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Turn Your Design into a CMS Theme – from only $499

Semvisibility — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 21:56:39 +0000

CMSthemer: Experts at creating themes for Magento, Drupal, WordPress, Joomla, Zen-Cart and anything else that can be themed.

Get Your Listing in Faster

admin — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 13:48:08 +0000

If you link back to CSSCollection.com and include the linkback URL in your submission form, your site submission moves to the top of the review list. And the review list is HUGE. Thanks for your support.

Website Optimization Winners

admin — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 12:29:08 +0000

Website Optimization has hit the book shelves and the publisher has made two — yes, two of ‘em! — chapters available free on the book’s companion site. One covers conversion and the other looks at an SEO case study. Thanks to Random.org, the following five people will get the whole deal. Congratulations to all the winners and thanks for participating!

Marta Simone

More Info on Website Optimization

admin — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 19:20:01 +0000

Remember, we have FIVE copies of Andy King’s Website Optimization to give away. The book’s companion site is up to whet your appetite to win this book.

It has chapter summaries, color figures, code listings/working examples, movies, worksheets plus a sample chapter. You can’t win unless you do something — it only takes a couple of minutes. Go win and boost your chances on meryl.net’s birthday bash!

Last of the Blog Birthday Bash Prizes

admin — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 20:28:40 +0000

While you can win one of five copies of Website Optimization here, you can also win two of Louis Rosenfeld Media’s books and other prizes including Amazon gift certificates. See the prize details.

Win a Copy of Website Optimization

admin — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 13:07:44 +0000

Read ‘em… we have FIVE copies of Andy King’s Website Optimization for the winning! We’re celebrating our mother ship’s 8th blog birthday and our own five year birthday (something like that). Check out the book’s companion site.

About the book: “Years ago, an “optimized” website merely loaded fast and worked on most browsers. Today, websites need to do much more if businesses are to thrive: they need to attract, interact with, and persuade customers. Website Optimization offers the advice of leading experts in both online marketing and site performance techniques to help you maximize targeted traffic, rev-up responsiveness, and increase sales.”

How to win:

Link to www.csscollection.com and leave a comment / trackback here pointing to your link.
Post a comment with a website optimization tip.
Post a question about website optimization or web design in general.
Answer a reader question.

You have until July 15 (the book’s official release date) to do any of the four. Random.org will select the five winners.

Want to Know How to Design?

admin — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 20:41:27 +0000

Just Creative Design blog shows how to do the basics from drawing lines and mood with shapes to using space and experimentng with texture. Enhance your design skills with one simple and valuable article.

Why Do Web Startups Die? Lack of Alphalpha

admin — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 19:05:40 +0000

Every week heralds the announcement of yet another handful of web startups, filling a new niche or competing with established services–but all too often they are never heard from again. Marketing expert Dave Goldenberg is here to tell us what the problem is… and it has nothing to do with sprouts. Read Why Do Web Startups Die?

Why We Skip Photoshop

admin — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 21:45:35 +0000

37Signals writes, “When designing a UI we usually go right from a quick paper sketch to HTML/CSS. We skip the static Photoshop mockup. Here are a few reasons why we skip photoshop…”

Interface Style Guide and Sparking Creativity

admin — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 17:14:30 +0000

A List Apart Issue 260 features Writing an Interface Style Guide to help retain your design’s beauty. Get the tools to overcome idea creation roadblocks in Saving the Spark: Developing Creative Ideas.

Building Web Apps for Seniors

admin — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 19:37:41 +0000

With the large population of Baby Boomers hitting their golden years and living longer, designers need to keep them in mind when building a web site that includes them in the audience. Get advice on Building Web Apps for Seniors from Travis Vocino.

Free Your Embedded Data With SearchMonkey

admin — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 17:37:17 +0000

The web is evolving ever faster, and it feels like almost every day there is a new tool to explore and learn. But which ones will be worth your time and effort? Well, how about the ones that stand to improve your company’s bottom line? Yahoo!’s Christian Heilmann walks us through the creation of their new search modification tool, SearchMonkey in Digital Web’s Free Your Embedded Data With SearchMonkey.