Most people marketing, managing or running websites online that have ecommerce on them are aware of a very popular blog called “Get Elastic: The Ecommerce Blog“. If not then subscribe to it NOW. You can thank me later. Any who then had a recent called Reducing Friction in the Sales Process that you need to check out. Simply put, it kick ass.
Found a pair of good articles by Matthew Griffin today. The first one (which was actually the second one published) is ‘7 Reasons You Shouldn’t Charge by the Hour.’
Adobe has issued the Adobe Design Achievement Awards 2009 call for entries. Now in partnership with the International Council of Graphic Design Associations (Icograda), the awards ceremony will be held during the Icograda World Design Congress in Beijing, China in October 2009. The Congress will bring together 2,500 delegates from around the globe at the China National Convention Center, located in the heart of the Beijing Olympic Green.
As demand increases for talented designers and developers in the interactive design and development fields, the Adobe Design Achievement Awards spotlight the talented work of students in three media categories: Interactive Media, Motion Media, and Traditional Media.
Although I’m sure your website is great and is going great-guns in the search engines, like anything there is always room for improvement.
So I thought I would share with you a handful of “best practice” tips when it comes to re-designing small business websites, which have been provided by Carrie Hill from Search Engine Watch. …read full article…
I just finished my latest copy of eWeek and was surprised to learn that my career is considered to be, well, a fad.
Fad - noun. Definition: craze. Synonyms: amusement, eccentricity, fancy, fantasy, fashion, fool notion, frivolity, hobby… you get the picture.
You know what would be really cool?
Your whole site redesigned in Flash!
We could really liven it up. We could do animated navigation! Edgy!
We’re cutting-edge web designers. We’ve designed stuff that’s won tons of design awards! Let’s take your boring site and totally reinvent it! Make it interactive! Your visitors will love it dude!
Computer monitors now have a bigger screens. If you check the visitor traffic to any website, you will find that fewer visitors have screens that are less than 1024 pixels in width. 1024 x 768 is often the most popular screen size for visitors. Web designers are usually creating websites that will give the best viewing experience at this resolution or even bigger. Perhaps it is not surprising since that is usually the screen size they are working on.
What is often forgotten is what goes on the page. If the whole screen is bigger, then presumably elements on the screen can be larger too. That clearly is the thinking behind the news that iGoogle Goes Wide, Introduces Canvas Pages as Erick Schonfeld pointed out last week. …read full article…
Adobe Creative Suite 4 delivers tightly integrated software and services that measurably improve productivity and enable you to produce richly expressive work in print, web, interactive, video, audio, and mobile.
With one of its biggest software release, Adobe Creative Suite 4, Adobe is on a mission to bring “Radical Workflow Breakthroughs, New Levels of Flash Expressiveness and Integration Anchor.”
Adobe Creative Suite Master Collection CS4 combines virtually all of Adobe’s new design and development applications, technologies and services in a single box - the most comprehensive creative environment ever delivered.
What this is about: This list contains a few items that pertain to site logo, how it’s placed and its functional implementation.
Why this is important: The logo lends directly to brand identity and site identification. It also creates a certain element of appeal and professionalism in the mind of the visitor. It holds an important role in visitor assurance and navigation.
What this is about: This checklist covers multiple elements concerning the visual aspects of the website development. Some of the information here can be dismissed, depending on the type of site, but overall these are good points to consider during the design process.
Why this is important: The site design is essentially the first impression that someone gets when they land on your site. You may have all your usability and SEO elements in place, but if the design is lacking then your visitor’s impression of you will be lacking as well. A visually appealing site can not only bolster trust and credibility, but it can make you stand out among other less-appealing sites in your industry.
…read full article…
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