January 10, 2017
By Elisabeth
Each year, Pantone announces a color that will be named “color of the year”. This year, the chosen color is Greenery. Inspired by nature and all these pretty leaves, this refreshing tint inspires novelty and new beginnings. Easily arranged with all kinds of shades, Greenery is a logical sequel to the two colors of the year 2016, rose quartz and serenity. Here at WebSelf, everyone agrees that this color is timely and that it will probably inspire us all year in everything design-related! Here are a few ways to integrate it into your website, by mixing it with all kinds of color palettes
Read moreDecember 05, 2016
By Sarah
With the Webself photo editor, you have everything you need to turn ordinary photos into professional-looking ones. From cropping, to correcting the color, adjusting the sharpness of the image, everything is there. This editor, powered and developed by Aviary, will certainly help you bring your images to the next level.
Before you start, make sure you have the rights to use that image on your website. In fact, it’s not because you can find a picture on Google images that you have the “right” to use it. (If you are looking for free resources, here are some.) Start with a good-quality photo; the WebSelf tool is very powerful, but it isn’t miraculous. To open the photo editor, drag and drop your photo into a zone then right-click on it. Select "Edit Image" for the photo editor to appear. Use the "Cropping" tool to crop your image if necessary. Once this is done, you are ready to start!
Read moreNovember 23, 2016
By Elisabeth
You want to create a website at your image? Awesome!
WebSelf offers hundreds of templates designed by our graphists to help you create a beautiful website for free. Recently, we added over a dozen. From the vegetarian restaurant to the barber shop, discover some of our favorites!
Read moreNovember 09, 2016
By Sarah
Icons can quickly change the look of your website. They can bring your website to the next level, but only if they are properly used. Today, we explain the various benefits of including icons on your website as well as how to use them efficiently. As a bonus, we even tell you our personal favorite websites to find the best icons on the web!
Read moreOctober 04, 2016
By Elisabeth
Soon to be married? Congratulations!
Now is time to tackle the wedding preparations! Dress, hair, cake, guests, location, everything can seem so stressful! Luckily, WebSelf comes in handy with tips on how to create a wedding website that will capture the essence of your love without breaking the bank!
A wedding website has become a very common way to share to your guests important information about the wedding, the proposal or the story of how you met. A website is also an all-in-one tool to make your guests contribute to a small gift, to confirm their attendance at the wedding, write you some encouraging words, and much more!
Read moreSeptember 29, 2016
By Sarah
Sometimes it only takes making small changes, or minor adjustments to your website to make it look even more professional. In this article, we give you 5 tips that could make all the difference before publishing your website!
Read moreSeptember 26, 2016
By Elisabeth
You found inspiration to create a business? Congratulations! Now is the time to create your website! Before you publish it online for the world to see, you need to make sure it’s perfect! Today, WebSelf gives you a checklist of items you need to do before you put your website online! These items will help you greatly, whether for design and inspiration or to increase your chances of being successful using the web!
Read moreSeptember 23, 2016
By Elisabeth
You probably have asked yourself this question before: why isn’t my website on the first page of results on search engines? There are several explanations and answers to this question, but if you put effort into the SEO optimization of your website, you increase your chances to find yourself at the top of the list! First of all, search engine optimization is a methodology of strategies, techniques and tactics used to increase the amount of visitors to a website by obtaining a high-ranking placement in the search results page of a search engine (SERP) -- including Google, Bing, Yahoo and other search engines.
Unfortunately, SEO is not done in one easy task! In fact, for Google or other search engines to give you as much importance as you deserve, you must make a constant effort in optimizing different aspects of your site. Meta descriptions, tags and H title, content and links. Today we will discuss the different kinds of links and their importance for the SEO optimization of your website!
Read moreSeptember 16, 2016
By Elisabeth
Building a business from the ground up is a task that requires to make several choices that will influence its success, from the website’s colors to the markup prices. A very important choice to make at the beginning of the process is creating your logo. After all, a logo will be the heart of your brand’s image, it’s what people will recognize and it needs to fit with the values and mission of your company. Yes, a logo is very important and most people even wonder where to start but don’t worry, here is a handy guide that will help you go through the logo making process, with a few tools and tricks along the way!
Read moreSeptember 15, 2016
By Elisabeth
Fall is right around the corner, which means that the temperature is gradually changing, the leaves are turning from green to orange to red and soon, it will be time to get your snowboard out! (Not right now, anyways).
Since the change of season also means a wardrobe renewal, WebSelf decided it was time to offer new templates that everyone will love! Music festival, mexican restaurant, surf shop, marketing consultant: we guarantee you will find one that fits your wants and needs. Here are seven of our favorites. Happy website building!
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