Web Design
The Screen Shot Guide
Posted July 30, 2011Screen shots, also known as screen grabs or screen captures, are extremely useful for letting other people see exactly what you see on your monitor. It’s a powerful tool to diagnose browser or computer specific errors. Combined with annotations, screen shots are a great tool for tutorials and documentation. In this guide, we’ll show you our recommended screen shot techniques for both the Windows and Mac operating systems, and well as browser tools. The tools we talk about are entirely free.
Web Designer Job Portfolio Tips
Posted April 19, 2011When applying for a web design job, there are three critical elements that will determine whether you get the job:
Designing for iPad
Posted March 12, 2011The iPad's portability combined with built-in 3G access and high availability of public Wi-Fi access points make it ideal for accessing information on the go. With dozens of popular Internet browsers on the market, it's a welcome relief to many website owners that making their sites iPad compatible doesn't require much extra work. The iPad Safari browser renders websites very similar to its desktop counterpart it's based on, with the exception of not being able to use many browser plug-ins, namely Flash.
Tips for Restaurant Website Design
Posted February 11, 2010Restaurant websites share many of the same principles of any website. They need to be user friendly, easy to navigate, have good information hierarchy, and exhibit consistent branding elements from the restaurant itself. While there's endless restaurant concepts, they all have the same goals:
- Get people to your restaurant
- Get people to your restaurant
- Get people to your restaurant
How this is accomplished will vary a bit from restaurant to restaurant, but overall good restaurant website follow the same general formula:
