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I would imagine most of you have come across sIFR at some stage. If you don’t know what it is, in brief,
“sIFR lets you use your favourite font on your websites by cleverly working with Flash, JavaScript and CSS.”
It tends to gain a lot of love/hate attention, but since the release of v3, I tend […]

As some of you may be aware by now, I’m in the process of creating my first real ‘premium’ WordPress theme. Going in this direction has caused me to ask a lot of questions, and do a little research.
As a kind of disclaimer, let me just say, I’m not against people making money from the […]

I’m not the world’s greatest coder. Far from it. In fact, in comparison to those who really know how to code, I’d say I’m among those who just know how to to get by. Those who are great coders, can innovate new ways to do things. That’s not me. I’m just a ‘monkey see, monkey […]

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Every so often we all like a good rant. What better way to get it off your chest, than write a big social media lovin’ list post?
Here are 101 ways in which, to a lesser or greater degree, you may effectively drive people away from your site. Not […]

Get excited! Tell your friends, and spread the word, because Alpha is about to go a little nuts!! Call it ‘March Madness’ if you like!
Things have been going well around here, so maybe it has gone to our heads a little. Whatever the case, you’re going to benefit from it…

Don’t you just love those simple tips, which help make your job so much easier?
This tip is so easy it’s silly, but I see ‘professional’ outfits who obviously don’t know it. Or at least they don’t practice it.

So, after considering the vital aspects of pricing as a designer, maybe we should consider how we’re going to approach the execution of offering your services?
As a web designer, you know you’ve got skills that others haven’t. You also know many people are willing to pay for what you have, but how do you get […]

As much as design may be considered subjective, there are more ‘rules’ than you might realise.
The primary objective of type, for example, is not to look pretty, but to convey information. There are times however, when this rule isn’t adhered to as it ought to be, and type becomes more of a detail or texture, […]

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