11 Web Design Fails You Shouldn't Ignore

Yet another take on the infamous 10 Commandments For Web Designers - updated!

There are so many things you can do with Illustrator and every year with the new releases form Adobe, the number of features grow, and so the number of creative techniques you can use also grows. It can be hard to keep up on using all the features but these tutorials will give you a good head start. And they might even give you an edge over your colleagues and certainly over your competition.

Photoshop is a big, deep program - no doubt about that. There's a lot to learn and there are slow ways and fast ways to do almost everything in Photoshop. In short, there is always room for improving your workflow, speeding your design process.

We could produce of a list of 50 top web design mistakes but lets limit this list to 5, to get to the point and help you speed the recovery of your site. As always, please comment on this list in case we've missed something you feel is more critical.

How you use fonts within your web design is as important as your layout, or your color scheme. Don't make the mistake newbies make when they forget to properly design their sites with type in mind - here are some good tips to get you started >>

What is Responsive Web Design? We've got the infographic to explain it all.. take a look >>

Find out what the experts say are the 113 Most Important Home Page Design Guidelines... and my Number One Guideline - in this must read post.

It's easier than you think to make fantastic looking DIV boxes using pure CSS. Forget about simple stuff like borders and rounded corners, we're gonna add inner gradients and outer shadows to really give the DIV boxes some flash.

Fast track to cool looking shadow/gradient CSS DIV box:

I want to fast track you on this.. as you know there are a lot of browser incompatibilities when it comes to rounded corners, gradients and shadows in CSS, so let's get it done!

A nice piece from PSD Tuts: Fortunately, it isn’t required to go to design school in order to be a graphic designer. A good foundation in graphic design history, theory, and practical application will help you hit the ground running. There are plenty of resources available in which you can learn graphic design on your own. Don’t set your expectations to high at first, as it will take enthusiastic study for years to become great. You can do it though!