Web Design Tag

Call-to-Action Buttons and Techniques

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A great article from Boagworld: https://boagworld.com/design/10-techniques-for-an-effective-call-to-action/ Smashing Magazine also has a great round-up from 2009: https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/10/13/call-to-action-buttons-examples-and-best-practices/...

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Dynamic 301 Redirect

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This is a solution to a very niche, but annoying problem. For SEO purposes, I was creating new URLs on an old-school dynamically generated site. So I needed a way to redirect from one dynamic url to another. The traditional .htaccess 301 redirect method doesn't...

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The Great Nivo Slideshow

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The Dev7Studios has become the one of easiest to use, most popular free slideshows around right now. https://nivo.dev7studios.com And here's a couple quick tips I've discovered when installing it: Tip 1: For people still concerned about IE7 - make sure to remove that last comma. <link rel="stylesheet" href="./css/nivo-slider.css"...

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Custom Animated Gif Loader Graphic

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A quick little tool that I want to share. This couple sites that help build a custom slideshow or gallery "loading" graphic (like the one on the left) to match your site  -- if you have a shaded background, get rid of that white pixel...

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Cross Browser Testing

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These are the two tools I currently use: https://crossbrowsertesting.com - this is a paid service and for the most part it works really well for the money. I've also had good experiences with their tech support - fast turn around, very friendly. It's usually pretty fast...

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ClickHeat

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Here's a great tool we should add to your site. It's Open Source (free), and check out the amazing demo. https://www.labsmedia.com/clickheat/index.html...

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Resources for a Great Blog Post

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1) Google specific terms to see how popular they are here: https://adwords.google.com/select/KeywordToolExternal - then you can write blog entries that feature the most commonly searched terms. 2) Check out Google trends here: https://www.google.com/trends 3) Search for other bloggers about vision rehabilitation here: https://blogsearch.google.com/ Bloggers love it if...

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Cheap Websites for Actors, Musicians, Artists

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Here's a list of easy-to-use website builders that don't cost a fortune :). All of these are DIY services - you'll have to pay a monthly fee, and also plan to invest a couple days adding your pics, video, mp3s, etc, and get it looking...

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