Archive for Web Design

22 Sep 2009

How to make a vertical nav-bar in iWeb

11 Comments Tips and Tricks, Tutorials, Web Design

Despite there being many reasons for not using the default nav-bar in iWeb, it is still the easiest way to get navigation onto your iWeb site. I have been asked several times recently how to get a vertical nav-bar appearing on the side of your iWeb site rather than the basic horizontal one.

If you follow this simple tutorial you can get a vertical nav-bar in no time at all. Read more

02 Sep 2009

Loads of freeware image apps for iWeb designers

3 Comments Freebies, Software, Web Design

I was asked in the comments section of my post about faking columns in iWeb recently if I had any suggestions for great, easy to use image applications. Well this got me thinking. I try and use Gimp if I can although I am not very good and I did have a bash at the trial of Photoshop but that didn’t go to well either.

On top of that, over the last few weeks I have been building some custom iWeb themes and so had need of a simple graphics package; time to do some investigating. Whilst searching for said graphics package I was amazed at how many other free applications there are available to us Mac users come iWeb designers; so here is my list. Read more

26 Aug 2009

How to use whitespace to improve your iWeb site

9 Comments Tips and Tricks, Web Design

I receive, on average, 3 or 4 requests a week from visitors to All About iWeb asking me to review their iWeb site and while I am more than happy to share what little web design knowledge I feel I have I dont’ often get the time to give a full (or even any) response.

One thing I have noticed however, about the majority of the sites that I look at is that cramped and overloaded pages seem to be the order of the day. Read more

21 Aug 2009

iWeb footers – What do you do with yours?

8 Comments Tips and Tricks, Web Design

During the writing of this web-site I look at hundreds of iWeb sites. One thing that seems to be common practice amoungst quite a few of them is a lack of use of the footer area of the site.

I admit it is nice to declare proudly that the web-site you have slaved over was ‘made on a Mac’ but you can do (and should do) so much more with this under used area of iWeb ‘real estate’. Read more

17 Aug 2009

Add a Tweet Me button to iWeb

5 Comments Tutorials, Web Design, Widgets

Last night, after I had got back from the UK I switched on my iMac to check ‘Mail’ and found rather a lot of you had read my last post which explains how to add a ‘Tweet Me’ link to your iWeb site and then edit the text a little to make the font blend in with your site.

17 of you sent me e-mails asking if it would be possible to achieve the same effect but with an image rather than just the text. So this morning I got up extra early to have a play around with iWeb and I can report that yes you can. Read more