Redesign Inspiration and Process
As I'm always interested in other designers' process, I thought I'd share mine along with some of the tools that I used for the recent redesign of my site. Concept As I begin the design process, I look through my inspiration folder in my bookmarks, and through...
Randa Clay Design- new and improved
At long last I have found time to work on my own site! I have needed to redesign with a theme of my own for at least a year, but have just been too busy until I took this "maternity leave" time. I'm still doing some tweaking but for the most part it's complete. One of...
Performancing Ads: The Ideal Ad Network
Have you heard about PerformancingAds? It's a new ad network from the people behind Performancing, whose tagline is "helping bloggers succeed", and this ad network will do just that. I've been participating in the pre-launch testing of the site, and it is super easy...
Numbers don’t mean everything
As bloggers, we can often get caught up in our stats. Pursuing better Google Page Rank, Technorati ranking, Alexa Rank, etc. can consume us, and when we achieve higher and higher numbers we may feel as if those numbers are a real indication of our place in the...
On a personal note
Since I have mentioned several times here over the last few months that I was expecting a new baby this summer, I thought I'd write a quick post to announce the safe arrival last week of our second son! We're still adjusting to the new addition to our home, and just...
Where to go for help
Success has nothing to do with what you gain in life or accomplish for yourself. Its what you do for others. ~Danny Thomas In developing custom themes for WordPress, which is comprises the bulk of my work these days, I regularly run into issues, questions about how...
Blog Design Case Study
I've designed quite a few blogs over the last year or so, and I recently worked with a client who I thought did an extremely thorough job of planning for her new site, Remarkable Parents. The process she went through provides a good case study to look at, as the...
IE6 bugs that can drive a designer crazy
This article explains the CSS bugs that make IE6 a pain in the butt, and gives solutions to get around them- very helpful!
Does a blogger need a business card?
Brian Yerkes is compiling a collection of business cards of bloggers on his site, and I thought I would throw mine into the pile. I happen to have a business card because of my design business, and my blog is listed prominently because it's sort of "Randa Clay...
Free Twitter Graphics
Want to encourage people to follow you on Twitter? Here are some free graphics to put on your site for that purpose- just place the image on your site and link to your Twitter profile. On the left are PNG files on white background, and on the right are transparent...