Here are some quick tips on how to make life easier for people visiting your web site. This will help keep them on the page and within your web site longer and more likely to take the action you want them to take such sign up for your newsletter or purchase from your online store. Before we get to the top 11 tips, the key is that they all boil down to… “Use your common sense and keep it simple” continue reading »
A lot of people can recognize good design when they see it on the web. But most people don’t really know what makes that design good. How do you define “good design?” Is it subjective, like your favorite flavor of ice cream? Although there is some subjectivity within good design, there are artistic principles that good design is built from. Here are a few that form the foundation of good design. continue reading »
Currently doing project for my local client its an existing Content Management System (CMS) created using Joomla, they design this site base on their product marketing style and they just want to add a shopping cart functionality. This is a starting company with limited budget so I need to find a cost effective Open source or free extension for joomla since they don’t want to migrate to new system. There are tons of shopping cart extension for Joomla but I find more positive reviews about Virtuemart an Ecommerce Component for Joomla. continue reading »
Do you have a tight budget and is simply impossible for you to hire a web design agency to create your website? If yes, you are at the right place. In this article, let me share with you some simple steps to create your own website.
First of all, you will need a domain name. There are many websites that offer domain registrations and you can find them by simply doing a search on Google. Before you register a domain name, you need to decide what to get. You can include your company name in the domain name for branding. If not, you can place keywords that are related to what you offer in your domain name, so that people can easily understand what your website is about. continue reading »
I found this video on youtube.com and I find it very helpful, Pros from kztek.com outline 5 easy ways to improve your business web site. It’s a quick, ‘must view’, video for anyone who wants to achieve maximum ROI from their internet investment.
5 Steps to Super Charge your web site
1. Focus
2. Content is King
3. Clear call the action
4. Know your Customers, your Prospects and your Visitors
5. Its all about them and not you
CMS or Content Management System are rapidly becoming one of the main requirements for online marketing. That’s why Creative Professional specially Graphic Web Designers are looking for productive, cost effective and easy to learn CMS solution but creative pros are over shadowing of negative beliefs, thinking that only programmer can setup and maintain this kind of application, maybe co-workers or the agencies don’t want to share this knowledge. Some creative people specially those in printing and web graphic department are only allowed to work in minimal aspect. All of my CG friends and students are always telling this scenario asking me if they can setup and manage database driven web site like Joomla. Some of the online tutorials in the web are not that easy to understand. That’s why I created this tutorial with screencast, study shows that creative guys like me don’t like to read a lot specially when reading long tutorial continue reading »
Here’s a quick and easy to use tool from Google to help you identify topics within most niches. Google Wonder Wheel is a wheel which shows related search terms to the current searched query and thus enable you to explore relevant search terms which might be the ones you originally wanted to search for, or simply give you more options to gain more information.
They are probably one of the most popular trend in Web 2.0 time. It’s most over-used trendy little design technique in our days, they immediately attract visitor’s attention. Web badges have various round or square corners and eye-catchy colours. continue reading »
In this tutorial you’ll learn how to present exciting variations on an old theme through changing the position of the lens flares and creative use of the blending modes, brush tools and colour. So get ready to become reacquainted with one of digital imaging software’s strongest effects. Just stay away from those default settings... […]
In this tutorial you will be taken through the steps to create a roman courtyard. Part I describes the drawing, Roman House Part II – The Drawing describes the coloring, and Roman House Part III – Finishing describes how to draw a roman woman and finish the drawing. […]
Hi everyone, this time I’ve got for you a practical tutorial about creating a ready to print booklet menu for an imaginary coffee shop named "Violet Coffee." In this tutorial you’ll learn to mockup a ready to print background and a couple of additional objects, which will be imported later on in Adobe InDesign to finish the piece. […]
Today, we will demonstrate how to create a realistic iMac icon in Photoshop that includes a 27-inch screen, a keyboard, and a mouse. Let’s get started! […]
Photoshop and Illustrator compliment each other in many ways. Today we will demonstrate how you can use them in tandem to draw and color a graffiti-inspired illustration. […]
This tutorial series will demonstrate all the steps necessary for redesigning an iPhone application with Photoshop. You will learn many of the unique considerations and design patterns used when creating stand-out app interfaces. […]
Designers often use both Illustrator and Photoshop to create a scene or graphic. Today we will combine both of these powerful applications to create a 3-dimensional pill and then create a composite image using these elements. Let’s get started! […]
In this tutorial, you will learn how to create your own abstract graffiti wallpaper using the Pen tool and custom shapes. You’ll also learn how to make it stand out by adding shadows and changing the perspective of the graffiti. […]
