Five Useful Design Sites for Creating Content
Not all of us are gifted designers or even have an inkling as to how to design anything, let alone gorgeous content. Never fear, here are five sites that will help you design content online and for free! More ...
The Web Design Process In Layman's Terms
The web design process is a six-phase process. This is the roadmap designers use to build websites. This document is a description of each of the six phases in terms that are simple and easy to understand. More ...
What is Metadata?
Definition, description, and examples of metadata. More ...
Five Ways to Give Your Web Site a Big-Company Look and Feel
If you want to attract high quality clients and customers, and convey that you're a legitimate, credible, and sought-after business, these five points are a great launching pad to give your site that big company look and feel. More ...
Ten Tips for Choosing a Good Domain Name
What makes a good domain name? Well, it's a subjective issue, of course, but here are ten tips to point you in the right direction. 1. Good domain names are easily memorable and easily typed. Generally this means keeping them short. More ...
How to Create an Effective Navigation Structure for Your Site
Good site design means a good navigation structure for your web site. This means the visitor can find the information with ease. Put yourself in the shoes of your Grandmother. Would she quickly and effortlessly be able to find the information she wants? More ...
Copyright Law - Fair Use
A important consideration about fair use is the copyright owner does not need to be and should not be asked for permission. Why? By asking permission you are, in a small way, weakening the law. More ...
Big Data Cloud Providers
Cloud providers come in all shapes and sizes and offer many different products for big data. Some of the cloud providers that can be used for big data include Amazon, ATT, GoGrid, Joyent, Rackspace, IBM, and Verizon. More ...
Proposals, Contracts, and Getting Paid
Your time is money. The reality of any design business, or service business in general, is that you must pay as much attention to the business end of your efforts as you do to the service end. More ...
Five Ways to Enhance Your Website User Experience
Never put before flashy visuals and fancy design before functionality. In order for a website to succeed it needs to have great content and an easily accessible design that people will find familiar. More ...
Excuse Me, May I Borrow Your Passwords?
The web site password authentication process is chock full of security flaws. And wherever there are security flaws, there are scads of both real and wannabe hackers trying to exploit them. More ...
A Day in the Life of a UX (User Experience) Designer
User Experience design comes down to sticking to a process. And the best process that I've found for problem solving is a process I learned way back in design school - it's called the I-D-E-A-T-E Design Loop. More ...
