topic in the digital business community. It is an ...
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by Peter Devereaux
Web Font Fun with Javascript Plugins
When I first started working on the Web in a professional capacity, there really wasn't much you could do to ...
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by Pete Prestipino
Life-Size Your Product Images with LifeSizer
Product images, particuarly for Internet retailers, can be a blessing or a curse - depending on how seriously ...
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by Linc Wonham
10 Minimalist WP Themes for Maximum Inspiration
While the concept of minimalism in Web design is taking a relatively long road to the mainstream, there's no ...
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by Michael Garrity
The Art of Engagement: Web Design for Affiliates
Website design is an important aspect of affiliate marketing, where the goal is to generate as much interest ...
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by Linc Wonham
Simplicity Rules the Day for LinkedIn Design Change
I suppose you could chalk it up to a crazy coincidence or merely to the fact that I was in a ...
Bing Redesigns for Better Results
by Linc Wonham
Bing Redesigns for Better Results
Microsoft gave the Bing search results page a facelift yesterday, going for "a fresh, de-cluttered experience ...
Web Design Roundtable – The Complete Conversation
by Linc Wonham
Web Design Roundtable – The Complete Conversation
One of the distinct advantages online media has over its print counterpart is a virtually endless amount of ...
Different Strokes: Design Preferences in U.S. and China
by Linc Wonham
Different Strokes: Design Preferences in U.S. and China
Digital marketing agency Acquity Group has released its Global Usability Study that surveyed American and ...
Big Surge in IT, Design and Development Jobs
by Linc Wonham
Big Surge in IT, Design and Development Jobs
Online employment platform Elance has released its quarterly Global Online Employment Report, and highlights ...
Google+ Makes Waves with Massive Redesign
by Michael Garrity
Google+ Makes Waves with Massive Redesign
Did you just love Facebook's Timeline update so much that you wished another major social media site would ...
Keynote Rolls Out New UX Performance Metrics
by Michael Garrity
Keynote Rolls Out New UX Performance Metrics
Internet and mobile cloud testing and monitoring firm Keynote Systems has announced the availability of its ...
Weebly Design App Comes to BlueHost
by Pete Prestipino
Weebly Design App Comes to BlueHost
Popular web hosting provider Bluehost announced that it will be making the Weebly website builder application ...
No Coding Needed, Wix Unveils HTML5 Web Design
by Pete Prestipino
No Coding Needed, Wix Unveils HTML5 Web Design
DIY website design solution Wix released a new website builder which supports HTML5. Wix, best known for its ...
50 Top Design & Development Tools
by Peter Devereaux
50 Top Design & Development Tools
In the early days of my career as an Internet professional, rarely did my discussions about online success ...
6 Ways to Prime Your Web Design
by Linc Wonham
6 Ways to Prime Your Web Design
Just like shopping in the brick-and-mortar world, website users are exposed to direct and indirect cues ...
Get Fast, Free Access to Images with Foter
by Michael Garrity
Get Fast, Free Access to Images with Foter
Picture this: You're a blogger, online journalist or Web developer in dire need of a great photo to really ...
15 Fresh (and Free) Fonts for 2012
by Linc Wonham
15 Fresh (and Free) Fonts for 2012
The most compelling Web designs rely on creative uses of typography, which requires both smart and original ...
Elemental Product Page Design
by Peter Devereaux
Elemental Product Page Design
Once an Internet retailer gets a prospective buyer on their product page, there are quite a few design ...
Google Flip-flops on Page Layout
by Pete Prestipino
Google Flip-flops on Page Layout
Google's new page layout algorithm update may force many Web workers to reconsider from where exactly they ...
99Designs Disrupts the Design Service Business
by Pete Prestipino
99Designs Disrupts the Design Service Business
Design contest platform 99designs is not exactly the darling of the Web design world. Many believe that the ...
Responsive Design Templates to Check Out
by Pete Prestipino
Responsive Design Templates to Check Out
Template Monster, a provider of design templates for use on websites, blogging platforms, content management ...
Usabilla's Design Templates Optimize User Experience
by Linc Wonham
Usabilla's Design Templates Optimize User Experience
Usabilla has introduced a series of new testing templates that enable companies to set up a number of diverse ...
Cross-Team Collaboration for Design and Development
by Pete Prestipino
Cross-Team Collaboration for Design and Development
Collaboration is a key element of successful design when working within a team. Fortunately, several powreful ...
Landing Page Design Trends for 2012
by Peter Devereaux
Landing Page Design Trends for 2012
Turn Down the Volume and Hear the Cash Register Sing! Business website designs have become increasingly ...
High-Level Web Design Blunders
by Peter Devereaux
High-Level Web Design Blunders
Mistakes to Avoid for Creating Award-Worthy Websites in 2012 It's hard to believe, but many Web designers ...
Rock Star Web Design
by Linc Wonham
Rock Star Web Design
Not everyone can be a rock star by definition, but rock-star Web pages can fill a stadium's worth of ...
Filter Forge and Other Fab Photoshop Plugins
by Linc Wonham
Filter Forge and Other Fab Photoshop Plugins
Even the most talented Web designers can use a little help from time to time, and Adobe Photoshop plugins are ...
Your Designer Makes What?!
by Peter Devereaux
Your Designer Makes What?!
What You Need to Know Before Making Your Next Design Hire Once your business has decided that it's time to ...
Where to Find Photoshop Brushes
by Linc Wonham
Where to Find Photoshop Brushes
Photoshop brushes can be powerful Web design tools, both enhancing a graphic artist's work and enabling ...
New Weebly CMS Benefits Website Designers
by Michael Garrity
New Weebly CMS Benefits Website Designers
Yesterday, the widget-based site creator announced Weebly Designer Platform, a white label content management ...
Getty Images Expands on Flickr
by Allison Howen
Getty Images Expands on Flickr
Getty Images has expanded its partnership with Flickr by launching Flickr Select. Flickr Select is a curated, ...
Optimize Images for the Web
by Pete Prestipino
Optimize Images for the Web
There are few more important practices to the usability of your site than the process of optimizing Web ...
A Closer Look at Product Images
by Linc Wonham
A Closer Look at Product Images
KSC Kreate, a creative agency specializing in visual content creation, is offering a non-Flash 360° ...
Web Design & The Rule of Thirds
by Pete Prestipino
Web Design & The Rule of Thirds
Grid-based design provides designers a formal way to assess the communicative expression power of the UI ...
Maintaining an Effective Designer/Developer Workflow
by Peter Devereaux
Maintaining an Effective Designer/Developer Workflow
With Adobe Flash Catalyst CS5 One of the biggest pain points in many agencies is the workflow between ...
API FYI - Design & Development Digest
by Peter Devereaux
API FYI - Design & Development Digest
Internet professionals (and the Web developers they employ) are increasingly leveraging the opportunities ...
50 Top Sites for Web Designers
by Peter Devereaux
50 Top Sites for Web Designers
The quality of a website's design is fundamental to its success. Web designers are routinely challenged on a ...
Extensions for Chrome-Ready Web Designers/Developers
by Peter Devereaux
Extensions for Chrome-Ready Web Designers/Developers
Chrome use is increasing and as such it is always useful to explore some of the more interesting and helpful ...
GetResponse Users Get Access to iStockPhoto Images
by Pete Prestipino
GetResponse Users Get Access to iStockPhoto Images
Email marketing service provider GetResponse is seperating itself from the competition in a rather unique and ...
Finding Free Creative Assets at Veer (and elsewhere)
by Pete Prestipino
Finding Free Creative Assets at Veer (and elsewhere)
Who wants to pay for images? Sometimes you have to but you never, ever want to, right? Fortunately, the Web ...
Tips for Successfully Managing a Website Redesign
by Peter Devereaux
Tips for Successfully Managing a Website Redesign
There are few moments in business more exciting than initiating a site redesign. We see all the aesthetics we ...
Forrst Offers Virtual Currency for Designers and Developers
by Linc Wonham
Forrst Offers Virtual Currency for Designers and Developers
The popular online design and development community Forrst has announced the introduction of its new take on ...
Design for Display
by Pete Prestipino
Design for Display
Advertising designers walk a fine line. They must design ads that are attractive but direct and engaging. ...
Instant Previews Make Great Design Imperative
by Pete Prestipino
Instant Previews Make Great Design Imperative
Google wants to keep users on its search results pages and increase their interaction - that much is clear ...
Product Images - The Good, the Bad, the Ugly
by Linc Wonham
Product Images - The Good, the Bad, the Ugly
Enticing product pages are essential to the success of any ecommerce enterprise. In fact, a recent study of ...
11 Inspiring (and appropriate) Logo Designs
by Michael Phillips
11 Inspiring (and appropriate) Logo Designs
Looking for some design inspiration? Keep reading. Company logos are not to be taken lightly. They must ...
Gap Logo Fail Sparks 99Designs Contest
by Pete Prestipino
Gap Logo Fail Sparks 99Designs Contest
99designs launched an open design contest to "Design a Better GAP Logo" in response to the criticism ...
Worldly Web Design - Thinking global from the start
by Pete Prestipino
Worldly Web Design - Thinking global from the start
May 2010 heralded a major change in the way the world experiences the Web. For those of you in the US, UK, ...
Principles of Design
by Peter Devereaux
Principles of Design
The four essential elements for creating captivating websites The four principles of design are balance, ...
10 Terrific Testing Tips
by Peter Devereaux
10 Terrific Testing Tips
Are you basing copy and design changes on your gut feeling? STOP! There is a better way to optimize your ...
Logo Design Made Easy for Business Owners
by Linc Wonham
Logo Design Made Easy for Business Owners
A company logo can make a big difference in today's competitive online marketplace, making its design one of ...
Designing to be The Best
by Michael Phillips
Designing to be The Best
Web users have options -- thousands of them. It's one of the reasons the Web is so useful but also one of the ...
More Font-y Goodness from FontShop with FontFonter
by Peter Devereaux
More Font-y Goodness from FontShop with FontFonter
Google released a font preview tool this week which enables websites to see how a fonts within its Font ...
Google Font Previewer in Action
by Pete Prestipino
Google Font Previewer in Action
Several months ago Google announced its Font Directory, a repository for open-source fonts available from the ...
Web Design's New Business Role with Paul Williams
by Michael Phillips
Web Design's New Business Role with Paul Williams
Good Web design is essential to every online property. Whether generating leads or selling products, an ...
Web Design: Hook, Look or Book?
by Peter Devereaux
Web Design: Hook, Look or Book?
Web design for pages in the natural search index is much different than for those pages receiving site ...
Five Mega-Inspiring Website Designs
by Michael Phillips
Five Mega-Inspiring Website Designs
Included in the 2010 Webby Award winners and nominees are several categories related to Web design and ...
Fontastic! Web Fonts Solution at Fonts.com
by Pete Prestipino
Fontastic! Web Fonts Solution at Fonts.com
Text imaging solution provider MonoType Imaging Holdings launched the public beta of Fonts.com Web Fonts. A ...
Essential iPad Apps for Web Designers
by Michael Phillips
Essential iPad Apps for Web Designers
At the end of this post, find your chance to win a free iPad! Apple has always catered to the designer crowd. ...
Website Magazine Interview Exclusive - Managing Redesign
by Peter Devereaux
Website Magazine Interview Exclusive - Managing Redesign
We spoke with Pinckney Hugo Group's Executive Vice President Aaron Hugo and Senior Interactive Designer Adam ...
Top 50: Resources for Design Inspiration
by Peter Devereaux
Top 50: Resources for Design Inspiration
When it comes to your Web design, where do you (or your designers) look for inspiration? Chances are good ...
Managing Website Redesigns
by Peter Devereaux
Managing Website Redesigns
If the website you own or manage is not meeting expectations, it is time to consider engaging in a ...
MSN Jumps Aboard the Redesign Bandwagon
by Michael Phillips
MSN Jumps Aboard the Redesign Bandwagon
Several major media properties have undergone redesigns within the past year or so; including a handful of ...
Long Copy Web Design Techniques
by Pete Prestipino
Long Copy Web Design Techniques
When I first started designing, developing and promoting websites in early 2000, "long-copy" pages were often ...
Keeping Tabs on Your Designer
by Pete Prestipino
Keeping Tabs on Your Designer
: by Tim Ash : Let me tell you an inconvenient truth - your baby is ugly. Your landing page has severe and ...
Keep Your Graphic Designer on a Short Leash
by Pete Prestipino
Keep Your Graphic Designer on a Short Leash
Let me tell you an inconvenient truth - your baby is ugly. Your landing page has severe and fundamental ...
Saving Print Media by Design
by Michael Phillips
Saving Print Media by Design
It's true - the print industry is in a bit of a pickle. Advertising revenue and subscriptions are way down. ...
Start a Logo Design Contest in a Flash
by Pete Prestipino
Start a Logo Design Contest in a Flash
Perhaps one of the most important parts of any brand is their logo. Getting the right logo however - one that ...
Delay Loading of Images (In Long Pages)
by Pete Prestipino
Delay Loading of Images (In Long Pages)
If you're a reader of Website Magazine's Design & Development Digest you are well aware of our affinity ...
Drop Shadow (Layer Effect in Photoshop)
by Pete Prestipino
Drop Shadow (Layer Effect in Photoshop)
Drop shadows are a useful effect that can be achieved in Photoshop (or GIMP), adding a certain 2.0'ness to ...
Rethinking the Use of Pre-Structured Design
by Pete Prestipino
Rethinking the Use of Pre-Structured Design
Leveraging Design Templates for Power Marketing In a perfect world, website and domain owners would be able ...
The LA Times' User-Centric Redesign
by Michael Phillips
The LA Times' User-Centric Redesign
Newspapers, by and large, are beginning to embrace their online readership rather than fight the transition. ...
Designing & Building Websites Your Clients Can Edit
by Pete Prestipino
Designing & Building Websites Your Clients Can Edit
What is every web designer's worst nightmare? The answer is probably "Internet Explorer 6," but that ...
Five PPC Landing Page Design Trends
by Pete Prestipino
Five PPC Landing Page Design Trends
If you are paying for clicks, you must ensure that the landing page where consumers end up post-click can ...
Photofolio: Web Design Portfolio
by Pete Prestipino
Photofolio: Web Design Portfolio
I've been on the lookout for more solutions for Web designers and creative types like photographers ...
Create Background Images with Repper
by Pete Prestipino
Create Background Images with Repper
The following web design/graphic design tool should be immediately bookmarked and shared with your ...
Emerging Design Trends On The Web
by Pete Prestipino
Emerging Design Trends On The Web
Web design neither stands still nor waits for technical innovations before evolving new approaches. The best ...
Emerging Trends in Web Design
by Aaron Kupferberg
Emerging Trends in Web Design
12 Exciting Ways That Web Design Has Evolved Web design neither stands still nor waits for technical ...
Learn Graphic Design; Yes, You Can
by Pete Prestipino
Learn Graphic Design; Yes, You Can
Entertainment media institution Full Sail University announced a new Graphic Design Bachelor of Science ...
Design Portfolio Software for Web Designers
by Pete Prestipino
Design Portfolio Software for Web Designers
A web designer once told me that despite how much clients always appreciated her work, she was never actually ...
Web Design: Use Cufon For Text Replacement
by Pete Prestipino
Web Design: Use Cufon For Text Replacement
Back in March we discussed how to use FLIR (Facelift Image Replacement) as one way to replace text and use ...
Use Any Darn Font You Want FLIR
by Pete Prestipino
Use Any Darn Font You Want FLIR
Do you remember that designer who told you there was simply no way you could use Calibri as the font for your ...
Quickly Create a Quality Logo Without Photoshop or a Designer
by Michael Phillips
Quickly Create a Quality Logo Without Photoshop or a Designer
Every successful website needs a logo, but creating a logo without a dedicated designer can be difficult. ...
Psychology of Design
by Pete Prestipino
Psychology of Design
There are few things more important to a successful website than its design. In many respects, it's the ...
10 Practical Prototype Extensions for Designers & Developers
by Pete Prestipino
10 Practical Prototype Extensions for Designers & Developers
You might have noticed that Website Magazine routinely features interesting jQuery plugins. There are options ...
Designing Better Add-To-Cart Buttons
by Pete Prestipino
Designing Better Add-To-Cart Buttons
More than any other group of Web professionals, Internet retailers spend the most time focusing on individual ...
Designer Friendly Pricing for Cross Browser Testing
by Pete Prestipino
Designer Friendly Pricing for Cross Browser Testing
Designers and developers struggle with cross browser testing, as there are so many possible variations that ...
TOP50 Web Design and Development Resources
by Peter Devereaux
TOP50 Web Design and Development Resources
Those responsible (and reliant) on advertising and marketing budgets aren't the only ones feeling the effects ...
Firefox Extensions for Web Developers and Designers
by Pete Prestipino
Firefox Extensions for Web Developers and Designers
While Google's Chrome has yet to roll-out the inevitable onslaught of extensions, Firefox has loads ready for ...
SuCasa: Design Marketplace
by Pete Prestipino
SuCasa: Design Marketplace
Web designers often work in a vacuum, but it doesn't have to be that way. WebAssist, makers of ecommerce and ...
Five Adobe Air Apps Designers Can't Live Without
by Pete Prestipino
Five Adobe Air Apps Designers Can't Live Without
You might have heard about Adobe Air but chances are you're not using it as a means to improve your ...
jQuery Design: Pan & Cross Fade Animations
by Pete Prestipino
jQuery Design: Pan & Cross Fade Animations
If you want a little more activity in your images, look no further than CrossSlide, a jQuery plugin which ...
Round Corners in Photoshop
by Pete Prestipino
Round Corners in Photoshop
Using round corners on images seems to be the norm these days for designers. The sleek appearance is a sought ...
2008 Web Design Trends
by Peter Devereaux
2008 Web Design Trends
by Mike Sauce, Horizon Interactive Awards As the 2008 Horizon Interactive Awards competition comes to a close ...
Web Design Agreements : Issues for Web Designers
by Pete Prestipino
Web Design Agreements : Issues for Web Designers
By Jeffrey Cohen In the May, 2008 print issue of Website Magazine, Internet Litigators' Jeffrey Cohen ...
Photoshop Express - Free Online Version Available
by Peter Devereaux
Photoshop Express - Free Online Version Available
Don't have the budget for the latest full-featured version of Photoshop? Adobe has taken the cue from the ...
CSS Design - Fixed, Fluid or Elastic Design
by Pete Prestipino
CSS Design - Fixed, Fluid or Elastic Design
Among designers, there is an ongoing debate about which cascading style sheets (CSS) layout works best - ...
Practical Design & Development Solutions - Volume 1
by Pete Prestipino
Practical Design & Development Solutions - Volume 1
As a website owner, you have a particular vision of how your site should look and function. However, trying ...
Maintaining Site Design While Earning From Ad Content
by Pete Prestipino
Maintaining Site Design While Earning From Ad Content
Written by Tiffany M. Guarnaccia, Searchfeed.com Webmasters often perfect the sensory and conceptual design ...
Mastering Trends in Design and Development
by Pete Prestipino
Mastering Trends in Design and Development
By Peter Prestipino Curious about what technologies and techniques are going to be popular in the coming ...
Web Design Roundtable
by Pete Prestipino
Web Design Roundtable
Whether publishing a newsletter, managing an online business or working as an affiliate, a well designed site ...
Ecommerce Design: Supermarket Style
by Peter Devereaux
Ecommerce Design: Supermarket Style
Every weekend I grab my list and my keys and drive to the neighborhood grocery store. I'm never alone in this ...