TEmelie – web design blog

Like in fashion, we could talk about web design trends for this year, talk about what is eye-catching, what is beautiful for the eye of the beholder.
- The “Retro Style” is definitely a web trend this year and i had so much clients asking for this kind of style for his website design. This classic style, smart used and created will always will delight your visitors. Visit this website and you’ll get my point ( http://www.ernesthemingwaycollection.com ). It is a perfect example that represent this style. Use old paper graphics & suitable fonts and start playing . Read the rest of this entry »

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First of all you should take this information very valuable. Why ? That’s simple. I work as a freelancer for about 4 years now and i met a lot of people from all the countries and i have some experience.
Let’s enumerate most important things you should consider before choosing a programmer / designer.
- Portfolio ( not always most important )
- Skills
- Reviews ( if you are connected in a freelance website )
- Hourly rate , or rates per task. Read the rest of this entry »

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Most people will say it a domain very saturated ( it is ) and you will never succeed in this business. I advice people that there is one more place always. How do you start ?

1.First of all you need a web presence so you think on a strong name for your business and a domain name. I advice you present as an individual because when dealing with a company it is obvious the price will go higher. Also find some cheap hosting package for your domain. I suggest hostgator plan because there you can host unlimited domains. Read the rest of this entry »

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If you’re using CSS layouts undoubtately you’ve noticed a funny thing happening when you define colors. Instead of the six chatacter codes that you use normally (#3cc99ff) you see just three characters (#c9f). This is called color shorthand and takes advantage of the fact that the browser-safe Web palette uses triplets that are always displayed as doublets. Read the rest of this entry »

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The importance of good navigation
Try to imagine that your Web page is like a city were people come to visit different locations. Like in real life accurate navigation is the key to getting people to where they want to go. If the browsers can’t navigate easily through your site, they will most likely leave in a hurry. But before you start putting g up “road signs”, there are a couple of interesting things you should check out first. Read the rest of this entry »

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The Web page itself
The title is the first thing anyone read after opening your page therefore it should well thought so that it expresses in the best way what your page is all about. Also it should be descriptive because this it will appear in someone’s list of bookmarks or at the top of the page.
No use having a great title if the content is rubbish. The main reason people visit Web sites is information so if your page doesn’t present them with useful up-to-date news they won’t bother to visit it again. Make the content interesting for more than you and your friends. Read the rest of this entry »

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Before you start combining colors and mixing them togheter you should look up a few things about the color theory. Once you get this out your way the only limit is your imagination. However don’t get carried away as there are a couple important aspects you should bare in mind. Here are some tips on how to get you started.
First of all use the color wheel. The color wheel is simple yet brilliant concept which sits color one next to the other in order of hue and saturation. Use it! Naturally, some colors look great together whilst others form an eye-scratching combination. In order to avoid these mix-ups I’m going to introduce you to a number of concepts. Read the rest of this entry »

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Web page designers have many methods of attracting attention to certain events that are out of the extraordinary. In this article I’m going to introduce to you a couple of those techniques.
The first and most widely used is changing the font size of headline. Examples of this can be found on CNN.com before and after the Iraq war. They more then doubled their font size in order to present news of significant importance about the war. From a 20px font CNN jumped to 48px so I guess the change was obvious for everybody. Read the rest of this entry »

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Manage your space and your whitespace
The vast majority of people are often so focused on creating a great layout that the only aspects they analyze are tables, CSS, frames etc. This is great but in most cases it leads to ignoring the basics of Web Layout, which in turn translates into mistakes that could have easily been avoided. For instance use the whole space without giving the impression that you are trying to do just that. An easy way to realize that is by using relatively sized layout sections. In this way they will contract and expand to adjust the browser window. Read the rest of this entry »

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Not everyone is a great artist. Web designers although are talented individuals may encounter problems in choosing the right color scheme for their website. So what do you do? You could rely on color theory or simply get the best match from the colors needed for your company logo. Even better yet should you choose colors according to your own likes and dislike? Read the rest of this entry »

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