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The Emergence of Icons and Pictograms

Symbols and pictograms have been used since the beginning of history, in every stage of the evolution of the many forms of human communication, from the use of visual signs and figures to convey the meaning of concepts, words and sounds, to the development of spoken language to writing.

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As a Designer, Is Failure a Necessary Part of Success?

We all go through it at one time or another. You’re working on a project and no matter how hard you try, you just can’t seem to get it to “work.” The colors are wrong, the type is inappropriate, the composition is hideous – it’s just a mess, and you eventually write it off as a failure.

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DataURI vs CSS Sprites

Development

As a website’s complexity increases, the performance of the website becomes an important consideration for site owners. Most importantly, you need to consider how your site will perform if it contains too many images.

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Bloom – The Opt-in Plugin

Toolkits

Everyone wants more names on their newsletter or email list, but also, we want to know that we are sending the information out to people who really want it and are more likely to act upon it.

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10 Things Your Homepage Must Have for Effective Marketing

Your website is a valuable tool for not only landing new clients, but also advertising your services. When people visit your website, the first page they are likely to come across is your homepage. Since it plays the role of the face of your company, you need to ensure that it captures the visitors’ attention within seconds. To achieve this, here are ten things that your homepage actually needs:

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10 Design Resources You Could Never Think Were Free

Whether you are designing your own site or you are a professional website designer, you are always looking for a way to make your site sleeker, prettier, more functional, easier to use and more. At the same time you want loads and loads of options to play around with for each of those elements. The complexity adds up very quickly but, you have only so much time.

We bring to you 10 design resources covering a wide range of elements that you will need for the site(s) you are designing. From a “coming soon” template to an all-inclusive theme to a lightweight one-page portfolio site, this collection gives you all. What’s more you can pick from a reasonable range of icons, textures and other graphics like comparison tables. To sort it all for you, you will also find a designer checklist that will keep designing systematic and sane.

What’s more! You’d never think this is all for free, but it sure is!

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