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
Design has always been an integral part of successful websites. Craft a look that communicates your company to your customers and your success increases. Illustrations have the power of boosting a website’s design. These Web illustrations are most successful when they match current trends. By utilizing current trend illustrations in your Web design, you will [...]
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, [...]
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 ‘in’ way back when. Well, every single time I would show my mom a new layout of mine, she wouldn’t hesitate to bring up my ever so tiny text. Eventually, as I transitioned away from Neopets and Graphics sites, I took usability into account. I realized that small text really wasn’t doing anyone a favor (especially my vision).
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 make you? A designer should design his or her website, not use the work of others in their respective repertoires. So, what do others think of this?
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.
Oh wow. I have spent the hour going through all of my old design work. And let me just tell you, SoDevious has had so many changes; it’s amazing. So, today I’ll show you the many seen and unseen (meaning that some of these actually went live and others didn’t) faces that I have given [...]
As a teenager it can sometimes be hard to begin learning something new outside of school because you’ll often have to pay for the learning resources but in this article Andrew highlights 20 FREE resources for learning Web Design. Enjoy!
Landing a respectable job as a web designer has become increasingly difficult as more and more people enter the web design job market. Some people even assert that the web design market is over flooded with designers. Without differentiating yourself from people your age seeking similar jobs, you could easily find yourself in an uncomfortably [...]
