Graphic Design Tips, Tutorials, and Techniques

• 4 stages of web site design  Understanding the products, services, and information your target audience is searching for is paramount to designing and maintaining an effective web site.
  
  
• 5 Basic Rules of web page design and layout  makes a lot of sense. Give it a read.
  
  
• Common client misconceptions in graphic design  This article raises some frequent concerns that many of us have or will encounter.
  
  
• Design guide for print  Learn to avoid common mistakes made when digital artwork is prepared for print.
  
  
• Designing With Grid-Based Approach  take a deep look at grid based designs. Also listed are useful references, tutorials and tools.
  
  
• Explore the merits of using HTML tables and CSS  The merits of Web development applications such as CSS and XHTML are lauded as the way to go, but there is still a large community of developers relying upon proven layout with HTML tables.
  
  
• Grantastic Designs: Website Design Tips  encompass search engines, marketing, layout, and overall design considerations.
  
  
• How to Adjust Your Printer Settings to Get Great Photos  This article covers how to select the correct options in your printer driver. If you've ever been frustrated trying to figure out your printer driver options or you just couldn't get a print that looked right, this article is for you.
  
  
• Learn Typography and Page Layout  is an in-depth look at such topics as: Typesetting, Justification, Hyphenation options, Spaceband options, Letter spacing, Type arrangement, and more.
  
  
• Logo Design Tips  Is a page of good, basic tips when getting a logo designed ... or doing it yourself.
  
  
• Print design vs. web page design - Part 1  Many of the rules of print don't apply to the web, so the end result is usually a mess.
  
  
• Print design vs. web page design - Part 2  Is the second part of the article.
  
  
• The importance of Production in design  is an article related to the production side of graphic design.
  
  
• Thinking with Type  is the on-line companion to the book Thinking with Type: A Critical Guide for Designers, Writers, Editors, & Students. Here you'll learn more about typography, and the terms used .. such as tracking, kerning, leading, x-height and more.
  
  
• Use sitemap standards to help search engines  using this method, allows you to specify what pages a search engine should process or index.