Blog Posts: Design / Development
Evo4 CMS Earns Silver Rating by ThemeGrade»
ThemeGrade is a website that tests and grades WordPress themes for general code compliance and for on-page SEO. Our recently launched theme for professional designers using WordPress as a CMS…
Evo4 CMS WordPress Theme Launched»
We’re really thrilled to announce that we’ve launched Evo4 CMS, a free theme for WordPress that is specifically made for building business websites that include an integrated blog. These are…
Design Challenge: Developing a Grid that Integrates “Traditional Website” Pages with a Blog»
Business websites that include both “traditional website” pages and a blog are becoming more common. It seems that most people want their business web site pages to be in the…
My Favorite WordPress Plugins»
I love plugins that solve a problem or expand my capabilities. The following plugins have earned a place on my standard WordPress implementation list because they do one or both,…
Handling Duplicate Content with the Canonical Tag»
Note: This is a GUEST POST by Edward Kung, owner of Seedin Web Development, a company in Vancouver, British Columbia, which provides complete web development solutions.One of the biggest problems…
Web Designer, Web Developer: What’s the Difference?»
The terms “web designer” and “web developer” can mean just about anything, depending on who’s using them and why. I’m going to make a case for definitions that indicate two…
Web Design is Not Just Graphic Design for the Web»
I started my design career as a print designer. At that time, there was no Internet, and no such thing as a website. In fact, computers were not something designers…
Free XHTML/CSS Template for Use with Photoshop 4-Column Grids»
Template no longer available for download (article published in 2009). You should be using Zurb Foundation or Bootstrap as a basis for a responsive website. A couple of days ago, we…
Free 4-column Grid Photoshop Templates for Better Web Design»
Update 11/10/2017: Please note the date of this post. The post does not refer to the relatively new, not widely implemented (yet) Grid Layout. Update 6/15/2015: In this age of…
Design Team Roles for Best Results»
DOH! We recently had a glitch on a logo/web design project for which I take complete responsibility. Knowing the client was anxious to get the website completed, I tried to…