Responsive web design is undoubtedly a hot topic in web design right now. To some degree, the popularity of the concept of responsive web design is well deserved because site users are increasingly ...

Details make a world of difference when distinguishing between ordinary and extraordinary.

A luxury car may have the same number of wheels, seats, windows and doors as a traditional vehicle, but what sets it apart from the competition is the time spent on the details. Heated leather seats, a push-to-start eng...

At the end of the day, the quality of a web design can only really be measured quantitatively in the results it brings a site. As the...

We all have personalities, and no one is exactly like another. Our relationships and memories are built on our interaction with other people.

Like every person, web designers have unique and intriguing personalities. But even with the clearly obvious level of impact our personality has in our lives and our wor...

In 1991, a groundbreaking and forever influential album was released by a then-unknown band called Nirvana, led by guitarist and lead singer Kurt Cobain. When that album appeared on the music scene, it was during a time when rock music was, in many respects, dead. Not to say that rock albums weren't selling; for abo...

I am a big fan of Twitter. I consider it the one tool that helped me develop from a person who simply knew how to make websites to a web designer because the exposure to fantastic designers, tutorials, recommended readings, and impressive examples helped me build my desig...

Something that is overlooked by a lot of web designers and developers is what is actually involved in the deployment of a website; the process when you've finished developing the site, tested to make sure it works, and are ready to push it to a live web server.

In a lot of cases, you will be dealing with clien...

Good web design is far more than a beautiful site, it's where art meets an interactive user interface and where, in my opinion, superfluous aesthetics takes a backseat to usability and the user experience.

Ensuring that user interactions are as smooth as possible is good design - don't ever be satisfied with a...

Website redesigns - whether for your own website or clients - seem like exciting and interesting projects. It's challenging to create a new design while retaining the site's existing brand and content. And for most web designers, these types of challenges are motivating.

However, website redesigns are tricky t...

Creating the perfect color palette for each design project can be a time-consuming task. We might settle on a color scheme, only to change our minds five minutes later.

Sometimes we'll feel like we've found a solid set of colors, but don't know how to make them work together in the project we're working on. So...

With an ever-growing variety of browsing situations and platforms that must be supported, the concept of progressive enhancement has become a hot topic of conversation. Put simply, progressive enhancement is the technique of building websites with strong foundations so that it's accessible to the wide range of brows...

Patience is a virtue, but for many, it is often a difficult concept to practice. That is especially true for web users visiting a website that takes a long time to load. Users are enamored with speedy websites, and when a site responds slowly, visitors lose their patience and are less likely to come back.

One of the neatest things I've had the pleasure of experiencing by combining my love for software development and professional blogging is to see how closely tied they are in art, form and function. The marriage couldn't be more copasetic, and I've discovered that they complement each other and I can learn more abou...

Until recently, managing a website required, at the very least, familiarity with HTML. Updating a web page required the ability to work with FTP. Even minor tweaks to the site's design required the client to know CSS (or to have someone on staff with the know-how).

This was just an accepted part of owning a we...

Many websites choose to display a short explanatory text in a prominent position of their web page layouts to inform visitors what the purpose of the site is. This introductory text, when crafted well, can help users quickly decide whether they’re in the right place or not.

A website has mere seconds to ...

The Web is an odd industry to work for when you take the time to think about it. I can't think of many professions where a person's job becomes such a large part of their lifestyle.

The 9-to-5 job is commonplace for the majority of the working population, with few taking their work home with them. Can you imag...

We all should be aware by now that Internet users are impatient when it comes to waiting for a web page to load. Thus, your website's performance and ability to ren...

Since my first attempt in 1996, I have compiled many top-10 lists of the biggest mistakes in Web design. See links to all these lists at the bottom of this article. This article presents the highlights: the very worst mistakes of Web design. (Updated 2011.)

Washington, D.C. - Researchers from the Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) jointly launched today a groundbreaking new online tool called the Materials Project, which operates like a “Google” ...

If you’ve gotten this far in the article then the assumption is that you’re already tracking your visitors. However, if you haven’t yet then scoot on over to google.com/analytics and get some free, reliable tracking. You may already b...

These days, in this trendy world, people get very tense when they find that they don’t look entirely presentable. This also runs true for web design.

Each individual definitely wants their website to look good, and if not, to look the best it possibly can. Below are a few things we should look out for when we ...

If you are planning to set up an online store, then you must try to avoid the mistakes that some online stores tend to make. Most of these mistakes are due to ignorance; or of a failure to recognize Internet as a different media. These mistakes include:

1. Bad navigation: Websites must have a professional appe...

A few years ago, becoming a web page authoring master didn’t require more than knowledge of a few dozen Hypertext Markup Language(HTML) tags, and maybe a modest understanding of scanner and graphics programs to produce a corporate logo image file.

Now though, the investment is bigger. The time where In...

People always want to follow the latest trends, be it fashion, sports,etc. Websites have become a clear necessity to almost everyone. Companies, businesses, individuals, even young adults have created personal websites for themselves with their respective purposes, be it for profit, or for entertainment.

W...

Website templates are very easy to afford and can save you a lot of time and effort when you look to create a new layout for your website. Nevertheless, many people make errors in the process of choosing and making use of a web template and sometimes end up with something that was unlike the image that they first ha...

If you're in the business world, you should know that when someone asks, "What's your website address?" it is important to always have a URL to give. "I don't have one yet" or "I'm working on it" are not good answers. Having a well-designed, well-established, professional looking websit...

Whether your website is a small personal site with just a few pages or a bigger conglomerate website, it is always crucial to have a good design. It is important for your visitors and will determine whether they come back or not. Below are a few tips to help you obtain a good design for your website:

1. Your p...

We get better design when we understand our medium. Yet even at this late cultural hour, many people don't understand web design. Among them can be found some of our most distinguished business and cultural leaders, including a few who possess a profound grasp of design-except as it relates to the web.

Some wh...