I got an email this week where I was asked how web designers can compete against the large "easy-build" website companies. Well, I don't think there's any competition. Web designers like me cater for a completely different market. The Halo Effect Psychologists have long known about the … [Read more...]
Create a Responsive WordPress Site with Streamline on Genesis
It is becoming more and more of a necessity to have a website that is responsive to smart phones and tablets. Here I'm going to explain about how I created the theme of RobCubbon.com using Streamline on the Genesis framework. The Genesis framework costs $60 and the Streamline theme costs $25 … [Read more...]
Make Your Website Responsive to Mobiles and Tablets
More and more of our online experience is being accessed by handheld devices. Many of us have been stuck with a website of maybe 900 to 1000 pixels wide which smaller devices would reduce in size. The mobile users would have to constantly zoom in and out to access various parts of the site … [Read more...]
How To Teach Yourself Web Design
Yes, it is perfectly possible to teach yourself web design. I asked around this week to see how people managed to acquire the skills and I tried to remember what worked for me. There are three main ways you can teach yourself web design. By doing. People learn by actually creating websites. … [Read more...]
Free Software for Web Designers
There is certainly no need to be daunted by a financial barrier to entry when starting your own web design company. Don't be put off by the price of Photoshop or the whole Creative Suite – there's loads of free software for web designers that can help you keep costs down. Online image … [Read more...]
How to design and code a beautiful web button
The internet is daunting, disorganized and idiosyncratic. Web designers should try to make the user's journey as simple and as pleasant as they can. What's more, there are certain actions that webmasters would like visitors to perform – to go to a page, to submit some information, for example. For … [Read more...]
Creating Content and Experiences People Want
I've only used a gun on one occasion – the results were catastrophic. That sentence has nothing to do with this article, its only purpose was to get your attention. And that second sentence's job was to keep you interested. Once I have got you to read the headline, I have maybe 2 to 3 seconds … [Read more...]
Multilingual Website with WordPress
The internet is a big space but the world is even bigger. Although English is the most widely used language on the internet at the moment, in less than 5 years it will be Chinese. We read in our native language, search in our native language and join social groups who use our native language. Also, … [Read more...]
Small Business Growth – a Web Design Case Study
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had … [Read more...]
How To Sell A Website To A Client
I often get quote requests for websites. The requests vary greatly as well as the way on how to sell a website. Some will be for small sites; some large sites. Some will want a logo; others won't. Some will have a website already they want to improve; others will want a brand new … [Read more...]
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