Good web design is often a reflection the niche it serves. This can be especially true in the tech sector, where businesses are often characterized by innovation, continual improvement, and their taking advantage of the latest trends in design, production, and marketing. High tech enterprises tend to be forward thinking. […]

Be Theme’s more than 220 (and counting) pre-built websites is just one of the features making this the biggest WordPress theme ever. New releases are currently appearing at a rate of approximately four per month. The latest releases, for the month of September, are presented here. Pre-built websites cover a […]

Occasionally, you’ll spot an icon consisting of three horizontal lines at the upper far left or right of your screen. You may have to click on it to find out what it does; which users who have an aversion of the unknown are sometimes reluctant to do. This three-line icon […]

Minimalist design is not a new concept. Minimalism has been in vogue in various areas of art, design, and architecture for years. It has only appeared recently in web design as a design trend, and consequently, it is often looked upon as being a new and modern trend. While the […]

Freelancers take their web design activities seriously, and for that reason. They often display and benefit from, a healthy dose of intellectual curiosity. They are not only keenly interested in following the latest design trends, but they also take the time to try and understand how these trends came into […]

New pre-built websites are constantly being released that address the needs of web designers serving clients representing a wide variety of business niches and the various types of websites they have a need for. Depending upon the domains of these different companies, the websites they request to have built can […]

Web design is vastly different today than it was in the years immediately following the advent of Internet, and it has become a profession in its own right. One of the challenges facing today’s web designers is that of keeping up with an ever-changing, and seemingly more demanding, technology. You […]

A hero image is a term used to describe an oversize image placed at the top of a website, or on its home page. It is typically a high-resolution photo or a graphic, although a more recent trend is to use videos or animations. The use of a hero image […]

Pre-built websites offer a better, faster, and simpler way to initiate a web design project than is the case with wireframes. They provide a much better picture of how your initial design effort relates to your client’s needs, and where you are headed. Not only is customizing the look of […]

As a web design professional, you’ve most likely accumulated most of the tools of the trade you need to do your work. Nevertheless, there are times when those tools are either not quite right for the task at hand, or one of the characteristics of your work, and the tools […]

When designing a website, a piece of advice you often receive is “know your audience”. On the surface, this is good advice, but it falls short. It may lead you to taking a “one-size-fits-all” approach, which appeals to the lowest common denominator, while essentially ignoring certain segments of your presumed […]

One of the more popular website trends being put into play by web designers is that of parallax scrolling. The concept of parallax is nothing new. The ancient Greeks were the first to define it. In more recent times, the parallax effect was used in video games to give them […]