Background Pattern Designs And Resources For Websites

Patterns are a useful resource for website design. Filling the background with a full-blown image is no longer a useful solution today as the variety of devices and screen resolutions in the market make it difficult to adapt to them all, although…

Wireframe and Mockup Tools

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Just a list.. a nice list. Pencil Open source and Free, the Pencil Project is a great tool for making diagrams and GUI prototyping that everyone can use. It runs as either a Firefox plugin or in a standalone XUL runner. Does not work on Mac…

Web application security

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It's a real possibility that the web server is locked down and secured.   Web application hacking requires the attacker to understand application logic. A website may be ripped entirely and stored locally. While this does not give…

Checkout solutions for your E-commerce

Charge that credit card, get paid and have your e-commerce web site up and running at a decent cost so it can support itself and bring some green. The idea behind an e-shop is to have the conversion from visitor to buyer done fast and in the…

Buying the right stock photo

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Your site is ready for a face-lift and you’re looking for the right images to use. You’re also looking to print something consistent with your web site so your image looks solid and established. Here is where a stock-photography site comes…

Conquering website basics

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The web site is your magazine. You are publishing a highly interactive collection of columns on any subject you can think of, providing that the web site sticks to a certain content category. The webmaster is the publisher, the designer is…

What do I need a web presence for?

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Before you go any further in building a web presence, you need to answer an obvious question: “What do I need a web presence for?” This also includes the answer to: “What am I going to do with my website after I publish it?”.You may…