Today we’re looking at designs that don’t shy away from a broad color palette and completely embrace the rainbow. Happy Friday Focus!

Most childhood obsessions are more or less grown out of once puberty hits. Toys and hopscotch make way for boys and parties, hanging out with friends and the latest pop band to take the charts. Then real life slowly begins and we start to fall for the boring grown up entertainment venues we never understood, [...]

Here’s a nice little trick to try out today: grab a discount to help boost your design and development arsenal! Shopping for real-world stuff comes easy enough; e.g. if I wanted to explore the great outdoors I’d hunt down some Cabelas Coupons and check out some adventurous vacation ideas. But looking for software and service [...]

There are lots of people out there who “think” they have a great website that is super impressive to each and every visitor. Many of those people would be wrong. The good news is there is plenty that can be done to fix this problem. The most typical error is trying too hard. Too many [...]

The rise of the internet has led to many people going into business for themselves. If you have had training in web design, setting up your own business designing websites for budding young companies can be a great way to make a living. Of course, every now and then you will need to do some [...]

A webmaster can build the most beautiful website on the planet, brand the site to perfection and offer great content, however if their site is missing key components for success the site is likely to fail or in the least not reach its full potential. By taking the time to incorporate five “must have” functions [...]

When choosing a CMS (content management system), it is best to use one that has good reviews and is widely utilized throughout the web design industry. Joomla is one such service and is particularly well known for being easy to learn for beginners. If you want to get to grips with Joomla for designing web [...]

With thousands of web hosting providers to choose from it can be quite the headache to choose which hosting provider will best suit your needs. HostUCan attempts to solve that problem with their “hosting relevancy” tool which allows users to search hosting providers by name while checking user reviews, uptime and other information relevant to [...]

I’m not a fan of WordPress Multisite functionality, I’ve always found the system to be clunky, confusing for new users and constantly in need of tweaking, that’s why I was happy to test out ManageWP from developer Vlad Prelovac. Not only is the system not clunky, it makes adding new websites, managing plugins and themes and [...]

Internet Marketing Optimization isn’t a simple process, users can’t simply pick and choose a smart tag line, throw it up on Google Adwords and other publisher platforms and hope for the best, instead it requires split testing of ads, clearly targeted website pages that draw in a users attention and the constant monitoring of old [...]

Blogging has become a time consuming professional job. Long gone are the days that blogs where kept part time or as a hobby. If you write a lot for one or different weblogs, it is essential to have to the right tools to keep organized and work fast. Having a standard work-flow is essential and [...]

This week’s Friday Focus features designs that use smart, stunning slideshow techniques that are sure to inspire you. Take some notes!