Whatever your targets are for your business in 2008 make sure you start off as you mean to go on. If you begin the year getting out of bed late and putting off jobs you need to do on your website then you are heading straight on for a year where your business either fails or doesn’t grow, neither are an attractive proposition!

Make sure you are well aware of your targets for 2008. If they are financial then have them fixed in your head, if they are not directly financial IE complete design of WebsiteX then have your plan close at hand and get cracking.

If you want to end the year happy with your business then January has to be the beginning, good luck to everyone in 2008! 

Just wanted to wish everyone a Merry Christmas! I hope 2007 has been a good all-round year for your business and yourself. Send out the year with a bang by enjoying Christmas and seeing in the New Year in style (I think everyone says that!) Then you will be fresh for 2008 and the challenges and joy that it is no doubt going to bring!

See you in 2008! Regards, Chris - FreeStockImages.net Owner

The first ever article we wrote for the articles page on our main website was titled ‘Add A Friendly Face To Your Website’, we published it at the start of 2007 and it was picked up by many web design forums and websites. If you haven’t yet read it we recommend you do. You can read the full article on eZineArticles (Add A Friendly Face).

Article In A Nutshell 

It is fact that humans like to interact with other humans - not robots. For this reason putting images of faces and groups of people on your website is beneficial because it makes the site feel more real and humane. The full article expands on this and also recommends ways to insert images easily into your website.

This is the first proper post of our blog, so we will start at the very bottom with the basics of web design. There are many things you should and shouldn’t do when designing your website or blog. This post highlights a few of the basics that you should avoid doing on your site.

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Thanks for visiting our new web design blog. This weblog is an extension of our popular FreeStockImages.net service, where we review providers of royalty free stock images as well as recommend webmaster resources and link to articles and videos with web design tips.

This blog will be on exactly the same topic of web design. We are also going to review tools and services as well as give tips and our thoughts on designs of websites and blogs. We are aiming to publish one post per week, with every post being unique, on topic and high quality. So don’t forget to subscribe to our feed! 

To learn more about us please visit the About page. Thanks - Chris, FreeStockImages.net Owner