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Category: Web Design

GoDaddy design gets an overhaul >

Making sense of the craziness that is GoDaddy’s home page wasn’t easy. I’m not even sure I captured the simplicity I was aiming for. I’ll let you be the judge More…


My Redux of the FedEx Home Page >

This is my version of the FedEx home page without all the clutter and distraction. Give me the thing that I want – pick up or tracking. What else is More…


What a web designer can learn about business from watching “Kitchen Nightmares” with Gordon Ramsay. >

I am not the biggest reality TV fan, but I found a show that actually teaches about business disguised as a cooking show.  On Thursday nights I like to watch More…


Web Design World Boston – 2008 >

Web Design World returns to Boston December 8-10, 2008 for three days of information, interaction, insight and inspiration. Web Design World Boston is an incredible opportunity to gain insight and More…


The best layouts for websites >

Congratulations to Andy Rutledge for writing a superb article on web page layouts: "As good design further penetrates the Web, once highly-regarded conventions fall into disfavor and are replaced by More…


Which type size on websites? >

There is often debate between designers and clients on the font sizes for headings, body text or highlighted text elements on websites. I personally like a slightly bigger font. Even More…


How to Create a Successful Landing Page >

  Creating a successful landing page is critical to ensuring that any product is intelligently marketed on the web.  Establishing the appropriate page layout and design may seem to be More…


Rotating Quotes that Slide >

Here’s a great little resource we’ve built to enhance the functionality we’ve used for the quote rotation on the TEDMED site. The idea is to allow for the full control More…


Website Design Project Management >

What does project management mean for your company?  Do you have multiple layers of PM?  We’ve been discussing if project management has any value, and what is that value?  It’s More…


Simple Accordion with JavaScript and jQuery >

Jump right in and check out the example I’ve explored many of the accordion jQuery plugins out there, and they all seem to be overkill and overly complex. I guess More…


Creating a usable 404 page >

One often overlooked feature of web design is the 404 Error page. This is the page that a visitor will see when a certain page or file is not found. More…


Creating a Video Tour with CSS, XHTML and jQuery >

Here’s a little resource I wipped up for the Who Reps It project we’re currently designing at FTS. It’s a re-usable video tour page that runs on Vimeo. For now More…