Every minute, of every hour Google processes over 2 million search queries, 100,000 Tweets are sent, 48 hours of new video are uploaded to YouTube, Facebook users share 685,000 pieces of content and 571 new websites are created (Source: DOMO). I’m not going to claim we have gone through all of that in the past [read more…]
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thewebdesignforum.co.uk is a new UK web design forum founded and run by a collective of seven passionate web designers. We caught up with the guys to find out more about their approach to managing the forum, their plans, their advice for anyone looking to set-up a forum and how they built awareness of the forum. [read more…]
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In my last infographics post, I discussed how to gather the data for an infographic to make sure that you have some interesting and authoritative information to present to your audience. Here, we’ll go through the importance of a great design in helping to make your infographic irresistible, so that others will share and discuss [read more…]
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As part of our on-going commitment to supporting web design and developer events across the country, we’ve partnered with Birmingham based conference, Canvas. Described as “a one day conference for developers, designers and marketeers”, Canvas aims to explore the future of the web and discuss how new technologies are affecting both customers and web professionals [read more…]
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In this post I will discuss ways you can apply gamification to selling web hosting and domain names without the need to have a huge budget, or a team of hundreds to make it happen. What is gamification? Gamification is the principle of taking mechanisms found in games and then applying them to situations which [read more…]
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When working on a website, it is common to face a rush of high-priority tasks and it is easy to feel a little overwhelmed. The best way to stay productive and stress-free in these situations is through proactive time management skills. Here are our top tips for planning your time when building websites so you [read more…]
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Dribbble is a fantastic place to find inspiration and ideas, as well as commenting on other people’s work. It is also a great source of web design resources that community members have been kind enough to make available for free. Here are 19 stunning free web design resources you can download from Dribbble. As with [read more…]
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Voting for the annual PC Pro Excellence Awards has begun and we’re aiming, with your help, to be recognised for our contribution to the web hosting industry. The PC Pro awards is the UK’s biggest IT survey, and it’s extra special to us because it’s entirely controlled by customers submitting honest and genuine reviews of [read more…]
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An unlucky number for some, our 13th Link Friday is packed so full of amazing links that you can’t fail but to find something that you’ll want to use. I say you make your own luck, so make sure you check out these awesome resources. You won’t regret it. • A nationwide network of volunteer-led [read more…]
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This year’s .Net award winners were announced last week, with some of the biggest names in web design and development being honoured for their work in the last 12 months. The Heart Internet sponsored young designer of the year category was won by the superbly talented Dan Edwards from Sussex. We caught up with Dan [read more…]
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