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

Issue: 2009 July 30

A Secret Source For Stunning Designs

July 30th, 2009 by Tim Norton View Comments

When just getting started in web design, or even if you’ve been around for a while … you can sometimes feel like you are running out of ideas.
OK maybe you can get started pretty well, but then you kind of fizz out on your design and can’t seem to do anything that looks good.
So what [...]

Resource Bin – 2 Awesome Resources I Can’t Do Without

July 30th, 2009 by Tim Norton View Comments

When designing a website for a client, it’s nice to have easy-to-use free tools you can rely on. Here are a couple of my favorites.
1. Favicon Generator – some clients ask you to create a favicon, you know, that little icon that shows up in the address bar in the browser and in the bookmarks [...]

But I Just Want To Make This One Last Change … Don’t Always Try To Reach Perfection

July 30th, 2009 by Tim Norton View Comments

When you are doing a project, whether for your self or a client, there is a disease that might creep in of wanting to make it perfect.
In fact, you have a set of objectives with the website.
Maybe it has to make sales.
Maybe people have to feel comfortable on the website.
Maybe you want them to download [...]