Choosing an effective color scheme for your business website can be a difficult decision. However, by learning the basics of color theory and experimenting with color tools available on the web, you’ll be able to choose harmonious color schemes and palettes on your own! We’ve updated this post to include additional information on color theory and how it relates to…
Website conventions you say? But I want my website to look different! Designing with website standards and conventions is crucial for ensuring everyone including nonhuman web crawlers can easily access every page of a website across the internet. These standards also help make websites feel familiar from site to site, making it easier for the everyday user to navigate from one…
As a front-end developer, I have to say that Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) are one of my closest friends. I can spend hours writing lines of CSS code to make my clients websites look and function beautifully. Plus, now not only can I control how everything looks with CSS, I can also control how elements move and animate with CSS3…
Online petitions are a great way for companies and businesses to collect supporters for a particular cause. From a development standpoint it’s relatively easy to get this started. We (the developers) create the form, our client (the company) shares it on social media and bada boom bada bing, you have supporters signing up. But what if we could collect more…
By default, the WordPress header and footer are typically the same on every page of the site. But what happens when you want to create a landing page with a simplified version of both the header and footer? Or when you want to construct a brand new header but don’t want the public to see it until you are done?…
Finding a functional mobile navigation that works well on all devices is one of the toughest challenges in responsive web design. What works best on a desktop version of a website will definitely not be the best option for your website on a mobile device. Below are some questions that I ask myself before determining the best mobile navigation for…
Website navigation is one of the most important components for traffic and flow of a website. It also allows search engines to easily navigate the site and houses all of the pages in one location. When creating a website navigation it’s important to research the industry and carefully plan out a sitemap. It’s also important to follow website standards so…
Did you know that the easiest way for a website visitor to interact with your organization directly is through your website contact forms? Website forms are crucial for generating leads and allowing visitors to contact your company instantly without picking up a phone or driving to your location. Below are 7 steps to follow when creating forms that capture leads…
I’m sure you’ve been told at one point that popups are the worst thing you could ever put on your site. They irritate visitors and discourage them from returning. But this couldn’t be farther from the truth. When popups are used correctly, they are the best way to convert website visitors into customers and/or subscribers. Even the most aggressive popups…
It’s not a secret that photographs provide a nice visual experience for people, and text helps convey the message you are trying to communicate. That is why the pattern of placing text on top of large photographs has been a prominent technique in web design for the last few years. However, it’s not as simple as it sounds. There are…