With CSS3, a whole host of text shadow effects are available for us to play with. In this article, we’ll cover some of the effects…

In this tutorial I’ll walk you through the steps necessary to design a portfolio website to showcase your design services. We will be using Photoshop…

Color is one of the most important design elements, if not the most important. Research from the Institute for Color Research reveals people make a…

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Pinterest is the hot topic in social media right now. This network allows users to bookmark, or “pin” images from webpages onto a virtual pin…

Dining out is an experience.  A restaurant website is often the the first stage of that experience. For the restaurateur, it is critical that the…

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If you are a Twitter hashtag veteran, bear with me for a moment.  We will get to some advanced stuff shortly. For those that are…

Typography is a fundamental principle of good design. Whether you’re designing for print or the web, good typography helps balance the visual structure of your…

Here is a snapshot of a fully functional web page, a detailed infographic and a print-ready data sheet. Any guesses on what they all have…

Now more than ever, as designers we have to treat the websites we design as an extension of brand. A seamless brand extends from the…

Media Temple is without question one of the leaders in the website hosting industry. They have a reputation for providing a bulletproof hosting service with…

If you’ve done enough A/B split tests to determine that your site converts best with a sidebar, you’ll want to know how to maximize that…

Crafting the perfect website header is critical. It’s the first place your website visitor will likely look to determine if your website can meet their…

I recently had a conversation with a client that went like this: Client: Does it really matter what my website looks like? Me: Yes, it…

So what exactly is an accent color? An accent color is a contrasting color used to draw attention to key pieces of a web page….

We live in exciting times. Over the last few years we have focused on building mobile websites that are text-heavy versions of the main site….