Saturday 17 January 2015

3 ways to create website mockups | UX | Creative Bloq

3 ways to create website mockups | UX | Creative Bloq: "Jerry Cao of free app UXPin reveals the best methods for mocking up your websites and apps.

There's lots of ways to support a mockup. It's true there is no "best" way, but depending on certain UI and UX designer's styles and preferences (and the design process), some will work better than others.

In this piece, we'll look at the pros and cons of mockup tools, graphic design tools, as well as coded mockups that start to blur the lines with prototyping."



To read more go to: http://www.creativebloq.com/ux/3-way-create-website-mockups-11513936



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How to diagnose your SEO with Google | Web design | Creative Bloq

How to diagnose your SEO with Google | Web design | Creative Bloq:



"Many newcomers to search don't realise just how powerful Google Search is for diagnosing search-related issues. It's easy to forget that once all we had were advanced search 'operators'. Executing these operators can show you pages that have been indexed, help you track down duplicates and more. Head to Google... "



To read more go to http://www.creativebloq.com/web-design/how-diagnose-your-seo-google-11513904



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Wednesday 14 January 2015

The 7 best SEO blogs | Web design | Creative Bloq

The 7 best SEO blogs | Web design | Creative Bloq: "Chief executive officer at Builtvisible and optimisation expert Richard Baxter runs through his favourite SEO blogs.

Struggling to get your head around SEO? Here, chief executive officer at Builtvisible and optimisation expert Richard Baxter shares his favourite SEO blogs to help you find your feet."


To read more: http://www.creativebloq.com/web-design/7-best-seo-blogs-11513892



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Tuesday 13 January 2015

10 new web tools to add to your armoury | Web design | Creative Bloq

Extract from: 10 new web tools to add to your armoury | Web design | Creative Bloq: "We investigate some of best new web design tools to appear over the last few weeks.

New year, new tools. That's what they say. Isn't it? Anyway, regardless of who says what, we've rounded up some of the niftiest web design tools that have generated a bleep on our radar recently.

There's a range of interesting utilities here to help you get to grips with Material Design; work with SVG; develop web apps; communicate with colleagues; and make colour palettes, backgrounds, UI elements and plenty more. There's bound to be at least one tool here that will help you to do something in a quicker, simpler way. Dive in!"



To read more go to: http://www.creativebloq.com/web-design/new-web-tools-11513879



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Monday 12 January 2015

Unique web design book explores how interfaces fit together | Web design | Creative Bloq

Unique web design book explores how interfaces fit together | Web design | Creative Bloq: "How designing, coding and writing in the open has helped Brad Frost make better products.

Pittsburgh based web designer, Brad Frost, is writing a book – Atomic Web Design. Frost will be writing the book live on GitHub. As he works, the community can read what he's written and contribute to the work. More importantly, the community can start using learning and benefiting from the book before its complete. "




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To read more go to: http://www.creativebloq.com/netmag/brand-frost-writes-truly-unique-web-design-book-11513860

7 great widgets to transform your website in 2015 | Web design | Creative Bloq

7 great widgets to transform your website in 2015 | Web design | Creative Bloq: "Add great functionality your users will love with these great widgets.

Do you ever visit a website and wonder how it got all of those amazing 'extras' to work? The booking form, the calendar, or even the weather display?

Many people assume that these kinds of bells and whistles require a web developer to put in place. But these days it's usually as simple as copying and pasting some text.

Taking advantage of these tools can engage your visitors, offer valuable insights, and make a simple site much more functional. In this post, Here, Niall O'Loughlin from 99designs takes us through some of his favourite widgets and plugins to install in 2015."




To read more go to: http://www.creativebloq.com/web-design/7-great-widgets-transform-your-website-2015-11513810



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Saturday 10 January 2015

16 killer design tips for creating mobile apps | App design | Creative Bloq

16 killer design tips for creating mobile apps | App design | Creative Bloq

"Specialists generally assume that everything they know is obvious, and need to remind themselves that isn't the case for most of the population.

What specialists do have is a speed at which they make decisions in their work. This is reflective of the years of targeted work and experience, and not an assumed reality that everyone possess. There is a point when a specialist has to step back and view the bigger picture of life, otherwise they remain interested in only the thoughts of other specialist; in effect making art for other artists."




To read the full article go to: http://www.creativebloq.com/app-design/16-killer-design-tips-creating-mobile-apps-11513821



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Thursday 1 January 2015

Is Leaflet a better tool than Google Maps? | netmag | Creative Bloq

Is Leaflet a better tool than Google Maps? | netmag | Creative Bloq


"If you need to embed a map into your project, you could be forgiven for thinking Google Maps is your only choice. It's used by over 2 million sites and it's a proven technology, having been launched in 2005.

There's however an alternative – Leaflet. It's is an open source JavaScript library that provides mapping capabilities. It was developed by Vladimir Agafonkin, it launched in 2010 and is used by over 20,000 sites."



To read more go to: http://www.creativebloq.com/web-design/leaflet-google-maps-121413738