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5 inspirational web design blogs to follow

Monday, March 14th, 2011

Here is a selection of must read web design related blogs full of industry related articles, tutorials, best practices and inspiration.

1) Smashing Magazine – Smashing Magazine is focused on designing and building websites. Presenting most valuable techniques, ideas and resources for Web designers.

2) Nettuts – Nettuts+ is a blog and community for Web Development tutorials. Learn php, JavaScript, WordPress, HTML5, CSS, Ruby and much more.

3) CSS Tricks – A great site full of interesting articles and a useful snippet library full of css, html, JQuery, php and WordPress code snippets.

4) Mashable – This site is geared more towards Social Media news, covering cool new websites and social networks: Facebook, Google, Twitter, MySpace and YouTube. The latest web technology news, via RSS daily.

5) Web Designer Depot – Web Design Resources for Web Designers. Including Photoshop Tutorials, WordPress Plugins, and Web Development tools. Download free icons, Photoshop brushes and tools for web and graphic designers.

Tags: css tricks, mashable, net tuts, smashing magazine, web design blogs, web designer depot
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Two year’s free hosting with all new websites in August

Wednesday, August 4th, 2010

We’re having a bit of a web promotion here at First Impression. August is sometimes a quiet month but that is often good for reflection in a business. Asking yourself what are you doing right, what are we doing wrong? And we find that many companies want to improve their website but lack the time to do it. Well now is a good time! In August we are offering all new websites two year’s free hosting which can give you considerable cost savings. We’ll also make sure you get an effective website that will work for your business.

Take a look at some of our award-winning websites http://www.firstimpression.co.uk/web-design-portfolio.php

Tags: First Impression, glossop website, website, website refresh
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Wise up to the wonders of the web

Friday, May 21st, 2010

Is your website working for your business? Or is it more of a liability?

Many companies launch a website then forget about it. Then, a few years down the line it looks outdated and no longer reflects the business, or worse, it might be losing them customers. Ask yourself these simple questions about your site?

Does it look professional – that you are a company that means business?
Does it show people why they should do business with you?
Is it easy to navigate with clearly laid out information?
Can it be found easily? Or are your competitors easier to find!
Is it making you money?

If you answer no to any of these questions, you could be missing potential customers and even losing business. You need to act now. First Impression can help. We can guide you through every stage of designing, developing and building a successful website and promoting on the Internet.

Take a look at what we have done for other companies on our web portfolio www.firstimpression.co.uk/digital

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A collection of St Patrick’s Day inspired colour palettes

Wednesday, March 17th, 2010

Happy St Patrick’s Day

Today is the day for all things irish, so I have performed a quick round up of the best St Patrick’s Day inspired colour palettes featured on the wonderful colourlovers website.

If you wish to use any of the palettes below in your web/print designs, simply click on the palette image and you will be taken to the colourlovers site where you can discover the RGB/CMYK values for each colour used in the palette.