Web Design Ideas

Best Email Confirmation Page Message

Valik Rudd — Sat, 02 Mar 2013 16:10:14 +0000

This must be the best email confirmation page message that I have ever seen. It’s not the regular one I am used to seeing, this one actually got me to read the info on it. Very clever. This and the Error 404 pages, when designed in a clever way and actually treated as a useful tool can produce a lot more results and may even capture more sales as a result.

Take a look at this screen capture below, this is what I got today after filling out a form on a landing page. I am not used to seeing this and because it was so unusual, I actually read it. Had this message have had an up-sell or some other important information other than to tell me to confirm my email, it would definitely get through.

So the lesson from this is, pay attention to small details, like confirmation messages and 404 pages. If designed correctly, they can bring extra customers.

So let’s take a look at exactly what it is that made me stop and read this page.

First of all, the image of the guy signaling me to stop. This is a psychological trigger that people react to. This plus the headline that says “Wait One Little Second…”. The headline with the image stopped me in my tracks.

In the next few lines I find out that there is bad news and good news. That peaks my curiosity and makes me want to keep reading.

Then I see Step 1 and Step 2 in bold font, that tells me there is a solution to the “bad news”. Of course after I start reading this I already know that they just want to make sure I confirm my email and this is where I stop reading.

It is a big problem with the email list building, lots and lots of people go without getting the material they wanted to get even after entering their email into the form, because they miss the instructions on the confirmation notice page, usually because it is so boring and not interesting to read.

This small design change to the usual email confirmation text we are all used to seeing will help get more email confirmations, because unlike me, someone that is not used to having to confirm their email after filling out the form, they wouldn’t actually read this page and know that they need to do that to get the materials they requested.

Small things are important when it comes to how humans behave and react to things on web pages. You want your visitors to do something or take some kind of action? Spend some time on the page that delivers the message and make the message interesting and clear.

Create A Quick Dashed Line In Photoshop

Valik Rudd — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 16:50:16 +0000

Every time I need a dashed line I have to create one from scratch and it really makes me mad, every time, that there is not a quick way to do this in Photoshop. Today, I found a way! Here is how to get a quick perfect dashed line every time you need it.

Open a new window and use the Rectangular Marquee Tool (M) to select a rectangle about as wide as you need your dashed line to be. Then screen capture this. It will capture the running ants selection rectangle showing a nice dashed line rectangle.

Open the new screen capture image in Photoshop. Go to Channels and R-Click on the RGB Channel so it selects the dashed rectangle.

Reverse the selection by going to Select > Inverse. Now use a brush to draw over the selection.

Hide the original layer and you should now have an isolated dashed-line rectangle. Select the part you need and paste it into your project.

You now have a quick way to create dashed lines when you need them.

Do you know a better or quicker way to do this? Please share in the comments.

Cheers.

Hand-Drawn Lines with Transparent Background PSD & PNG

Valik Rudd — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 17:52:04 +0000

While working on one of my projects I had to create a set of hand-drawn lines, scan and then isolate them so I can use them in my design. If you know me, you know that I don’t like to let a useful design go to waste by only using it once. This is why I put it up on the blog for others to use. This is a set of various width hand-drawn lines with transparent background so you can use them for anything. The original file is also in 300 dpi so this can be used in print projects. Download them below (under the image). Enjoy!

Download the Hand-Drawn Lines Files »

Just download this ZIP file and unzip it. Inside you will find one PNG file of the lines with the transparent background, and a layered PSD file where each hand-drawn line is on it’s own layer. I also included the original scan of the lines if you want to do something else with them.

P.S. Let me know what you think in the comments. Also share this with your friends!

Huge 492 Quality Graphics Kit You Need

Valik Rudd — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 20:48:34 +0000

As I work on things I create various graphics. Why let all that goodness go to waste? I took some of those designs and expanded on them making them better, adding variations and different colors. This kit of 492 graphics contains a ton of price tag graphics, a couple of price tables, step lines, buttons and all kinds of other eye candy!

Take a look at all the stuff you get in this package. You will be blown away by the price I am offering it at. I am shocked my self and actually having a hard time talking my self into keeping the price so low. Not sure how long it will last…

See the awesome graphics you get here »

Steve Jobs is gone, but will never be forgotten

Valik Rudd — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:29:54 +0000

As we have moved into the year 2012, we must stop for a moment to think and to consider what we have lost in 2011. It was a year with huge stories full of drama, happiness, revolutions and change, but 2011 also brought us its fair share of tragedy and deaths as well. The most notable losses among them were of Steve Jobs, who revolutionized our modern lives and changed the way we look at technology and business. He died after a long and tiresome battle with pancreatic cancer.

Steve Jobs; a visionary transformer

Steve Jobs single-handedly transformed Apple into a multi-billion dollar revenue generating machine with his blunt and straightforward business ethics while completely changing how an average person listens to his music, uses his cell phone, and works on his computer. He made a long-lasting impact on the global consumer electronic products market with a series of top notch successful products starting with the iPod, the iPhone and finally the iPad. In just about a decade’s time, he dragged Apple from the clutches of total bankruptcy to the world’s # 1 consumer electronic company. Steve’s intelligence, brilliance and passion cannot be replaced anytime soon because the world lost an innovator and a visionary.

Reactions of employees and fans

From Apple’s highly sophisticated headquarters in Silicon Valley to its high tech retail stores (over 357 as of October 2011), employees and fans alike were all greatly taken back by the sad demise of the man they loved. He was lovingly called as just ‘Steve’ by his followers.

Few days after the death of Steve Jobs, the realization started to sink in the hearts of Apple’s sixty thousand plus workforce that he was no longer there with them. Some employees have publicly announced that they will be working extra hours with increased dedication in honor of Steve Jobs because he personified the work ethics and how success can be achieved through complete dedication.

One inventor’s opinion of the other

Even, his long time rival and partner, Bill Gates had nothing, but praise for the man. Bill Gates recently said that Steve’s loss will have a considerable impact on how creativity and inventions are pursued and its impact will be felt for generations to come in the world of technology. He was quoted, “For those of us lucky enough to get to work with him, it’s been an insanely great honor. I will miss Steve immensely…”

Steve Jobs, A role model for many

Similarly, his large legion of fans spread across the globe, considered Steve Jobs as a hero and a larger than life character. His fans were intrigued by his casual personality and lifestyle decisions. There was something really unique about the man, his thinking and the way he presented himself before the public. He was considered as some one with a touch of craziness inside him.

Steve Jobs was an inspiration for many particularly the young generation. In August 2009, Jobs was chosen as the most admired entrepreneur among teenagers. It doesn’t really come as a surprise because he represented energy, passion and the will to take absolutely crazy risks.

How Steve Jobs had an impact on an ordinary person’s life?

In the wake of his death, many of his loyal followers and fans are of the opinion that Steve Jobs should be awarded the Nobel Prize for his efforts and be officially recognized for his success in the world of technology. Steve Jobs did not just change the lives of normal healthy people; he also created all his products with the problems and issues of the disabled in mind. Many of his fans belong from families that have a disabled person with them. It shows how user friendly Apple’s (Steve’s inventions) products were.

Steve’s impact on the IT world

Every new product that Steve Jobs created was an invention by itself and not just an upgrade of a previous model or design. His inventions appealed to the mass market and the public at large. People were dumb founded how for example the iPhone revolutionized the cell phone design. Job’s products are worthy of being placed in a museum not because of it’s age, but rather the ground-breaking effect it had on the technology industry and on the daily lives of people.

Steve Jobs is no longer among us, but his legacy will live on forever. He’s already being called the greatest personality of our modern age and is being compared to inventors like Albert Einstein, Henry Ford and Thomas Edison.

Written by Frederic, freelance writer, web blogger and data recovery software consultant.

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