Copyright Infringement

Copyright Infringement and How to Avoid It When Designing Your Website

One of the most common mistakes that new bloggers or business owners make is to use images they’ve found online without the proper licensing or attribution. Just because you found an image on the Internet does NOT mean it’s free for you to use! Because the images you see on the Internet have been copyrighted, […]

E-commerce security tips

E-commerce Security Tips

If you have an online business with shop options, you have an e-commerce site. Having an e-commerce site is great because it allows you to make money online. Unfortunately, doing anything online means that it isn’t completely secure—especially when it comes to e-commerce security. There will be hackers and thieves all over the internet, so […]

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Web Design History: Where Dot-com Came From

Domain names have been around almost as long as the Internet itself. We are all very familiar with them, typing them at the end of a website name in our browsers. But do we ever think about the purpose of them, or perhaps why and when they were started? In this snippet of web design […]

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Web Design Basics: Choosing Images for Your Website

It’s vital that the first thing we see when we go to a website are the images. People are visual and learn and explore through imagery. In this week’s web design basics, we’re going to go over images and effective strategy of image use. Images and How They Pertain to Your Web Page We’ve gone […]

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What Is Company Brand and Company Website Dissonance?

When branding your website, it’s important to have harmony. That means the elements and themes of the website flow together and are “at peace” with one another. Sometimes, when we create a brand, those elements clash with one another. What Is Website Branding? When you create a brand, you want to create a “symbol” for […]

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A Consideration of Effective Image Use in Web Design

Humans communicate mostly through visuals. We’re just visual people. That’s why using images in web design is important. But you can’t just throw jpegs onto your web page wherever you want. That isn’t effective image use in web design. To ensure the most effective use of images, consider the following. Effective Image Use File size […]

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Battle Royale: Strikingly vs Voog

Are you interested in web design? Do you have a product or business that needs a proper page? Are you still looking for the right content management system? Pop some popcorn. Grab a soda. It’s time for another Battle Royale! This time, we have newcomers: Strikingly in one corner and Voog in the other. Now […]

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Web Design Alignment: The Basics

If you want people to scroll through your website and actually read it, your web design needs to be readable, right? Often times, websites depend on content alone to coax users into staying, but that just doesn’t work. Would you want to read something that isn’t organized? Knowing how to organize images, words and other […]

Web Design History: First Website Ever

Web Design History: The First Website Created

The Internet as we know it has been around for as long as most of us can remember, but many don’t know about its fascinating web design history. As something we use everyday, whether it be for social interaction, entertainment, news, or the seemingly boundless amount of information, the question of origin may come up […]

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Web Design Basics: Hoping for Harmony

In this week’s web design basics, we’re going to relax and take a step back. Our web design company isn’t going to break down a single web design concept. Instead, we’re bringing them all together in perfect harmony. Knowing how to find harmony is an important web design lesson. Web Design Concepts: Visual Harmony Art […]