Inspiration, tips, and updates on Web Design Nov 4th

There are some terrific professionals who speak at design events, and art schools, and teach many things to others, with valuable insights into the business that can’t be learned in four years of art school. Some people command large fees for their time, and knowledge, and others do it merely for the ego boost of being in the spotlight…

Flat design is the most popular trend in UI design right now.
Superficially, flat design is simple:Don’t use gradients, shadows and textures
Use simple shapes, bold colors and clear typographyI believe that a few prominent flat designs sacrifice usability and best practices such as consistency for the sake of aesthetics — and this is what I’ll primarily be talking about…

I love to change my wallpaper depending on my mood at the moment. Now that Autumn is here, there’s nothing more beautiful than having a Fall inspired wallpaper for your desktop. Get motivated to work by these 20 amazing and colorful Autumn wallpapers, that are free to download! Falling leaves, colorful trees, you’ll find everything you want in this autumn wallpapers list…

Advertise here with BSAUsing big photographs in a web design, either as the background or part of the content, is a great way to easily set the overall mood of a site. However, when doing this, you run the risk of creating a site that it visually too busy. That’s why most site’s that you see making use of big images have an overall minimal style when it comes to the other design elements…

Now that two competing technology giants have joined forces — SAS, a Cary, N.C.-based developer of analytics software, and enterprise applications provider SAP AG, a German multinational software corporation that makes enterprise software — there’s just one question. What’s next?
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We have all heard of the amazing success stories that other businesses have told about how social media is the reason they are successful and thrive over their competition. While some businesses might be profiting, others could be hurting themselves with it. Social media isn’t all happy times and loads of money…

Charts are far better for displaying data visually than tables and have the added benefit that no one is ever going to press-gang them into use as a layout tool. They’re easier to look at and convey data quickly, but they’re not always easy to create.
A great way to get started with charts is with Chart…

PSD to HTML conversion and a subsequent CMS integration seems to be the web development solution of the present age. It allows the designers to exercise a strong creative control over the aesthetics of the website and yet gives the most envious and coveted web friendly features to the website, such as cross browser compatibility, SEO semantic coding, pixel perfection and W3C validation…

Are you a developer who just inherited a WordPress site? Inheriting an existing WordPress site comes with a lot of responsibilities. In this article, we will highlight 10 things you should do when inheriting a WordPress site.
1. Password Vault – Get All AccessWhen inheriting a WordPress site, the first thing you must do is gather all the username and password information…