Build Internet is a blog for web design, development, and business run by twin brothers Sam and Zach Dunn. The goal is simple — help you build phenomenal sites. Build Internet writes articles and tutorials that demonstrate the latest web trends in action, as well as tips and motivation for improving your own business ventures.
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This post has a little background to its inspiration.At the start of Summer 2009, we started Officeal as a way to showcase the offices of companies that “get” creative culture. The numbers are slowly increasing, but it’s ended up serving a more important role. We’ve seen the kinds of ...
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Conversion, return on investment, loyalty, referrals; all of these site metrics are incredibly important to any successful website, and a site that sells product(s) is no exception. In a world (wide web) that’s muddled and overrun with sub-par, poorly designed shopping websites, it’s hard to break away from the ...
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We haven’t gone back to basics in a while.Today’s tutorial will bring you through the process of building a slick menu using a single CSS sprite image. It’s a simple, but elegant solution for most websites. This was one of the design strategies that first helped me to start using ...
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I’m going to be bold for just a moment and assume that you spend a fair amount of time at the computer.If you pile on hour after hour in front of a screen, maybe you should take the time to make sure you’re as comfortable as you could possibly ...
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Being based online has its share of advantages. Clients are plentiful and easy to come by, your company can operate from anywhere in the world, and with enough promotional efforts you can easily create a long-term client base that brings in recurring income and major projects. When it comes ...
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“This is brilliant! How on earth did they come up with this?” I’ve lost track of how many time I’ve said something similar to this over the past few years. As it turns out, I’m an extremely jealous person when it comes to design for the internet. I’m jealous in ...
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“Looks great. Let’s just move the main content down and change the font to a brighter red and Papyrus…”Have you ever dealt with a client who suddenly flipped on “design mode” mid-project? The expectation is that you are an expert, and you act as a filter between the client ...
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“What should my hourly rate be?”One of the hardest parts of start out into full or part time web design is setting fair prices. It’s a topic that we’ve tackled before in our week-long Pricing Bootcamp series. Since then, we’ve received a lot of email asking the same question. ...
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Today we’re going to talk about space.What does space have to do with becoming a better web designer? Actually, the real connection here is the folks who look at space. The people of NASA are brilliant when it comes to publishing content to the internet.Take a cue from the ...
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Today, I present to you a small handful of informational tidbits which will act as glimpses into the world of a typography enthusiast.You may not currently think about the impact of a period, types of fonts, or understand why people grumble about Comic Sans, but hopefully after this article, you ...
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Today’s tutorial shows how using PHP’s include function for common elements can speed up development time. We’ll go over basic implementation and how to display page specific information (e.g. current menu location) while still using the common file. Even if you’re the type of designer that outsources anything past XHTML/CSS, you’ll ...
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This post explores the design trends and features of well designed spa websites. Hotels and spas tend to go together. As shown by some of the examples featured in this post, spas are often one of several amenities offered besides standard hotel rooms. [...]
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