| 891 | What’s a Design Dinosaur Preview: Are you fond of applying and scrambling old and new design clichés in one helpless web page? Are you one of the thousands not yet enlightened that ‘too much of a good thing is bad’? Are you too engrossed in improvising other designs and not coming up with your own? Being a design dinosaur is a common sickness among designers who tend to be expos... (more) Published By: Lala C. Ballatan Submitted: 16 March,2005 |
| 892 | Set up Your Online Portfolio Preview: Planning to set up your very own online portfolio? Very well, then you have to know first what’s an online portfolio and its uses. Of course, you also have to know how to take lay out you portfolio online in order to take advantage of it more. Online portfolios are collections of pictures and information about individuals or companies which are ... (more) Published By: Lala C. Ballatan Submitted: 16 March,2005 |
| 893 | About PDF Forms Preview: What is a PDF form? Most people are aware of PDF files, but did you know that you can also turn a PDF file into a form that can be filled-in online? A PDF form could work the same way as any form that you may have filled-in on the web - just click, type in your info into the fields, and submit. Why use a PDF Form? Anyone who has experienced desi... (more) Published By: Dominic Lachance Submitted: 17 March,2005 |
| 894 | About Web Applications Preview: Web-based Applications are web sites that offer more to the user than normal, static web sites. The difference is the way the information is provided to you. The site actually responds to the user, changing to provide the information the user wants to see. The Internet and web technologies can provide an alternative to traditional desktop softwar... (more) Published By: Dominic Lachance Submitted: 17 March,2005 |
| 895 | 10 Things Every Business Web site Should Have Preview: Business web sites are not just like any other sites. Companies make them to reach a lot of prospective customers around the world.Some times people forgot a lot of good things their business web sites should have. Today in this short article I list and explain ten things every business Web site should have. There might be more than these ten thin... (more) Published By: Abdillahi Abdillahi Submitted: 19 March,2005 |
| 896 | If Content is King who is Queen? Preview: It's been said again and again, when it comes to getting people to visit your site (and stay there for more than 5 seconds), the quality of your content rules supreme. But once you've bowed to interest, saluted relevance and kow-towed to originality, who else must you pay homage to for recognition in the court of website stickiness? The two jewel... (more) Published By: Trevor Lewis Submitted: 21 March,2005 |
| 897 | The Psychology of Color in Web Design Preview: Persons engaged in website design, here’s a scoop for you! Would you just like to know that by understanding the basics of cognitive psychology around color and patterns, we could further improve our Web design! Designing a Web site does not only concentrate on making web pages of a certain site interesting and impressive. This skill and talent ... (more) Published By: Lala C. Ballatan Submitted: 23 March,2005 |
| 898 | On Copying and Stealing Designs Preview: The notion on the great artist, Pablo Picasso’s quote, "Bad artists copy. Good artists steal" is lost on many. And revolving around the graphic designer circles is the quote “Good artists copy, great artists steal” known as Picasso’s quote, still. Anyway, it might just be safe to assume that Picasso have not quoted this words exactly but he did ha... (more) Published By: Lala C. Ballatan Submitted: 23 March,2005 |
| 899 | How to Create an Enjoyable Web Page Design Preview: Novice and professional designers alike – you may probably be skilled enough of any one or all of the techniques in creating a Web page and designing them. However, not all designs, even those made by authorities in the field, prove to be enjoyable and entertaining enough for the users. This is a fact that we hope does not irk some of our design e... (more) Published By: Lala C. Ballatan Submitted: 23 March,2005 |
| 900 | Simple lines and shapes for your logo design Preview: Geometric designs come in all shapes and sizes… and lines. You can create your logo design or customize your illustration by using simple lines and shapes to create your very own unique image. Integrate the principle of simplicity with lines, circles, squares, triangles and rectangles, and you'll be able to come up with wonderful results that you... (more) Published By: Granny's Mettle Submitted: 23 March,2005 |
| 901 | Understand Your Color Preview: Any design on a web application involves the effective input of color scheme in order to impress web surfers, instill a certain image or identity associated with the kind of web site it represents, and add impact to the web pages. However, very few possess the talent and skill of developing a harmonious color scheme. There are even very talented... (more) Published By: Lala C. Ballatan Submitted: 23 March,2005 |
| 902 | Content Management Systems (CMS): What They Are And Why We Love Them… Preview: There is a buzz in the online community about a technology that empowers the average computer user with the ability to create and maintain their very own web presence. In the past, individuals who took interest in having and operating their own websites were burdened with the task of learning HTML, DHTML, and other web-based technologies such as J... (more) Published By: Maarten Van Ruitenburg Submitted: 26 March,2005 |
| 903 | Business Opportunity for Graphic Designers Preview: Business Opportunity for Graphic Designers by Mohd Fairuz As a graphic designer, you are sitting on a gold mine. You have a skill other people do not have, and you can use that skill to earn a good living. But, it's very sad to see most experts in graphic design work for others. It's time for a change! Let me tell you a secret. With the powe... (more) Published By: Mohd Fairuz Submitted: 27 March,2005 |
| 904 | Clever Web Designing hints Preview: Some software tools are claiming that designing is easy as 123 and that they will ‘produce’ the pages for you. Unfortunately, a number of web designers are victimized by this marketing gimmick. The results are obvious. A number of operating systems have pages that are not seen properly by the intended surfers. Some are unreadable. Some are difficu... (more) Published By: Maricon Williams Submitted: 28 March,2005 |
| 905 | A great banner only needs simple things… Preview: To create your own great banner, you only need five (5) simple things: 1.Size according to standards. Always keep to the standards. Having a bold, huge banner would look good and attract more attention than any graphic design ever would. Nevertheless, if everybody is doing it, what would be different about you then? As one designer have said: "... (more) Published By: Granny's Mettle Submitted: 28 March,2005 |
| 906 | Accessibility... The Basics Preview: An accessible website is one that allows as many people as possible to access the infomation contained within it. An inportant subset of accessibility is allowing people with visual, aural, or physical disabilities full access to the information and services available in the same way as able-bodied people. Ensuring that your website is not dependa... (more) Published By: Alan Cole Submitted: 28 March,2005 |
| 907 | When your graphic designer costs you money… Preview: So how do you know when your graphic designer costs you financially and emotionally? When a file is not prepared correctly… When you go to press and have your media material produced in prints, and find out that the file was built incorrectly, then that's the time when your graphic designer will cost you money. Many pre-press operators have com... (more) Published By: Granny's Mettle Submitted: 28 March,2005 |
| 908 | Valuable Tips for Catalog Printing Preview: Basic knowledge is a vital factor to save you money and avoid delays in your printing needs. So to give you this familiarity with basic information and to keep you away from printing dilemmas, here are some valuable tips that you should consider. Let us start with the press types and their distinctions. A web press, which is specifically designed... (more) Published By: Maricon Williams Submitted: 29 March,2005 |
| 909 | Catalog Printing Methods Preview: We cannot deny the fact that catalog printing is now a soaring industry. Nowadays, catalogs are considered one of the useful tools in advertising and marketing. It can be used to give information to customers and to show pictures of products that can be purchased. In some cases, catalogs will show services that can be offered by certain businesses... (more) Published By: Maricon Williams Submitted: 29 March,2005 |
| 910 | The Catalog Production Preview: After the completion of the planning process, catalog production starts. These are the steps when producing a catalog: First is the gathering of data. Before any design to exist you must first gather a complete list of all the products you will include in the catalog, as well as all non-product copy. If some items will be grouped together as one ... (more) Published By: Maricon Williams Submitted: 29 March,2005 |