Tables are great for displaying data and getting complex analysis data across. But who are we kidding, this is the internet. I know I for one have the attention span of a goldfish. A picture or a graph say more than a thousand words have never been truer than it is today. I’ve collected a list of jQuery plugins to help you make nice looking graphs and charts from your data.
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Getting a favicon on your website is a great way to help your visitor find your website, in their bookmarks. If you do not know what a favicon is, it’s the small icon next to the URL in the address bar of your browser. It’s also shown besides bookmarks in all common browsers. It’s a great little something extra to have on your website. I am going to show you how to do it in Photoshop. Now if you are not a designer or use Photoshop you can do it using one of the online makers like favicon.cc.
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I’ve tried out a couple of different CMS systems lately and have had a chance to look at the back-end of some rather small, local sites. And boy there’s a lot of different ways to go about giving clients access. Some of them have full access to every corner of the CMS and some aren’t even able to make new pages or content elements.  My question is are you providing a user-friendly solution to your clients? Do your clients agree with your answer?
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First impressions, they are a bitch ain’t they? Everybody has had a bad day when they are not looking their best at a party or an event. And then there’s that feeling. The feeling that no matter what you say, no matter what you do, people are going to keep looking at you funny, like you are not the fastest moped on the harbour, like you are a loser. Guess what, people can give your website that look too.
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Print designers have a hard time adapting to webdesign. And I can understand why. We are required to think different, and more technical than usual. Lime green becomes #9dff33 and moving images around becomes waaayy more difficult! So here are some tips for starting out with designing for the web.
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Getting the perfect website designed – the last 10% will cost you more that the first 90%

Most webdesigners have had clients that wanted the perfect website for their business and that is a nice goal to have. But getting there will take a lot more effort and money, than getting a website that’s great, but not perfect.

I might be letting some big cat out the bag here but having the prettiest website does not make you content or your product great! Canned spam in a Louis Vuitton bag is still canned spam!
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Page speed is all the rage right now. And although wordpress is a fast blogging platform, it can get really bloated, really quick. With all the free plugins and themes using a lot of requests. Here are some tips to get a faster loading wordpress blog.

First Grab yourself some tools to measure the speed

Get yourself some tools to test your speed.
Yahoo’s Yslow, Firebug firefox extension, google pagespeed are just some of the speed tools out there. Try them out to see which one you like.

Backup everything!

Make yourself a backup of all your Wordpress files and you database. Just to be save

And lets get on with it.
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Save for web and devices in photoshop, seems like a relatively easy feature to get your head around. But still I see a lot of graphic designers and webdesigners not using it properly. So here are some basic tips to get smaller images without loosing quality.

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Print designers struggle, when they have to make a web layout. And with good reason, websites don’t have the same dimension constraints and a web page calls for a more fluid layout. Some things are not easy, nor smart, to do on the web. Drop caps, Image wraps, large images just to mention some. But we should learn from print designers. They make great designs in the offline world and some it can be used online too. Below you’ll find 5 things to look out for and some examples of webdesigns that already use these techniques.

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Wordpress is really easy to install. It only takes about 5 minutes. But there are some easy changes you should do when you install wordpress to save time and energy later. Here are 5 things to remember when you are setting up a fresh wordpress install.

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