Web Design News
Case Study: Increasing conversion rate using Google Website Optimizer
1 Feb 2010by Ben Hunt
A case study on increasing conversion rate with split testing using Google Website Optimizer
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Order Your Copy of the Blogging for Business Pre-Release DVD
28 Jan 2010by Ben Hunt
Order your pre-release copy of Ben Hunt and Mark Attwood's "Blogging for Business" seminar
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The Simple Shall Inherit the World Wide Web
17 Jan 2010by Ben Hunt
The case for simplicity in web design, with tips and guidance for designers
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Conversion Rate Optimisation Case Study - Bible Timeline
8 Jan 2010by Ben Hunt
How Scratchmedia's designers tripled one customer's web site's conversion rate
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Ben's New Year 2010 Newsletter
31 Dec 2009by Ben Hunt
Ben Hunt's web design review of 2000-2009 and a look ahead to web design in the 2010s...
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Web Design is Dead
6 Dec 2009by Ben Hunt
Why the familiar creative-driven web design process fails, why combining creativity and testing works so much better, and how to do it successfully.
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Semantic HTML Handbook - Benefits of Writing Semantic HTML
15 Nov 2009by Ben Hunt
Free article on Semantic HTML. Why you should learn Semantic HTML. Benefits for SEO and code reuse explained.
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Complete List of HTML/xHTML Tags, With Guide to Proper Semantic Use
15 Nov 2009by Ben Hunt
My Complete List of HTML/xHTML Tags, With Guide to their Proper Semantic Use
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A Few Tips and Tricks to Write Better Semantic HTML
15 Nov 2009by Ben Hunt
Tips and tricks for writing better semantic HTML or xHTML from a professional web producer
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Set up a WordPress Blog for Your Business in 1 Hour
21 Oct 2009by Ben Hunt
Shows you how you can set up hosting and a professional-looking WordPress blog in less than one hour
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Digital Web Magazine closes its doors
9 Mar 2009by Nick Finck
As some of our regular readers have guessed, yes it is true. Digital Web Magazine has ceased publication. For the reasons cited in Time To Change, it was clear to us that what we had was no longer working. We called upon both our staff and readers for ideas on what we could change. We receive... continues
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Digital Web Magazine's 500th article
13 Dec 2008by Nick Finck
As 2009 comes to a close and we enter our annual winter hiatus I am proud to present our 500th article, Time To Change, written by yours truly. With every year that passes we look back at the year and all of the things we have accomplished and then we set goals for ourselves for the year to come. ... continues
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Matthew steps down as Editor-in-Chief
5 Dec 2008by Matthew Pennell
After a great two years with the magazine, I’m afraid the time has come for me to step down as Editor-in-Chief here at Digital Web. It has been great fun and very rewarding, and I have met some fantastic people both online and in person, but I have decided that I want to spend more time ne... continues
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Thanksgiving Giveaway: Free hosting and domain for a year
27 Nov 2008by Nick Finck
We at Digital Web Magazine want to say thanks to our readers and authors for their dedicated patronage. As some of you may know, today in the U.S. is Thanksgiving day. To celebrate and say thank you to our readers and contributors we are going to be giving away a gift certificate for free hosting a... continues
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New Issue: Digital Web Seeks a New Tune
26 Nov 2008by Tiff Fehr
Digital Web is headed into our winter break—we take December off to gather our resources and review the year past. But before we hibernate, we have a holiday season present for our readers. It’s a bit of a departure, but we’re thrilled to have Chris Wright join us to ask a light-hear... continues
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Free CSS book from Sitepoint
20 Nov 2008by Matthew Pennell
The folks over at Sitepoint are giving away a free PDF of their book, The Art & Science Of CSS (co-written by one-time Digital Web columnist and all-round nice guy, Jonathan Snook). All you have to do to bag a copy is follow them on Twitter — full details can be found on Twitaway.com.
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New Issue: RESTful CSS
18 Nov 2008by Tiff Fehr
We have a very interesting article this week from new contributor Steve Heffernan, who brings us RESTful CSS. Our last few CSS articles sparked quite a row in the comments, so I hope the same audience takes a long look at Steve’s proposals, even if web app languages like Ruby on Rails isnR... continues
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New Issue: Review of 'Website Optimization' and Are Accessibility Statements...
12 Nov 2008by Tiff Fehr
Digital Web is happy to bring you another quality “twofer“—a two-article issue to get you through November. First up is returning contributor Andrew Stevens who reviews the new book Website Optimization by Andrew King on O’Reilly—the nighthawk book as it were. King looks bey... continues
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New Issue: Extract from Paul Boag's "Website Owner's Manual"
7 Nov 2008by Tiff Fehr
Digital Web is happy to feature a chapter from Paul Boag’s new book Website Owners Manual, entitled Know Your Site. Paul Boag is a well-known podcaster and web guru, with a lengthy resume throughout Headscape and Boagworld. His new book is a primer for website owners, and poses excellent que... continues
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Your views on politics and web design
4 Nov 2008by Matthew Pennell
Last week we asked you how politics affects the jobbing web designer, and many of you responded with your thoughts. It was gratifying to see that, in the main, our readers are politically aware and realize the effect that national politics can have on their day-to-day lives — but what specific... continues
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9 Free Adobe Illustrator CS3 Brushes and Symbols
5 Apr 2008by Shirley Kaiser
Looking for free Illustrator brushes or symbols? I created 9 free Adobe Illustrator symbols and brushes for anyone who needs rounded triangles or alert symbols, warning symbols. These free brushes and symbols are all fully editable within Adobe Illustrator, so you can change the colors, sizes, and c... continues
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Adobe Photoshop CS3 Reviews
16 May 2007by Shirley Kaiser
Wondering whether or not to upgrade to the new Adobe Photoshop CS3? Wondering which version of Photoshop CS3 (Photoshop CS3, Photoshop CS3 Extended) might be best for your particular needs? Considering whether or not to buy Photoshop CS3 for the first time? Curious about what the experts are writing... continues
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Creating a Blog Entry Date Calendar Icon Look with CSS, Mostly
22 Feb 2007by Shirley Kaiser
I've received numerous inquiries about how I created the entry post calendar icon look for Brainstorms and Raves. So today's post shares the basics of the CSS and the two tiny background images I created to achieve the calendar icon look. (1308 words, 2 links, 12 images)
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Inspiration, Insight Behind the New Happy Cog Redesign
10 Feb 2007by Shirley Kaiser
Do you ever wonder what goes into brainstorming sessions and creative ideas from some of the top names in the Web design field? You'll find that and much more with blog posts earlier this week by three creators of the latest redesign of Happy Cog's website - Jeffrey Zeldman, Jason Santa Maria, and D... continues
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Tool to Automatically Harmonize Colors
16 Jan 2007by Shirley Kaiser
Andy King has a new article out on a fabulous color tool that automates the enhancement of color harmonies for photos or images. Automatic Color Harmony Tools first explains a bit about color harmonies and color psychology, and even snails' involvement in creating purple dye. Andy then describes how... continues
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Join Us! BrowserCam Subscription via Fundable Available
18 Dec 2006by Shirley Kaiser
The BrowserCam pool via fundable.org that I belong to is up for its annual renewal. It has a few openings for subscribers this time around. This subscription is for the BC-Complete plan, and the cost is US $26 for the 12-month subscription via fundable.org (information below). US $499.95 is the cost... continues
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Part 2: User-friendly Contextual Navigation with Simple PHP Includes
9 Oct 2006by Shirley Kaiser
Building on the previous post, User-friendly Contextual Navigation with Simple PHP Includes, I thought I'd take things one small and simple step further by using PHP once again, this time to add a CSS class for the current page. Then it's easy to use this CSS class to create a helpful visual cue wit... continues
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Web Directions: No White Boys Club
26 Sep 2006by dezwozhere
Recently Chris Messina posted The Future of White Boy clubs, prompted by the all white male line-up at the "Future of Web Apps Summit" in San Francisco, There’s something important here that needs to be impressed upon us white boys...
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Twas the day before the night before Web Directions
26 Sep 2006by dezwozhere
Tomorrow, web designers and developers from around Australia will converge in Sydney for our very own annual web standards conference, Web Directions South. For those of us already in the "web standards" milieu, it becomes very easy to become complacent,...
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ALA 221: Global Navigation, Engaging Readers
8 Aug 2006by dezwozhere
A List Apart Issue 221 is out. Derek Powazek's Where Am I? offers three simple guidelines for better global navigation whilst Amber Simmons' Gentle Reader, Stay Awhile; I Will Be Faithful offers excellent advice on engaging readers to keep them...
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Usability and Design News: Screen Resolution, Page Layout, Hot Spots
1 Aug 2006by Shirley Kaiser
Jakob Nielsen and Andy King both have new articles at their sites that cover window resolution, user-friendly website design, and related issues. This important topic is also regularly discussed and debated in Web design and development discussion lists. Below I've highlighted their articles, but be... continues
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PPK releases Browser detect 2.0 with many words of caution
26 Jul 2006by dezwozhere
Peter Paul Koch releases Browser detect 2.0 but with several words of caution, I hesitated for almost a day before publishing it. I'm afraid that amateur web developers will take the function and abuse it...There are legitimate uses of browser...
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Russ Weakley: Styling abbreviations and acronyms
25 Jul 2006by dezwozhere
Russ Weakley has updated his article Styling abbreviations and acronyms (See also this post sent to the Web Standards Group which is the basis for the article. This is a topic that occasionally confuses me and Russ's article does a...
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John Allsopp: Professionalism and Best Practice in Web Design and Development
25 Jul 2006by dezwozhere
In Professionalism and Best Practice in Web Design and Development, John Allsopp foreshadows a forthcoming detailed proposal for a set of best practices, A professional web designer and developer understands best practices in their field, among them the use of...
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ALA 220: Designing Through the Storm, Revision Control Digital Web: Interview...
25 Jul 2006by dezwozhere
New in A List Apart Issue 220... Walter Stevenson's Designing Through the Storm offers suggestions on staying productive and creative, while from Digital Web's Assistant Managing Editor, Mike West, delivers I Wonder What This Button Does, an excellent piece on...
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Mastering Ajax, Maintainable JavaScript, Javascript libraries roundup
23 Jul 2006by dezwozhere
Via Digital Media Minute, IBM developerWorks presents a 5 part series by Brett McLaughlin on Mastering Ajax, Part I - Introduction to Ajax Part II - Make asynchronous requests with JavaScript and Ajax Part III - Advanced requests and responses...
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Definition Lists and Semantic Mark Up
23 Jul 2006by dezwozhere
Recently Bruce Lawson declared that w3c specs are not the Word of God and makes this point about the <dl> element, people were using the humble <dl> for purposes that seem to me to be miles away semantically from the...
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John Allsopp responds to Dvorak on CSS
20 Jul 2006by dezwozhere
In Dvorak and CSS, John Allsopp delivers an excellent response to John Dvorak's recent critique of CSS, Dvorak's ignorant, largely incoherent trolling only bolsters the attitudes of those who hold out against adopting a technology that is well designed, works...
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New Color Scheme Tool
25 Jun 2006by Shirley Kaiser
While there are certainly quite a few color tools available for creating color schemes and color matching, there's a new one out now by Genometri - GenoColor that takes a very different approach to creating color schemes. GenoPalette will help you create eye-popping color schemes, color combinations... continues
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WebsiteTips.com Relaunch!
23 Mar 2006by Shirley Kaiser
I've been buried the last five months quietly working hard on a major redesign and restructuring of WebsiteTips.com. I'm now excited to announce that the all new WebsiteTips.com is now online. Read the complete post to learn all about it! (426 words, 11 links, 2 images)
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Please update your RSS for Web-Graphics
31 Jan 2006IMPORTANT:We have updated our RSS with the feedburner services. Please update your web-graphics RSS URL with this new one: http://feeds.feedburner.com/wg
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Visionary Workshops and WebVisions 2005 in Portland July 14-15
7 Jul 2005by Shirley Kaiser
WebVisions 2005 is coming up next week already in Portland, Oregon. I attended this fabulous conference a few years ago, so I can speak from firsthand experience that it's a terrific time to learn a tremendous amount, meet fascinating people with common interests, and have a lot of fun. (177 words, ... continues
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Last Post (kinda)
14 Apr 2005Things are a bit strange here at Asterisk as I launch a new blog in the same spot of my old one. This is just to let y’all know that Asterisk is still here, but a few things have moved....
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Change Is Coming
12 Apr 2005I just got back to Seattle from a fun and tiring trip to Whistler for the Telus Ski and Snowboard Festival. I’ve got lots of catching up still to do, but I wanted to make y’all aware of some upcoming...
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Dreamhost 1-click Install!
6 Apr 2005The more I use Dreamhost’s Web panel interface, the more impressed I am with it. I’ve been working on a few projects lately and one of them needed me to set up Wordpress. I’ve never actually set it up before,...
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Search Engine Optimization in Marketing News
6 Apr 2005So I finally did it. I got an article published for a large, non-geek audience. In this month’s Marketing News, a high circulation publication from the American Marketing Association, you’ll find a very down to earth, very practical article on...
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Page Description Diagrams
4 Apr 2005A quick overview of Page Description Diagrams and how I use them.
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Bitching Blogosphere
2 Apr 2005Seems like many bloggers are doing a whole bunch of bitching and moaning lately.
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Join the 7nights Network: Round 1
1 Apr 2005Update 4/2/05: For those of you who stumble across this and don't look at the date posted, this was an April Fool's Day joke played on my good friends over at the 9rules Network. 7nights is growing. The following is...
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Online Community -- Your Take
29 Mar 2005Gathering information, complaints, praise, stories, recommendations (pretty much anything) regarding online community and social software.
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