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Tips and Tricks to Improve Your JavaScript’s SEO

May 1, 2018 by Alex Fox

JavaScript usage can have a surprising impact on SEO. But how? As you probably know, basic web crawlers are pretty dumb. They just read through the text files associated with your domain, following links and trawling through your code. But they can’t really “see” the website: only the code that comprises it. As a result, […]

Filed Under: Resources Tagged With: howto, javascript, seo

Best PHP Books, Courses and Tutorials in 2017

November 8, 2017 by Alex Fox

best php books 2017

While JavaScript has gained popularity for animation and interaction, PHP still rules the server-side scripting world. Developers with strong PHP skills are more competitive in the job market, and can build better sites with improved user experiences. If you want to freshen up your PHP skills or get started with the language from scratch, you […]

Filed Under: PHP Tagged With: howto, php, web design, web development

Copyright, Creative Commons and Licensing For Web Developers

October 18, 2017 by Alex Fox

What is copyright? Very few people outside the creative industry have a strong or accurate understanding of copyright law. Let’s review some copyright basics, from the ground up. What is copyright? Copyright occurs as soon as an idea is “fixed in a tangible medium.” It does not require registration or a fee. The moment you […]

Filed Under: Tutorial Tagged With: copyright, howto, web development

15 Best Design Books for Learning to Make Website Textures, Icons, and More

July 2, 2015 by Jake Rocheleau

The craft of web design is often overlooked as easy – as if anyone could pick it up & learn. In some ways this is true: anyone can learn to be a great web designer. But it’s not easy and nobody just picks up web design in a few weeks. To learn the intricate details […]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: graphic design, howto, icon design, photoshop, web design

Best Online Courses for Teaching Yourself New Design Skills

April 8, 2015 by Jake Rocheleau

Keeping up with modern skillsets is crucial if you want to succeed as a designer. All skills should be on the table from Adobe software to icon design and even RoR development. Unfortunately it can be difficult to learn all of this stuff from books and it’s not always viable to sign up for classes. […]

Filed Under: Resources Tagged With: howto, learning, online, tutorials, videos

How To Use Balanced Symmetry in Web Design

March 12, 2015 by Jake Rocheleau

Professional designers incorporate many different ideas related to composition. One of the lesser-discussed but vitally important ideas relates to symmetry. This is the process of adjusting page elements so that they align in exactly equal parts. Creating a layout using balanced symmetry aligns certain elements together into groups. There is also value in using asymmetry […]

Filed Under: Design Tagged With: howto, symmetry, tips, web design

Pragmatic Routines for Improving your Digital Design Skillset

February 17, 2015 by Jake Rocheleau

Featured image source The proverbial idea that “practice makes perfect” seems quite sensible. If you continue to practice a certain skillset you’ll eventually master the process and improve much quicker. But practice doesn’t just mean doing the same stuff over and over. To improve at design requires a routine or method of practicing which every-so-often […]

Filed Under: Work Tagged With: howto, illustrator, photoshop, tips

Important Tips for Crafting a Fresh Website Redesign

January 16, 2015 by Jake Rocheleau

The practice of web design is not just about crafting something out of nothing. Many times you’ll work with clients or personal projects that already have a foundation, but just need an overhaul. Every stage of the design process is similar but requires a different level of detail. In order to structure a new concept […]

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Tips for Planning a Lean Versatile User Experience

October 24, 2014 by Jake Rocheleau

A typical user experience design focuses on many factors that you might not initially consider. Interacting with a website or mobile app is a two-fold process – the user performs some action like a click or swipe, and the interface responds accordingly. This is the general nature of user experience design. The question is how […]

Filed Under: UX Tagged With: howto, ux design, web design

Simple Ideas to Improve Web Design Mockups

October 17, 2014 by Jake Rocheleau

The process of designing a full website layout comes in many stages. First is sometimes procrastination followed by sketching or writing down ideas. Then after getting frustrated and trashing all those ideas the process will repeat until a usable concept is born. At this point most designers will move on to actually designing a full […]

Filed Under: Photoshop Tagged With: Design, howto, mockups, photoshop

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