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13 Reasons Why CSS Is Superior to Tables in Website Design

Matt | Thursday, April 3rd, 2008 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.

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12 Steps to Creating a Professional Web Design

Matt | Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008 74 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:

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Chromatic Launches Professional WordPress Themes Website

Matt | Saturday, January 5th, 2008 5 comments

We are pleased to announce our brand new WordPress themes website now available for viewing. Looking for free, high-quality WordPress themes? Check out our Professional WordPress Themes website today!

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The Dos and Don’ts of Website Navigation Usability

Matt | Tuesday, November 20th, 2007 6 comments

Having poor website usability is like driving your car without a map through an area that you’ve never visited before. Unless you have an incredible aptitude for finding your way around, you’re going to get lost. In addition, the more that you drive around, the more frustrated you’re going to become. The possibility that you’ll never want to return to that area significantly increases as the frustration is compounded. The same holds true for a website that possesses poor usability.

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Essential Guide to Creating SEO Friendly Website Design Image

Essential Guide to Creating SEO Friendly Website Design

Matt | Sunday, October 7th, 2007 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.

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

Matt | Saturday, September 22nd, 2007 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.

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The Dos and Don’ts Guide to Great Web Design Image

The Dos and Don’ts Guide to Great Web Design

Matt | Friday, September 14th, 2007 17 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.

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