Introduction Responsive web design is the development approach that creates a single design using a flexible grid that allows websites to shrink or grow depending on the size of the device they are being accessed with. Mobile internet users are expected to grow from 800 million to 1.9 billion by 2015, which means businesses that do not optimize their websites[…]
Let’s face it, stock photography is easy to over-do. All too often we pick the exact same photos, especially if they are from an inexpensive or free site. Nowadays I usually try to create or draw my own graphics but that can be time consuming. If you’re like me and don’t have a professional camera and your client often is[…]
Twitter.com is currently rolling out a redesign! The new design brings their website in line with their mobile app offerings for IOS and Android. It appears the navigational elements remain the same and that the most important changes are colours. It also seems like the site is just a little bit wider than before. Overall the new colours reflect a[…]
The experiences of working as a design contractor for a boutique (small) advertising company and a large ad agency differ greatly. Surprisingly, they are both so different that it is tough to pick which one I prefer. Here are some of my thoughts on each, and you can decide what might work best for your style and schedule. Boutique Advertising[…]
The days of wowing website visitors with flash animations and 3-D buttons are long gone, as many designers focus on giving consumers the clean, information-centric sites they want. Simplicity is more important than ever for today’s designer, who is challenged to create pages that display on a variety of screen sizes. The drive toward flat design means graphic designers have[…]
As a UI designer, WordPress provided me with an intelligent content management system that allows designers who do not know much about coding to build a full functional websites. Although there are many WordPress themes on the Internet, few of them have professional layout and user-friendly design. Template Monster is one of the most reliable layout and website template providers[…]
We all know the WordPress is a business driven and high on performance, easy maintenance content management system for handling a website. From a business point of view, WordPress is the best system to own a website with, owing to its ease of use, wide stretch extensibility provided by plugins, and an extensive assortment of visually appealing and enticing WordPress[…]
No matter what type of website you run, it is likely that there is a WordPress plug-in to make it much more powerful. Some of the plug-ins are relatively simple and add small features that make your website more attractive or slightly more useful. Others add interactive features that would likely cost you quite a bit of money to have[…]
Irrespective of how small or big your website is, it is important that security plugins should be installed for your website. They may not be enough to provide the ultimate security for your website, but they may provide a strong and secure front line. Security plugins are definitely required for all those sites that make use of the credit card[…]
jQuery slider is based on jQuery library of JavaScript routines that makes it easier to write HTML code on the client side of a web application. It is used by most popular websites, making jQuery the most popular JavaScript library as of 2012. jQuery is often used to make image slideshows, also known as sliders. These applications allow the user[…]
