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: [...]
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. By using online [...]
I’ve posted a few articles recently about making a child theme in Genesis for WordPress as I “filmed” almost the entire process of a client website creation. Here I’m going to put all the videos together and run through the process from beginning to end. I start off with a mock-up of the home page [...]
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 editors Photoshop [...]
There has never been a better time to start a web design business. Although the western world’s economy is stagnant and demand flat the opportunities for entrepreneurs are enormous. If you have a passion and love for the internet, you can do it. You don’t need a lot (in fact you just need a laptop, [...]
Blindingly obvious opening statement: clients are very important to your business. Not only are they your number one source of income, but also more than half of your new business will come from existing clients and recommendations from them. I disagree with a lot of advice about client relationship management: “phone them up all the [...]
This is a guest post from Bailey Digger about the realities of web design in challenging economic times. Some jobs are recession-proof while others suffer more when the economy is bad. Web design is not an essential service but there are several reasons why it can be considered recession-proof: Web designers can seek work in [...]
Google estimates there are over 1 trillion (as in 1,000,000,000,000) unique web pages on the web and there are an estimated 7.3 million new ones added every day – but don’t let these figures overwhelm you, you found me. My website was set up with only a few dollars and a bit of common sense. [...]
6 years ago I was typesetting company reports, trying not to look at the clock to see how soon I could go home. Now I work from home and every time I look at the clock I marvel at how quickly time passes! I have managed to cross-over from being a print designer and artworker [...]
10 years ago I had a big problem. I was a print designer but I loved the internet and desperately wanted to work with it. I wanted a software package that would let me mess around with drag-and-drop functionality and when I was ready I could click “GO” and miraculously produce perfect code. I was [...]
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