A couple of weeks ago I wrote about how I have no problem conceptualizing site designs for my clients, but when it comes to my own sites, I tend to let design take a backseat and just leave them functional. It’s kind of like the…
FreshBooks sent out an announcement that tomorrow they will implement their new design. They are calling it version 4.0 (currently 3.0) and mention some new features that users will have. Personally, I rather like the current user panel. Very clean and simple and easy to…
Well, as I mentioned in a recent post, I went and bought a new computer. I didn’t feel like getting another custom job, and there was a good sale on a really nice system at the store. Of course, the downside to that was that…
Anyone out there check out MyPoints lately? Talk about a massive redesign. MyPoints went from being a very old-school cluttered and difficult to navigate site, to having a great new design. The new design looks fabulous and is definitely an improvement. Now, if only they…
There is something I’d really like to do and I’m not sure if there is some way to do this or not so… I’m appealing to you all. Now, here is my question to all you Google-loving lurkers on my blog: Is there any way…
I have no problem doing design for clients – because I always have an outside perspective. Designing for your own site is kind of like… giving advice. You can give advice to other people but often not to yourself. It’s all about perspective. For a…
Glam Media made news a couple of months ago when it was ranked by comScore as ‘Number One Women’s Web Property’ in a results list that had it scoot just barely past the extremely popular iVillage.com in the results top 10. Now Glam Media is…
Heavy.com has just opened their HuskyNetwork for publishers and bloggers across the web, as well as advertisers interested in reaching the newly expanded audience. The HuskyNetwork is in its public beta form currently, and is launching as a video ad network. Heavy is a site…
Here are a couple of nice themes from the web community today: Ambient Glo 1.5 Fixed (Demo, Download). Fluid (Demo, Download). A very nice 3 column theme that has the option to be either fixed or fluid width. Good use of color and white space.…
There are a lot of ways to create a tangled web within your CSS code. Using hacks are probably still at the top of the list, but a very close runner up is the use of the !important declaration within your CSS. (Of course, in…