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How to Start With Static Sites

Websites, at the time, were a collection of these static documents, stored in their entirety and there was minimal interface on the server-side. With the introduction of CGI or Common Gateway Interface, this changed. CGI allowed websites to run scripts and this enabled the webserver to be more than just a storage facility of static

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Dark Patterns Harm Usability

Dark patterns in design are one end, an ethical issue. How fair it is to try and push the user into a direction that benefits your goals is still debated. In some cases, there’s a fine line between prompting the user for more active engagement or tricking them into diving deeper. In other cases, dark

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Fixing Feedback in the Design Process

Let us start by establishing the scope of design and its stakeholders. Just how buttons, colors, and typeface alone don’t make up design, in the same way, the stakeholders in a design process are not limited to designers and creative directors. With the design, there’s a goal. And to reach that goal, there is a

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Collaboration and Communication Simplify Bug Tracking

Bug tracking has increasingly expanded into the domains of the entire product team, not just R&D, and for good reason. As software becomes complicated, it becomes more difficult to manage issues in excel sheets or post-its.

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Best Practices for Working with Remote Developers

As a bootstrapped company we appreciate how to handle our resources, both in terms of financial capital, as well as human effort. Building a SaaS product while not pursuing investments can be a challenging task. And it has been. But the one sure-shot lesson we’ve learned when it comes to hiring is not hiring for

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Top Web Design Software to Build Themes and Templates

Designing a website is incredibly convenient with the tools available today. Having a theme for your website helps maintain consistency throughout the design. It helps build an identity and bring a unique brand voice to your web design. Even if you’re new to web design or just an amateur, having a consistent design all across

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4 e-Learning Project Management Challenges And How To Overcome Them

As a manager working on e-Learning courses, it is important to balance project management skills with technical expertise. Dealing with various moving parts in the project -Subject Matter Experts (SMEs), Instructional Designers, quality assurance reviewers, clients, deadlines, project goals etc.- means that the team’s process and vision needs to be well defined and in sync.

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Five Reasons Why Developers Need Project Management Tool

No matter how exciting it is to start working on a new project, there are still many hurdles the developers and the entire working team have to overcome. As the business grows and projects mount, things can easily get out of hand. Many different challenges may arise. Instead of reaching the desired goals, developers might

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Customer Feedback and Internal Collaboration For Digital Products In One Place

zipBoard is a small team that is passionate about design collaboration. We want to make it easy for teams and clients to discuss design easily, more collaboratively — whether remote or co-located. That is why we designed zipBoard to be your virtual whiteboard, no matter what type of project. Whether you are starting a website redesign, working

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Design Podcasts to Follow

One of the best ways to grow as a designer is to learn from the ideas and experiences of others. These ten podcasts provide plenty of that. So tune in to them to get your creative juices flowing and some fun anecdotes from the world of user experience and design.