I have been designing and developing websites for my graphic design clients for over 7 years. It’s not always been easy and every client is different. But I have learned some “best practices” which I would like to share here. Anyone can create a website… It’s never been easier to create a website. Anyone can [...]
As website owners we have many ways to “measure” our sites. We can measure visitor numbers, sales, subscriptions, etc. We can measure engagement: time on site and pages per view, etc. Some of us attach great importance in the comments we receive or how many contacts we get through the website. But it’s easy with [...]
The iPad is implanted in our conscious as the high end tablet of choice for professionals. Remember: CEOs love their iPads. Who buys iPads? The majority of people who buy iPads already have desktop computers, laptop computers and smart phones. The iPad is a luxury purchase. And, with the cheapest iPad selling for around $500, [...]
The “halo effect”, as I mentioned in an article about why I’d never use cheap website builders, suggests the way we look, dress, speak and the sort of homes we live in influence other people’s impressions of us. This is why, when you’re designing a website for yourself or a client, you should take care [...]
I got an email this week where I was asked how web designers can compete against the large “easy-build” website companies. Well, I don’t think there’s any competition. Web designers like me cater for a completely different market. The Halo Effect Psychologists have long known about the Halo Effect. It’s a cognitive bias in our [...]
It is becoming more and more of a necessity to have a website that is responsive to smart phones and tablets. Here I’m going to explain about how I created the theme of RobCubbon.com using Streamline on the Genesis framework. The Genesis framework costs $60 and the Streamline theme costs $25 (you can get both [...]
More and more of our online experience is being accessed by handheld devices. Many of us have been stuck with a website of maybe 900 to 1000 pixels wide which smaller devices would reduce in size. The mobile users would have to constantly zoom in and out to access various parts of the site (read: [...]
Yes, it is perfectly possible to teach yourself web design. I asked around this week to see how people managed to acquire the skills and I tried to remember what worked for me. There are three main ways you can teach yourself web design. By doing. People learn by actually creating websites. By using online [...]
There is certainly no need to be daunted by a financial barrier to entry when starting your own web design company. Don’t be put off by the price of Photoshop or the whole Creative Suite – there’s loads of free software for web designers that can help you keep costs down. Online image editors Photoshop [...]
This article is more of a “plea” to web designers. Don’t look at a web page as a work of art. Look on it as something that does a job and, for God’s sake, make it legible! Too many times we see readability sacrificed at the alter of web design. But first, some statistics for [...]
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