Posts Tagged: Web Design
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Category: Tutorials
I was working on a site migration and I needed to create an excel spreadsheet of all of the urls, page titles, and meta description. This document would then be shared with the copywriters to work on editing the page copy. I found some nice online tools to make this process easy. Step 1: Generate… Read more »
What are the Open Sans CSS Font Weights?
Category: Common Questions
I often want to use different font weights for Open Sans and so am adding them here for quick reference later. Open Sans light font-weight: 300; regular font-weight: 400; semi-bold font-weight: 600; bold font-weight: 700; extra-bold font-weight: 800;
How to Add a Featured Tag with Text Over an Image
Category: Tutorials
In this tutorial I will show you how to place a featured tag over an image using CSS3 ::before pseudo elements. A common use case for this is eCommerce where you might want to visually show a product is featured, on sale, or out of stock. Since your products are displayed dynamically using a database,… Read more »
My 7 Tips for Learning the Artistic Side of Web Design
Category: Newsletter
This is a great question and something I have been thinking a lot about. Especially in how to teach this skill online vs a classroom setting. If I had to pick four important factors to becoming a good designer they would be. Pencil sketch before moving to the computer Sketch a lot of thumbnails with… Read more »
HTML5 Responsive Autoplay Video Code Snippet
Category: Code Snippets
In order to make your HTML5 video responsive you will need to add the following CSS style properties: width: 100%, and max-height: 100%. Your browser does not support the video tag.
How do I design and build a industrial website?
Category: Common Questions
Building an industrial website is one of the greatest experiences. It is a convergence of creativity, technology, and service. So congratulations on embarking on the journey. Below is a very high level look at the 3 major steps. If you have questions, please let me know. Creativity Before you start building you need a plan… Read more »
What Is the Best Way to Learn Web Development?
Category: Newsletter
Learning Web Development is Like Learning How to Paint Let’s say you wanted to become a painter. Where would you start? How would you feel if your first painting looked like the one below? I believe painting by numbers teaches the mechanics and joy of painting to beginners. It quickly builds confidence. You… Read more »
Web Hosting Options and What I Recommend
Category: Common Questions
It can be hard finding a good web hosting company. I have used some good ones and some really bad ones. Below are my recommendations based on the following criteria. Provide quality customer support Based in the USA. I want my server to be in the same country as my audience to improve the speed… Read more »
What is Visual Hierarchy in Web Design and Why is it Important?
Category: Articles
When designing a page layout it is important to consider the overall visual hierarchy of the page. In other words, what grabs your eye first, second, third? What are the goals of the page and how can you make those goals easier to achieve? Your design can use size, color, position, and proximity to define… Read more »
What are the differences between CSS and SASS and what are its advantages and disadvantages?
Category: Common Questions
Sass stands for syntactically awesome stylesheets. Sass is a scripting language that is compiled into regular CSS. It was created to help writing CSS easier and more efficient. CSS is great but it lacks the ability to do advanced programming and calculations. Sass is CSS with superpowers but browsers like Chrome cannot read Sass files…. Read more »
