Web Design

How to Create a Splash Page for Your Website?

netgeek06 — 2007-07-27

These splash designs prove to be quite popular, especially among the designers as they allow the designer to show their skills in flash and any other technology on a single page. The splash page design involved in the splash page will be one that is

Web Site Turn Ons

Alicia Smith — 2007-07-27

When you develop a sales brochure, you have a mental checklist of what needs to be in it. You probably look at brochures from other vendors. You get advice from friends and colleagues. You probably also notice the sales flyers you get in the mail. Wh

Web Site Design Color For You

Maricon Williams — 2007-07-23

Colors can influence our behavior, feelings and psyche. In fact, colors are oftentimes used as treatment to psychotics and other mentally incapacitated persons.

However, when it comes to web designing, many designers overlook the enig

Website Redesign- Planning as easy as 123!

Maricon Williams — 2007-07-23

This change has shifted the interface of web design services to a different level and the focus is now on redesigns.

Website redesigning is involves a slight distinction and considerations between mounting and developing new sites. Say

What makes a research-friendly site?

Maricon Williams — 2007-07-23

All the information, data, facts, truths as well as the confusing principles and ideas are pushed into the World Wide Web for the users to have access and knowledge of their existence.

Research is an important part of our existence. W

How to Choose a Web Designer?

Maricon Williams — 2007-07-23

To give you a clearcut idea on how you are going to choose your web designer, here are some of the things that you must consider:

1. Be aware to beware. First, you have to have the basic knowledge of web design techniques. It is a well

Make Sure Your Site Loads Fast

Maricon Williams — 2007-07-27

Patience and time are two of the precious attributes why you have to make your site easy to load. Patience because visitors do not have patience to stick with your site until your site has fully loaded. Visitors can change their mind in just a flick

Scope Creep and your Website

Maricon Williams — 2007-07-27

In simple words, ?��scope creep?�� happens when the scope or focus of a site changes due to improvements. When it expands, it is said to creep. That is where the coined term ?��scope creep?�� came from.

?��Scope creep?�� may be drastic or m

How to Persuade Website Visitors

Maricon Williams — 2007-07-27

One of the most common problems of websites is how to persuade their viewers to do the ?��call for action?��. Really, it can be hard to make them click that purchase or subscribe button. First, you have to give them the details. These details include t

Color Theory - Choosing Your Website Colors

Angela Nielsen — 2007-07-23

Is the choice of colors for your website and print materials more than just a matter of personal preference? Does it really matter what color choices you make? Will your audience really feel differently because of the color combinations? The answer t

Make Your Simple Website Stunning With Web Graphics

K. Otwald — 2007-07-23

If you feel that your website is losing traffic because it is not stunning enough, your concerns may not be unjustified. In the competitive world of web design simplicity may not be the key to popularity. With the development of new and advanced tech

Building Your First Web Site?

Tim Querrey — 2007-07-23

Before doing anything on the technical side, you need some kind of basic idea to work with. I suggest first getting some paper and a pencil. Start by sketching a layout of how you would like your web page to appear. For example, a simple title at the

Want Your Website Visitors to Return?

Michael J Garrett — 2007-07-23

If your like me you have searched on every search engine any possible way to advertise your website. I have filled out submission forms till my fingers have cramped up. I have looked at link farms, long boring articles on SEO, I even have articles se

How To Find Inexpensive Web Design

blueboy — 2007-07-23

Web design is a very competitive area and there is no longer any reason why people should pay large amounts for website design services.

This article describes and explains where to find very very cheap website design services.

Do-it-Yourself Online Logo Creation

Jeremy Wycherly — 2007-07-18

Anyone who owns a business or who is starting a new business can attest to the value of owning a powerful and effective logo. Logos communicate who you are and allow you to connect with your customers with an easily recognizable symbol that is truly

The Importance of a Well-Designed Logo

Liz Jackson — 2007-07-18

You have one chance to make a first impression. Potential customers will form an opinion of a business within seconds. A company?��s logo is therefore extremely influential, as it is almost always the first thing a customer will see. In addition, once

What Does Your Logo Say About You?

Noelle Bates — 2007-07-18

In the marketing world, a lot of attention is given to the concept of ?��image?��, both on an individual product level and for a corporation as a whole. Researchers know the perception of a product or service can be vastly different from actuality. Bus

Things to Consider When Hiring a Design Firm

Jonathan Munk — 2007-07-23

With the myriad of chores filling up most entrepreneurs?�� ?��To Do?�� list, it seems that many side tasks - like getting a logo - get put off until the last minute. That?��s when countless business owners realize how important finding the right graphic

Make your site quick to load!

Michael Kralj — 2007-07-18

The time it takes to load your site can make or break a visitor's first impression of your site. If your site takes too long to load, the visitor will click "Stop" or "Back" and leave your web site. If you are a business and offering people important

No HTML Required: 5 Free Tools to Help You Build Content Rich Websites

Jinger Jarrett — 2007-07-18

There are so many ways to build a website that sometimes it can be confusing.

The first thing you need to decide when building a website is, what is its primary purpose?

Will you use your site only to build a list, will

How to improve your site search

Tim Fidgeon — 2007-07-18

Making sure that your search engine makes it as easy as possible for your customers to find what they are looking for is business-critical. It is also very difficult - good search engines can cost an awful lot of money and require a lot of ongoing ef

Know Your Audience

Michael J Garrett — 2007-07-18

Designing a web site is hard enough. You spend countless hours working on how it is going to look and what cool specials effects it is going to have. You even spent hours picking out your site colors. So now what?

Now you have to promo

Cheap Website Design In Birmingham

blueboy — 2007-07-18

Due to the large number of people offering website design services in Birmingham, there is always a bargain to be found.

Web design companies in Birmingham are in a very competitive market and some offer some great deals at various tim

Best Web Design And Free Web Promotion Tips

blueboy — 2007-07-18

This article gives free tips on how to find a cheap web designer and free tips on website promotion.

Cheap web design services.

You do not have to spend thousands of pounds to have an internet prescence. In my opinion yo

Benefits Of An Accessible Website: Part 1 - Increase In Reach

Trenton Moss — 2007-07-10

The DDA (Disability Discrimination Act) states that service providers must not discriminate against disabled people. A website is regarded as a service and therefore falls under this law, and as such must be made accessible to everyone.

Improving usability for screen reader users

Trenton Moss — 2007-07-10

Simply ensuring your website is accessible to screen reader users is unfortunately not enough to ensure these users can find what they're looking for in a reasonably quick and efficient manner. Even if your site is accessible to screen reader users,

The problem with automated accessibility testing tools

Trenton Moss — 2007-07-10

An automated accessibility tool is a piece of software which can test a web page, or even an entire website, for accessibility. Automated accessibility tools are useful because they can save you a huge amount of time. Don't want to check images for a

Website content & usability

Trenton Moss — 2007-07-10

Writing for the web is totally different to writing for printed matter. We tend to scan content on the web hunting for the information we're after, as opposed to reading word-for-word. As a result of this, there are certain guidelines you should be s

Separate text-only version? No thanks!

Trenton Moss — 2007-07-10

In an attempt to make their sites accessible to all, more and more websites are now offering text-only versions of their sites. With the huge number of inaccessible websites out there, any attempt to make a website accessible to one and all is highly

Web accessibility for screen magnifier users

Trenton Moss — 2007-07-10

The needs of screen magnifier users are overlooked when implementing web accessibility on to a website. Screen magnifiers are used by partially sighted web users to increase the size of on-screen elements. Some users will magnify the screen so that o

Tell me what your website does!

Trenton Moss — 2007-07-10

You know exactly what your organisation does and what your website offers its users. This information has probably become second nature to you, but first-time visitors to your site won't know this. As such, make sure you don't forget to tell them wha

Writing Effective ALT Text For Images

Trenton Moss — 2007-07-10

Anyone who knows anything about web accessibility knows that images need alternative, or ALT, text assigned to them. This is because screen readers can't understand images, but rather read aloud the alternative text assigned to them. In Internet Expl

The Secret Benefit Of Search Engine Optimisation: Increased Usability

Trenton Moss — 2007-07-10

A higher search ranking is what many website owners dream of. What they don't realise is that by optimising their site for the search engines, if done correctly, they can also optimise it for their site visitors.

Ultimately this means

The Secret Benefit Of Accessibility Part 2: A Higher Search Engine Ranking

Trenton Moss — 2007-07-18

An additional benefit of website accessibility is an improved performance in search engines. The more accessible it is to search engines, the more accurately they can predict what the site's about, and the higher your site will appear in the rankings

Long Copy Sales Letters on the Web: Hype or Not?

Nick Usborne — 2007-07-10

I have written before about long sales copy on the web. But I have more to say on the subject.

First, let me be clear about what I��m saying her