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Drop-down menus are one of those “love ‘em or hate ‘em” elements in web design. Many designers or developers shy away from using them, and I used to be no exception to that. As I’m learning more about them though, … Continue reading →

When you’re building a website in WordPress, you can customize just about anything – and the login screen is no exception to that. It doesn’t take much time to do, and it’s one of those little touches that are a … Continue reading →

I promised in last week’s post about the NCAA conferences that I would take a look at the websites of all of the teams that received automatic bids by winning their conference tournaments. I’ve changed that slightly, so instead I … Continue reading →

From a usability standpoint, long forms with plain-text labels can be quite boring visually. One way to avoid this problem is to use icons within your input fields to visually indicate what the field is asking for. It’s a nice … Continue reading →

March in America is synonymous with college basketball. All 30 of the conferences in Division I college sports have a basketball tournament this week leading up the NCAA tournament, so in honor of  “championship week”, I thought it would be … Continue reading →

HTML forms are always a contentious subject in web design. As a designer, whether you like them or not, forms are important to understand -  especially so since how they are designed has important implications for whether they achieve your … Continue reading →

In the Brothers Grimm fairytale, Hansel and Gretel get lost in the woods, yet are able to find their way home because they left a trail of breadcrumbs on the path.  Web designers use breadcrumbs for the same reasons – … Continue reading →

There are many things that get handed over to the incoming president at noon every Inauguration Day: the keys to Air Force One, the Oval Office, and… the password to Whitehouse.gov?

Most people who use the Internet regularly are probably accustomed to seeing favicons, but chances are your average Internet user doesn’t know too much about them, other than where they’ve noticed them – if they have noticed them.

Color is an important element web designers need to think about when creating the look of a website. Different colors have different meanings – cultural, instinctual, universal, and more – and can stimulate different people in different ways.