Guest Post: Showcase of Web Design in Ireland
Smashing Magazine recently asked me to put together an article on the Irish web design industry, and I obliged.
The article contains some great interviews with some of Ireland’s top designers, some info about what’s happening across the island and a showcase of some top notch websites.
5 Must Read Career Blogs for Web Designers
Guest post written by Mary Ward
Keeping an eye out for your career’s future is important for everyone.
However, for web designers, looking forward may be even more important than for many other professions. Many web designers are freelancers, or work for more than one company at a given time. Jobs can be short or long term contracts, so looking for the next job is often not too far out into your future.
Guest Post: Five Types of Effective Headers in Web Design
Check out my latest guest blog post over at Six Revisions: Five Types of Effective Headers in Web Design.
The post looks at 5 different styles of headers, showcasing 5 examples of each.
Guest Post: 15 Essential Checks Before Launching Your Website
Check out my latest guest blog post over at Smashing Magazine: 15 Essential Checks Before Launching Your Website.
Guest Post: 8 Tips To Design a Charity Website
Check out my latest guest blog post over at Webdesigner Depot; 8 tips to design a charity website.
The post takes a look at what makes up a good charity website (who usually don’t have a large website budget) and showcases 20 good examples.
Guest Post: 10 Steps to the Perfect Portfolio Site
Check out my latest guest blog post over at Smashing Magazine; 10 steps to the perfect portfolio site.
The post takes a look at 10 things that make up a good personal portfolio site and showcases 40+ excellent and top class portfolios.
Guest Post: 10 Things To Do After Installing Wordpress
I started the year looking to write a few guest posts for other blogs and not just my own so I approached Michael from Pro Blog Design with an idea for a post.
The post takes a look at what you should do after installing Wordpress and acts as a checklist that you can use to ensure you’ve changed and activated all that you should do for each of your Wordpress sites. I came up with the checklist initially for myself but thought it would be useful to share, especially for beginners.