Monthly Archives: June 2008

Choosing the right colors for your website (part 2)

I’ve talked about tools to help you create color schemes for your website, but what colors should you actually choose? To use a color scheme generator effectively, you need an idea of the kind of color scheme you want.[ad#content2] Creating any color scheme begins with choosing a base color. To help you choose a base color, [...]
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Choosing colors for your website

I’ve decided to start a miniature series on an area of website design which has always given me bother – choosing the right colors. However these days, picking a good color palette shouldn’t be difficult. There’s tonnes of software out there to help you, and many helpful communities who have already done all of the [...]
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Putting what you learn into practise

I’ve been learning how to program on and off for about 3 to 4 years now. I’ve never taken it too seriously, but I’ve tried to follow a few books, and tutorials. However, I’ve never become proficient at any language I’ve tried to learn.[ad#content2] I’m currently doing a little bit of freelancing, and am designing a [...]
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Define the actual problem first

I’ve wrote a post on defining specific goals before, and it’s time for another post much like that one. However, in this post I’m going to talk about defining specific problems. By defining specific goals, you can give yourself a little extra motivation. A specific goal makes what you want to achieve clear, and so, you [...]
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Programming fonts

Finding a good programming font is important. You need to find one that you like (if such a font exists), because it might just make you that little bit more productive. A good programming font needs to be a monospaced font, which is easy read. The font will also make it easy to distinguish between similar [...]
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May blog review and an update on my goals

I’m sort of back, well at least to post this update. I’m still pretty busy, so it’ll be another week or two until I’m truly ready to resume my normal posting schedule. My monthly blog reviews are becoming a tradition, and I didn’t want to leave a month out, so I thought I’d write this post. [...]
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