1. Design in Photoshop instead of Illustrator

While some designers will disagree that Photoshop should be used for design, almost every web designer I know creates concepts in Photoshop. The advantage to designing in Photoshop is less to the designers and more to the developer. It is much, much easier to crop, hide layers, measure pixels and optimize graphics using Photoshop. It also provides a much more realistic representation of the web site concept considering Photoshop uses pixels and Illustrator does not.

Henry Ford had a vision based on customer demand. In 1908 the Model T was introduced to the world and produced in a small, rented factory on Mack Avenue in Detroit, Michigan. Early models were produced at a rate of only a few a day by groups of two or three men working on each car. By 1913, Ford Motor Company had not only increased its man power, but also increased its efficiency by creating a moving assembly line which boosted annual production to 202,667 that year. Henry Ford’s vision and the Model T’s demand had developed the basic techniques of mass production.

Drupal is a free, robust content management framework that is maintained by thousands of enthusiastic web developers, designers, strategists and project managers. Its advantages over other open-source CMSs and proprietary systems make it the ideal solutions for most organizations looking to leverage years of experience and thousands of hours of free development. You would think Drupal sells itself, but unfortunately in an industry and economy where many agencies will tell customers whatever it takes to win a project; selling Drupal can be a difficult task.

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Most non-customized Drupal themes come with basic gradients or stale background colors, and for good reason. The idea behind themes is to provide a somewhat generic design for the masses - providing a basic layout and canvas from which designers can improve.

Here are a list of Photoshop Brushes and Patterns that can help spice up your bland Drupal theme. If you’re not familiar with adding Brushes or Patterns to Photoshop, there are step-by-step instructions on the web or you can follow the instructions below:

1. Download Brush or Pattern and save it to your computer.

Facebook is a social networking site that is used to connect people with other friends, interests, co-workers and places. Many people use it to stay in touch, to post pictures and keep others informed on their life as well as researching businesses. The social site is always being improved and updated but the basics are the same- here is how you can quickly get started using Facebook:

Seeing as I am a new member to Twitter myself – I wanted to put out there a simple and unique guide to the twitter basics… all in 140 words... Enjoy and Happy Twittering!

Set up your log in information and your profile.
Twitter is a social networking/microblogging service used across the world.

Most web site development projects fail through lack of communication during requirements gathering. A disconnect between clients and programmers often occurs due to software being an intangible object. Unlike purchasing a car, developing software relies on clients describing desired functionality and programmers interpreting that description to create a tangible product.

Managing the consistency of a brand identity system is facilitated by documented standards and guidelines that are easily accessible to all internal and external partners who have the responsibility of communicating the brand. While the range and formats of these documents may include CDs, posters, fact sheets, PowerPoints and PDFs, I've found that PDFs tend to be the best format for ease of creation, delivery and security.