Web Design For Idiots

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, [...]

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 [...]

I’m posting this from my very messy desk with the TV on to my left and my nearly cold coffee at my right hand, in danger of wrecking my faithful little scanner. I’m a real woman. I’m a real, live, 40+, divorced Canadian woman, a writing legend in my own mind. In June of 1996 [...]

I have slightly neglected the content on my blog, however I am happy to say that teh traffic has still been rather steady at about 200+ organic visitors a day.. That is with no traffic exchange gimmicks or anything. The most commonly searched terms are generally related to FTP, HOSTING, WEB DESIGN and OSCOMMERCE.. Anyways.. [...]

That’s right.. You heard it first, right here on WebDesignForIdiots.Net… Web Design For Idiots Forum is UNDERWAY! It’s been a while since I have been able to update my blog, but that is then and this is now. I am now officially my own boss and I can officially call me a professional graphic designer [...]

So I’ve been having a LOAD of fun reviewing people’s websites. Well, ok, it’s not THAT fun, and I’m not really a mean person who loves to tell people what they have missed when designing their website. Or do i? Anyways, I am proud to announce the FIRST EVER WEB DESIGN FOR IDIOTS CONTEST!!!! It’s [...]