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13 Reasons Why CSS Is Superior to Tables in Website Design

Posted by: Matt 86 comments

For the past few days, we’ve been scouring the web searching for the top 13 reasons why Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) are superior to table-based layouts when designing a website. Some web designers swear that table-based layouts are better than CSS-based layouts, while others believe that table-based layouts are ancient history and XHTML combined with CSS is the only real solution to coding a web site’s visual layout. Since we’re one of those CSS die-hards, we’ve compiled a list of 13 reasons why CSS-based layouts are superior to table-based layouts.

Posted in: Articles, CSS, Lists, SEO, Web Design, Web Development, Website Usability

12 Steps to Creating a Professional Web Design

Posted by: Matt 94 comments

Before we share some of the necessary steps used to create a professional web design and website, the following question must be addressed: What constitutes a “professional web design”? More often than not, a web designer or web design company claims to offer professional web design services for their clients. However, should they be promoting “web design services” rather than “professional web design services”? When measuring the professionalism of a web design and website, one must take into consideration a number of factors/steps:

Posted in: Articles, Lists, Web Design, Website Usability

Essential Guide to Creating SEO Friendly Website Design

Posted by: Matt 12 comments

The process of creating a successful search engine optimization campaign can be compared to the construction of a new building – without a solid foundation (SEO friendly website design) the building (your website) won’t be sturdy or safe to occupy. Ultimately, the risk of the building collapsing (your website SEO campaign failing) significantly increases because of a poorly constructed foundation.

Posted in: Articles, SEO, Web Design

5 Things to Hate About Web Design (and how to fix them)

Posted by: Matt 10 comments

What do you hate most about websites ? If you browse websites as much as we do, then there is a lot to hate. Because there are so many terribly designed, user non-friendly websites on the Internet today, we have put together this short but detailed list of things to hate about web design. In addition to compiling this list, we’ve also provided a solution for each of the problems.

Posted in: Articles, Lists, Web Design

The Dos and Don’ts Guide to Great Web Design

Posted by: Matt 19 comments

When followed, this guide will prove to be quite a valuable web design resource. From the inexperienced to the experienced, this guide has something for everyone.

Posted in: Articles, SEO, Web Design

Web design: Keep it clean

Posted by: Matt 4 comments

When designing your website, remember one thing: Less is more. Some people make the mistake of filling up every pixel on their web page with a different image or graphic or piece of text. Not only does this usually look bad, but it greatly diminishes the chance that the visitor will be able to find a focal point. People don’t like being confused when they visit a web site. They like simple.

Posted in: Articles, Web Design