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Monday, May 10th, 2010
There are templates for everything it seems these days. From website templates, WordPress templates, business card templates, what have you. Designing these types of templates can prove to be a profitable stream of passive income for a talented and dedicated designer. And while I don’t have a problem with templates in and of themselves, I do, however, have a problem with how they are used. Sometimes.
Legitimate Uses
Templates serve a need, to be sure. The need, usually, is to quickly get a decent looking site/blog whatever up with minimal thought,planning, or budget. For people on a short timeline and a shoestring budget I can see how using a template can be an attractive option. For these website owners templates serve an immediate need and I think that this use is completely valid. (more…)
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A case for Photoshop
Friday, April 16th, 2010
I’ve been seeing a lot of articles being published these days on whether or not to use a graphics program, like Photoshop or Fireworks, to design mockup of a website. The new trend seems to be going towards designing in browser using mostly markup and skipping Photoshop all together. There have been lots of great articles written by some really good designers who subscribe to this technique (This one is especially good). (more…)
Tags: Photoshop, Web Design
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Collection of Organic Web Designs
Wednesday, April 14th, 2010
While doing research for any given design project I come across some amazing stuff. Below is a collection of some of the best designs I came across that had an organic/natural look to them. Some of them are incredibly intricate, while others more simple and minimal. All, in my opinion, are fantastic. Enjoy!
Beerenberg
Tags: Natural, Organic, Web Design
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Don’t Abandon Your Site.
Friday, April 2nd, 2010
There’s a saying that goes a little something like this: “A website is never complete, only abandoned”. This statement is becoming more true as time goes on. Back in the early days of the web it was quite normal to put up your table based website with a bunch of info on your business or endeavor, and call it done. Much like a print brochure. These days, that is a poor strategy in many ways.
With the arrival of the blog and many different content management systems, it is quite easy for a website owner to add valuable content to their site regularly. Valuable, fresh content is what the internet is all about. Users are searching for fresh information in your area of expertise every day. It would be a shame not to take advantage of the many options that you have when you own a website. (more…)
Tags: Business, Content, Web promotion
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