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Freebie Friday Roundup: Part Deux
Last time we gave you a pack of 11 totally free PSDs for your web design pleasure, but we didn't want to wait that long to bundle these up (what with the holidays right around the corner and all). Here's a set of 6 free PSDs - our 5 previous PSDs, plus one awesome bonus PSD. Scroll down to check them out!
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Freebie Friday: 36 Vibrant Social icons With Hover States
Hello there fans and friends, today we're bringing you a large social pack of 32x32 multipurpose icons, including hover states for each. This pack includes the PSD as well as all the separated PNG files. One of our biggest pet peeves in most social packs are lack of icons for creative types, so we've made sure to include as many musician and artist staples as we could.
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Planning a Logo with a Design Team
Establishing a new or revamped company logo is a vital yet highly involved project for any organization. All other identity and marketing will be affected by the decisions made in communicating your brand through a simple image and some text so it is important to get it right. Here is the client's side of what to look for and expect from a good logo design project.
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Freebie... Wednesday: Retro Badges
Okay, we admit it - it's definitely not Friday. But because our office is closed for the Thanksgiving holidays, it definitely feels like a Friday! We're happy to share with you some retro PSD badges for your site or web project. Complete with unique shapes, retro typography, and as always- super clean and color coded layers so it is totally editable. Enjoy and share with your friends!
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Getting Started With Google Shopping
Recently Google made yet another change to its product search service by charging merchants to list their products. Now called Google Shopping, the service has gone through several iterations and involves a few services working in conjunction, so here's a breakdown to clear things up.
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7 Ways to Optimize WordPress for High Performance
Good news! Your content strategy and SEO are working, you are seeing solid traffic to your site and converting them into regular readers. You are ready to take the next step to make sure you keep your valuable audience as well as increase conversions of new visitors to return visits. Besides original compelling posts rich in text and images, the number one way to do this is to increase your site's SPEED.
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Freebie Friday: Ecommerce Sticker Pack
Happy Freebie Friday! Today we bring you a set of fully editable ecommerce stickers. This PSD includes three large stickers and six small stickers with varying styles. Feel free to use and edit, these stickers would be great for a Black Friday sale!
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Tools of the Quality Assurance Trade: How to Test Your Website
Just as inferior editing can ruin a book, a website that is launched without proper quality assurance runs the risk of repelling potential users with its lack of polish. But unlike a book, which only needs to be edited once, websites require constant upkeep, analysis and improvement. Thankfully there are many tools available to help in the testing and maintenance process.
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