Clutter: Too much noise, too much text, and too little white space mean that customers ignore the content. Customers often scan pages quickly, only reading titles or input prompts until they reach the content they want. Be concise, break text up with headings, not too many fonts and consider the reading level of your audience. [...]

When you begin the design of your Web site, one of the first things you need to do is decide on a color scheme. Although choosing colors seems like a relatively easy proposition, it’s not easy at all. In fact, it’s hard. One of the pluses we have as Web designers is that millions of [...]

Whether you are designing your own site or gathering information for a designer, it is a good idea to know the process so you can keep on top of the project, know some of the pitfalls and understand the language. In this article I discuss the elements that should appear and should not appear on [...]

Get ready to spend some time and effort While designing your website, you cannot afford to make room for any flaws that might be taken seriously by the users. There is, for sure, not a lack of websites which inadvertently contain serious mistakes, and worse still people fail to attribute poor performance of the site [...]

A potential client calls and wants a website, as a web developer you are more then happy to help. You show them your work, explain how your work is better then the rest and sell the person on the importance of Web Standards. Do you think that a client wants to hear all about Web [...]

Can you imagine the hypocrisy of spending thousands of dollars, countless hours, and boatload of resources to create a marketing tool that actually sends prospects running for the hills? It might seem crazy, but a overwhelming majority of websites are doing just that. By failing to (1) define the specific goals of your website and [...]

Issue: What pitfalls should companies avoid on their Web, Intranet or portal home pages? Response: The home page of a Web site, Intranet or portal is the most important page. It should tell site visitors, what they can do precisely deeper in the site or at least inform them, what they may be able to [...]

Perhaps you have attempted (maybe more than once) to have a website. You may have signed up late at night on one of the countless web hosting plans that are on the web and for only $7.95 you were up and running. Or maybe you went all out and hired a web designer spending a [...]

Winter is just around the corner (except if you live in Australia or New Zealand). As you already know winter is the time for the sales fiesta on the internet. Yes online business starts booming with bumper to bumper traffic on the e-freeways. Characterized by a lack of good parking spots, loads of enthusiastic first [...]

Winter is just around the corner (except if you live in Australia or New Zealand). As you already know winter is the time for the sales fiesta on the internet. Yes online business starts booming with bumper to bumper traffic on the e-freeways. Characterized by a lack of good parking spots, loads of enthusiastic first [...]