Tinkering with CSS often gets on my nerves, often because I can’t achieve the effect I want to! Trying to sort one tiny little thing out for an hour isn’t fun, and you are left feeling like you haven’t actually achieved anything when you’ve finally sorted the problem out.

Read the rest of this entry »

We are putting together a new ‘free image hosting’ service to help expand our existing main website and blog. It will be much the same as other free image hosts although it will be faster loading and have less adverts than most competitors. The script for the service is just being completed now and will be live on our website soon!

I will make an update once the service has been launched, if you want to start using the service right away you should subscribe to our blog feed (square orange button at top of your browser) or add this blog post to your faves and check back in a few weeks.

The web is a busy place, millions of websites all competing for visitors within their niche. Getting visitors to remember your site can be done by promoting RSS feeds and constantly referring to your site as WhateverYourNameIs.com, as well as many other methods. With the web being such a busy place it is important that your design stands out, this in itself can make you memorable.

Read the rest of this entry »

The main website is now receiving around 15,000 unique visitors a month, and continuing to grow. I also have new features (unique & good quality of course!) to integrate into the site. The problem is the current design! It is a very pretty looking site with the big image of a sunset, but the navigation bar at the top is small and fiddly and now I can’t fit anymore links on it. It also only has one sidebar, ideally for all the content I need two.

Read the rest of this entry »

The right images on a website can really help complete a design in style. No matter what the nature or style of your site design there are always plenty of images you can use absolutely free (or though you may have to credit the photographer). On our main site we previously only listed 4 providers of free stock images, now we list 6! You can check them out on our Stock Photo Providers page.

For even more providers check out this list.

Are you constantly tweaking your website or do you do a redesign/series of changes and just leave it? Is it wise to always be messing with the design? Ive been putting together plans for existing websites to continue there development and I started thinking about whether constant changes are better than making lots of changes at once?

Read the rest of this entry »

When designing a website there is lots to think about, and one of the most important parts is how users will navigate around your site. Users love simple navigation, it means they have to think less and can surf quicker. If you want users to stay on your website for a while then easy navigation is critical.

Read the rest of this entry »