I have a love-hate relationship with stock images. On the one hand, I know they don’t look authentic. I used to be very adamant about not using stock iphotos on […]
Category Archives: Web design
A Website Redesign
Does your website need a redesign? A website redesign can do a lot of good things for you, but it can be hard to decide when it’s time to make […]
Website Redesign Process: Mockup
Delivery of the mock up is one of the most exciting moments of a redesign. A mock up is a picture of what the website will look like after it […]
A New Home Services Website
We’ve just launched a beautiful new home services website for A Beautiful Day cleaning service, an environmentally responsible and socially conscious company offering cleaning services for homes in our area. […]
Website Redesign Process: New Ideas
Every website needs updating every two or three years. The technology changes, the styles in web design change, and your business probably changes enough in that length of time that […]
Your Website and the Americans with Disabilities Act
The Americans with Disabilities Act requires that every “place of public accommodation” should be accessible to people with disabilities. All goods and services available to anyone must be available to […]
Is Your Website a Camel?
You know what they say about the camel: it’s a horse designed by a committee. This can happen to websites, too. You sit down with a web firm and provide […]
Time is Money at Your Website
Time is money for several important aspects of your website, even if it is a cliche. Your domain If you have an old domain, you have a big advantage. If […]
Online Appointments at Your Website
Whether you’re making appointments for your medical practice, booking seats for healthy living seminars, scheduling at your salon, or reserving rooms for your outdoor adventure weekends, your clients would like […]
Bad Logos Defined
We see a lot of bad logos. We make logos for people who need them, but often our clients already have logos. Sometimes they’re very fond of them and won’t […]
What’s the “About Us” Page For?
The “About Us” page on your website is one of the trickiest to plan. You don’t really want people to land on it first, so SEO isn’t the main issue. […]
Design over Function
I went to a favorite brand’s website recently to do some holiday shopping, and discovered that they had a new website since I had last visited. It’s a beautiful website, […]
Pantone Colors of the Year 2021
Back in 2016, global color authorities at Pantone chose two colors for their Color of the Year: baby pink and blue. For 2021, they’ve chosen two colors again: Ultimate Gray […]
Testing Your Website
How can you test your website, and why would you want to?
What’s Lorem Ipsum?
We’ve just sent a mockup for a new website to a client. Some of the content is complete, but some is still being worked on. Since our designer didn’t have […]