Showcase: 30 Beautiful Blog Designs for Inspiration
A beautiful and well-designed blog can leave a lasting impression onto its readers. With so many sites competing for the attention of Internet users, the appearance of a blog can be a large factor in helping it stand out from the crowd. In this showcase, you’ll find a wide variety of beautiful blog designs for inspiration.
If you’d like to see more blog designs not in this collection, see our other showcase: 40 Excellent Blog Designs.
7 Blog Design Tips from a Content Strategist
As a content specialist, I prefer web designs that support content rather than conflict with or ignore it. Web designers should have a real appreciation of content strategybecause it is crucial in launching a successful blog.
JavaScript Libraries for Web Type (Elsewhere on the Web)
Here is another one of my articles that was recently published on Mashable. It’s a collection of JavaScript resources for working with web typography, including JS libraries such as Kerning.js and Lettering.js.
A Visual Guide to the Ampersand (Infographic)
The ampersand symbol (&) has a long and rich history, dating as far back as 63 B.C. To this day, its use can be witnessed in a wide range of situations, from being a key component in a Fortune 500 company’s logo/brand identity materials to casual SMS/text messages between old friends.
Below is a visual guide to this beautiful and artistic symbol.
How to Fire Bad Clients
We are used to reading advice on how to attract and keep clients, but sometimes things don’t go exactly as planned in a business relationship. The more common scenario of a relationship gone bad is when the hired person (the web professional, in our case) is fired because they didn’t render the services as expected.
It’s more unusual to hear stories of the hired professional walking out on the client. We don’t hear about it because the client is supposed to be king, and we are supposed to keep them satisfied.
But what do you do when the king becomes a tyrant? You may decide that it would be best to fire them.
Giveaway: 3 Subscriptions to Squarespace Website Builder
Squarespace, a fully hosted, completely managed platform that will help you create a website, blog or portfolio, has teamed up with us to give out three Advanced account subscriptions for one year (worth $240 each). Read on to see how you can win this awesome prize.
