Board Webmaster Services Web Design Blog http://dacotowebproductions.wordpress.com Information concerning website design and related information. Tue, 26 Feb 2008 17:29:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU en 225 Illustrator Tutorials http://dacotowebproductions.wordpress.com/2008/02/26/225-illustrator-tutorials/ http://dacotowebproductions.wordpress.com/2008/02/26/225-illustrator-tutorials/#comments Tue, 26 Feb 2008 17:29:10 +0000 dacotowebproductions http://dacotowebproductions.wordpress.com/2008/02/26/225-illustrator-tutorials/

Many Illustrator tutorials covering everything from the basics to advanced, many have sample files and/or short videos. From the ordinary to the extraordinary, easy to understand too.

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Since the visitor of the page is the only person who clicks the mouse and therefore decides everything, user-centric design has established as a standard approach for successful and profit-oriented web design. In order to use the principles properly we first need to understand how users interact with web-sites, and how they think.

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Since the visitor of the page is the only person who clicks the mouse and therefore decides everything, user-centric design has established as a standard approach for successful and profit-oriented web design. In order to use the principles properly we first need to understand how users interact with web-sites, and how they think.

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Several popular websites have let their home pages be customized by users. New web technologies have made it possible to add slicker customization interfaces. But, should you do the same? Will it make your website better for users or will it make it unnecessarily complicated? Will users even want this feature on your site?

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]]> http://dacotowebproductions.wordpress.com/2008/02/26/a-guide-to-customisable-websites/feed/ 16 Incredibly Detailed, Useful (and free) Dingbat Fonts http://dacotowebproductions.wordpress.com/2008/02/26/16-incredibly-detailed-useful-and-free-dingbat-fonts/ http://dacotowebproductions.wordpress.com/2008/02/26/16-incredibly-detailed-useful-and-free-dingbat-fonts/#comments Tue, 26 Feb 2008 17:16:51 +0000 dacotowebproductions http://dacotowebproductions.wordpress.com/2008/02/26/16-incredibly-detailed-useful-and-free-dingbat-fonts/

I love dingbats because (most of the time) I convert them to vectors in Illustrator and use them as very large elements in some cases. All you have to do is use the font in Illustrator and then go to Type > Create Outlines, and Bam. You got yourself a vector to work with. Here are some dingbat fonts that I thought you might enjoy.

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]]> http://dacotowebproductions.wordpress.com/2008/02/26/16-incredibly-detailed-useful-and-free-dingbat-fonts/feed/ 9 Practical Uses of Firefox’s Web Developer Tool http://dacotowebproductions.wordpress.com/2008/02/26/9-practical-uses-of-firefoxs-web-developer-tool/ http://dacotowebproductions.wordpress.com/2008/02/26/9-practical-uses-of-firefoxs-web-developer-tool/#comments Tue, 26 Feb 2008 17:14:02 +0000 dacotowebproductions http://dacotowebproductions.wordpress.com/2008/02/26/9-practical-uses-of-firefoxs-web-developer-tool/

A guide on how to effectively use the Firefox Web Developer extension to speed up and enhance your web-building.

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]]> http://dacotowebproductions.wordpress.com/2008/02/26/9-practical-uses-of-firefoxs-web-developer-tool/feed/ Powerful CSS-Techniques For Effective Coding http://dacotowebproductions.wordpress.com/2008/02/26/powerful-css-techniques-for-effective-coding/ http://dacotowebproductions.wordpress.com/2008/02/26/powerful-css-techniques-for-effective-coding/#comments Tue, 26 Feb 2008 17:08:37 +0000 dacotowebproductions http://dacotowebproductions.wordpress.com/2008/02/26/powerful-css-techniques-for-effective-coding/

In this post we present 50 new CSS-techniques, ideas and ready-to-use solutions for effective coding. You definitely know some of them, but definitely not all of them. Some technique is missing?

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]]> http://dacotowebproductions.wordpress.com/2008/02/26/powerful-css-techniques-for-effective-coding/feed/ 26 Things Freelancers Can Do When Business is Dead http://dacotowebproductions.wordpress.com/2008/02/06/26-things-freelancers-can-do-when-business-is-dead/ http://dacotowebproductions.wordpress.com/2008/02/06/26-things-freelancers-can-do-when-business-is-dead/#comments Wed, 06 Feb 2008 17:38:22 +0000 dacotowebproductions http://dacotowebproductions.wordpress.com/2008/02/06/26-things-freelancers-can-do-when-business-is-dead/

26 things that freelancers can do when business is in downtime mode.

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]]> http://dacotowebproductions.wordpress.com/2008/02/06/26-things-freelancers-can-do-when-business-is-dead/feed/ Top 101 CSS Techniques Of All Time http://dacotowebproductions.wordpress.com/2008/02/06/top-101-css-techniques-of-all-time/ http://dacotowebproductions.wordpress.com/2008/02/06/top-101-css-techniques-of-all-time/#comments Wed, 06 Feb 2008 17:37:39 +0000 dacotowebproductions http://dacotowebproductions.wordpress.com/2008/02/06/top-101-css-techniques-of-all-time/

Today we are presenting a round-up of 101 CSS techniques designers use all the time. Definitely worth taking a very close look at! This is just the first series , the second part will be coming soon, stay tuned and Enjoy!

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“An excellent website takes a particularly savvy blend of both great design and great code. Because of this, you often find designers having to figure out code and developers trying their hand at design…”

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