Minimalism or Laziness?

If you've been around web design for at least a day, you'll notice that there are tons of "minimalist" designs out there. They've been around for years, yet they are still growing in popularity. In fact, minimalism is supposed to be a web design trend for 2010.

What is the reason for the "minimalist" style's popularity? It's easy. Anyone can slap together a quick design and call it "minimalist". It could technically still be called minimalism, but it's worthless if it's not done right.

Why Apple's Website Design Is So Influential

Apple has always been recognized for their products' beautiful designs, and even for the design of their website, Apple.com. Take a look around the web, and you'll notice tons of sites that are inspired from Apple's design. In fact, I don't even have to list them, as others have already done that.

But what exactly makes this such a great design? Let's find out!

5 Ways to Add a Bit of Extra Detail to Your Web Design

Whenever you're designing a website, it's generally a good idea to pay some attention to small details. Details can make the difference to a flat, boring, lifeless website, and a nice, usable, fun website.

Here are a few things to remember when working on the details of your site. If you follow some of these general guidelines, it can really help to improve a website to make it stand out a bit.

Easily Insert Google Analytics Into WordPress

Google Analytics is a great tool for checking and analyzing website traffic. But at times it can be a pain to go through your theme, and find just the right place to put the tracking code. There are plugins that can do this, but they aren't really necessary to do this. Thanks to the magic of WordPress hooks, you don't need to worry!

9 CSS Best Practices You Need to Know

With just about everything, there are certain best practices that everyone should follow. With CSS, these are some rules that both beginners and experts need to consider, to style your website designs the right way.

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