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89 Community Sites for Webmasters

Published September 3rd, 2007 in Design

SOCIAL MEDIA SITES FOR WEB DESIGNERS

Dzone – Provides links for developers that members can vote up or down.
Pixel Groovy – A user-controlled tutorial directory.
Sphinn – For search and internet marketing professionals.
CSS Globe – Not a typical social media site where members vote, but rather a site that lets members provide links to relevant articles and [...]

When is it Time for a Re-Design?

Published August 28th, 2007 in Design

Many businesses face the challenge of knowing when they need to invest some money in a re-design of their website. If you’re in this situation, here are 9 ways to tell when it’s time.
1 – Outdated Look
Websites are like anything else, certain styles come and go. If your site was designed several years ago, it [...]

31 Sources of Quality, Free Icons

Published August 26th, 2007 in Design

FREE ICONS from FAM FAM FAM
Many high-quality icons available.

MINI ICONS from BRAND SPANKING NEW
A collection of 19 greyscale 10×10 pixel icons.

RSS ICONS from FEEDICONS.COM
Get the standard, recognizable RSS icons.

300 IMAGES from INTERSMASH.COM
Icons that have been gathered from other websites.

FREE BLOG ICON PACK from graphicPUSH
Some free samples from a larger collection.

FREE ICONS from PIXELPRESSICONS
A color collection [...]

Effectively Testing Your Website in Multiple Browsers

Published August 19th, 2007 in Design

As a website designer you have the ability to create an attractive and functional design. Unfortunately, you do not have the ability to control which internet browsers will be using to view your site. Because each browser behaves differently you will need to test your projects in multiple browsers.
In most cases the variation from one [...]

Getting the Most Out of Your FAQ Page

Published August 8th, 2007 in Design

Frequently Asked Question pages are usually an after-thought when designing a website. They’re sometimes thrown together just to provide some basic information for visitors so they won’t have to email or call for answers. If this is the case, there’s a huge amount of potential that’s being wasting. FAQ pages can be one of the [...]

10 Ways to Design for Impatient Visitors

Published August 7th, 2007 in Design, Uncategorized

In order to increase the chances of your website’s content being read by your visitors, you will need to make a considerable effort to design with their impatience in mind. In this article we’ll quickly look at 10 ways you can prepare your site for impatient visitors. Since I’m assuming your attention span is as [...]

160+ RSS Tools, Tips, Resources and More

Published July 30th, 2007 in Blogging, Design

Articles
Introduction to RSS
What is RSS? RSS Explained
RSS Specifications
RSS 2.0 Specification
History of RSS
35 Ways You Can Use RSS Today
Making Headlines with RSS
The Evolution of RSS
8 Easy Ways to Monetize Your RSS Feed
RSS – Taking it to the People
Creating an RSS Feed – Articles/Tutorials
RSS Tutorial from mnot.net
RSS Tutorial from SiteArticles.com
RSS Utilities: A Tutorial
RSS Tutorial from W3 Schools
RSS [...]

Google’s Supplemental Index: Get Out and Stay Out

Published July 25th, 2007 in Blogging, Design, SEO

Google is by far the most frequently used search engine, so naturally ranking well in Google is important. However, ranking well and maximizing your traffic requires getting and keeping your pages out of the supplemental index.
What is Google’s Supplemental Index?
Google’s goal as a search engine is to provide the user (searcher) with the most relevant [...]

Designing Pages to Load Quickly

Published July 24th, 2007 in Design

No matter how great your website design looks, if it loads too slowly visitors are unlikely to stick around. In this article we look at 12 ways you can decrease the load time of your pages. To see how fast your pages load in comparison to other sites, visit Self SEO. With this free tool [...]

Customize Your Own WordPress Theme

Published July 18th, 2007 in Blogging, Design

An increasing number of businesses and website owners are using blogs as a means of communication with their customers and website visitors. If your business already has a website it is possible to have a blog that matches the look and feel of your existing website without doing a complete re-design and without paying thousands [...]

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