We have already discussed the importance of favicon in web design in an earlier article. Favicon is often overlooked by Web Designers but is vital in web design. A professionally designed website should include a custom favicon as it important for website branding.
Favicon is a small icon that is displayed next to the URL of a website in the address bar of the browser. It is important to design a custom favicon for your website for branding reasons.
Most browsers including Firefox, Internet Explorer and Safari support favicons. New …

When you are designing a website for your company, you will be presented with a choice of many open source web design or content management systems. Of the many web publishing platforms, Joomla, WordPress, Typo3 and Drupal are some of the most popular and widely used. For E-commerce websites Magento, OsCommerce and Joomla compatible Virtuemart are some of the widely used open source platforms.
Although most platforms can be used for developing professional websites of any kindm many professional web designers favour Joomla for developing websites and WordPress for a blog.
Both …

Our expectations of web design have changed with time. Since the popularity of Web2.0, website visitors have become used to the interactive features found on social media websites. This has increased our expectations from all websites in general.
Interactive features on websites including video, podcasts, and the ability to comment or offer feedback have become standard features found on all professional websites today. Many of these features are now built-in with blog or CMS (content management system) platforms.
Businesses can benefit from this trend by offering interactive features on the company’s website …

Top Web Design mistakes have been covered in many articles on the internet. Concepts in Web Design as well as issues that impact the web design industry have changed with time. Many of the Top web design mistakes that were relevant a few years ago may not be relevant today. This is a new list that addresses some of the most common web design mistakes that apply to websites today.
1. Poor Content
Content is the reason why users visit a website and is the most important asset for a website. It …

Web design galleries provide web designers and web developers with creative inspiration for their own design projects. A web designer or design company can also benefit from web design galleries by promoting their portfolio or driving traffic to their website.
There are many web design galleries on the internet. They are sometimes also listed under CSS Galleries. Web design galleries offer inspiration for web design as well as offer an opportunity to showcase great web design concepts. By having your website listed on a popular web design gallery, your website can …

Forums are important for web designers and web developers. Web Design companies, freelance web designers as well as website owners themselves rely on forums for a number of reasons such as finding solution to web design or technical issues, to research new areas or simply to participate in discussion with other designers.
There are many forums on the internet today, targeting almost any niche. There are tens of thousands of forums related to web design or development. Some established ones are popular and stand out from others. While some still have …

Social media or social networking websites are an excellent source for creating extra traffic for your company’s website or blog.
If you are a web design company or a freelance web designer, you can benefit from additional exposure on niche social media websites that target web design, graphic design or web development. Social media sites not only provide additional exposure but also improve back links to your web design related resources on your website. Most of these sites allow you publish either articles or links to web design related resources or …

Whether you wish to design a company website or a personal one, WordPress provides easy content management and endless possibilities for your website. Web Design Companies and Web designers across the world are using WordPress as the content management system for websites.
Every website needs good content. Whether you have a company website, an ecommerce website, an information portal or a blog; your site is not likely to succeed without well researched, quality informative content. Content is what makes up your site and adds value for its readers.
Using WordPress for …

Web design industry has been influenced significantly by open source software in recent years. The last few years has seen a shift from static websites to the design of dynamic Web sites and web applications powered by powerful content management systems and other useful features. The rise in the popularity of open source software has revolutionised the way a web design company or an experienced web designer builds websites.
Web Design Companies and freelance web designers often claim that it offers many benefits compared to the average commercial software. Commercial products …

Web design has become less complicated than what it used to be a few years ago. With changes in web design industry and technological advancements, designing websites has become a relatively simple process. There is an abundance of web design software and web authoring tools available in the market today. State of the art web design authoring tools such as Dreamweaver and Go Live have made designing a website a far less technical experience than what it used to be in the early stages of web design.

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