Ever wanted to add a slide show to your site, but lacked the know how or time and didn’t want to purchase specialized software? Well, RockYou is a pretty cool hosted solution that enables you to create a Flash-based web slide show in just minutes.
Read MoreFree Web Site Templates
*Update:* “Pretty as a Picture”:http://www.sixshootermedia.com/free-templates/ has a smaller collection of templates, most (all?) of which are available on the two larger sites below. Means you don’t have to search through the crap to find the good stuff though.
Recently, I came across “Open Source Web Design”:http://www.oswd.org/ and “Open Web Design”:http://www.openwebdesign.org/ – two sites that showcase web site templates that are completely free for commercial or non-commercial use.
Web Page Upload Checklist
There are a lot of little things to remember when you’re making a web page live. It’s all too easy to overlook some of them. That’s why my web team uses an uploading checklist to ensure that we don’t have to remember what to do each time – we just follow through the steps instead.
Read MoreUsing Eye Tracking to Evaluate the Usability of Search Forms
In the second in his series on using eye tracking to evaluate user interfaces, Matteo Penzo examines the “usability of search forms”:http://www.uxmatters.com/MT/archives/000068.php in the January issue of UXMatters.
He compares how novice and experienced users tackle search forms on Google, Amazon, eBay, Flickr and useit.com (!) and arrives at some interesting (but not entirely unexpected conclusions).
Do Your Internal Links Work in RSS Feeds?
I was reading a post from Performancing in Bloglines today. However, I when I tried to click on a link within the post to another page on Performancing, I got a “404 page not found” error. Read More
How to Style ‘Author’ Comments Differently on Your Blog
Recently I posted 10 tips to improve the design of your blog’s comment section. One of those tips was to make your ‘author’ comments look different so that your readers could easily see your contribution to the discussion. Read More
Are Focus Groups Worth the Effort?
When it comes to developing web sites – particularly content and features, I’ve often wondered about the usefulness of focus groups and whether they really provide you with information on which you can make a well-grounded design decision. Read More
The Hidden Cost of Free Stock Photos
Lists of free stock photo sites are always a popular resource. I’ve posted a pretty decent list of sites myself and Graphics N Graphic Design recently posted about the most comprehensive list of free sites I’ve seen.
Read More10 Tips to Improve the Comment Section of Your Blog
For many blog posts, the comments section – where the discussion occurs – is as important as the post itself. This is where the original idea or technique gets tested, refined and extended, questions are answered, and other options to it are presented.
Consequently, it’s worth taking the time to make your comments section as user-friendly and as attractive as the rest of your site. Here are some tips to bring the design of your comments section up a notch or two: Read More