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Coding Like It’s 1999: My Favorite Tools for Email Testing

Coding Like It’s 1999: My Favorite Tools for Email Testing

I wrote a post about HTML email testing over at the Reachably Blog. Check it out! [...]

November 20, 2012 Nicole Dominguez Blogging, Web Design 0

How to Reset MySQL Servers in MAMP

How to Reset MySQL Servers in MAMP

Preface for those who don’t know what MAMP is: It’s a server that lives on your mac. It runs dynamic scripts, like WordPress, etc. on your local machine. (XAMPP for Windows and MAMP) for Mac. Sometimes in MAMP, the MySQL server decides not to start. I’ve concluded that this is a result of using the [...]

June 16, 2012 Nicole Dominguez Tutorials, Web Design, Web Development 0

My Experiences and Honest Review of InMotion Hosting

My Experiences and Honest Review of InMotion Hosting

I have been building and running websites of all kinds for many years now, as some of you may know. With this, I have experimented with many different web hosts over time. Some have been awful, yet some of them have been really great! Today I am going to share my experiences with InMotion Hosting [...]

June 8, 2011 Nicole Dominguez Business, Web Design, Web Development 3

5 Reasons Websites Should Borrow a Page from Print Designers

5 Reasons Websites Should Borrow a Page from Print Designers

Print is so last century, Right? Not always the case. There are reasons why print magazines and newspapers continue to sell. Some of them might be personal inertia and the slow penetration of electronic publication. However, a glossy print magazine still has a strong appeal. How can a website designer take the good parts of [...]

June 3, 2011 Nicole Dominguez Design, Web Design 0

Principles of Minimalistic Web Design

Principles of Minimalistic Web Design

You’ve no doubt heard the well-worn expression, “Less is more”. With the rapid growth of E-commerce and the increased importance of an Internet presence, effective web design is all the more relevant when it comes to online success. For a time, the predominant trend in mainstream web design revolved around increasingly complex pages. More Flash, [...]

May 1, 2011 Nicole Dominguez Tutorials, Web Design 4

Are You Missing Out By Not Using WordPress?

Are You Missing Out By Not Using WordPress?

Wordpress. If you have even step foot in the realm of blogging, then you’re sure to have heard of it. This little machine composed of gears ran by PHP power more than 25 million of the worlds blogs. Not only is WordPress as itself robust, there are millions of themes and plugins to make your [...]

April 23, 2011 Nicole Dominguez Resources, Web Design, Web Development 0

The One Lesson My Mother Has Ever Taught Me About Web Design

The One Lesson My Mother Has Ever Taught Me About Web Design

Back in the day, I was experimenting with my style, still finding myself design wise. I was rockin' that '10px really tiny text' look. This phase lasted for a while. After all, it was my site and my visitors were around my age, therefore they could read tiny text! Not to mention, that's what was [...]

November 21, 2010 Nicole Dominguez Tutorials, Web Design 3

What your Website's Design Says About You

What your Website's Design Says About You

For many, the first impression of your website can say a lot about the kind of person you are. After all, that's all we really have to show people who we are online. For example, if you are labeling yourself as a designer in your portfolio, but use (or buy) a template, what does that [...]

October 19, 2010 Nicole Dominguez Web Design 2

The Many Seen and Unseen Faces of SoDevious – The Finale

The Many Seen and Unseen Faces of SoDevious – The Finale

Alright guys, this mini-series has come to a close. Here are the last of the looks that SoDevious has sported in recent times. I hope you enjoy them! They really do bring back some memories for me. [...]

October 7, 2010 Nicole Dominguez Design, Web Design 0

The Many Seen and Unseen Faces of SoDevious – Part 2

The Many Seen and Unseen Faces of SoDevious – Part 2

Alright folks, here's part two! I hope that you are enjoying these as much as I am. As promised, here is the image that our favicon came from! [...]

September 9, 2010 Nicole Dominguez Design, Web Design 6