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How to Use Keyword Research to Boost Search Engine Rankings (Jul 1 2009)

Why professional keyword research is essential to help your site compete for search engine traffic.

Ben Hunt's Web Design Newsletter, July 2009 (Jun 30 2009)

White on white web design, semantic HTML, testing and measuring, and a free copywriting ebook (Ben Hunt's Web Design Newsletter, July 2009)

White on White Web Design Style (Jun 29 2009)

An overview of white-on-white web page design, a clean, appealing, modern web design style that draws focus to the content.

Ben Hunt's June 2009 Newsletter (Jun 5 2009)

Ben Hunt's June 09 newsletter: Results of Google Website Optimizer experiments on Save the Pixel; Web Design from Scratch redesign

Argument that Investing in Evolving Your Web Site Beats Big Bang Redesign (Apr 30 2009)

It's more cost-effective to invest in evolving your web site, using continual cycles of change-test-measure, than to redesign wholesale.

Building a web page with HTML + CSS for complete beginners (Apr 27 2009)

Learn what HTML is and how to build a website from scratch. A guide to creating a web page using HTML and CSS for people with no prior knowledge

Why Deepak Chopra's New Navigation Fails (Apr 8 2009)

Deepak Chopra has a new site, but the navigation leaves you guessing. Not the place to be airy and mystical, Deepak.

Ben Hunt's Newsletter, April 2009 (Apr 6 2009)

Ben Hunt's newsletter for April: Tips for Surviving the Economic Winter

Zoom Your Content!
a Crucial Web Design Technique (Mar 25 2009)

Zooming your content is a basic but critical skill that every web designer should know.

Introducing Clicss, Flexible and Useful Web Page Templates (Feb 28 2009)

When can using web page templates really work? Sneak preview of Clicss.com, a new range of simple, standards-compliant web page templates for sale.

Subscribe to Ben Hunt's newsletter (Feb 27 2009)

Ben Hunt is sharing his experience in making web sites that are appealing, easy to use, and successful. Subscribe to his newsletter to get regular updates.

Ben Hunt's Web Doctor Report for FairSay.com (Feb 16 2009)

Web site analysis report with recommendations and suggested design tweaks for FairSay.com

Ben Hunt's Web Doctor Report for FairSay.com (Feb 16 2009)

Web site analysis report with recommendations and suggested design tweaks for FairSay.com

Keeping your content in order of priority with flexible CSS layouts. (Jan 27 2009)

How to keep your most important content at the top of your page, no matter what kind of column layout you wish to achieve.

Invisible Human Check for Web Form Validation (Jan 25 2009)

Ben Hunt's Javascript-based human check to prevent spam bots from being able to submit web forms.

Categories

Basics

Tutorials on all the basic skills for web site design and designing good usable web pages, through insight into the core thinking that supports the design of effective and usable web sites.

Design process

Looks at the discipline of web design, how to approach design as a job, and introduces some mental techniques for increasing enjoyment and success.

Graphic Design

Tutorials on the core visual graphic design skills for designing web pages that are easy to understand and easy to use.

Business of web design

This section provides guidelines from our experience of running web teams and our own agency, which we hope will help you be more successful and more fulfilled.

Goal-oriented design

Understanding goals is critical to creating successful web experiences. This section teaches simple techniques to help you discover your own goals and gain insight into what your target audience really wants.

Website architecture

Tips on organising your web site to be easy to browse.

Accessibility

How to make your web pages easily accessible to everyone, regardless of disability or other factors.

Usability

A range of articles and case studies on the subject of making web sites easy to use.

Copy writing

Insight into writing compelling and successful copy for the web.

HTML / CSS

Introduction to the main technologies used to produce web pages.

JavaScript

A few tutorials on Javascript, the scripting language used to make most web pages interactive.

Resources

We recommend a range of resources to help you be a more effective designer or developer.

Blog

Ben Hunt's personal web design blog.