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Different By Design
So this week marks a new phase in the life of Web Hosting Help Guy. Since our inception way back in the last decade, we’ve endeavored to bring to the the design and development community helpful articles, trends, new tools and methods, and generally any information that we thought might be of use. That part of our mission has not changed, and we doubt it ever will.
What is changing, however, is the way we plan on bringing you this information. In addition to our tutorials, how-to posts, and extended
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5 Free Wedding WordPress Themes
You’ve set your date and talked to the caterer. You’ve sent the Save-the-Dates, picked out the centerpieces, and hired the band. Why not take a minute every day then, to share your thoughts on the upcoming Big Day?
With June approaching fast and your wedding right around the corner, we here at Web Hosting Help Guy thought we’d give a gift that you might have forgotten to register for — five free wedding WordPress themes, so you can celebrate the hectic-but-satisfying lead-up as well as the afterglow of your special day. Each theme is gravatar-enabled, widget-ready, and perfect for posting
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5 Free Food, Recipe and Cooking WordPress Themes
You know how the old saying goes — the only certainties in life are death and taxes. Turns out that’s only partially true. Another thing we people all share with each other is our need and desire to enjoy a good meal every now and then — and, for some of us, the only thing that can make these things even better is telling other people about it. Why not, then, share your latest and greatest meal, glass of wine, or restaurant find on your blog? And, to spice up your online profile, we present these free food, recipe, and
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Using A CSS Framework – Your Shortcut To Style
CSS – Cascading Style Sheets – helped liberate the online world from the tyranny of tables. Instead of everything on the Web showing up in a boring block, CSS allowed for a seamless, flowing design that helped turn Web design into an art, rather than just writing code to show information. With CSS came some new tricks and skills to learn, and the time it took to implement these practices could seem daunting to new and experienced designers alike. Moreover, designers also wanted to use it at every possible
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Usability – Track, Test, And Improve Your Website
As a web designer, you’re surely familiar with the basics of usability – that is, you know the usual rules about designing a website so anyone who navigates to it will have the easiest time getting around. Underlined links? Check. Text hierarchy? Got it. Site map for for ease of use and SEO purposes? You know it.
But did you ever wonder how those rules came into effect? Yes, some are well-worn, tried-and-true principles of graphic design. How, though, did web usability gurus like Jakob Nielsen come to modify and apply these principles to the Web? The answer is
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