Tuesday, January 01, 2013

Navigation



Find your way around pages and sites with ease. By ZURBword

Mobile first



An adaptive, future-friendly solution for website design. By ZURBword

Responsive web design


Keep your page looking spick-and-span on any and all web-enabled devices. By ZURBword

Wireframing



A way to show clarity of purpose and function in a product. By ZURBword

Increasing eCommerce Conversion Rates: Category Page


For an eCommerce store, every user who visits the website is a potential customer. A successful eCommerce store is one that converts a high number of visitors into buyers. Everyone wants a high conversion rate. By UX Movement

Content Planning Demystified

The first thing you learn as a junior editor is that you can’t do everything yourself. You must rely on someone else to do at least part of what must be done: the long-range planning, the initial drafting or shooting or recording, the editing, the production, the final polish. By 24 Ways

Friday, November 23, 2012

23 Tips on How to A/B Test Like a Badass


a-vs-b-test


Most marketers and they only have a basic understanding of the art of A/B testing. They haven’t quite figured out how to take it to the next level. By Search Engine Watch

Monday, October 22, 2012

A Field Guide To Mobile App Testing

 RunKeeper Date Bug
At the heart of testing is the capability to ask challenging and relevant questions. You are on your way to becoming a good tester if you combine investigative and questioning skills with knowledge of technology and products. By Smashing Mobile

6 Phases of the Web Site Design and Development Process


6 Phases of the Web Site Design and Development Process

There are numerous steps in the web site design and development process. From gathering initial information, to the creation of your web site, and finally to maintenance to keep your web site up to date and current. By iDesign Studios

Other tips

The S.M.A.R.T. User Experience Strategy

 Product detail page wireframe.

It’s not specific, directly measurable, actionable, relevant or trackable. Thus, it will create disagreement and disorganization, sending many projects into chaos. However, you can avoid this by using S.M.A.R.T. goal-setting criteria when defining user and business goals. By Smashing UX Design

Tuesday, September 25, 2012

5 Simple Tips for Designing Better iPhone Apps

 

Since it’s not possible for someone to judge ease-of-use (usability) or code-quality just by browsing the App Store, judging entirely based on design makes sense, and so apps with better design tend to be chosen more often when compared with competing apps. By Nathan Barry

25 Beautiful Examples of Pricing Tables


Pricing table example: Dropbox

When a web application or web service has several prices, they’ll often have a pricing page that displays the different plans or subscriptions you can get, typically laid out in a pricing table so that you can easily compare between the differences of each item. By Jacob Gube

25 Beautiful Responsive Web Design Examples for Inspiration


Responsive web design example: Earth Hour

Responsive web design is the practice of enhancing the experience of the user by adapting the web page layout to the device he or she is using when accessing the site. There are several ways to create a responsive web design, media queries being the standard technique. By Jacob Gube

How to Create Content Maps for Planning Your Website’s Content

Content mapping is a visual technique that will help you organize and understand the content of a website. It can be a simple and valuable part of your site’s overall content strategy. This short and simple guide should help you get started.

Sunday, July 15, 2012

Helping Your Clients Build an Effective Mobile Strategy

Show Them the Money

It can be a challenge convincing clients to add new strategies to their existing Web presence. In a perfect world, a client would simply say, "You’re the expert. You know what’s best. Do whatever needs to be done to make it happen!" But, unfortunately, it just doesn’t work like that. By Six Revisions

30 Beautiful Dark Website Designs for Inspiration

Dark website design example: Michelle Carrillo

Using dark colors in your web design can create a look that’s edgy. This showcase features some excellent dark website designs for your inspiration. By Six Revisions

Native App vs. Mobile Web App: A Quick Comparison

Native App vs. Mobile Web App: A Quick Comparison

A light bulb goes off. You have the next great idea for a mobile app that you want to develop. It’ll change lives. It’ll make you millions. What’s the next step you need to take? By Six Revisions

Flow, Mastery and Ease-of-Use

Recently the web design community has been eating up the secrets of game design. The Gamification trend merely borrowed simple game mechanics, from badges to progress bars. By Boxes and Arrows

Monday, June 18, 2012

21 Beautiful Examples of Color Usage in Web Design


Colorful Websites

From colorful headers to images, textures and typography you will see a lot of different approaches to color usage in web design. By WDL

Tuesday, May 15, 2012

21 Beautiful Examples of Typography in Web Design

Inspiring Typography

Here are some examples of beautiful typography usage in web design. The examples here are where typography is the main focus, and examples where typography complements the design. By WDL