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• 10 crucial points to check before you launch a website
• Challenge others to a saving duel with the DUEL piggy bank
• How to keep the full file name when saving for web in Photoshop
• Hershey’s new logo looks like a turd

10 crucial points to check before you launch a website Posted: 01 Sep 2014 10:27 PM PDT There are many points to check before you launch a website, which makes it very easy to forget something. 1. Review content and contact information This is not web design work per se, but if you are a web designer who works directly with the client for content, it becomes your responsibility to check that he’s be proofreading his website. Bad content will hurt a website even more than bad design, and I’m not even mentionning how wrong contact information can make you lose money. 2. Validate CSS and HTML Validation is not mandatory to publish a website, but it does show that you are a real web professional. It also works as a debugging tool that makes future maintenance much easier. To validate your sites, you can use the W3C Markup Validation service or use the web developer toolbar‘s deditated tool. 3. Pages display well on all browsers The browsers offering is not as bad as it used to be, but there are still some tricky details in your web designs that can break down when you test on another browser. There are great tools for that, you can check out these. 4. Responsiveness About one quarter of all website visitors are not on mobile device, whether it’s tablets or mobile phones. The share is even bigger for some websites, and it keeps on growing. With that evolving market, it’s not impossible to ignore it and not have a responsive website. With modern frameworks like Foundation, it’s very easy to make your website responsive, so you have no excuse. 5. Forms are working Forms that don’t work on a website launch is really a nightmare scenario. Visitors can discover your fancy new website, but can they place an order or contact you? So don’t be that guy that can’t take order when launching the site, double-check everything thoroughly. 6. Your analytics are installed Launching a website, when properly done, can be a critical moment for your business. It is important that you can track how efficient your marketing efforts were, but also your conversion rate and traffic sources. Don’t miss out on this and make sure you install Clicky or Google Analytics. 7. Google Webmaster Tools is set up Google Webmaster tools is one of the most overlooked resources by website owners. It helps you with many things regarding Google, such as your rankings on keywords, page speed, and much more. Google will communicate on very important topics through this medium, if it has problems indexing your site, found that your site was hacked, or if your site has some big speed issues. 8. You have a backup system As a professional, or simply as someone who invested a lot of time in working on a site launch, you need to make sure that you won’t have to redo the work. If your site is updated frequently, it is important to have an automated system that will keep a backup of your files and databases. For WordPress sites, Blogvault is an excellent option. 9. Your site is secure It’s hard to stay 100% secure online, but you should do everything in your power for that. This checklist is a good start if you are looking to make your site more secure. 10. Your 404 page is ready This one is not as important as the other points in this list, but make sure that you have a 404 page ready. If you have any URL issue or page that doesn’t work, you should create a useful 404 page. The post 10 crucial points to check before you launch a website appeared first on Design daily news. Download the free transport icons package now!

Challenge others to a saving duel with the DUEL piggy bank Posted: 01 Sep 2014 10:18 PM PDT This piggy bank is perfect for people who have a hard time saving, but are highly competitive. Obviously this is not for big savings, these usually happen at the bank, but it can make saving a little money much more fun. The post Challenge others to a saving duel with the DUEL piggy bank appeared first on Design daily news. Download the free transport icons package now!

How to keep the full file name when saving for web in Photoshop Posted: 01 Sep 2014 09:51 PM PDT When using the “Save for Web” function in Photoshop, a little thing has been annoying many designers for a long time, Photoshop will truncate your file name. This makes it more difficult to save series of images that are numbered at the end of the file name. However, it is very easy to modify the software’s behavior on this point. For that, when you are in the “Save for Web & Devices” panel, click on the tiny arrow that points down (located on the right hand side of the preset dropdown, see screenshot below). In this menu, choose the “Edit Output Settings…” item. You will then see a panel that looks like the following image. Here, under “Saving Files”, just uncheck all the checkboxes in the “Filename compatibility” section. That’s it, you are set and will not have your file names resized against your will. The post How to keep the full file name when saving for web in Photoshop appeared first on Design daily news. Download the free transport icons package now!

Hershey’s new logo looks like a turd Posted: 01 Sep 2014 08:05 PM PDT The Hershey company changed its logo a bit. The internal design team did the work, and overall I think they did a pretty good job. The typography in the logo was simplified, a font was even created with that new type. But the icon of a Hershey Kiss just looks like a turd that sits next to the company name. Honestly I don’t know how they could let this one slide, it even looks like it’s a hot turd with some smoke going up. How could noone tell the designer: “Hey Jimmy, great job! But why did you put a little shit on our logo?”. The post Hershey’s new logo looks like a turd appeared first on Design daily news. Download the free transport icons package now!

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