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Questions about designing the aesthetic look of websites, both practical and theoretical. For questions about coding the structure of a website, please go to Stack Overflow. For questions about the user experience, please go to UX.SE. Ask anything related to designing graphics and visual layouts here on GD.SE.

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Why do people keep telling me my site looks awful?

Here is why I think people react negatively to your site: It raises too many questions! Like you said, before you introduce the functionality. Which tells me people do not understand what it is about …
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What materials should a web designer using Photoshop send to a developer?

A mock-up is usually handed over for the developer to know what to go for. This can vary from PSD file to just a flat image, depending on the workflow. In my experience, handing over flat mockup with …
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How to use H1, H2 etc. tags properly?

From http://www.w3schools.com/tags/tag_hn.asp Definition and Usage The < h1 > to < h6 > tags are used to define HTML headings. < h1 > defines the most important heading. < h6 > defines t …
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Creating negative company logos?

Depends. Some Logos are not supposed to be used in negative which is usually stated in the corporate identity manuals. Many are though. Rule of thumb: If they don't use it in b/w or negative in pub …
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Twitter bootstrap prepended and appended input text

First one could be understood as a clickable element. So of that's not the case I wouldn't go with it. Second one indicates being a label. A description of the box. If that's not the case, I wouldn't …
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Simple Line Fading Away At Both Ends

Make a rectangular shape of the total size of your line (e.g. 1px by 600px). Set fill to 0%. Double click the layer to access the layer styles. Add gradient overlay. Edit gradient to go from 0% black …
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iPad design dimensions

I feel like you should also factor in that people might hold heir iPad horizontally when viewing your website. As for navigation bars: take a look at safari, and other browsers, to see what navigati …
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Favicon best practices regarding size and format

The basics from Favicons - Best practice for 2013: ICO favicon.ico (32x32) PNG favicon.png (96x96) Tile Icon tileicon.png (144x144) Apple Touch Icon apple-touch-icon-precomposed.png (152x152) And a …
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Helvetica Neue equivalent on Google Fonts?

That's the thing about Helvetica, there isn't really anything quite like it. We are talking about one of the (if not the) most beautiful font in existence. You could settle for Open Sans or Source Sa …
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icon indicating "Nothing happened" or "No Data"

Ask yourself: what is the consequence for the user? Does it matter to them? Do they need to refresh/retry/debug/uninstall/pick differently/etc.? If it is a plain error, need to make an error icon. If …
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UX research on where to put website menu?

There are many ways to tackle this I believe and you will have to choose based on your content and your audience. There have been studies on where people look first and what different audiences expect …
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How can I manually create a pixel perfect image sprite?

What method can I use to set up a grid of images with varying sizes to be at specific coordinates? Grids and Guides, that goes for Illustrator and Photoshop. Set up a grid that matches either the …
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What is the best approach to improve skills? i.e good tutorials, books, course

How: You already said you are proficient in the tools, so pure practice and tutorials won't do as they foster technical skills mostly which only gets you to know how to execute things. Why: The other …
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Charging an Intellectual Property transfer fee for design work

That depends on what was agreed upon. But most designers sell their finished artwork with all the files neccesary to produce the design. For example: a logo should always be handed over in vector for …
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