Is your home page bringing you business or causing people to leave?
Your websites home page is the most important page of your website. It is the first page that your visitors see when they first visit your website (usually). With that in mind it should tell your visitors, or potential customers, what your business or website is all about with the first 5 seconds. If not, your visitors or customers may leave your site and go to a competitor or another site. Since the home page give people the first impression of you as a business it should deserve... Read More
Four Crucial Components to a website
Any web design company knows the importance of web design and the role it plays in making a website successful. There are many components that go into a website to make it successful and it’s no easy task, especially someone who is new to the world of the web. Of course you can go out and buy the software and create a site yourself and end up with a decent website. But decent in most cases is not good enough to help sales and bring traffic to your site. There are four crucial... Read More
8 Deadly Web Design Mistakes – Are You Making Any?
As a Web Designer and a Project Manager for a web design company I see a lot of mistakes on the web that people make. Let me share with you my 8 deadly web design mistakes that many designers make: 1. Building the website entirely with frames or Flash. This really complicates things and makes the website not user friendly – along with long loading time with Flash. There will be no unique URL to identify every page and some people might not have Flash player installed which... Read More
7 Deadly Sins of Website Design
Is your website a design glutton? Does it lust after unnecessary rich internet applications? Here’s how to get it on the path to redemption. Visit Article Share on Facebook Read More
Merry Norris and April Greiman in the New York Times
In Los Angeles, Art That’s Worth the Detour – Why am I showcasing this article on my blog? Simple – April Greiman. Who is she you ask and why am I happy to showcase her here – she used to be my boss when I took on an internship at her studion in Los Angeles Made in Space. Her latest work has been talked about in the New York Times. Check out and read the article Here is a little about her: (information provided by: http://www.art-directory.info/design/april-greiman-1948/index.shtml) The... Read More
Eye Candy, Defending it
I recently read this great article on beauty on the internet. Take some time and you can see why this is something you should consider while designing not only for the web, print too. Visit Article Share on Facebook Read More
Don’t Copy a Design — Steal It
Here is a great article on Web Design and getting inspiration. http://www.usabilitypost.com/2008/08/21/dont-copy-a-design-steal-it/ Share on Facebook Read More
How to Use Icons To Support Web Content
I love icons on websites – this article is a perfect read. The author also goes through tons of examples on how to properly use icons to direct viewers to a specific area of the webpage, or to keep readers engaged when reading very long amounts of content. If you love icons as much as I do this is a must read article. ENJOY! Visit Article Share on Facebook Read More