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Category Archives: General Web Design Tips
Why Do I Need a Footer on my Website?
Footers are standard on websites for a good reason: when users have trouble finding contact information, they often scroll down to the footer to see if they can find the contact information there. Posting your email addresses, as well as … Continue reading
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Images Are More Than Just Decoration
Images do more than just spice up your web pages. They act as page identifiers. Users will recall the images that appear on particular pages of your website, and will use these images to identify these pages when they come … Continue reading
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A Web Designer Spends About 20% of the Time Actually Designing
Web design involves much more than deciding how a website looks. Here is a percentage breakdown of tasks for the average web design project: 10% – set up hosting/registration 05% – password management 10% – testing, troubleshooting 10% – project … Continue reading
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Best Practices for File-Naming Conventions
One of the quickest ways to cause confusion on your web pages is to name files using blank spaces in between words. While it may be helpful to you to see your files named this way (they’re easier to read … Continue reading
Why Are My Website Images Out of Order?
This happens at least two to three times a year: a client sends me a series of images and wants them posted on their website “in the order sent.” This is fine if each image is sent in a different … Continue reading
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How to Search for Royalty-Free Images
If you’ve ever searched for royalty-free images to purchase for your website, you may already have discovered that it’s easy to become caught up looking for images for hours and hours, and still not find that one special image you … Continue reading
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Is the Internet Better than a Library?
Which is better: a library or the Internet? Well, it really depends on what you are looking for — and how up-to-date you need the information you’re looking for to be. If accuracy is what you need, then go to … Continue reading
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What Is a Landing Page?
A landing page is a web page that appears after a user has clicked on an online advertisement. Usually landing page information is relevant and specific to the item or service advertised. Landing pages typically reside on the website server … Continue reading
The Internet is Like a Messy Bulletin Board
Think of the Worldwide Web as a large, messy bulletin board that anyone with a web connection can see. You can tack your notice to the board on top of all of the other notices and — for a few … Continue reading
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