Web Design For Idiots

I have been using Oscommerce for some time and have almost always just removed the banner manager completely because it was I never felt there was a need for it. That was until I started using wordpress and found the fun you can have with widget areas!! So now you can use your oscommerce banner [...]

I finally did it. I finally resurrected this blog and got it to a place where I feel like it looks pretty, is organized, and will supply readers with much needed newbie friendly tutorials. Now, you might ask “Why would a website design blog use a template? Can’t you create your own?” Well, yes – [...]

Web Design For Idiots is getting a complete make over. I put together this blog as a test. It was a way for me to get used to wordpress and share that experience with my readers as well as my clients. WordPress has grown from a blogging platform to a full service content management system, [...]

I just got an email announcing Adobe’s new “hosted services” At first I was thinking, “Lovely, Adobe is hopping on the hosting bandwagon. What’s next, Adobe ready made websites reminiscent of GoDaddy’s Website Tonight feature?” But alas, I was wrong.. This is not hosting for your websites, but instead it is web hosted features for [...]

If you are into design, then you absolutely know the importance of text and typefaces in design. If you are into web design, you know the important of plain text in web pages for search engine’s to index. The dilemma – you can only use fonts that are available on everyone’s computers (system fonts) when [...]

So here is probably the single hardest step in designing a really eye catching and memorable website. Conceptualizing it. Before you start coding, you have to have an idea of what you want your website to look like, where you want the navigation to be, and the overall layout. The average designer working on a [...]

So, building a website takes a lot of technical knowledge and skill. When you talk about coding with someone who’s technical experience goes as far as attaching an image to an email, they look at you like you are a super genious when it comes to websites – whether you are or not. The thing [...]

So i was just looking at some of the best graphic design company’s websites for inspiration. I am designing our graphic/web design portfolio and I am having a hard time coming up with a concept that I am happy with. One thing that I know is that I would like a lot of it to [...]

So you just spent hours working on adding some plugin or addon to your website, and you save, and then go to see your handwork and your heart sinks – or maybe you feel like you are going to throw up, or throw your computer.. Well, don’t worry. Or at least, don’t start worrying until [...]

Forget about searching through all of those thousands of addons over at addons.oscommerce.com. Just get this book. When I first started designing my first e-commerce store, I went to Borders and sat on the floor in the web developement section, and read through books upon books about php coding, basic mysql, and even Dreamweaver books. [...]