Web design

  • Usability from the Other Side

    Usability from the Other Side

    When you build a website for your company, usability for your visitors and customers has to be your number one concern. If you plan to keep up your own website, though, usability for the people doing that upkeep should also be high on the list. The screenshot here is from an educational website we’re building…

  • Redesign: A Financial Services Website

    Redesign: A Financial Services Website

    Northwest Arkansas financial planners Beale, Lee and Associates are rebranding their company. They’ve had significant growth and quite a bit of visibility with an ongoing radio show, major press mentions, and a forthcoming book by one of the principals. Headquartered as they are in the home of Walmart, they serve a prosperous clientele, and they…

  • Engineers’ Website Before and After

    Engineers’ Website Before and After

    We’ve just launched a new website for a local engineering company. You can see the new look here, and the old site below. The old site was, as you can probably tell, quite old. It had a no-nonsense design based on text interspersed with glamorless photos of servomotors. I had persuaded the site owner to…

  • Add Dimension to Your Page

    Add Dimension to Your Page

    Sometimes you want to display a screenshot, page, or other informational item on your website. This is essentially like showing a picture of some information, but it’s a completely different thing, visually, from a photograph or drawing.

  • Above the Fold? Does It Still Matter?

    Above the Fold? Does It Still Matter?

    We’re polishing up a new website for a tax software company right now. Tom has created a home page that uses the color blocking that is one of the strongest trends in web design for 2013 (Josepha will be sharing the rest of her list later in the week).

  • 12 Reasons to Love Designers

    12 Reasons to Love Designers

    We at Haden Interactive have worked with lots of designers over the years. We have the good fortune to have our choice now, but in our freelance days we had some experiences that have really made us appreciate the designers on our team.