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Designers often neglect to focus on both well-written copy and structuring a design so that it highlights the copy on the page. Today we’ll discuss why copywriting is so important, who needs to learn it, and how to create content-centric designs.

The Importance of Copywriting in Web Design

http://designshack.net/articles/business-articles/the-importance-of-copywriting-in-web-design/
As web professionals, we’re always looking for ways to improve our knowledge and skills. Tips, tricks and checklists are often one of the most underused yet potentially useful models of providing great, quick and easy to follow pieces of useful information. You may or may not know some of the tips below — and you may or may not agree with everything listed — but hopefully it will give you some ideas for your own sites or motivate you to create a checklist to help cover your bases. Perhaps a few items may even inspire you investigating a subject further, and that would be pretty awesome too.

250 Quick Web Design Tips (Part 1)

http://sixrevisions.com/web_design/250-quick-web-design-tips-part-1/

55 Inspiring Examples of Gradients in Web Design

http://webdesignledger.com/inspiration/55-inspiring-examples-of-gradients-in-web-design Gradients are a great way to add interest, color , and even depth to a web design. You can use the same color in many shades, many shades of many colors or several other combinations you may think of. You can go linear or radial. The point is that gradients are beautiful and can give your website a very unique style.
A Craft Of Consequences: Reader, Writer And Emotional Design Before the very first page of a book has been read, you've already analyzed it in countless ways without even noticing. http://www.smashingmagazine.com/category/designinformer/

Design Informer - The Latest in Web and Graphic Design

Cheatsheets and various quick reference guides are available for almost any type of software and language these days. Unfortunately they’re not always easy to find when you actually need them. This is why I decided to take some time to gather up as many as possible and share them with you here! Hopefully this can be a timesaver for you, along with teaching you a new trick or two. http://spyrestudios.com/mega-collection-of-cheatsheets-for-designer-developers/

Mega Collection Of Cheatsheets for Designers And Developers | Sp

http://webdesign.tutsplus.com/tutorials/site-elements/create-a-3d-ribbon-wrap-around-effect-plus-a-free-psd/

Create a 3D Ribbon Wrap-Around Effect (Plus a Free PSD!)

With the holidays are right around the corner, I though it might be fun to create a tutorial on the popular 3d Wrap-Around Ribbon effect that has been popping up so much this year. This is a great way to add depth to your designs, and it’s pretty darn easy to complete. I’ll show you some examples of it in action around the web, walk you through the creation techniques in Adobe Photoshop, and then explain the different approaches to coding it . Examples of The 3D Ribbon in Action Before we dive into the tutorial, let’s take a look at a handful of sites that are using this effect.