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February 21, 2010

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Google in 2009: The State of The Index By Matt Cutts

I’ve been so excited about the development in the past year on the Google Webmaster YouTube channel. One notable video I wanted to mention to everyone is the State of The Index 2009. At Pubcon in Las Vegas 2009, Matt Cutts gave a presentation covering various topics Google has done for users, web developers and [...]

July 11, 2009

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Bold is Beautiful

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 [...]

July 6, 2009

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CMS Light – Try Perch

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 [...]

July 3, 2009

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Wordpress Galleries

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 [...]

July 2, 2009

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Browser Compatibility, what you need to know

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 [...]

June 30, 2009

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Test Your Website Usability and Functionality

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 [...]

June 29, 2009

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Java script lightbox/box that you can see through

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 [...]

June 27, 2009

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Blog Me, Blog Me Not

I’ve spent a lot of this week starting a new blog and I am thrilled with the look and feel of the site and the traffic so far.  (Blog developed by Green Seed) I never knew blogging could be such fun, so creative but also demanding. I feel this would be a great time to ask [...]

June 25, 2009

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Colors (Colours) are key

When thinking about your web design I believe just as critical as the style, layout and navigation is to choose the right color combination. There are many great sites that would be even more appealing if the color palette had been given more thought. Conversely some very simple designs are brought to a new level [...]

June 24, 2009

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Logo Design, why it pays to have it done right

There’s a lot of aspects that I love about my job at the moment, but the number one thing is learning more new things every day. Yesterday was my first chance to see first hand the entire process of creating a logo. It’s an ability I’d like to learn as I think I’ve an eye [...]