Creating the Perfect Website - A beginners Guide Are you looking to create the perfect website? A complete novice when it comes to HTML, CGI, FTP and all the other associated pieces that make up the website puzzle, then this article is definitely for you.
Website Re-Design? My site is working fine. The links work. Content is added regularly. We have new features. Why does my company need a re-design? Those are all great things. Sites should be updated regularly, have ne...
How To Boost Your Chances at Having a Successful Web Site New Web sites are springing up online by the millions. However, when they don't reach a level of success, the Web site owners assume that they can't make money off the Internet. Wrong. The one thing ...
Tips On Effectively Organizing Your Navigation Not all links are created equal. While all of your links may be important, you must sort and prioritize to come up with an effective navigation scheme. Here's what you should keep in mind: 1. Sort yo...
Keep Your Navigation Consistent! One of the single most important aspects of effective navigation is consistency. Why? There's a simple reason. Visitors want familiarity. They are more comfortable and more trusting if they know thin...
Keep Your Navigation Simple! Navigation must be simple. Since it's the backbone of your site, it's imperative that visitors be able to understand it. Here are two tips on how to make simplicity a reality in your site: 1. Your li...
Keep Your Navigation Highly Visible Effective navigation stands out. It's clear, obvious, and highly visible. You'll need to have a clear section of the page designated for navigation--one that a visitor will immediately recognize as ...
Questions to Ask When Designing a Website for Clients Questions to ask when designing a Web Site for your client (s). "Excerpt from the book: Graphic Artists Guild, Handbook Pricing & Ethical guidelines Written by: Brent Parker These questions are a gre...
Immutable Laws Of Effective Navigation - Part 1 The first immutable law of effective navigation: It's gotta be readily available. Visitors should not have to hunt for your navigation or wonder where to find it. If you've done your job right, it wi...
Is A Picture Really Worth a Thousand Words? The great debate: how much copy you should have on your site, particularly on the home page? Do you subscribe to the idea that a picture is worth a thousand words--and therefore images, not a lot of ...
Choosing Form Over Function Kills Your Site Never put form over function. Why? Because it's crucial that visitors actually be able to USE your site. Everything you do must be designed to be as easy for the visitor to understand as possible. E...
Leave Those Links Blue! Don't mess with those links! When you're designing your site, you should leave your text links in their natural state--blue and underlined. We all want to be creative and not do the bland, expected, ...
Why Dot-Coms Fail - a Webmasters Perspective Everyday we hear that another company goes out of business. When and why does a dot-com become a dot-bomb? After checking few dozen defunct companies, I think the main reasons for dot-coms failur...
Understand Your Color If you ever wondered where designers get the almost-mystical ability to declare if a color is or is not "working" or effective, then this article is for you. It may also help other web surfers, web design enthusiasts, novice and even professional web designers who are interested in elevating their understanding of color schemes and color selection for Website design.
The Psychology of Color in Web Design Persons engaged in website design, here's a scoop for you! Would you just like to know that by understanding the basics of cognitive psychology around color and patterns, we could further improve our Web design!
How to Create an Enjoyable Web Page Design Novice and professional designers alike - you may probably be skilled enough of any one or all of the techniques in creating a Web page and designing them. However, not all designs, even those made by authorities in the field, prove to be enjoyable and entertaining enough for the users. This is a fact that we hope does not irk some of our design enthusiasts and discourage them from honing their skills.
Simple Lines and Shapes for Your Logo Design Integrate the principle of simplicity with lines, circles, squares, triangles and rectangles, and you'll be able to come up with wonderful results that you can use for logos, newsletters, flyers, brochures, and even web pages.
How To Give Your Business Credibility Let's face it. Buying products and services from the Internet can be a bit intimidating. You may have no idea where the online merchant is located. You may not know how safe your personal and credit...
Letting Go of Judgment - Finding Good (God) In Others Everyday we make thousands of judgments about people, places, situations and events. Judgment can protect us and keep us from making mistakes but judgment can a...
Childrens Rooms: Create a Decor Youll Love Too Written by a professional interior designer, this article offers some tricks-of-the-trade that will help transform a child's room into a space Mom and Dad will ...
How To Get Fit And Slash Your Health Insurance Costs Okay, before we start, let me explain the purpose of this article. I want you to get so healthy, you'll never need to make a health insurance claim. You'll save...
Priorities Last month's edition of Footprints and Monuments was about living your life going Mach3 with your hair on fire. Learning from the past, but passionately waiting...
What is Your Sales Message? If it's on your website, you better know it, or your customers are going have a hard time figuring out whether to stay... or go. You only have 3-6 seconds to co...
Who is Your Perfect Client Did you ever have the feeling that the client or customer you were dealing with might be bad for your business? Is the customer always right? Dealing with the...
Reincarnation: Sacred Children Series - 1 of 3 Many years ago, my children were raised on the various teachings and concepts of "magic" as I was studying different religions and spiritual beliefs. I had come...
6 Reasons Why A Website Is Crucial To Your Business Since I'm a web designer, I have a tendency to think everyone understands that having a website is important. Every once in a while, I have to remind myself tha...
I Believe in You! Ally Becker came home from school after Varsity basketball practice and was extremely gleeful. She looked frantically for her Father and walked into the kitche...
Do You Make These 3 Common Mistakes In Your Marriage? This article discusses 3 traps that marriage relationships can fall into. Learn how to avoid these traps and experience a relationship with more depth and inte...
Design vs Content: Who is KING? Well it is not Elvis, that's for sure. I am a firm advocate of good design but most of the time people tend to interpret design as amazing graphics and astoundi...
Awesome Ending Bungee jumping, sky diving, secret mission, Indy 500: how do these events compare to the art of fiction writing? Each one brings to its 'doer' an element of ant...
Email Marketing Strategies That Work While the main use of email marketing is to drive traffic to your web site, there are other important reasons that email communications should be used as part o...
Does Your Financial Plan Belong in a Cartoon? Are you someone who kids yourself into believing you just won't retire? That you'll just zip around and keep chasing your earnings for the rest of your life? (A...
Pay-Per-Click Search Engines – The Basics Search engine optimization can take a long time to show results. The Google sandbox alone can delay optimization results by 6 to 8 months. So, what can you do t...
Beware of the Lobby Lizards Is your church lobby crawling with lobby lizards? You know, those people who spend their time doing everything except studying the Bible or worshipping. Sometim...
The 21st Century Way To Build Equity Here to stay and firmly established in the U.S. mortgage market, biweekly mortgage payments are gaining momentum. First introduced into the U.S. in the early 19...
