
45 Web Builders to Create an Insanely Awesome Free Website

Looking for a place to create a free website? There are plenty of resources that allow you to create you own website, blog, wiki, or social community without having to know any programming language. These free website creation sites allow you to easily create a site, customize the design, add content, and use a custom [...]
20 Cutting Edge Ecommerce Stores for Inspiration

E-commerce stores are rarely a thing of beauty and for good reason: user experience is far more important than cutting edge design when it comes to these kinds of sites. Online stores must be functional, accessible and user-friendly for everyone that visits them, which counts out wacky, experimental designs and layouts.
This doesn’t mean that e-commerce [...]
100 Essential Web Development Tools

As web technologies constantly advance, the skills a developer is expected to have are constantly increasing. Web users are beginning to expect Ajax interfaces, charts and graphs and a whole host of other tricks and features. This means web developers not only have to be skilled with HTML and a server-side programming language [...]
Getting Started with Banner Advertisements

Before jumping in and creating multiple banner ads there are a few recommendations to review first. You need to take into consideration the size and position of the advertisement, the context of the ad, the call to action, the file size, and other components. Outlined here are recommendations to help you design suitable ads, effective, [...]
20 Clean White Letterpress Business Cards

Not too long ago I owned a site called Card Observer, which is a gallery of business card designs. Everyday I would have to look through submissions and pick out the best business cards. This was something I really enjoyed and miss doing. So I thought it would be fun to do a showcase of [...]
How 5 Brands Are Mastering the Game of Foursquare

With its game mechanics and spunky badges, Foursquare could easily be mistaken for a frivolous mobile application with little to no value for businesses. As the startup races to the million member milestone, however, nothing could be further from the truth.
We’ve already written about Foursquare’s savvy relationships with major media and entertainment brands and even [...]
Pros and Cons of Freelancing: A Passion or a Profession?

First of all we need to know what a freelancer is and what “freelancing” means? A freelancer is usually a self-employed person who works as a web designer, developer, content writer or even a blogger. More precisely, he contracts a small/medium (rarely large) task from various clients and receives money when the work is done. [...]
How to Make a Screencast for Your Website
Having a video on your website can vastly improve your conversion rate. Whether the goal is for users to sign up for your web application or simply to get users to contact you via a web form, a video improves the likelihood of this happening.
You need only go to the home page [...]
A Showcase of 33 Beautiful Portfolio Designs

An artist’s portfolio is more than a collection of his or her artwork; it is an expression of their style and identity. In the past. portfolios were carefully printed and carried to interviews. However, in today’s online world, a website is a more common way to display an artist’s portfolio. Take a look at these [...]








