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Writing and Designing a Killer Headline

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Hey, you made it! You’ve arrived at this article. So how did you end up here? Maybe you were browsing Twitter, or reading your RSS feeds. Maybe it was a...

Brian Casel • 5 Nov 2013
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Design School for Developers: It's a Wrap!

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So there we have it, the end of our session for Design School for Developers. Hopefully, by now, you’ll have a much better understanding of the basic...

Rachel Shillcock • 1 Nov 2013
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Responsive Web Design

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Unless you’re totally new to the industry, or you’ve been living under a rock in the faraway lands of another planet, you’ll have heard about responsive...

Rachel Shillcock • 1 Nov 2013
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Video in Web Design

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Video itself has been around for a long time; in films, on the television and now readily available to play on our phones, tablets and other devices. Video...

Rachel Shillcock • 11 Oct 2013
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CSS3, Web Fonts and Icons

Tutorial • Beginner

We’re really lucky to be working in an industry like the web industry. Nowadays, we have so many new tips and techniques and ways of working all of the time....

Rachel Shillcock • 10 Oct 2013
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All About Trends in Web Design

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As long as the web has been around there have been certain design trends which have popped up from time to time. Some of these trends have stuck around and,...

Rachel Shillcock • 9 Oct 2013
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Building Visual Hierarchy into Your Designs

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It’s important to remember that hierarchy has not only to do with content and the words that you have on a page. The imagery you include in your designs,...

Rachel Shillcock • 3 Oct 2013
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Building Content Hierarchy Through Design

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Way back at the beginning of this series, we talked a lot about content and the importance content has in any design work. It’s something that should...

Rachel Shillcock • 2 Oct 2013
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An Introduction to Hierarchy

Tutorial • Beginner

Ensuring that your designs present a clear hierarchy is very important, and something that you should aim for in every one of your designs. There’s...

Rachel Shillcock • 30 Sep 2013
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New to Web Design? Start Here.

Tutorial • Beginner

Welcome to Webdesigntuts+, an online resource dedicated to teaching and encouraging web designers of all skill levels and experience. Whether this is your...

Ian Yates • 20 Sep 2013
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Reducing the Bloat

Tutorial • Beginner

Complexity in our designs is often unavoidable. Sometimes, it’s also necessary. When working for any client there is always going to be a level of complexity...

Rachel Shillcock • 19 Sep 2013
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Building Consistency and Relationships into Your Designs

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One key part of composition is understanding how to build consistency into your designs and how to display the relationships between each of the elements on...

Rachel Shillcock • 18 Sep 2013