Web Designers' Edge – The Self-Taught Designer's Best Friend

Month: December, 2009

How to choose a good web hosting company for yourself or your client

December 22nd, 2009 by Michelle Hillaert Comments

As freelance web designers, one of the things we often run into is the fact that our clients need help with choosing a web hosting company. Even worse, sometimes we work with clients who are already affiliated with a company that charges way too much without offering some of the more basic tools available.
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The Hover Effect Without Javascript or Jquery

December 21st, 2009 by Tim Norton Comments

We all love javascript and jquery, right? It’s the stuff that helps you do cool stuff on your site, like rotators, animated elements, and a ton more. But the problem is, if you use Javascript and Jquery to do every effect on your site, it can be a little code-intensive. It also won’t work when [...]

Using the Disqus Comment System with Wordpress

December 17th, 2009 by Michael Soriano Comments

As I’m building a new blog for a client, I came across designing the comments area for the single post page. I thought to myself, it would really impress my client if I was able to integrate Facebook Connect and Twitter right into the response form. Then I remembered seeing Disqus in many blogs [...]