Designers

25 Ways To Improve Your Site Today

By Andrew Faulkner on June 10th, 2007.

Yes, the title may look like this post should be on an amateur blog and that it will be full of references to clip art and animated gifs, but this is serious. I’ve compiled a list of what I think are 25 ways to improve your website in as little …

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Brand Review: Identity for Celebrity / Kate Moss

By Matt Davies on June 1st, 2007.

Model Agency Storm has employed interesting marketing tactics in regard to Kate Moss’s growing popularity. Love her, or hate her, she is one of Britain’s most famous celebrities and a woman of the moment. Not surprisingly she is now starting to endorse product ranges and cash in on this popularity …

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On Showcases/Galleries ~ Niche is nice

By Andrew Faulkner on May 30th, 2007.

I’ve always been a fan of the showcases and galleries showing off talent within the web design industry. It’s inspiring to browse them daily and it’s exciting to have your work showcased within them and discussed. Some people love them, and others couldn’t care less. For those of you that …

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Should there be only one browser?

By Andrew Faulkner on May 22nd, 2007.

A while back when I was a young, optimistic, enthusiastic web designer (not that I’ve changed) I took part in a debate at my local web meet-up to discuss whether there should only be one browser. (I was young and reckless back then, I know.) I thought it may be …

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Weekly Thought: Why Good Designers Should Stop Saying “Web 2.0″

By Ezekiel Bruni on May 17th, 2007.

Introduction
I have decided to write something up for you guys once a week. The goal is to improve my writing skills, and to contribute more to Fadtastic. Enjoy.
The Thought
On just about every design blog, you will find at least one post that attempts to define “Web 2.0″, and what it’s …

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9rulers ~ On (Blog) CMSs

By Andrew Faulkner on May 15th, 2007.

I asked various 9rules members to come forward and speak openly on their chosen blog CMS. Here are their opinions in all their glory.
Kyle Neath of warpspire.com
CMS:
Wordpress (Hosted - not domain.wordpress.com)

Killer Feature(s):
Absolutely amazing framework with unchallenged extendability and flexibility.

Let Down(s):
Updates (again). But this is more a gripe with …

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Best of the reboots ‘07

By Andrew Faulkner on May 2nd, 2007.

For those who didn’t realise, May 1st saw the reboot sites (Standards Reboot and CSS Reboot) open their doors to the rebooters. Whether you love or hate the concept, it’s an ideal place to browse for inspiration for both graphics and coding.

This year, I have the honour of …

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Interview: Jon Christopher of Monday By Noon

By Andrew Faulkner on April 23rd, 2007.

Jon, of Monday By Noon chats about standards and accessibility:
Welcome, Jon.
I’d like to take a second to thank you Andrew, for giving me the opportunity to interview at fadtastic. The site is great and I’ve been a long time reader.
Thanks. Jon, for the few that haven’t heard of you, can …

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Design your content ~ Part 1

By Andrew Faulkner on March 25th, 2007.

Any designer worth their salt knows that designing a website is much more than creating a visually attractive design in Photoshop. It is about aesthetics but more about the aesthetics and presentation of the content.

How many times have you seen a website with brilliant graphics that let themselves down with …

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What’s it all for, anyway?

By Ezekiel Bruni on March 5th, 2007.

I was talking to a friend the other day about design in general. He asked me how web designers get famous. In my experience, the designers don’t often become well known to the world at large, but their work does, and I told him so. Then he asked a question …

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Interviewing 9rules ~ A Group Interview

By Andrew Faulkner on January 31st, 2007.

It’s always a pleasure to interview a 9rules member and get their views on current web design issues. It’s even better to interview six at once. So without further ado, I present the 9rulers in question (in alphabetical order.)

Marco Jardim | http://blog.thewhitehawk.com/
Tammie Lister | http://www.diaryofawebsite.com
James Mathias | …

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Interview with Andrew Clemente - Founder of DevLounge

By Matt Davies on January 24th, 2007.

Ok boys, girls and things, I have had the pleasure of interviewing Andrew Clemente the founder of DevLounge. Devlounge is a community website like Fadtastic and I thought it would be a good idea to see how its founder views the future, maintaining a community site, design and …

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