Basic Color Theory

By Owl Technologys

Color theory encompasses a multitude of definitions, concepts and design applications - enough to fill several encyclopedias. However, there are three basic categories of color theory that are logical and useful : The color wheel, color harmony, and the context of how colors are used. Color theories create a logical structure for color. For example, if we have an assortment of fruits and vegetables, we can organize them by color and place them on a circle that shows the colors in relation to each other.

5 Crucial Web Design Tips for a Professional Site

By Chase Lepard

A website cannot succeed solely through compelling design or thought-provoking content. It needs to have a style that feeds into your websites user experience and functionality while being easy to understand at first glance.

What’s the best web hosting for designers?

By A.Dannaway

Web designers often ask me what web hosting I use to host my portfolio website and my client’s websites, so I thought I’d write a quick post about who I use to host my websites and why. I’ve been using Media Temple Grid Hosting since 2010 and it’s been great so far. I tried a bunch of other web hosting providers initially, but there was always an issue, whether it was downtime, poor support or slow website loading times.

Free image placeholder services to generate dummy images

By Adham

When you’re building website templates, user interfaces or initial application prototypes there is often the need for placeholder images or dummy images. Rather than wasting time and effort finding and cropping custom images you can simply use a free image placeholder service that will automatically create an image for you with your specified dimensions. Here are some of the best free image placeholder services on offer.

CSS Sticky Footer sticks your footer to the bottom of the page

By Adham

There are many ways to keep your footer stuck to the bottom of the page, but the cleanest and most well tested method I have come across is CSS Sticky Footer. It’s very simple to implement, uses semantic code and has been tested in over 50 browsers. Keep your footer at the bottom of the page with CSS Sticky Footer.

Embed fonts in your website with Google Web Fonts

By Adham

As web designers we’re all getting a bit bored of using the same old web-safe fonts. Do Arial, Verdana and Times New Roman sound familiar to you? Luckily it’s very simple to embed custom fonts in your website these days. There are plenty of different ways to do it including sIFR, Cufon and @font-face but one of the easiest and best ways to do it is using Google Web Fonts.