We are all very familiar with hosting companies. In fact, 99.9% of us have a hosting company for our portfolio sites, personal sites, or blogs. Today I am going to outline a step by step guide how to start your own web hosting company and business.

Step 1. Get A Powerful Back-end

The most important things to keep in mind when creating a web hosting company are your expenses and the time you need to spend on each client. You need to have a back-end that will allow you a lot of room f...

So you’ve got a client and you want to impress them by showing an example of what there logo, design etc… will look like when its finished. Instead of being boring and sending them a just a jpg why not use a mock-up display. In this post I’ve listed 25 mock-ups which you can use for your projects.

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Character usage or the use of mascots in web design is becoming increasingly popular, in this inspirational round-up Prakash Ghodke has rounded up 25 great examples along with 15 great tutorials.

 Character Usage In Web Design

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Tutorial Resources Icons: Function Icon Set by Liam McKay (Function) Texture: Grunge Grab Bag Texture 02 by JC Parmley (Design Instruct) Image: stripes-pattern Step 1: Create a New Photoshop Document

Start by creating a new document in Photoshop (Ctrl/Cmd + N). The canvas size should be 1200px by 1000px and it should have a white background.

Step 2: Create Photoshop Guides

Now add Photoshop guid...

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Step 1: Create a New Photoshop Document

Go to File > New, set your options as shown below and hit OK. Note that Background Contents option is set to Transparent, which will automatically create a transparent layer for us that is named “Layer 1″ by default.

Step 2: Styling the Background

Let us create a slick background that will complement our pricing table. Use the Paint Bucket Tool (G) to fil...