Skip to content
  • HOME
  • PORTFOLIO
  • WORKING TOGETHER
  • HAPPY CLIENTS
  • MY STORY
  • BLOG
    • WordPress Tips & Tricks
    • Website Design
    • Website Development & SEO
    • Social Media & Blogging
    • WordPress Design
    • Beyond the Code
  • CONTACT
  • CONTACT
Tracey Rickard Web Designer Dorset

Tag: Graphic Design

Web Designers and Print Designers

Posted on May 15, 2019 | Updated May 15, 2019 by Tracey Rickard
print versus web design

I have recently taken on the challenge of building a couple of websites, both designed by print designers. Whilst these guys and gals are clearly very talented at print design it is a completely different discipline to web design. Print..

Read More

Colour Matters in Web Design

Posted on February 26, 2019 | Updated February 26, 2019 by Tracey Rickard
Boost Conversions With Strategic Use of Color in Web Design

Whatever the reason for putting up a website, the end goal is always conversion, when visitors respond to a call-to-action placed there. Conversion could come in the form of a subscription, or even the simple act of filling out a..

Read More

How to select the most appropriate stock photos for your site

Posted on November 1, 2017 | Updated April 6, 2020 by Tracey Rickard
Lovely stock image, Warwickshire

Stock photos are very much part of the ‘furniture’ of web design and online content production, and are widely used to market a vast range of products and services. However, it can also be very easy to select unsuitable stock..

Read More

The Origin of My Branding

Posted on January 9, 2014 | Updated March 31, 2018 by Tracey Rickard
Freelance web designer branding - Radiant Orchid

The Colour PANTONE© 18-224 TCX also known as Radiant Orchid was the colour of the year in 2014. Radiant Orchid blooms with confidence and magical warmth that intrigues the eye and sparks the imagination. It is an expressive, creative and..

Read More

If content is King, images are the crown

Posted on February 20, 2013 | Updated March 30, 2018 by Tracey Rickard
Images are the crown

A good website design absolutely stands on its images, they attract us and keep us interested. In a magazine article most of us will scan the images before we get to the text and if the pics don’t get us..

Read More

Admiring other Web Designers

Posted on January 27, 2013 | Updated March 31, 2018 by Tracey Rickard
The immersive garden design inspiration

Web design encompasses many different skills and disciplines but we all have a style and tend to like similar designs. These designs were done by others and they are sites that I find inspirational as a freelance designer. The Immersive..

Read More

My First Ever Website Design

Posted on January 5, 2013 | Updated March 31, 2018 by Tracey Rickard
The first website

I wonder how many people have entered this competition and not actually entered the very first website they did because they are not too proud of it.  When I look back at my first ever website design I cannot say..

Read More

Design of Party Invitation

Posted on January 16, 2012 | Updated March 31, 2018 by Tracey Rickard
Graphic design project party invitation with loads of detail

This is a bit more freelance design work and is a personalised party invitation for a house warming.  The family were moving to Bath, so I decided to make it a party in ‘the’ bath!   A completely bespoke freelance..

Read More

Graphic Design Advert for Rugby World Mazagine

Posted on November 25, 2011 | Updated March 31, 2018 by Tracey Rickard
Graphic design - advert for Rugby World

When I first started out as a freelance designer I did lots of things including advertising layouts, logos and even party invitations.  I really enjoyed doing them. This is an advert that I created for Sporting Billy and Sporting Gifts. ..

Read More

Blog Categories

  • Happy Clients
  • Website Design
  • Wordpress Tips & Tricks
  • Social Media & Blogging
  • Beyond the Code
  • WordPress Design
  • Website Development & SEO
  • WordPress Developers

WordPress Guides

There are lots of small guides on my site if you need any tips for using WordPress.

WORDPRESS TIPS & TRICKS ›

Alternatively, there is a comprehensive reference guide that you can download.

FULL GUIDE ›

FULL GUIDE WITH GUTENBERG ›

Top Tags

  • Freelance
  • Social Media & Tutorials
  • Content Marketing
  • Security & Hosting

WordPress Hosting

LinkedIN TwitterPinterestFacebookBehance

Dorchester Chamber for BusinessWeymouth Chamber of CommerceSuccessful Women in Business

© 2008 - 2021. ALL rights reserved. | A WordPress Custom Theme Design & Web Design.

Tracey Rickard Web Design
Poundbury, Dorchester, Dorset, DT1 3BJ. UK

PRIVACY POLICY