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10 Things Clients Look For In a Design Portfolio
By Thursday Bram There’s no formula for a perfect portfolio. There’s no format that’s guaranteed to land you clients, as long as you follow it. However, there are ...
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Everything You Need to Know About Image Compression
Proper use of image compression can make a huge difference in the appearance and size of your website image files. But compression is an often-misunderstood topic, partly because ...
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An Explosion of Adobe Fireworks Resources
An often overlooked member of the Adobe Creative Suite is Adobe Fireworks. This application software can be used to create vectors, design application interfaces, digital artwork, and ...
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Tips for Coding and Designing Usable Web Forms
By Louis Lazaris The web form has been one of the most discussed elements in web design for more than ten years now. We can’t help it. Call-to-action functionality often leads ...
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Fantastic Information Architecture and Data Visualization Resources
Information architecture can be a daunting subject for designers who’ve never tried it before. Also, creating successful infographics and visualizations takes skill and practice, ...
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7 Must-See Web Design Videos and Presentations
By Louis Lazaris Not many of us will have the opportunity to attend or participate in a live web-related event, conference, or presentation. But that doesn’t mean we can’t ...
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Data Tables In Modern Web Design
By Matt Cronin Being able to organize data and information is a skill not to be overlooked. The way you organize content and text, generally referred to as copy, has a direct effect on ...
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CSS Techniques I Wish I Knew When I Started Designing Websites
CSS is the best thing to happen to the web since Tim Berners-Lee. It's simple, powerful, and easy to use. But even with all its simplicity, it hides some important capabilities. Ask ...
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A Gold Mine of Adobe Illustrator Resources
By Melissa Scroggins What could be better than striking gold? How about a huge list of Adobe Illustrator resources? For many designers, a list of resources to help finish those design ...
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The Smashing Book: Buy Yours Now!
If you are interested in web design and web-development, you’ve got to buy the brand new Smashing Book. Created by the editorial team of Noupe and developed together with the ...
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Usability Testing Toolkit: Resources, Articles, and Techniques
Usability is paramount in creating a good website or web app. If your site isn’t user-friendly, the majority of visitors won’t come back, regardless of how good your content ...
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Web Design Trends: Testimonials Design
Testimonials from happy clients are an important part of any service business’s website, lending trustworthiness and experience to a business. Showing those testimonials in their ...
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Ultimate Guide To Grid-Based Web Design: Techniques and Tools
Grid-based layouts are generally more aesthetically pleasing and balanced than those not based on grids. While there are definitely great designs out there that don’t use a ...
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Essential CSS/HTML Lists Styling Techniques
Certain elements in HTML lend themselves to many situations when marking up a website, one of the more useful of these elements is the HTML list. Using lists, a developer can markup ...
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The Future Of The Web: Where Will We Be In Five Years?
We’re approaching the end of 2009, and many people are wondering what the future will bring. While no one can predict for sure what the Internet holds in its future, there are ...
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80 Stunning Background Patterns For Your Websites
We are always attracted to the outstanding design, layout or content when we click in a website, but seldom of us would notice the textures and patterns that are used. If there are only ...