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Apple, Amazon, Facebook and other big name websites are copied every day. They’re extremely successful, so it’s no surprise, but that doesn’t mean their design, interaction or content will yield the same success for your project. In fact, you’ll have almost no chance in matching their… Read the rest

I’ve been checking out thebolditalic.com a lot lately for design and typography inspiration. Browsing through their articles, I appreciate that they often alternate their text layouts into 1, 2 or 3 columns. Column layouts have been in the web for a very long time (tables… Read the rest

I’ve learned a lot of fun little tidbits in my time here at dt. One of my favorite insights has to do with clearing floated elements. There are several ways of dealing with this issue. I used to add an empty div with “clear: both”… Read the rest

Who needs a web designer when you have great photography right? OK, I don’t necessarily agree with that, but having great photography is a huge step in the right direction and can easily make or break a site. While it’s not always the appropriate design… Read the rest

A webpage usually has some sort of order the designer tries to guide the user through. There are plenty of ways and elements involved in getting the user to read through the content, but I’ll focus on some pretty simple and standard ways to create… Read the rest