Green Seed Web Design

In part one you learned that I dusted off the counter and made a commitment to blogging again last month. I’ve posted before about what it takes to blog and some critical questions to ask yourself before embarking on the blog path. It’s not to suggest blogging isn’t for everyone but factors such as available [...]

I’ve become a blogger, it wasn’t overnight and I didn’t think it was in my genes yet it has most definitely happened. I first attempted to blog a few years ago and you may just as well have handed me a french horn and said ‘play me a tune’. I grabbed the concept and thought [...]

There’s a growing trend in innovative web design that is as stunning is it is simple. Big and bold homepages that fill your screen, broadcast your message and capture your visitor. I need to apologize for the lack of posts the last few days, I vowed not to blog if it was above 110f outside, and [...]

You’ve got your blog rolling and finding content flows naturally. Your comments are positive and you are linking out, however the anticipated visitors are still not arriving in droves. There are of course a mountain of ways to tackle the issue of blog traffic, I’ve found that WPscoop might be on it’s way to rivalling Digg [...]

I stumbled upon what appears to be an entry level CMS solution today that merits some further examination. Perch is an inexpensive (less than $60 license) CMS that appears to create a bridge to permit CMS functionality on a slightly reduced scale for both you and your client. Set up and installation is a snap and [...]

Wordpress is brilliant, there I’ve said it. Open source is the answer and you just need to find the question. Too often web concepts are shelved because the perceived budget is bigger than the anticipated outlay, I think there are a myriad of ways to get your feet wet with your own web design. It [...]

I’ve talked a lot about ways to assess if your current site is really optimized for the visitor. Of course you consider navigation, content, linking and programming working correctly. Add to the list the giant spectrum of which browsers your potential audience might be using. I recently started a new blog and after just a week [...]

A very short and simple addition to Twitter today that can make finding what is relevant to you on Twitter easier by a country mile. Check out Tweet Tabs – this very simple application allows you to filter tweets related to specific tabs you set up. For example if you want to see anything related to [...]

Your existing site gets traffic but no conversions, people never leave the home page, you have dead links, your site just screams 2001…..it’s an ongoing issue with websites. Where do you start? Can you find a solution? This is the first suggestion in a series of ideas to improve your current web design. If your site [...]

This is a novel idea for pop out/hover boxes or light box java script effect that is translucent. It’s easier to see the concept than for me to explain so visit Glassbox to see the applications. This is a JavaScript User Interface (UI) and the variety of applications are all listed on the site. With this [...]