Setting up a survey on your site is extremely simple and many times just as beneficial, for two main reasons. One, they let you create a more interactive website for your visitor. Choose interesting topics, poll opinions on recent events related to your site, and people will participate to find out what other people on [...]
One of the challenges of moving a web site up from good to excellent is transforming it from just a bunch of web pages and graphics to an interactive experience. Another term for this is community – a place where people can come to communicate with others. The very best web sites have mastered this [...]
We’ve all surfed the web and seen some awful web sites. Sites that never completely loaded. Sites with too many photos. Sites with no easy way to find what you wanted. Another way a site looks bad is when each page looks different. You’re not even sure you’re at the same site. It doesn’t have [...]
A content-rich site is one that has lots of informative articles up at it, usually centered around a theme. Most sites can not quite pull off being WikiPedia, so they specialize. For instance, you could do a site for dog owners. Possible articles on that site would cover: WHERE TO GET A DOG HOW TO [...]
So, what’s in a website design anyway? And, how do you get a design that is appealing to the broad and varied tastes of all those Internet surfers out there? This is critical. Your website design is the first impression you make on your customers and visitors. There are a few sites in my favorites [...]
Are you a student of graphic design? If you have taken time in extra reviews and put graphic design and drawing into any search engines, youll get almost the same result = descriptions of graphic design programs at many design schools. Baffled? Well, its like this: As a student interested in graphic design, you have [...]
Automated website accessibility testing can be a very useful process. It often reveals many issues which would take a human tester many times longer to uncover. Its a bit like using a spell / grammar checker on a long article. But, just as a human editor is essential in any serious writing, hands on testing [...]
In this article, I would like to review a few suggested guidelines for submitting your business website to search engines and directories. The first thing that I recommend is that you do not submit your website to any search engine or directory until it is optimized for keywords and content. Both play an important role [...]
There’s two ways to get a website developed – pay, or design it yourself. If you’ve chosen the latter, you’ll need several things. First, you’ll need web hosting. Web hosting can range from $2 to $200 per month, depending on your needs. Consult a web hosting review site for more information. Next, you’ll have to [...]
If your Web site doesn’t project a professional and polished image to your visitors, your credibility and that of your products and services will suffer. Image is everything — especially online where your competitor is only one mouse click away! Before your first HTML code is written, you will need to consider your Web site’s [...]
