FreeLeadsandFreeTraffic.com is still very much a work in progress.

A brand new theme, Semiomntics XO, new design and a new cleaner look. Still some bits to tidy up, a bit more work on the stylesheet to get the result I am after. All this of course takes time. So, so far..

Old Web Design on FreeLeadsandFreeTraffic

Old Free Leads and Free Traffic

FreeLeadsandFreeTraffic.com new Web Design

Still work to be done.

Free Leads and Free Traffic - new

When considering a new web design for any site one must take into  a few important factors.  First and foremost it must be customer-friendly, appealing to the eye, content clearly visible and easily navigated.

Web Design for Free Leads and Free Traffic

FreeLeadsandFreeTraffic is rather an old blog that has been neglected but not forgotten.  The design is outdated  and not very attractive. It needs a complete overhaul, a new design and a new future.

Old Web Design on Free Leads and Free Traffic

I have decided to change the appearance, the theme, and use the Semiomantics XO script which is much more versatile and appealing and technically more Google efficient. Also, too many plugins make the old site heavy and  slow to open.  The whole site  lacks personality.

Within the next few weeks I will endeavour to bring some life back to the site and a little modernity.

Web Design images 2009 by Zo nicholas

Creating a collection of web design fonts in the gallery for further use on different sites.

Font Galleries

Fonts - fonts  used on web design sandbox

Fonts 2 - mixed collection of fonts

Fonts 3 -  coming soon

Part of the ‘look’ of any website is the fontface that is used, for the title and the body or contents. Visitors do remember the look, the colour and the feel of a site. 

For this site, ‘Web Design’, I have already settled on a title font, however for the h1,h2,h3 that is used in the body I have been experimenting with a few different fonts to see which suits the layout and title of this site better.

There are many sites online that offer free fonts. Decide on the category of font that suits the style of your site and save the font to your hard drive. By building up a selection of fonts you can thus experiment on your site.

Choosing a font

Choosing a font for Web Design

Fonts do have to be clearly visible and esily read if used mainly in text.
After much consideration I came down to two choices. The Dali font and the sf_scribbled_sans_bold both handwriting fonts. The Dali font I decided that  here it was too thin and too feint in certain letters like the ’s’, so not too easy to read, whereas the sf sctribbled sans bold was much more inkeeping with the title font and by being bold and easier to read.

Web Design is a ’sandbox’ – hence the style of font here marries up with the ‘note taking’ scribble/experimental theme.

Sometimes a plain photo or image is rather boring and makes no impact at all. Just by adding a border to a photo or image gives it a complete lift and adds a new dimension.

Add a border using Gimp

Here are some examples of borders using a free photo/image editor like Gimp. These require no technical skills, just a few simple mouse clicks hence easy to use by anyone.

For this example I have chosen a photo of a dragonfly, caught firmly on my washing. As you can see it is a plain photo, just catching the moment.  

Dragonfly

Opening the Gimp editor I opened the image I want to use and then selected ‘Filter’ and then selected ‘Decor’. By using the ‘Add a Border’  and making a few adjustments this changed the dimension of the photo.

Dragonfly with border

Re-using this new image of the dragonfly with a border I again  selected ‘Border’ and created a green border around it. A border within a border.

Dragonfly with green border

The more you experiment with the editor the easier it gets. Heres another example of just playing around with the editor.

Dragonfly playtime