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How to Make Your Website Better

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 [...]

Promote Your Web Design Business With Article Marketing

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 [...]

5 Important Functions All Websites Should Include In Their Design

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 [...]

How to Use Joomla to Design Your Website

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 [...]

HostUCan Delivers Simple To Use “Hosting Relevancy” Tool

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 [...]

ManageWP Plugin: Easily Control Many Sites Under One Dashboard [Review]

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 From Split Testing, Page Optimization and Monitoring

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 [...]

Tools for Bloggers

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 [...]

Friday Focus 03/25/11: Sassy Sliders

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

Logo Design That Doesn’t Suck

Logo design is by far one of the most important things to ‘get right’ when setting up a professional image for your company. But, unfortunately, it’s also one of the most overlooked. Even companies who hire out their logo design often cut corners and hire the cheapest designer they can find, and it usually shows. [...]

5 Games to Improve Your Skills

Playing these games can make you a better developer. Really!

Friday Focus 05/22/09: Headshots

Don’t laugh! Don’t think it’s anything morbid, either! Let’s see how this week’s websites have made use of people’s heads as part of their designs.