10 Free Website Chat Widgets to Make Your Site Interactive

August 27th, 2010 by Phong Thai Cao | 20 Comments

If you want to make your website livelier, then adding a website chat widget is perhaps one of the more effective solutions for increasing user engagement and growing your community.

By putting a proper website chat widget on your site, you will get real-time feedback from site visitors regarding your product, services, or content. For sites that sell services or products, a chat widget will definitely help you communicate with your visitors in real-time and potentially make more sales.

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How to Use Illustrations to Spice Up Your Web Design Work

August 26th, 2010 by Jake Rocheleau | 18 Comments

How to Use Illustrations to Spice Up Your Web Design Work

Graphic illustrations have become commonplace in today’s web design. They can add a unique branding element into an otherwise bland world of templates and corporate logos.

Although just 5 years ago you would be hard-pressed to find many websites looking for illustrators, times have changed, and we’re on the brink of many new and exciting web design trends.

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Win an Apple Magic Trackpad from Sensational Jobs

August 25th, 2010 by Jacob Gube | 198 Comments

Sensational Jobs is a brand new job board for web designers and developers that’s creating much buzz and excitement in the web industry. They’ve teamed up with Six Revisions to give away 3 Magic Trackpads from Apple. Three lucky winners will receive this awesome multi-touch trackpad. Read on to see how you can win.

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Getting Started with Drupal: A Comprehensive Hands-On Guide

August 24th, 2010 by Saad Bassi | 50 Comments

Getting Started with Drupal: A Comprehensive Hands-On Guide

Drupal is a popular open source content management system. With its powerful and advanced features, you can build complex websites with ease, compared to building them from scratch. With the support of a huge community and a big number of available modules, no wonder Drupal is a system you keep hearing about over and over again.

In this guide, we are going to discover Drupal using a pragmatic approach. We will create a Drupal site with a custom content type and views.

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Minimalism in Web Design: A Guide

August 23rd, 2010 by Jason Gross | 52 Comments

A Comprehensive Guide to Minimalism in Web Design

Minimalism is a word that gets tossed around in a lot of different contexts. Whether it be a lifestyle or an art form, saying something is "minimalistic" can take on a variety of meanings.

In the web design field, minimalism is carving out an ever-increasing niche among designers that are looking to convey important content in a new way. Like just about any trend or theory in the web design world, minimalism can be easy to get wrong.

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Free PSD Templates: vCard Personal Portfolio Minisite

August 22nd, 2010 by Rafi Md | 19 Comments

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5 Common SEO Mistakes with Web Page Titles

August 20th, 2010 by Modi Mann | 48 Comments

5 Common SEO Mistakes with Web Page Titles

Page titles are one of the most powerful on-site search engine ranking factors that you have control over but website owners often neglect them.

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