Having a slick, speedy website is a must in today’s world of instant gratification. Have you ever clicked a link to a site and, because of poor loading times, clicked back and chosen to go somewhere else? This is a common phenomenon and can have a seriously negative impact on a site’s bounce rate. Add […]
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Web Safe Fonts Use of web fonts is most important and common with evolving web designs. They are really interesting to play around with but must match the look and feel of the website, the color and the content. Simple styles can be added a natural touch of dash with color and stylization which can really help
Tips for Web Designers There is no doubt that good web design takes creative ability and reasonably good programming skills, and there is no shortage of truly stunningly attractive websites. But an important aspect of web design that is often overlooked is usability. The sad reality is that sometimes the most attractive sites are the most difficult
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CSS List Menus At one time, most websites had simple text links. Even an experienced web designer would, at best, organize some type of simple text list or table for their menu. If they wanted something more fancy (i.e. mouseover effects or image backgrounds) the only way to accomplish it was with an external plugin,
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Most businesses these days have realised how important a platform the internet is when it comes to business success. As such, more and more businesses are developing and using business websites alongside more traditional methods of marketing their business. However, there is little point in spending time and money on creating a website if you
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Adobe Flash Player has been around for over a decade and has become the unofficial standard medium for delivering animation and streaming video. Many individuals have challenged its effectiveness, but no challenges have been taken as seriously as Apple’s. Steve Jobs has made it clear that Apple has no intentions of running Flash on their iPhone or iPad. As we
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If working for yourself has always appealed to you, and you have web programming skills you can put to good use, you might be thinking about setting up your freelance business. The good news is that this field is profitable. The bad news, however, is that you will need to start off without any reputation and
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Design is crucial to the success of your website, and the color scheme you choose is one of the most important elements. As the decision for which color scheme to use can be difficult, there are many tools available to help you develop your site’s color palette. Here are our top 10 favorites. 1. Color
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The biggest nightmare for a website owner is that his site is not loading up fast or is not cross browser compatible, because slow websites take up more maintenance and drive away visitors. According to researches and survey results the page loading time is very important aspect of the user experience. If a website takes
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Last week, we learned the basic structure of Joomla templates, how they interact with Joomla’s backend, and how to make a very basic template. Now that you have basic template creation mastered, you will most likely want to make a full template that can actually function on a website and give you all of the flexibility
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