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8 Design Elements Your Blog Should Have

Posted on 08. Mar, 2010 by Mark Thompson.

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Design Elements Blog Should Have There are certain design elements that all blogs should have to keep readers happy and engaged in your content. With the evolution of blogs and social media sites, the expectations for a blog are much higher. Readers expect to be able to read a post and have the ability to quickly comment and share by using the Twitter or Facebook accounts.
If you manage a blog, see if you are taking advantage of these 8 design elements.

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10 Useful Web Design and Development Books

Posted on 22. Feb, 2010 by Andy Walpole.

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10 Useful Web Design and Development Books I was going to use the adjective essential in the title rather than useful but no one book is essential when it comes to learning web design. There are thousands of online tutorials to help you master the profession and there are dozens if not hundreds of books on all aspects of web-based creativity. Not having access to any one book will stop you from learning your desired skill but some books will greatly assist you in the process. 10 of these such books are below.

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How To Fight Procrastination As A Designer

Posted on 09. Feb, 2010 by Shannon Noack.

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How To Fight Procrastination As A Designer Distractions are all around us as designers, whether you work at home or in an office away from home. In order to maximize your productivity and work time, you need to cut back on procrastination. The more time you spend procrastinating, the less work you get done, which is bad news in the end. We are all guilty of it, so here are some helpful tips to avoid procrastination and start working smarter.

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Firefox Themes – 60 Most Popular Themes You Must See

Posted on 02. Feb, 2010 by Waheed Akhtar.

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Firefox Themes - 60 Most Popular Themes You Must See Firefox is a free, open source and most reliable web browser till now. Few months back, I wrote an article about Best Firefox Addons for Web Designers and Developers. Today I will share with you some cool Firefox Themes. The list has been prepared according to the popularity of these themes. The screen shot and a little description has been included for each theme. I personally liked ‘Classic Remix of Windows 7′ theme and definitely recommend it. Enjoy most popular Firefox Themes!

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10 Tips to Create a Motivating Working Environment at Home

Posted on 19. Jan, 2010 by Andy Boyd.

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10 Tips to Create a Motivating Working Environment at Home Making the decision to leave the office and work from home is a lifestyle choice more and more people are making today. No matter what line of work you are in, it’s essential that you arrange your working environment to maximize motivation and productivity. Whatever your budget or space restrictions, there are many simple and effective methods for establishing a stimulating and rewarding workspace.

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Making Blog With W3C Web Standards

Posted on 11. Jan, 2010 by Waheed Akhtar.

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Today we have selected a topic called Making Blog with W3C Web Standards, which is very different and unique from our all articles till now and we are sure after reading this, you would definitely check your blog if it is according to the web standards or not. So continue reading and don’t forget to leave your opinion in the comments.

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Design Inspiration, Tutorials and Resources – Best Of 2009

Posted on 01. Jan, 2010 by Waheed Akhtar.

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Design Inspiration-Tutorials-Resources-Best-Of-2009 2009 was a great year and we hope every body have enjoyed this year. Different topics were discussed in this year but “Design Inspiration” and “Tutorials” were the two hot topics around different websites in 2009. Throughout year there were great articles posted related to design inspiration and tutorials. We learned a lot of new stuff from these resources and expecting much more amazing stuff in 2010.

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30+ Freelance Work Websites and Resources You Should Know

Posted on 12. Oct, 2009 by Waheed Akhtar.

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Freelance Work Websites and Resources Have you ever thought what happen if you lose your job tomorrow? Or your company closes due to some reason? The situation could be anything. Many have faced this problem in last few months. What should be your option to handle this situation? Do you know about Freelance Work Websites and Resources where you could survive in this situation?

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30+ Best Firefox Addons for Web Designers and Developers

Posted on 28. Sep, 2009 by Waheed Akhtar.

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Best Firefox Addons for Web Designers and Developers Firefox is a free and open source web browser and most popular among Web Designers and Developers. If you see in the graph below (taken from smashingshare analytics), 64.57% users of SmashingShare are using FireFox. It makes the job of Web Designers and Developers much easier.

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35 Useful Creative Website and Blogs for Designers and Developers

Posted on 21. Sep, 2009 by Waheed Akhtar.

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Here you will find a list of 35 useful creative website and blogs for designers and developers. There are countless useful creative website and blogs on the internet but for this post, I have selected only following creative website and blogs which are very useful for designers and developers.