When CSS first came about, it liberated websites from their dull tabular layouts. Today CSS3 is still pushing boundaries by adding more and more ways for web designers to style their websites without resorting to excessive images and hacks.

Some elements of the new CSS specification may not seem particularly useful at first, but as you use more and more of it, new ideas for website layouts that simply weren’t possible before can now come to life.

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Well done you have a blog, and you’re writing it frequently. But it looks awful. Slap!

So what can you do? Read on…

Start with a decent theme – If you understand CSS etc really well you can make your own, if you’re a complete novice, shop around online for themes you can buy  and install yourself. It’s really easy to do, and there are loads of tutorials online to show you how. If you’re in between a newbie and a pro, then take the most simple theme going and adapt it, that way you wont have to write any new code and but there is a wide scope to play about. Just make sure it looks unique and memorable, brand it for yourself. Read the rest of this entry »

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Many designers, creatives and all sorts of other business use many kinds of self-promotion tactics. As a designer I’ll focus on the ones more suited to creative industries.

Website: The main starting point for any creative is to have their own website. Not belonging to any social network or pre-made site, it must be completely your own. If you’re a creative then this should be easy, even if web is not your area, you can still design it and pass it onto a web designer to put it together coherently. Keep it simple and let your work  speak for itself. Don’t have too many gimmicks as it can be distracting to users trying to see what you do. Keep the branding on the site consistent and have simple navigation, don’t make your work hard to find! Read the rest of this entry »

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