Archive for March, 2011

Current Drifts and Trends in Developing a One Page Portfolio

Blogging, Freelance, Inspiration, Portfolio, Web Design

A portfolio is considered to be one of the most important things for a designer because portfolio is basically any designer’s first impression on his client. If you are a designer, you should be really focused on having a great portfolio so that you can make a good impression in the first go. Keeping in mind the importance of portfolios, designers are coming up with one page portfolios because clients cannot go through a huge collection of designs. Plus, you should be able to impress a client with one page portfolio. If you can do that, you are true designer.

In order to make a one page portfolio, you need to have your creativity at its best. You will have only one page to say it all and to show your designing and developing skills so you need to be very careful about what you add and what you subtract from that one page. So, designing a one page portfolio requires a few elements and a few characteristics. These can be followed to come up with a nice portfolio and since you have less space and more to say, you should be very wise with your choices. Using a one page portfolio is kind of like having a set of business cards available online. All the information a client would need is in one place

Impressive Collection of Apple iPad 2 Wallpapers

Inspiration, Wallpapers

If you’re also waiting about like me, Apple recently released its second generation of tablet computer. The new iPad 2 is 33% thinner and up to 15% lighter than the original iPad, faster, and has been upgraded with many new features. this latest Apple gadget doesn’t feel quite complete without with a gorgeous iPad wallpaper. “Good News” iPad is available for most of the apple store, a huge range of 50 Impressive Apple iPad 2 Wallpapers listing for your modren apple tablet PC (iPad2).

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8 Factors that can Improve the User Experience of Your Website

Blogging, Inspiration, SEO, Web Design

I have seen a lot of people focusing more and more on the outlook of the website. Well, I agree with the fact that a website should look great but just because your website looks great does not mean that it will be a successful website too. A website has a lot of aspects to it and if you want your website to among good and successful websites, you should focus on other things as well rather than focusing on outlook only. When I say other factors, one of the most important factors to keep in mind is the usability and functionality of the website. Keep the navigation of the website as simple as possible so that user can browse through your website without too much of effort.

As said earlier, having a website that looks great is a nice thing but one should focus more on the usability of the website. Some people might think that it is not possible to have a website which looks great and is also good when it comes to navigation. Good news is that it is possible and all you need to do is design wisely. You can keep in mind the following steps in order to increase the usability of the website. Your website branding should match other marketing efforts including printed brochures and business cards which you distribute

Google Analytics & Why You Probably Don’t Need the Rest

Blogging, Inspiration, SEO

Most of the people are not really aware of the actual advantages of Google Analytics which is why the deserved credit is not given to Google analytics. Some people also think that paid analytics are far better than Google analytics which is not the case. It can perform almost all the same functions and that too for free.

I have heard a lot of designers and developers complaining about the limitations of Google analytics. Initially, developers and designers might face some issue in using it as it does not show the real data or actual outbound links. In result, people turn towards the paid analytics such as Mint and Clicky which is not a very good idea especially when you are beginner. The paid analytics can be very expensive for a beginner. People also need to see the extra features offered by Google analytics which are not being offered by other analytics such as Adwords and Adsense tracking.

Create a website which you can mimic elements when printing postcards and other forms of your marketing