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Web Design In the Spotlight | More Topics | Top Picks | Suggestions |   from Jennifer Kyrnin For 2010, the technical channel on About.com is running a Reader's Choice Awards. On January 1st, 2010, you can start nominating your picks for best Web designs, best Web hosts, and best Web software. Plus other sites on About.com will also be running Reader's Choice awards, so be sure to nominate your favorites.   In the Spotlight Tomorrow You Can Start Nominating Do you know what site has the best Web design? Or which host is the best? Or what Web design editor is best? Then you should nominate them for the About.com Reader's Choice 2010 awards. Starting on January 1st, 2010, nomination forms will be open for you to choose your favorites in several categories. Best Web Design Software Best Web Designs Best Web Hosting Companies              More Topics Modify Fonts with CSS Size, weight, style, and more Browser Specific Web Designs Don't Do It Content is King Content should drive your designs HTML References - Web Design Resources Lots of help learning HTML Joomla! Jargon A CMS with a language of its own How to Preview Your Web Pages Before You Upload Them Not just in 1 browser How to Choose ID and Class Names Tips for choosing good ones Apply Basic Typography to Your Web Pages Once you know the basics of typography, you will want to apply them to your Web pages. There are a number of CSS properties you can use to affect your typography.   Firing a Web Design Client Can Make Good Business Sense As freelancers we often get caught up in how to find the best clients but once we have them, we don't consider that some clients may cost us more money than we earn from them. I have had clients who called me every 10 minutes when I was working on a design for them, asking, in effect, "are you done yet?" over and over. I have had clients who wanted to email me with ideas all day long, and if I didn't respond to them immediately they would complain that I wasn't taking them seriously. One memorable client wanted me to bill his company at a rate 75% lower than my normal rate. When I complained that that wasn't the rate I charged he said "oh, just submit hours so that you're paid the right amount." In other words, he wanted me to lie on my time sheet so that the company was paying me a lower hourly rate, but I was billing for more time than I actually worked. All of these clients I eventually fired, some more quickly than others. Why? Because by firing those clients I freed up more time in my schedule to work with clients that were cost effective.     Sponsored Links   Top Picks - Free Classes About Web Design and HTML  from your  Web Design / HTML  Guide It's easy to learn Web design and HTML online. And you might be surprised at the things you can learn for free. These online newsletter courses can help you improve your skills or teach you new ones. 1) CSS Tip of the Day 2) Build a Small Business Website Class 3) Free HTML Class   What should I write about? Are there Web design topics you"d like to learn more about? Is there a topic you'd like to see covered on the Web Design / HTML site at About.com? Let me know what you think.   Feeling Under the Weather? Evaluating Your Cold Symptoms How to tell when a runny nose is just a cold, and when it might be turning into something more serious and require a visit to the doctor. More> Web Design / HTML Ads Web Design Tutorial Open Source CMS CMS Website Design Forms E Commerce Software Advertisement     Visit Related About GuideSites: Focus on JavaScript Perl Graphic Design Focus on Java Web Logs   Search About      Sign up for more free newsletters on favorite topics. You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the About Web Design newsletter as adamsmith016@GMAIL.COM. If you wish to change or remove your email address, please visit: http://www.about.com/nl/usgs.htm?nl=webdesign&e=adamsmith016@GMAIL.COM About respects your privacy. Our Privacy Policy. Our Contact Information. 249 West 17th Street New York, NY, 10011 © 2008 About, Inc.