Ethical website design and dark patterns

Dark blue sky - dark patterns

Today we are discussing ethical web design and predatory practices in web design, which is an important topic, especially for us as web designers. A lot of people actually know or see these things and see these things on websites, but they don’t really understand how manipulative and unethical they really are. What is a…

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Website design with Avidmode: learning about layouts

wireframes that we use for learning about layout

This is a new series that we’re bringing to the blog, all about web design. If you have a background in graphic design or art, these concepts will be very familiar to you. If not, hop in and learn more about what website design is, what it’s made up of and how we use it…

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Understanding the back end of your WordPress website

Web design is a tricky matter. On the one hand, you have self-build websites promising the earth in terms of freedom of functional and stylish design. Some of them may deliver on this but quite often, it is a little harder than it looks. The alternative, to get a really professional finish, is to use…

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Three reasons nobody visits your website

Your fabulous new website is live. Hooray! So, now it’s time to sit back, relax and wait for the sales to start rolling in, right? Well, we hate to break it to you but unfortunately not. Your website may be out there in the big wide world, but this is not where your digital marketing…

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