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5 Tips for Cleaning up After a Design Project

5 Tips for Cleaning up After a Design Project

As every kid knows, making cool stuff is the fun part. You dump all of your toys on the floor, and sort through them until you find what you want, and make it all fit together to build a spaceship, or

How to Tackle a Redesign

How to Tackle a Redesign

Stepping into a website that’s already well-established isn’t always easy. For starters, you have to be careful about not stepping on anyone’s toes (the client’s or even the previous designer’s) when

Rock Solid WordPress Security: Keeping Your Business Safe

Rock Solid WordPress Security: Keeping Your Business Safe

WordPress is the web’s favourite CMS (content management system), renowned for its low-entry level and vast array of themes and plugins. WordPress’s open-source nature allows for endless flexibility,

Twitter turns 10

Twitter turns 10

The microblogging platform that revolutionized how the world communicates and markets with 140-character snippets just turned 10.It’s hard to believe that such an omnipresent service is just a decade

The Decline of Stack Overflow: Where Are Developers Headed Next?

The Decline of Stack Overflow: Where Are Developers Headed Next?

In the early days of web development, Stack Overflow was a lifeline. It was where developers turned for answers, code snippets, and discussions about the minutiae of programming. But recently, the onc

HTML Tables: The Layout Hack That Somehow Worked

HTML Tables: The Layout Hack That Somehow Worked

Ah, the humble HTML table. Once the crown jewel of web design, now a relic that makes modern developers roll their eyes and mutter, “Not this again.”For those who lived through the early internet days

6 Tips for Writing Content Regularly

6 Tips for Writing Content Regularly

Okay, you need three to five new ideas for articles, all on the same general topic. Go…Now here’s where we separate the people who have to come up with regular content all the time from the people who

The Secret to Site Traffic, and 7 Ways to Make it Happen

The Secret to Site Traffic, and 7 Ways to Make it Happen

Whenever someone asks, “How can I increase traffic to my website?” the answer is invariably, “Regularly post new content.” You could be alone in the forest where the proverbial tree fell when you ask

Local vs. Global Web Design: How to Reach the Right Audience

Local vs. Global Web Design: How to Reach the Right Audience

Businesses have more options today in terms of how they get their goods and services out to customers: strictly brick-and-mortar, 100% online, or a combination of the two. Because of this, web design

7 Ways to Sell Words Online

7 Ways to Sell Words Online

If a picture is worth a thousand words, a lot of photographers aren’t getting paid enough. When a writer actually manages to build a business for themselves…well let’s just say we do okay. Most of us

12 Tips to Improve Your Web Design Skills

12 Tips to Improve Your Web Design Skills

There are many reasons you might be wanting to improve your design skills this year. Perhaps you have extra time on your hands and want to put it to good use. Or maybe you’re new to web design and fin

6 ways to harness social media for your brand

6 ways to harness social media for your brand

Social media has become a constant in modern daily life. By now it’s not uncommon for grandparents to have their own profiles on Facebook. This means that marketing on social media is beginning to hav