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BBC News has Had a Design Makeover

BBC News has Had a Design Makeover

BBC News is looking extremely sleek today. At first I thought I was on the wrong page! I always read their Health News pages and today was pleasantly surprised by the vibrant and modern new look. The BBC have decided to remove the old fashioned left sidebar and now have all their navigation along...
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What Is A Playful, Engaging, Persuasive Web Site?

What Is A Playful, Engaging, Persuasive Web Site?

An interesting discussion has been kicked off by Kim over at Cre8asiteforums.com – what types of website should be emotionally engaging, which should be minimalist, clean, “professional”? And what is meant by “professional style” in web design? A site for Children will look very different from one for stock brokers, but both will surely...
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How To Succeed Online Rule 1: Do Not Give Up

I was just reviewing some old contributed articles on one of my sites, and noticed that the URL provided by one author was no longer active (just a domain holding page). This surprised me, as the author produced some good work. The author in question is Tracie Johanson. According to her bio on Associatedcontent.com,...
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The Easiest Way to Test Websites in Multiple Browsers

The Easiest Way to Test Websites in Multiple Browsers

I have recently been experimenting more with Linux (Ubuntu distribution) and have recently discovered the power of running Virtual Machines. I started investigating after it was suggested that the safest way to run Windows was inside a Virtual Machine running on Linux, as this helps to stop and contain viruses and Trojans. However, virtual...
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Website Logo Competition – Health and Fitness Theme – MotleyHealth.com

Website Logo Competition – Health and Fitness Theme – MotleyHealth.com

We are proud to announce that we have been chosen the host the MotleyHealth.com logo competition. MotleyHealth.com has decided that it is time to upgrade their current logo, and have decided to search for a new logo by way of a competition. The logo should be on the theme of Fitness, Strength and Weight...
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Open Source Templates – The easy way to start building your own Web Pages

I have been dedicating the last month or so to setting up a home LAMP server, to host PHP/MySQL sites and static sites and blogs using FTP. Now I need to get back to the busines of creating web pages. By far the easiest way to build a site for the first time is...
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First Steps Towards Web Design

I am now taking my first steps towards a possible career on web design. I have recently updated my fathers British Horse Racing website, Runners and Riders, as well as my own Photography website, JPW Photography. Friends have commented that my web design skills are coming along well, and today I took a look...
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A decade of good website design

By Mark Ward, Technology correspondent, BBC News website “Jakob Nielsen, Nielsen/Norman Group Dr Nielsen has strong opinions about what works… The web looks very different today than it did 10 years ago. Back in 1994, Yahoo had only just launched, most websites were text-based and Amazon, Google and eBay had yet to appear. But,...
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What are wiki’s and how they work

A wiki is a type of website that allows the visitors themselves to easily add, remove and otherwise edit and change some available content, sometimes without the need for registration. This ease of interaction and operation makes a wiki an effective tool for collaborative authoring. The term wiki can also refer to the collaborative...
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How to create your own simple web pages for free

Creating your own website is actually incredibly easy, and can be done very cheaply. To create your own site you need just four things: 1. An internet service provider – although in theory you could set one up from a cybercafe if you really wanted. 2. A web host – your ISP may provide...
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