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Website Creation Simplified: Brief Overview of the Nuts and Bolts By : Tim Whiston
Before you start fiddling around with HTML editors, FTP clients, and Domain registrations, it’s important to have at least a basic understanding of how all this works This Website creation overview gives you an easy to understand look at what the process of building your own Website really involves
Designing an eCommerce site By : Daniel Jowssey
In a recent article I talked about Google AdSense placement based on eye-tracking research. However, research by The Poynter Institute, Eye tools and the Estlow Center for Journalism and New Media has a lot to say about more than where to put an AdSense block.
Upgrading Your Company Website By : Jerry Bader.
Dealing with website development issues can be an overwhelming task There are many things your marketing team must consider, in fact, there are so many things to bear in mind that many of the most important ones never get dealt with, or are buried under competing interests
Information Technology Outsourcing for Companies Desiring Faster Growth By : John N Brown
The article summarizes basic facts surrounding IT outsourcing services and reasons why it has gained popularity and has become a real need for growing companies.
7 CSS Layout Tips By : Christine Anderssen
The most difficult thing to get right with CSS is the layout. Various browser standards add to the complexity and what works in Firefox inevitably does not work in IE. These tips might help you save some man hours!
How To Make Your Website Structurally Sound By : Erin Ferree
You've decided to build a website. Great! Your first step is to determine its structure—the pages you want to include and the information you want provide to visitors. But how to begin? Your first instinct may be to make your site different from everyone else's. After all, trying to differentiate your business is what you've been doing throughout your branding process.
Web Design - How to make your website professional? By : Jyoti Mali
Learn how to make your website look professional so as to attract visitors and to convert visitors into potential customers.
Start Up Website Design By : Christine Anderssen
It is often tempting to spend as little as possible on a website when a company is just starting up. This article reviews the costs that go into a website and points out the pitfalls of going for a too cheap website option.
Web Site Set Up: 3 Tips For Starting Up Right By : Chris Malta & Robin Cowie
Starting an online business is getting easier all the time Whether you’re a current business owner, or a new Internet entrepreneur, there are many terrific eCommerce solution providers that make it simple for you to create a great-looking, low-cost web site that will allow you to instantly connect with countless potential customers
Web Design and SEO: The Eternal Debate By : Mihaela Lica
Web design focuses on appearance and aesthetics. SEO focuses on text quality and quantity. Web designers don't really like to clutter their designs with text. They prefer to see the images stand out on their own. SEOs on the other hand don't like images that much. Sure, an image can be optimized for the search engines by adding relevant alt attributes and titles, but this is not enough for a site to be properly optimized. Page copy still plays the most important role in website optimization.
Don't Get Burned By Web Designers By : Steve Chittenden
There is a serious flaw in the web design industry, and small business owners are especially prone to fall victim to it. The problem is that usually, very little business planning goes into a web site design. Too many web designers are more concerned with selling web design than taking the time to build an effective web site.
Website Design for Small Businesses By : Alex Roderick
Designing for any online business is a vital and serious issue as it says a lot about the business, its owners and product or services. It is the thing which keeps a customer on a website and its easiness compels and convinces him to buy a product. So it’s important to have a professional look.
Test your web site before go live By : Zoran Makrevski
What you should do before to launch your website? Test it, of course. Author of this article Zoran Makrevski, points to the most important details, what you should check on your website and how to perform the testing, with some time saver tips.
The Importance of getting the right Web Design team involved By : Scott James
Every man and his dog can design a web site right? Not necessarily so and Scott James discusses the whys and wherefores of getting the right team involved at the outset
Ten – Deadly ‘Web Site Design Sins’ and how to avoid them (Part One of Three) By : Brand Art
Having a whole site developed using flash by a specialist design consultancy can result in an exciting and even exhilarating media experience for your customers, the main points to keep in mind
Building an accessible compact form using javascript By : Andrea Butterworth
Forms are a very common way of interacting on the Internet and you can see them used everywhere - to collect comments, for registering products, even for navigation. The problem is that sometimes we don't use things in the way they were intended and when we 'stray' from the ideal state, problems crop up.
Website Design - Search Engine Marketing Issues By : Jill Whalen
I recently had an inquiry from someone who was looking for some possible SEO consulting with me. He was in the process of a redesign and wanted to be sure not to make any mistakes along the way, which is super-smart! The time to be looking at SEO is definitely in the beginning stage of any design or redesign project.
Knowing HTML Is Not Nearly Enough By : Jim Pretin
It is imperative that most web designers learn to design web pages in XHTML. As almost every electronic device on the market is now equipped with internet access, it is important to use a versatile programming language like XHTML so that your web pages can be viewed and properly formatted across a wide variety of platforms.
Training your workforce to deliver top quality web design assignments By : Ralph Ramah
They say that the web design industry is a knowledge based business and I could not say it enough times to my team. Quite obviously a business which is knowledge based depends heavily, if not entirely on…yes, what you know.
Make sure you understand the initial web design brief By : Ralph Ramah
The initial web site design brief is the cornerstone to a sound and profitable web site design project. Get it wrong, miss out on the key elements and you could end up at best losing a lot of time and money over the simplest of web site design jobs.
Do not be quick to offer big discounts to secure a web site design job By : Ralph Ramah
The web site design industry is one of the most competitive around. Try to advertise for web design services and you are up against a host of competitive suppliers, one cheaper than the other. Makes you wonder how they do it sometimes.
Choosing a Web Designer the Easy Way By : Steven Gardner
When you choose a web designer, there are many things that you need to be aware of and that need to be taken into consideration before you make a decision.
Seven Steps for Designing New Webpages By : John Neyman
Are you getting ready to start a new web project? Or are you planning to create new pages for your current website? If so this article is for you. Here are seven quick steps to help you get started on the right foot.
Confused About Where to Start Your Website? Here Are Some Easy Design Tips By : Kyle Newton
Web Designing is as easy as 1-2-3; claim some of the software tools on the market that "generate" your pages for you. Unfortunately, many web designers today have fallen prey to this marketing gimmick - and the results are obvious. Every now and then, one comes across a website that looks good with a particular browser and a particular screen-resolution; but views it with a different browser, and you can't even read the plain text on the page.
Is your Red Website costing you some green? Color Does Matter By : Allen Richardson
Many web designers overlook the importance of color when designing a web site. Color should be one of the first concerns when it comes time to start the web site design. Pay close attention to the colors you chose, the site will end up either plain or boring; it’s hard to look at. The color should only be chosen after careful consideration. Unfortunately web browsers see only 256 colors. Even that number is hindered because all browsers don't share the same 256-color pallet. Currently web browse
CSS Validation and HTML By : Kyle Newton
HTML validation and CSS validation are controversial issues with some people. This article discusses some of the issues that have come increasingly to the fore in web development. The article will also provide a practical method that overworked webmasters can use to improve their website
Website Designing with Browser Compatibility By : Kyle Newton
In the early days of the Internet, many sites advertising "Best viewed with Netscape" or "Best viewed with Internet Explorer" or the like. These days, such labels seem to be rarer. Web designer today put an inordinate amount of effort to promote their sites on the search engines.
The principle of designing the page for compatibility with different browsers, operating systems are as follows.
E-Commerce Web Design made easy By : Kyle Newton
Considering the newness of the internet and World Wide Web, it's safe to say that nearly everyone who has purchased online gained their understanding of commerce offline. "Dirt-side" commerce transactions
Embracing Cascading Style Sheets(CSS) Makes Good Sense By : Fred Black
The Holy Grail of CSS is to separate the content of a web page from the instructions that control what it looks like. This makes it much easier for various devices to display the web page correctly. The same page would display correctly on all standard web browsers (Internet Explorer, FireFox, Opera, Netscape, etc.), and devices used by persons with a handicap, cell phones, other devices, and yet-to-be-developed interfaces.
Web Design - Some Quick Tips To Get Started By : Christine Anderssen
Use these tips to get started with web design.
Accessible Web Design Tips By : Dalvin Rumsey
Here are some simple rules for developing modern accessible web sites. We will just touch on a few of the main rules, as there are too many to cover here, but sticking to these rules will get you off to a good start.
Adhering to Web Standards to Improve Business By : Yuri Filimonov
Taking web standards into account when designing a website may not be a primary concern for many site owners, but when it comes to finding an extra edge to improve their business, they are more than willing to do anything required to increase revenues. Let's see how complying with Web standards can help a business website.
Designing Websites That Appeal To The Senses By : Jerry Bader
The lesson we should learn from SenEx Design concepts is that websites need to be designed for people not search engines. Delivering a clearly understandable marketing message is achieved by tapping into the psychological and emotional responses triggered by sensory experiences. That is how you need to communicate to an audience separated from you by the vast expanse of the Internet.
Cartoon Logo - An intriguing affair! By : Bhupendra Ahluwalia
Cartoon logos are explicit, pleasing as well as magnetic. The best part about them is that they say it all without having to speak! You don’t even need to write taglines or phrases. Their expressions do the trick.
The Shrek Model of Web Design By : Christine Anderssen
Here is a web design theory: websites are like onions, you see, since websites have layers. And ogres are like onions, since ogres have layers. Websites are designed by web designers. Ergo - web designers are like ogres.
7 Characteristics of a Great Webpage By : Titus Hoskins
Wouldn't you like to know the main ingredients for creating a superior webpage? What basic elements you must have if you want a solidly designed webpage? A webpage that will stand out and be noticed by your visitors. One that will keep those visitors returning to your site, again and again. An effective webpage that is 95% better than most of the other pages on the Net.
Promote your business with the right logo! By : Alok Vats
A logo is a design or image that represents a company, brand or product. Its aim is to help people identify the company with a positive customer experience. It is the basis of all future branding, advertising and communication strategies.
The Next Generation Website Model By : Jerry Bader
The next generation of websites will have a vastly different way of communicating information to their visitors. Websites will evolve into true communication platforms that will take advantage of the Web's multimedia capabilities and the Internet's broadband penetration.
Custom Web Design and Online Promotion Go Hand-in-Hand By : Chris Robertson
Custom web design and promotion go hand-in-hand. Here are some vital ingredients your web design must have for success...
Web Design and Graphics By : Steven Fraser
Graphics are an important part of web design but require serious thought and planning. This article is aimed squarely at those adventurous souls that are about to design and produce their own website for the first time.
Preparing Your Site for Internet Explorer 7 By : Adam McFarland
Here's the scenario: one morning you open your email and your inbox is flooded with emails that your site isn't working properly. Maybe your text or images don't look right, or even worse maybe your site isn't properly processing credit card transactions. How could this happen when you didn't change a thing? Well, that morning could be the morning later this year that Microsoft releases Internet Explorer 7.
Web Standards, Browsers and Designing for the future By : James Opiko
At present, a vast majority of webmasters are designing for IE (Internet Explorer) 6, which is not fully W3C standards compliant as is FireFox, Netscape, Safari and Opera. When the final release for IE 7 for Windows XP, Server 2003 & Vista is launched, hopefully before the end of 2006, the tables will be turned, so to speak.
9 Practical Reasons Why Web-Audio Is A Necessity By : Jerry Bader
It only takes 136 words to write sixty seconds of audio. With the right 136 well-written words, delivered by a carefully chosen, professional voice-over artist, you can deliver more than just a pitch: you can deliver your entire marketing message, corporate personality, and brand image.
Web Content Is Vital To Having an Effective Web Site By : Kate Smalley
An appealing design will pull people into your web site, but it's the content that will make them stick and become buyers. In other words: Pictures tell, but words sell. That's why your content is one of the most important elements of your web site. Outlining a clear strategy for your content is the initial step to creating effective content for your web site.
Carwash Websites - A Brochure or Storefront? By : Jeffrey V. Lemire
If you are looking to establishing an Internet presence, the title of this article is the question you need to ask yourself before you lay down any of your hard-earned money.
Help Your Web Site Pass the Profit Test, p2 By : Earma Brown
It's a proven fact simple and user friendly websites generate more sales. To improve your sales, look for ways to simplify and make it easier for your visitors. Test your ordering process. Remove the clutter, broken links and anything that distracts or confuses...
Help Your Web Site Pass the Profit Test, p1 By : Earma Brown
It's a proven fact simple and user friendly web sites generate more sales. To improve your sales, look for ways to simplify and make it easier for your visitors. Test your ordering process. Remove the clutter, broken links and anything that distracts or confuses...
10 tips to creating fast loading websites By : Hilum Mburu
Statistics show that, without a compelling reason, the average user will not wait for much more than 10 seconds for a page to load. As you design your site, loading time should always be a priority if your site is to be an effective business tool. Balancing usability and aesthetics is a delicate matter when creating a fast loading site.
An Overview of 3 Business Website Designs By : Giles Button
One of the most important principles of any website design is to actually know what you want your website to do! That may sound obvious but it is amazing how many companies approach a web design agency without thinking through their brief. Generally speaking, there are three main reasons why most companies want a website and each one requires a different type of website…
How To Bring Life To Your Web Site By : Timi Ogunjobi
The fact is that when the visitor comes to your web site and the content does not just deliver any useful message, you will be foolish to expect another visit. How then can you capture your site visitors and keep them coming back ?
Do you really need to maintain the website? By : Amin Lalani
This article will give an idea about the need to maintain a website.
Top 10 Things Every Site Should Include By : Kristen Owen
While almost anyone can have a web site these days it's much harder to have a good website. From design aspects to readable content many sites fall flat. Below I've arranged a Top 10 list, because everyone loves a Top 10!
Graphic Overload! Is Flashy Always Better? By : John McQueen
The amateur or novice web designer will often have the “flashy graphic” mindset. I say this because I know this to be true, and I know this to be true because I was exactly that way along with many others I know. I would like to really challenge beginner, and maybe even more advanced web designers, against the heavy use of graphics in website designs while keeping in mind the following...
What colour combination should you use in your website and how it will help your visitors By : John Teh
Most of the things you need to know on the selection of colour combinations for your website. Learn a tool that makes your colour selection jobs a walk in the park and get to know how you can stress important parts of your webdesign using colours. Also know the most effective and responsive colours for your website, and many more ...
Qualities of a Good Web Designer By : Jeremy Hoehn
Tips on how to identify good and bad web design firms before you waste far too much of your valuable time and money on a poorly designed website.
Designing Your Site for Web 2.0 By : Kim Roach
The concept of Web 2.0 started as a conference brainstorming session between O'Reilly and MediaLive International. During their discussion, they analyzed the companies that had survived the dot-com collapse. Interestingly enough, many of these companies had quite a few things in common. Was there a connection? Was the dot-com crash a turning point for the web? O'Reilly and MediaLive believed so. And therefore, Web 2.0 was born.
Do Search Engines Care About Valid HTML? By : Adam McFarland
Like most web developers, I've heard a lot about the importance of valid html recently. I've read about how it makes it easier for people with disabilities to access your site, how it's more stable for browsers, and how it will make your site easier to be indexed by the search engines.
Pro And Profitable Website By : Chris Martin
A website is no longer an option but a necessity, a must for almost small businesses and home businesses in this vast communication era. Surfing the Internet, you will find a huge quantity of websites, and the point is that how to make your site distinguished and then profitable? You may curl your lips “we should not judge by the appearance” and “we’d better focusing on our products’ quality” but in fact, hardly can a poorly designed website persuade potential consumers to open their wallets.
How to Choose Colors for Your Web Site By : Leva Duell
Color can have a profound impact on your prospective buyers. The wrong colors can negatively impact your sales, while the right colors can trigger positive emotions motivating your visitors to buy from you.
Article Directory Website Design: Clean Up Your Content! By : John McQueen
Article directories have taken the internet by storm. That is a good thing, as it allows authors to distribute their content and allows publishers to grab content for their website, but unfortunately, many article directories are offering a huge disservice to authors and publishers due to poorly designed directories. Listen up article directory owners; let’s think about some ways to serve our visitors in our article directory designing!
Article Directory Website Design: Understanding the Essential Basics By : John McQueen
If you have done any article directory surfing, you have probably noticed many different types of article directory designs. So many people do not understand the essential basics to creating a visually pleasing website design. Let us take a look at these four important aspects of successful article website design.
CSS – Why Use Modern Design Techniques? By : Staff Writer
This article aims to demonstrate the advantages in learning modern web design techniques, focusing on CSS. We’ll learn what CSS is, explore the business factors in building websites in a modern way and find out how much easier and beneficial it is to design using CSS. What this article isn’t is a guide on how to make websites with CSS.
How to Make a Sitemap For Your Website In Five Steps. By : Michael Johnson
A website's sitemap can be compared to the table of contents of a book. The sitemap is important because it guides visitors to the parts of the website in which they are interested. The sitemap allows surfers to reach their destination without wasting time.

Sitemaps are also important from the point of view of search engines. If the search engine finds a sitemap it is much more likley that your page will be fully visited (spidered) and indexed; allowing web surfers to find your pages.
The Surprising Truth About Ugly Websites By : Mark Daoust
Ugliness has never looked better. I have spent the last few days examining a surprising trend in web design that has made ugly websites look absolutely irresistible. Ugly sells. That's right – ugly websites are surprisingly effective in making money. As a person who puts business before technology, a profitable website is a website that is an unbelievably attractive website to me.
Understanding the Terms By : Staff Writer
Due to the articulate nature of the Internet, the language associated with ecommerce website design continues to grow at a fast pace. Many visitors whether they possess Internet savvy or not, may find themselves confused the first time they talk to a professional web design company or ecommerce web designer. The following are terms, acronyms and Internet slang that are used in relation to ecommerce website design.
Useful Tips for Practical Web Design By : Staff Writer
Though just about anybody can create a web page using some of the software tools available in today’s marketplace – software that will generate your web pages and their “design” for you – there is a large difference between practical, appealing, and functional web design, and that which results from this marketing gimmick. And the poor results quickly become obvious.

Occasionally, as we surf the web, we come across a site that surely looks beautiful in one type of web browser, or a certain screen resolution…however, that is not the case in the way that we are surfing. Viewed in a different resolution or the wrong type of browser, and the plain text isn’t even clear on the page. Further to this problem, there are many different possibilities for the operating system being used by your web design viewer. Such pages will never be properly seen by any viewer except the percentage using the precise right combination of operating system, screen resolution, and internet browser.

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