In our last two articles that focused on the dilemmas of freelance web designers, we looked at general tips, http://www.dreamtemplate.com/blog/web-design-tips/tips-for-new-freelance-web-designers/, and tips for effective project planning, http://www.dreamtemplate.com/blog/web-design-tips/freelance-web-design-and-project-planning/. This article looks at why bad planning is so common, or more accurately why underestimating the amount of time a project will take is so common.  Hopefully, once [...]

In our first brush with freelance web design tips, we looked at client focused needs and how to fulfil them.  These were good general tips and well worth a look at.  You can find them here.  http://www.dreamtemplate.com/blog/web-design-tips/tips-for-new-freelance-web-designers/ Becoming a freelance web designer is most web designers dream, and if you are one, or run a [...]

In our last two guides we looked at several concepts that all promote better user interfaces for users.  These tips can also be incorporated into other types of web designs, so it is worth studying them, even if you are not directly involved in social networking web design. The last set of tips in our [...]

User interface design tips for social networking sites, part 2 In this articles predecessor imaginatively entitled “User interface design tips for social networking sites, part 1”, we looked at how personalisation, engagement and real time updates were key elements to the many types of user interfaces, social networking sites need. This article looks at other [...]

As web designers, it is a testament to your skill if the user interface is smoother than Sean Connery.  This is the ultimate goal of user interface design, and it gets that much harder on sites that have a large number of users, or have a lot of features to choose from. There are many [...]