Let’s face it. There are a lot of us out there: freelance designers trying to make a dollar and gain experience at the same time. Freelance designing is wonderful but the market is so saturated that we often lack what we need to stand out from the crowd. Below you will find 10 tips on how to become more successful as a freelance graphic or web designer.
Came acroos an article over at onextrapixel, that they put together in a cool way, relating the seven deadly sins, into design. Which I thought was great humor and interesting article. No one is free from committing sin. The best we can do is to do our utmost to control ourselves from committing the same sins over and over again. There is no shame is making mistakes, only shame in repeating those same mistakes knowingly. Here they are below read carefully!! Read more
Like the movie, many business owners today still believe this statement to be true for their own website. “If we build it, they will come”. There was a time when this may have been true, however, those days are gone. According to a recent Netcraft report that suggests there are approximately 240,000,000 websites and blogs in existence and growing rapidly daily. This means extreme competition for the eyes and minds of the people you want to see your site and buy your product or service.
The most basic goal of any website is to generate targeted and motivated traffic. Doing this requires an ongoing digital marketing plan. So where do I start?
Whether you are just beginning the design and development of a new site, or are wondering why my existing web site is not generating the leads you were hoping for, these 8 tips are sure to provide the ground work that will help increase targeted traffic to your site. Read more
By using the jQuery Color plugin, you can animate colours. Simply use the animate() function from jQuery to have colours fade to another colour. When using this technique, combined with some CSS3 feautures (rounded corners and drop shadow), you can create a Colourful rating system. Rating systems are used a lot on websites, for example to rate how good a certain product, article or comment is. Check the great work at marcofolio his idea, by making it more visually attractive.
create a Colourful rating system with jquery color plugin
