Entries Tagged as 'Design'

When is it Time for a Re-Design?

Published August 28th, 2007 in Design - 12 Comments

Many businesses face the challenge of knowing when they need to invest some money in a re-design of their website. If you’re in this situation, here are 9 ways to tell when it’s time. 1 – Outdated Look Websites are like anything else, certain styles come and go. If your site was designed several years [...]

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31 Sources of Quality, Free Icons

Published August 26th, 2007 in Design - 207 Comments

FREE ICONS from FAM FAM FAM Many high-quality icons available. MINI ICONS from BRAND SPANKING NEW A collection of 19 greyscale 10×10 pixel icons. RSS ICONS from FEEDICONS.COM Get the standard, recognizable RSS icons. 300 IMAGES from INTERSMASH.COM Icons that have been gathered from other websites. FREE BLOG ICON PACK from graphicPUSH Some free samples [...]

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Effectively Testing Your Website in Multiple Browsers

Published August 19th, 2007 in Design - 83 Comments

As a website designer you have the ability to create an attractive and functional design. Unfortunately, you do not have the ability to control which internet browsers will be using to view your site. Because each browser behaves differently you will need to test your projects in multiple browsers. In most cases the variation from [...]

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Getting the Most Out of Your FAQ Page

Published August 8th, 2007 in Design - 6 Comments

Frequently Asked Question pages are usually an after-thought when designing a website. They’re sometimes thrown together just to provide some basic information for visitors so they won’t have to email or call for answers. If this is the case, there’s a huge amount of potential that’s being wasting. FAQ pages can be one of the [...]

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10 Ways to Design for Impatient Visitors

Published August 7th, 2007 in Design, Uncategorized - 13 Comments

In order to increase the chances of your website’s content being read by your visitors, you will need to make a considerable effort to design with their impatience in mind. In this article we’ll quickly look at 10 ways you can prepare your site for impatient visitors. Since I’m assuming your attention span is as [...]

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160+ RSS Tools, Tips, Resources and More

Published July 30th, 2007 in Blogging, Design - 10 Comments

Articles Introduction to RSS What is RSS? RSS Explained RSS Specifications RSS 2.0 Specification History of RSS 35 Ways You Can Use RSS Today Making Headlines with RSS The Evolution of RSS 8 Easy Ways to Monetize Your RSS Feed RSS – Taking it to the People Creating an RSS Feed – Articles/Tutorials RSS Tutorial [...]

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Google’s Supplemental Index: Get Out and Stay Out

Published July 25th, 2007 in Blogging, Design, SEO - 8 Comments

Google is by far the most frequently used search engine, so naturally ranking well in Google is important. However, ranking well and maximizing your traffic requires getting and keeping your pages out of the supplemental index. What is Google’s Supplemental Index? Google’s goal as a search engine is to provide the user (searcher) with the [...]

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Designing Pages to Load Quickly

Published July 24th, 2007 in Design - 27 Comments

No matter how great your website design looks, if it loads too slowly visitors are unlikely to stick around. In this article we look at 12 ways you can decrease the load time of your pages. To see how fast your pages load in comparison to other sites, visit Self SEO. With this free tool [...]

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Customize Your Own WordPress Theme

Published July 18th, 2007 in Blogging, Design - 83 Comments

An increasing number of businesses and website owners are using blogs as a means of communication with their customers and website visitors. If your business already has a website it is possible to have a blog that matches the look and feel of your existing website without doing a complete re-design and without paying thousands [...]

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The True Costs of Designing Your Own Website

Published July 17th, 2007 in Design - 3 Comments

Having a website designed for your business can be expensive. After looking at the prices of getting a website professionally designed, some business owners consider creating their own website to save money. However, there are a few costs to consider if you are thinking of designing your own website. 1 – The Cost of Lost [...]

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