The Site Slinger Blog

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By Jeremy H.

Top 35 Free Web Design Resources

We love working with designers, and we know that you never can have enough free web design resources. Today we’re sharing a list of 35 of the best resources on the web for design freebies. Whether you’re looking for “plug and play” visual content, a beautiful new font, or some design inspiration, you’re bound to find a new favorite web design resource on our list.

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By Jeremy H.

This is How to Launch Your First Web App

Building your own web application is a complicated, challenging and exciting process. It requires mastering a number of skills, from design to development. Fortunately, with the tools available today, starting a website is both easy and fun. Let’s take a look at how to launch a web app.

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By Jeremy H.

Useful Terms for PSD to HTML Services

We know how important effective communication is for our clients on any web development project. So, we’re offering up this handy ‘glossary of terms’ that you will find helpful for your next PSD to HTML project, or if you’re just beginning to learn about the design-to-code process.

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By Jeremy H.

President Obama Visits Our Office

We’re extremely proud to be part of Capital Factory, where President Obama visited last week. As a buzzing technology hub it’s no surprise that President Obama and the CTO of the United States chose to visit Austin.

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By Jeremy H.

How to Use Photoshop Layer Comps

If you’re one of those designers who prefer to design within a single master PSD file, while still being able to reuse elements and see design variations, then you’ll find the Layer Comps feature of Photoshop particularly useful. For comparing different design variations, don’t waste your time remembering the different layer positions, visibility states, and layer style settings. Keep your workflow efficient and your file easily deciphered by your developer, client or project manager.

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By Jeremy H.

7 Pro-Tips for Web Design

Here at The Site Slinger we live and breathe web development – we’ve been experts in turning design to code since 2009! All too often, website design files get submitted to us missing some of the fundamental components for effective and efficient web development. Whether you are a designer working on a website for a client, or a client who isn’t sure what they need to get from their designer, following these pro-tips will get your design ready to be turned into code.

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By Jeremy H.

10 Reasons NOT to code your own HTML

At The Site Slinger, we see LOTS of different kinds of web designs from our customers, and we hear lots of different reasons why they choose us to turn their designs into code. I wanted to share 10 of these reasons with you to show you the ways The Site Slinger helps you bring your designs to life, whether you are building a simple landing page, a complex web application, a WordPress theme, or even a great looking HTML email.

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By Jeremy H.

25 Professional and Incredibly Powerful Photoshop Plugins

Freebies are awesome, and design blogs are full of them, but sometimes you need a professional tool to handle professional tasks. There are a wealth of extremely powerful and high quality Photoshop tools that can dramatically improve your workflow.

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