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10 Basic Things Your Website Should Have

10 Basic Things Your Website Should Have ... - all short sentences and paragraphs (more reader friendly) - lots of "white" space (more appealing) - graphics (makes site more interesting and entertaining) - links (widens reader interest)(boosts search engine ranking) - search en...

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Design Hints

A philosophy is nothing more than a school of thought. I think it is necessary for one to develop their own style to be successful. It is not my objective to impose my style on you. The guidelines that I set forth here are not on their own unique or original, but rather my philosophy based on the ad...

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Fast Loading Images

Why this is not a tutorial on how to draw. I am a terrible artist. My wife won't even let me play with the kid's crayons. I am not very mechanically inclined, and owe much of my success and longevity to date to avoiding using power tools and limiting my auto repair work to filling the gas tank....

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Do You Make This Obvious Web Design Mistake?

The most common web design mistake is to design for the exception, and to ignore the obvious. That's because designing for the obvious is boring, while designing for the exception is fun. Some years ago, I was involved in designing content management software. We spent a lot of time designing br...

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Take The Logo Litmus Test

Here is your C.I.T.T. (pronounced "kit") [Color • Illustrate• Type • Test] COLOR. Color plays a major role in influencing particular moods and feelings about your company. Don't believe me? Look at Dove™ soap. You'll find the shampoo bottles are white. White conveys purity, simplicity and a s...

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Design Matters In Our Visual Culture

First impressions often leave lasting impressions. Impressions also result in people's perceptions. There goes that age-old debate -- "Perception versus Reality." I say that perception is someone's impression of reality. And sometimes... no matter what is reality, you just can't change people'...

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Navigation Tricks

This is the a method that we prefer to use, typically we will use this on all of our pages in one form or another. I feel that it is superior to image maps and JAVA for a few reasons: Low maintainence. Everybody pretty much can figure out what they mean. By using the ALT description- it works ...

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