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David Carson, Favorite Designer

by Jeff on April 11, 2006

David Carson has been my favorite designer since college (94-98).  Graphic design was my major and I would always make sure to get every copy of Raygun which Carson was the art director of.  I loved Raygun because it was refreshing, cool and didn’t follow rules.  Being a huge music fan I liked the fact [...]

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Great Toolbar for Web Designers

by Jeff on March 1, 2006

I recently came across a great toolbar for web designers. It has a whole bunch of cool features that will speed up testing and overall put more information at your fingertips when designing a website. I won’t go through all the features, you will just have to check them out for yourself. [...]

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t26 Fonts for Design

by Jeff on February 9, 2006

t26 has been around for awhile and it’s always nice to see what new fonts they have in stock. Signing up for their newsletter gives you an inside scoop to what their next month of new fonts holds. They have spectacular fonts btw and all reasonably priced. They also have a typesetter [...]

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Rotate Random Images

by Jeff on January 26, 2006

You can use this script to rotate random images on your site or blog.  It requires the use of php but is very easy to install and use.  You can see it in use at hivelogic’s site and also global travel source’s site.  Just refresh your browser to see the changes.  All you need to [...]

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Creating Monochrome Logos

by Jeff on December 5, 2005

First take a screenshot of the webpage where the logo is you want to use. Or you can usually right click and save the logo to your desktop.
Go into your graphics editor such as Macromedia Fireworks or Photoshop and create a new file. I used Fireworks for this example. If you have [...]

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A Question of Scroll Bars.

by Jeff on November 3, 2005


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The 5 Principles of Effective Navigation.

by Jeff on October 20, 2005

A website’s navigation is one of its most important parts. Sure, your users mostly come in through search engines now instead of via your homepage, but how can they get from whatever page they’re on to any other page they might want to go to? The limited space available at the top and sides [...]

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Putting Multimedia to Good Use.

by Jeff on October 18, 2005

Multimedia on the web is often seen as a bad idea: it breaks the flow of textual information, makes your bandwidth costs spiral out of control, and annoys visitors who aren’t expecting it. Used properly, though, multimedia can enhance your website to no end, putting you light-years ahead of your competitors.
The Principle of Least Surprise.
The [...]

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An Issue of Width: the Resolution Problem.

by Jeff on October 13, 2005


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Image Formats: GIF, JPEG, PNG and More.

by Jeff on October 12, 2005


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