Giveaway: PSD to HTML Conversion Services from PSD2HTML.com

Dec 16 2011 by Jacob Gube | 118 Comments

We have teamed up with one of the industry’s most experienced PSD to HTML conversion service providers, PSD2HTML.com, to give out awesome prizes to two lucky Six Revisions readers.

The first prize is $400 worth of services and three free pages of design to mobile template conversion. The second prize is $300 worth of services and three free pages of design to mobile template conversion.

Read on to see how you can win one of these spectacular prizes.

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Should We Always Deploy Content Management Systems?

Dec 14 2011 by Maria Malidaki | 42 Comments

Should We Always Deploy Content Management Systems?

Content management systems are a wonderful tool for empowering website owners. Most of us have witnessed the power and ease of use of CMSs like Drupal and WordPress. They have changed the web development industry in a significant way.

Now, even average Internet users who have very little technical knowledge can have the ability to run and manage websites without any help from trained web developers.

Because of this CMS revolution, a major segment of the web development industry — dedicated to developing simple to complex CMSs for a broad set of users and premium themes for popular publishing platforms — has blossomed.

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Giveaway: 5 Free Deals (of Your Choice) on Webmaster Deals

Dec 6 2011 by Jacob Gube | 104 Comments

Giveaway: Free Deal (of Your Choice) on Webmaster Deals

Our friends at Webmaster Deals has kindly offered to give away five of their deals to Six Revisions readers. The five winners will get the deal of their choice free of charge.

Read on to see how you can be one of the five lucky winners!

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Minimalist Web Design: How Minimal is Too Minimal?

Dec 5 2011 by Delwin Campbell | 10 Comments

Minimalist Web Design: How Minimal is Too Minimal?

Minimalism, interestingly enough, is usually born out of excess. In all arts, in all ways of life, we start out by taking and adding whatever we can.

When we start to realize that more is not necessarily better, and that we can get by with less stuff, we try to simplify by removing unnecessary elements so we can focus on what’s truly important.

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Will the Browser Wars Invade the Mobile Web?

Nov 28 2011 by Arley McBlain | 28 Comments

Will the Browser Wars Invade the Mobile Web?

Editor’s note: The opinions expressed in this article are solely that of the author’s, Arley McBlain.

When it comes to the still emerging Mobile Web realm, I think we should all be outraged about the trouble Windows Phone 7.5 can unleash.

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6 Tips for Effectively Dealing with Client Demands

Nov 21 2011 by Addison Duvall | 18 Comments

6 Tips for Effectively Dealing with Client Demands

We’ve all had that client. The one who comes to you with a huge, complicated assignment and proceeds to be a gigantic pain in the rear about it. They do things like neglecting to answer their phone or email, change their minds a dizzying number of times about details in the design, all the while demanding that you do the impossible in a matter of minutes. Oh, and did they mention they expect you to do these things free of charge?

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Make Your Own Fonts: Free Font Editors (Elsewhere on the Web)

Nov 19 2011 by Jacob Gube | 5 Comments

Make Your Own Fonts: Free Font Editors (Elsewhere on the Web)

The Mashable post I wrote recently reviews seven of the best free font editors out there. Some tools included in the post are FontStruct, FontForge and BitfontMaker. If you’d like to create your own custom fonts, one of the free font editors included in the post should fit your needs.

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