Category Archives: Web Design

Many of us believe we have what it takes to translate an excellent idea into a total success. Indeed, you may. However, this guide will help you gear up a better plan, and give you the insights of a proven step by step course of action.

DIY Start-up Series is exclusively featured at AEXT. Get a Name, will take you to a different perspective of why the importance of a name. From thinking through a business name to acquire an existing business name.

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Making a supplemental living or going pro with freelancing online requires a specific skill set–and a toolbox containing all manner of special tricks and techniques.  Building your toolbox while refining your skills comprise a fair amount of the work involved in creating a freelancing career, and one of the most important items in your toolbox is your portfolio. A great freelance portfolio should highlight your talents and give potential clients a meaningful way to choose you amongst your competitors–something that can be especially critical during your first few months, but which will remain important as you develop your reputation and experience.

As with many aspects of freelancing, creating a great portfolio doesn’t come with a standard manual or guidebook. It’s up to you to present yourself and your work with clarity and to express your value to others. But there are certainly many tips you can use to help structure and supplement your portfolio, and you’ll find some of the best below.

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The Internet has made the world a smaller place, especially when it comes to online business – it’s now just as easy for a company to attract customers in Nairobi as it is in Nevada. This technological globalization doesn’t translate to cultural homogeneity, though–while you might be able to find a McDonalds in nearly every city on earth now, that doesn’t mean that every city eats and thinks and shops in the same way.

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In 1996, Macromedia released their product called Macromedia Flash which is a vector-based animation platform. With Flash, web designers were now able to create animations using a timeline and vector design tools as a video. Furthermore, Flash was and still is a great solution for web designers to provide visitors smooth view in such small file size. The only thing that web surfers need to enjoy the sites using flash is to install Macromedia Flash Player.

However, with the arrival of JavaScript in 1997, there has been a war between Flash and JavaScript because Flash was afraid JavaScript would one day replace them with all the animation it supports. Why? Because a ton of JavaScript frameworks are becoming increasingly popular as a result of their high scalability, performance and usability. Some include jQuery, MooTools, script.aculo.us, Prototype, among others but especially jQuery, as of late.

jQuery is a fast and concise JavaScript Library that simplifies HTML document traversing, event handling, animating, and AJAX interactions for rapid web development. Although you may have enough Javascript skills to build your own Javascript code, using jQuery instead of can simplify the process (think hundreds of lines vs. a few lines of jQuery). Furthermore, there are thousands of plugins for jQuery published and large community support for this project. jQuery deserves being the heaviest competitor with Flash.

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There are a lot of web design trends were published somewhere over web design community to help us predict what is next in 2010 about web design. Each trend has especial idea, each trend tells us something interesting about web design in the past and help us continue to go forward to future. This one is not a trend. It’s just a small preview that works on the new, fresh, and never-seen-before portfolios some web designers prepare for their portfolio in 2010.

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Hello my subscribers and who are reading this entry. I have run this blog for more than 3 months and I posted number of entries about programming, design and blogging. Today, I would like to introduce something that you would be interesting at AEXT.NET. From now on, I should chose the way to blog: community or not to be community.

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