WordPress is a popular blogging platform with its ease of use and development by many experts on the web in the way of themes, plugins, and many more features that we can use for free or under a commercial license. WordPress work-flow basically is about storing the blog's content data to the database and then retrieving it with PHP and finally displaying it to the visitors. However, if the contents that we're trying to retrieve no longer exist in the database, as a result there would be a 404 error page.

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So you've got a great idea for a new online tool, and you seemingly have many of the skills to create it. It can be as basic as Ta-da Lists, or as robust as Basecamp, all you know is that you can design and code (or hire someone to do the parts you can't do), and want to make your own idea for a web app come to life.

There are likely millions of ideas for great web apps floating around, and yet many of them never come into existence because that one person with the idea doesn't know where to start. With every great project, designers can be hired, and developers will come as well. The real problem that needs to be solved is the planning of a web app.

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In this article we'll have a look at some websites that are a bit different to what we usually see. Web design sure has come a long way in recent years, and we can see all kinds of creative and unique websites popping up.

This collection is comprised of websites offering many different services/merchandise. They're colorful, funny, artistic and more. What they all have in common is the fact that they do stand out a bit - at least they did to us.

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Within the last ten years, web design has impressed us with glossy gradients, smooth reflections, and even plain and bold colors. With this new trend in simplicity and open space, came a better understanding and appreciation for adequate user interfaces. Now, though, in more recent designs we're beginning to see these minimalistic and well-laid out designs come in not so plain ways. Modern designs are beginning to use more texture than before, but still using texture in an intelligent way to keep web spaces clean, organized, but just much more aesthetically pleasing.

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Everybody these days knows that content is king. No website ever sold anything without content to persuade its readers to buy. And it’s the job of the web designer to present that content as effectively as possible.

Unfortunately, presenting content to sell well is kind of glossed over in web design school. Most designers don’t know a lot about it. In fact, most designers don’t even know they don’t know. And nowhere is this more evident than on their own websites.

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In this article, we're going to show you a collection of 40 hand-picked drawings of celebrities. Not only do we want to show you these great works of art, but we also hope you can draw some inspiration from them. No matter what kind of artistic/creative department you belong to, looking at other peoples work can be a good place to get inspired. Here you'll find a broad range of celebrities from Russell Crowe to Bob Marley.

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In recent years, competition on the Internet has grown fiercer, and many businesses are looking for anything that gives them that competitive edge. Online marketing methods such as SEO and PPC are a good way of improving a company's ability to compete, but increased traffic alone doesn't make for a successful business. When it comes to a website, it all comes down to number of conversions and thus, revenue generated; this is where a/b testing can help.

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