Posts from Webdesigntuts+ for 08/11/2013

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Working With Brand and Design Guidelines

Sometimes, particularly when you work with established brands and companies, you may encounter a set of brand or design guidelines. As a developer who might be working on a website without much design help, this can be something that you can really use to your advantage, guiding you in your design decision making.

Linking Up the Google Maps and Flickr APIs

Imagine you've made the beautiful map a client requested; adding all sorts of interesting markers, pop-ups, custom overlays and photos. But then the client mentions they want to be able to add their own photos without either troubling you, or doing any coding themselves. This is where the Flickr API comes in very handy.

How to Architect a Better Site-Map

The site-map is often the first point in a design process, when all the research and considerations start to form into something tangible; something you can put in front of your client and say "this is the plan".

Selecting Your Own Color Scheme

By now you should have a good idea of what color is, what each of the colors mean and have a good understanding of the different types of color scheme available to you. However, knowing all of that doesn't help if you have no idea where to get started, or how to put that information into action.