Subscribing to a blog is easy to do these days, and it’s a handy way to get content that you may be interested in delivered right to you. Most blogs make it easy by including a subscribe by rss feature in a prominent place on their site. I visit a site, I’ve read through a few articles and I am interested in reading more, but I don’t want to have to remember to visit their site daily or weekly. By subscribing, I still get their valuable content, but I don’t have to visit their site to read it, they send it right to me. These subscriptions are gathered in my favorite rss reader, Google Reader, and I scan through it daily reading through the articles that interest me.
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Typography is one of the most important design elements on your website, and it plays a big role in your site’s functionality and usability as well. There are a few guidelines that you’ll want to abide by in order to keep your site user-friendly and easy to read, and we have lots of recommendations and tricks to help you spice it up and make it fun to look at as well. Remember, good design goes hand in hand with great typography.
Read on to see our list of typography mistakes you can make with your website, and how to avoid them for a more beautiful site.
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A new post I wrote for WDL came out today:
As a professional designer, it’s important to push ourselves daily to be the best that we can in order to create outstanding work. To be successful in our industry, we must continually grow and try new things that will enhance our design skills, and just as important, our leadership abilities. There are tons of ideas on the internet on how to become a better designer through Photoshop tutorials, HTML best practices, and new jQuery techniques. There aren’t as many about becoming a better leader in the design community, although it’s an important trait to have as a professional and a necessary skill to possess in our competitive industry.
See the full post at WebDesignLedger.com
Annette Bendish owns a Lillians Shoppe franchise in Grand Forks, North Dakota, and is savvy on all things related to design in the business world. When asked about design and how it relates to business she says, “Design and branding is key to success at Lillians Shoppe!” Which makes Annette and Lillans Shoppe perfect for our next business + design interview.
Check out our other interviews with smart and successful professionals in our quest to expose how important design is in the business world.
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Does your company use a lot of surveys? Well if you’ve been looking for an easy and economical way to create and send out surveys, then we have the product for you.
Survd allows you to install the software on your site locally so you have complete control over it. They also only charge a one-time fee, making it a much cheaper solution than the monthly plans from most survey software providers. It’s also simple and easy to use, making it a great option if you’re in the market for a new survey solution.
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We love inspirational quotations at Snoack Studios and have come across tons of good ones over the years. Today we wanted to share some good ones with you that are all about design. We hope you enjoy!
Web design is the creation of digital environments that facilitate and encourage human activity; reflect or adapt to individual voices and content; and change gracefully over time while always retaining their identity.
JEFFREY ZELDMAN
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Great websites are everywhere on the internet but awesome websites stand out from the competition and get noticed. They promote a company better, attract a larger audience and get shared on more social media sites than just okay websites. An awesome site is worth striving for and worth the time and energy it takes to create.
But what does it take to be categorized as an awesome website? We have some ideas on that, read on to find out how your site can go from great to awesome!
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