Articles by Web Designer Depot from August 2012

Your portfolio website sucks. You built it to showcase your cumbersome genius, the work on there is spectacular, and it should be the envy of the entire web community. It was designed to bring in new ...

If there’s one service that everyone needs and that needs to be reliable, that is web hosting. And today, we have not only 1, but 15 free hosting accounts from Zyma to give away (the accounts ar...

The personal computer is the thing thats always with you, always connected [and] has your stuff on it. Luke Wroblewski, Drupalcon Denver Keynote, March 2012 Your mobile phone is always with you. Its ...

You probably pride yourself on being a great web designer, right? But did you know that some elements of your website designs might actually be lowering the conversion rate and revenue of your website...

Every week we tweet a lot of interesting stuff highlighting great content that we find on the web that can be of interest to web designers. The best way to keep track of our tweets is simply to follow...

Every week we feature a set of comics created exclusively for WDD. The content revolves around web design, blogging and funny situations that we encounter in our daily lives as designers. These great ...

Whether you’re just starting out or have hit a dry spell, there may come a point in time where you have to find a way to make your money without design clients. Let’s face it, the search f...

In May this year, our editor suffered an unfortunate accident. Having booted up his machine and fetched his morning coffee he sat down at his desk to review the overnight comments: we’re lucky e...

[Editor's note: This is a sponsored post for MyPriceApp] How often do designers, especially new ones, have issues figuring out how much to charge for their services? Charge too much, and you end up wi...

The evolution of WordPress from a blogging platform into a fully-fledged CMS, simultaneously turns it into a solid framework for developers to build outstanding projects and applications upon. The Wor...

The August edition of what’s new for web designers and developers includes new web apps, JavaScript and jQuery tools, Mac and Windows apps, productivity tools, tools to make it easier to work wi...

Every week we tweet a lot of interesting stuff highlighting great content that we find on the web that can be of interest to web designers. The best way to keep track of our tweets is simply to follow...

Every week we tweet a lot of interesting stuff highlighting great content that we find on the web that can be of interest to web designers. The best way to keep track of our tweets is simply to follow...

Every week we feature a set of comics created exclusively for WDD. The content revolves around web design, blogging and funny situations that we encounter in our daily lives as designers. These great ...

Have you ever gone to a website using anything other than your desktop or laptop (smartphone, tablet, etc.) and had a bit of a struggle enjoying the site, mainly because everything couldn’t fit ...

When it comes to printing, whether business cards, posters, greeting cards or invitations, you will invariably be presented with a multitude of mind-boggling options. You can opt for digital, die cut,...

[This is a sponsored review for Izzonet] There are a lot of options out there for building an online store if you dont want to self-host or start from scratch,Shopify; BigCommerce; Volusion; and IzzoN...

Do you know why your clients websites have been losing traffic over the last few months? It most likely has nothing to do with your design skills, or how people are responding to the website. On April...

One can only imagine how tough it was to practice web design back when everything seemed so new during the days of Netscape Navigator and Microsoft FrontPage. Looking back, it seems like such an arch...

Every week we tweet a lot of interesting stuff highlighting great content that we find on the web that can be of interest to web designers. The best way to keep track of our tweets is simply to follow...

Every week we feature a set of comics created exclusively for WDD. The content revolves around web design, blogging and funny situations that we encounter in our daily lives as designers. These great ...

We’re back with some more good free goodness. Today’s freebies is a set of 40 fantastic icons called Bluetron. They are available as PNG files (256 x 256px). You can use them for free for ...

Graphic design is a dirty business. Its filled with people who excuse theft with tags like inspiration, backstabbin under the guise of competition and design by committee likenin it to the need for be...

As businesses continue developing websites to peddle their wares and services, marketers are becoming increasingly aware of the importance of user engagement and user experience. Creating opportunitie...

The psychology of logo design is one of the most oversimplified aspects behind the process of creating a logo. It’s usually associated exclusively with the choice of colors but is actually much ...

By nature, the web is a chaotic place where people hop from page to page at will. Unfortunately, this freedom can work against those websites whose content is best followed in a certain order. Design ...

Every week we tweet a lot of interesting stuff highlighting great content that we find on the web that can be of interest to web designers. The best way to keep track of our tweets is simply to follow...

Every week we feature a set of comics created exclusively for WDD. The content revolves around web design, blogging and funny situations that we encounter in our daily lives as designers. These great ...

The advent of CSS3 has introduced a world of possibilities for web designers and developers. With animations, shadows, rounded corners and more, elements can be easily styled, and still weigh less tha...

Commercials and websites essentially serve the same purpose: they exist to captivate an audience and retain their interest long enough to inform them about their product or brand. If executed successf...

There was a time when toys didnt plug in and the batteries were your imagination. They had sharp edges, eye-poking points, were violent, racist, sexist, and promised to make boys into men and girls in...

Responsive design isn’t just a change in layout or the use of media queries here and there, it is a mind-state and an action that has clear meaning. Responsive design is essentially saying that ...