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How to Create Free to Low Cost Banners

Monday, January 5, 2009

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Recently some of my clients have asked me to create flash banners for their sites. I like doing things the easy way so I googled “flash banner generator”. A few sites came up, but nothing that I really liked. So I almost gave up on that and figured that I would just have to design them myself [...]

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How to Make an Image Rollover in CSS

Monday, December 1, 2008

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In this tutorial I will teach you how to make an image rollover using CSS and Adobe Illustrator. It’s pretty straightforward and shouldn’t take you more than a couple of minutes. I’ve included the HTML, CSS, and image below the video. If you like this tutorial please make it known by bookmarking it and commenting [...]

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144 Places to Get Great Web Design Inspiration

Thursday, November 20, 2008

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As you may well know I’m not that creative. Not creative enough to come up with some awesome, out-of-this world web design straight off the top of my head anyway. But I don’t have to be. There are literally millions of websites out there that I can get inspiration from. Fortunately there are some websites that [...]

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Want Free Stock Photography That’s Really Free?

Tuesday, November 11, 2008

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I’m tired of sites that try to lure me in with “Free Stock Photography” in their advertising only to find out that what they really mean is “Royalty Free” stock photography. What does that mean? That means that I only have to pay for the image once, but can use it over and [...]

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How to Get Free Vector Art

Saturday, November 1, 2008

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I’ve had some pretty artsy clients before. They had a contemporary style and wanted their web design to show that. Of course I would tell them that it was my specialty and that I would come up with a design that would knock their socks off. I would then go home and sweat bricks. [...]

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Web Design Tool - Web Developer Toolbar

Thursday, October 30, 2008

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I came across this web design tool awhile back and it has proven to be invaluable. It has taught me alot about web design as it has allowed me to take a sneak peek at other peoples’ coding and design techniques. This tool is the Web Developer Toolbar for the Firefox, Flock, and Seamonkey browsers. [...]

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Start a Web Design Business

Wednesday, October 29, 2008

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I would like to tell you that it is the easiest thing in the world to start a new web design business. Bottom line…it’s not. It’s just like any other business or industry. It has its challenges and it has its many rewards. If you still think you have the stomach for it, then take a [...]

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