May
16

Designing a Brochure to Complement your Website

With so much advertising and promotional energy being shifted online rather than in print, talk of brochure design has taken a back seat to landing page, social media site, and other types of online design. However, even companies which exclusively operate online can benefit from designing brochures to feature products, describe services, and more. This is because the brochure is a well-known marketing tool which potential customers are familiar with.

May
2

Vintage Design on the Web

by Roy

You don’t have to look far to see that vintage and retro styles are back in fashion. From t-shirts to print advertisements and beyond, vintage design catches the eye and gives people a pang of nostalgia which just might convert them into customers. So how can you incorporate vintage design on your website? And better yet, should you?

Apr
15

How to Increase Traffic to your Blog

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by Roy

Many people and companies have experienced the great benefits of having a blog. It is a great tool for SEO, a fun way to connect with old and new customers/followers, and is a satisfying way to share information, ideas, and more in a public forum. However, for most bloggers, the fun begins to wear off [..]

Apr
7

Top 5 Reasons to use WordPress for your Website

by Roy

Wordpress is a popular blogging platform used by people all over the world. However, it can also be used as an excellent tool for creating your business website. All it takes is a custom design to create a website which is powered by Wordpress, and you can choose to either keep a blog as part of it, or get rid of it all together.

Mar
27

Landing Page Design Examples

The best way to capture the attention of people visiting your website is with eye-catching landing page design. Great landing page design will incorporate your company’s brand, image, products or service offering, mission, and more, all with succinct web copy and strategic images. Here are some examples of landing page design for designpax.com.

Mar
13

Above the Fold Web Design

by Roy

There have been countless studies completed on how viewers respond to information above and below the fold. Most of these studies indicate that the first thing viewers see on a webpage is the top left hand corner, followed by the top center, and then wherever graphics, colors, fonts, or words catch their eye after that.

Mar
2

Facebook Timeline for Businesses

by Roy

In 2011, Facebook rolled out the new Timeline format for individuals with personal profiles. These changes were met with both criticism and adoration, which was to be expected. However, now that many people on Facebook have adjusted to the format changes, it is time for businesses to take the plunge.

Feb
26

SEO for Facebook Fan Pages

by Roy

There’s plenty of information out there about SEO for Facebook pages but it can be tough to know which tips and techniques will actually work and which are just a bunch of hype. Of course, the world of search is constantly changing, so it’s truly impossible to keep up with it completely. However, there are [..]

Jan
25

Top 10 WordPress Plugins for Designers

WordPress plugins are one of the easiest ways to customize your WordPress website to make it easier to use, more comprehensive, more interactive and essentially just better. Plugins are just little programs, in a neat tight package of PHP, which can easily be added to your site. You can choose to write your own plugin [..]

Jan
18

Top 10 Free css tutorials for beginners

CSS, or Cascading Style Sheets, have been around since 1997, helping web designers achieve one common style across all pages of the website they are creating. Rather than writing and re-writing the same HTML or other computer code to make each webpage look the same, CSS allows developers to create one “sheet” dictating the style [..]