Ever notice how many websites and blogs have a copyright message at the bottom of the page that is still set to last year — or worse, several years ago? Here’s a quick easy trick to make sure that never happens to you. In the copyright field, instead of entering a date, like 2013, enter […]
Read MoreHow to create a responsive web design that adjusts to different screen sizes
Many web designers are calling 2013 The Year of Responsive Design. Responsive web design is increasingly popular because the biggest challenge of web design today is that your pages are as likely to be projected on a giant computer monitor as on a tiny cell phone screen. With responsive design, you create one web page […]
Read More mobile web design, responsiveWordPress.com vs. WordPress.org?
So you’ve decided to design your website or blog using WordPress, the super popular open-source content management system (CMS), but now you have to answer the next question. Should you set up your site at WordPress.com, which makes everything super easy, but with some limitations and advertising (unless you pay to avoid their ads). Or, […]
Read MoreWhy faster is not always better on the Web
The speed of your Internet connection may be misleading you about your website performance If you remember the days when you had to dial into the internet using a modem, and the beeps and crackling sounds that indicated you’d established an Internet connection, then you should also remember how unbearably slow it was back then. […]
Read MoreDesigning for Multiple Screens: Responsive vs Adaptive (View Janine’s PowerPoint Presentation on Slideshare)
This is a short presentation on trends in web and mobile design, including a comparison of Adaptive and Responsive design strategies. Subscribe to Janine Warner’s SlideShare Account Learn More about Responsive and Adaptive Design in these articles Creating Responsive Web Designs How to create responsive web designs with the new Fluid Grid Layouts in Adobe Dreamweaver […]
Read MoreWhat’s on your 404 Page?
In the rush to get a new site online, or to keep your current site up to date, it’s easy to forget little details, such as the 404 Page — the page is what your visitors see when they follow a broken link, type in a bad URL, or otherwise try to open a page […]
Read More content strategy, mobile web design, web designContent Strategy for the web: Going beyond the inverted pyramid
How to use this journalist’s insider trick to optimize your website The first thing that good reporters are taught in journalism school is that it is absolutely essential to prioritize and organize the information that you are about to impart to your audience. Generations of reporters have learned how to use a simple mental visual […]
Read More content strategy, inverted pyramid, web content, writing for the webDo you have what it takes to be a content strategist?
Search the web and you’ll find a growing list of jobs for content strategists, but what do they actually do? Content strategy is really just the latest term for something many of us have been doing for a long time – planning, managing, and developing all of the text images, videos, and other content that […]
Read MoreWhat’s the difference between a website & blog?
Dreamweaver vs WordPress
You might be surprised how many people are confused about the difference between a website and a blog, and how complicated it is to answer the question about which one is better…
Essentially, a blog (short for web log) is just a special kind of web site. Blogs are designed to make it easy for anyone to post text and images to the Internet (even if you don’t know HTML, the language of web design).
Read More dwcs3, dwcs4, dwcs5, dwcs6, web design, wordpressCreate an Online Survey with SurveyMonkey
Want to know what your visitors really think? What do they want to learn more about? Ask them. Online surveys are a great to way to gauge the experience of your audience and to invite reviews. You can also use online surveys as planning tools to poll your audience about how and where they might […]
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