10 years ago I had a big problem. I was a print designer but I loved the web 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 … [Read more...]
Essentials of great blog post design
Blogs are, in my opinion, the easiest and best way to get stuff on the web. With a blog you can publish constantly updated information about yourself, your company or your interests to the world. And what makes it even better is that this information is chronologically ordered and categorized for … [Read more...]
Why web designers should learn code
Back in the olden days just after Al Gore invented the internet, designers designed and programmers programmed. The web was full of slow good-looking sites that didn't do much and useful busy sites that, frankly, looked like a dog's dinner. But every year since then more and more fantastically … [Read more...]
I need a website designer and developer – what do I do?
Enter "web designer" in a search engine you will be confronted with thousands of results – how do you know which one to choose? What sort of website to you want to create? Web developers love jargon as they like to give your site a label. So is the site commercial (an e-commerce or affiliate … [Read more...]
Creating an interactive PDF eBook in InDesign
E-books are nothing short of a phenomenon on the internet. And it's not difficult to see why: http://youtu.be/cW1rpyGFsoc They're cheap to create and distribute; they give ordinary people the opportunity to express themselves; they are an outstanding marketing tool - taking on a life of their own … [Read more...]
Some tips on designing logos with Adobe Illustrator
Designing logos are the ultimate challenge for the graphic designer and there is nothing simple about doing them. The logo is the first and most important visual cue of a company or brand. Logos (usually) should be simple, compact and of one or two colors. Because you have less to play with, it's … [Read more...]
Cloud commuting and graphic designers
Cloud computing is a term usually used to describe the proliferation of resources and services accessed through the internet. These resources (for example, Google maps; Google docs; Google Analytics; Wordpress.com; online Adobe applications; your website host) in fact, any online service that … [Read more...]
How to market yourself #7: How to write and design a WordPress page or post
Constantly updated quality content is the mainstay of any website or blog. I have already described how to set up a WordPress.org blog and what to write about when you have one. Here,s the "how to" for those new-ish to WordPress... There are three things to remember when you are writing: Make … [Read more...]
How to market yourself #5: How to optimize your WordPress site for search engines
This is the fifth in the series where I explain how an individual or small or medium sized organization can get themselves noticed in the big bad world. Other installments explained how to set up a web site from scratch, how to install WordPress and what to write on your site. Before we … [Read more...]
How to market yourself #4: What to write in your blog or website
So you've got your WordPress blog set up and you are just starting to write – what you do? Words are, in my opinion, the most important thing on a website. This is because the search engine robots that crawl the web every day can pretty much "read" what you've written, but they can't look at your … [Read more...]
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