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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Designing professional web pages
- If your Web site doesn't project a professional and polished image to your visitors, your credibility and that of your products and services will suffer. Image is everything -- especially online where your competitor is only one mouse click away!Before your first HTML code is written, you will need to consider your Web site's navigational structure, color scheme and page layout. Is your con...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Free online tools to design (and maintain) your website
- These days, it seems that everyone has a website. Unfortunately, many of these websites are either bland, or sloppily designed by people who don't understand how to use HTML effectively or are intimidated by it. And, they don't have the money to spend on a good page editor, so they limp along using the page templates that their website might provide, or they attempt to use programs like MS Word, w...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Ten basic steps for building a web site that works
- 1. Assemble a web site development plan that is integrated with your overall marketing processes; the content should be consistent with offline materials, the graphics/images don't have to be identical with traditional media, but should be consistent with your overall branding, style guide, usage of colors etc.2. Hire a web site design firm that understands your market position and one that...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Some useful common site ideas
- In my web surfing adventures, I've found a few site elements which make surfing easier and more enjoyable. There are no concrete, hard- and-fast rules to follow - these are just observations of some things which I virtually always look for in a site.So without further ado, here is my list.I often look for a way to contact the webmaster. I may want to tell him something...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Website polls for you and your visitors
- Setting up a survey on your site is extremely simple and many times just as beneficial, for two main reasons. One, they let you create a more interactive website for your visitor. Choose interesting topics, poll opinions on recent events related to your site, and people will participate to find out what other people on your site think. Second, if you write your surveys in a way that keeps them int...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Choosing a color scheme
- When you begin the design of your Web site, one of the first things you need to do is decide on a color scheme. Although choosing colors seems like a relatively easy proposition, it's not easy at all. In fact, it's hard.One of the pluses we have as Web designers is that millions of colors are at our disposal. Unlike the print world, we do not have to pay for each color we use. If we want to...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Website design basic concepts
- So, what's in a website design anyway? And, how do you get a design that is appealing to the broad and varied tastes of all those Internet surfers out there?This is critical. Your website design is the first impression you make on your customers and visitors. There are a few sites in my favorites and bookmarks that I consider poorly designed. I still have them, because they have information...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Why you want to include an faq in your site
- Congratulations! You've got a brand new site and it's doing pretty well. You check your statistics every day and the hits and page views keep climbing, your links are all in order and everything looks very good. On top of that, your guestbook is filling with great comments and you're getting a few emails now and then with praise and perhaps a question or two.Now is a good time to sit back a...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - 10 web site design and writing no-nos
- 1. Don't load your web site with a lot of high tech clutter. Your visitors may miss your whole sales message.2. Don't use unnecessary words or phrases on your site. You only have so much time to get your visitor's attention and interest; make ever word count.3. Don't make the mistake that everyone will totally understand your web site message. Use descriptive words and examples to ge...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Choosing the right web designer
- Creating your web site can be a tricky process. Choosing the best web design company for your site is extremely important. Unless you run a web-based business, you probably do not have web design experience within your company. Building your web site will take time and a little homework!To create a web site for your business, follow these 4 simple steps:Establish your goal...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Get faster download times by making bigger web pages!
- As a webmaster you already know how important it is that your web pages download fast. In a nutshell, if your pages are slow, then you're losing visitors. And if you're losing visitors, you're losing money.To speed up your download times, most web design experts will suggest that you optimize your GIFs and JPGs so that they download faster. They'll suggest that you make your images smaller ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - 10 profitable ways to recycle your content
- 1. Repackage your web site content in to different products to sell. You could create speeches, audio books, classes, and video tapes with your content.2. Divide your content up and use it for promotional articles. You could submit them to other web sites or ezines for publicity. Just add your resource box.3. Allow people to link to your web site's content. This is a fast way to get ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Does your homepage work?
- All websites have a homepage. It is the most important page of your site. It acts as the main gateway to the entire site. Most of your prospective customers will enter through it. Its vital to get it right. You dont want them to just turn around and go away again.Take a moment to clear your mind. Now go and look at your homepage and take a minute to evaluate it. Does it work for your prospe...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Has your design firm run amuck with your web site?
- What's happening to good web site design? Somehow we creative types at interactive and traditional ad agencies have run amuck - we're building web sites that may dazzle the senses, but don't really communicate much about our client's business or products and services!1. Somehow I don't think anyone has a burning desire to spend 30-60 seconds on the Index page of a web site while another fan...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - How your business can win online
- There are lots of websites out there that do little to encourage their customers to stick around or buy their products from them. In this article i'm going to show you a typical example of where a small company has gone wrong with its website.Company X is a small family run roofing company. They repair, install and insulate roofs. They spend a lot of time and money advertising in the press ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - What your website really says about you and why it matters
- Everything you say and do says something about you. This has never been more true than in a text based environment like the Internet. You only have one chance to put across what you want to say. Use it wisely.Getting a website right does take work and commitment. If you want it to succeed you must spend time to get it right and present the right impression to your potential customers....
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - 6 reasons why a website is crucial to your business
- Since I'm a web designer, I have a tendency to think everyone understands that having a website is important. Every once in a while, I have to remind myself that some people just haven't heard yet!Why is having a website such a big deal? Here are 6 reasons:A website increases your credibility.Your website has a powerful impact on a potential customer's confidence in...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - How to boost your sales dramatically using dynamic back-end strategies
- Getting a customer is not easy.Getting a visitor to decide that he or she wants to buy the product or service you're offering, getting out their credit card and giving you their hard-earned money is not a piece of cake.Most visitor's to your Internet site, 97 - 99% of them if you're lucky, will not buy your product. They turn away from your site, your offer...and they will probably n...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - If content is king who is queen?
- It's been said again and again, when it comes to getting people to visit your site (and stay there for more than 5 seconds), the quality of your content rules supreme. But once you've bowed to interest, saluted relevance and kow-towed to originality, who else must you pay homage to for recognition in the court of website stickiness?The two jewels in the crown of Presentation, for it is of c...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Your website hurts my eyes: 7 reasons to tone down your advertising
- So you're on the computer, as usual. Your eyes are smarting. Your back hurts. You want to jump in the car and sail down the highway with all the windows down and your hair flapping in the wind. But before you call it quits for the day, you have to look up just one more thing. Maybe it's web marketing, maybe you want to buy some artwork to hang in your office. Off to Google you go.You type i...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - A crash course on graphic philosophy 101
- Novice and professional graphic designers, we are aware that you know the basic principles of graphic philosophy. But then, as workers of art ? though digital and graphic art already borders in commercial arts, there's no harm in continuously improving our craft through constant study and practice, is there? Really great graphic designers I know have come to their status because of painstaking app...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - You too can have fun with sepia images!
- If you are one of those who wonder how people come up with the cool looking sepia tone prints that you admire so much. If you are doubling up with jealousy over a sepia tone, here, we will give you tips on how you could achieve this sepia tone, too. Ready up your Photoshop software program, your PC and prepare to have fun with sepia! It's time that they envy you, too.First of all it is impo...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - When your graphic designer costs you money
- So how do you know when your graphic designer costs you financially and emotionally?When a file is not prepared correctly? When you go to press and have your media material produced in prints, and find out that the file was built incorrectly, then that's the time when your graphic designer will cost you money.Many pre-press operators have complained about having to correct graphic de...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - A great banner only needs simple things
- To create your own great banner, you only need five (5) simple things:1. Size according to standards. Always keep to the standards. Having a bold, huge banner would look good and attract more attention than any graphic design ever would. Nevertheless, if everybody is doing it, what would be different about you then? As one designer have said: "I know that if your ad is slightly larger it ma...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Why dot-coms fail - a webmasters perspective
- Everyday we hear that another company goes out of business.When and why does a dot-com become a dot-bomb?After checking few dozen defunct companies, I think the main reasons for dot-coms failure are:Poor business plan. In the last years, a lot of investment capital was spent on poorly planned companies that clearly couldn't reach profitability.Poor co...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Leave those links blue!
- Don't mess with those links! When you're designing your site, you should leave your text links in their natural state--blue and underlined. We all want to be creative and not do the bland, expected, normal thing. We want to change our links to red, green, yellow, even black--anything but blue. And we have the urge to take off those underlines.Resist the temptation. It's hard. But there's a ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Choosing form over function kills your site
- Never put form over function. Why? Because it's crucial that visitors actually be able to USE your site. Everything you do must be designed to be as easy for the visitor to understand as possible. Everything should be functional first.If you put form before function, you sacrifice your visitor's best interest for your own preferences. By definition, putting form over function means you sacr...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Is a picture really worth a thousand words?
- The great debate: how much copy you should have on your site, particularly on the home page?Do you subscribe to the idea that a picture is worth a thousand words--and therefore images, not a lot of text, should be the main thrust of your home page? Or do words have more power to capture a visitor's attention and compel them to buy--meaning you should aim for powerful copy?As a graphi...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Immutable laws of effective navigation - part 1
- The first immutable law of effective navigation: It's gotta be readily available.Visitors should not have to hunt for your navigation or wonder where to find it. If you've done your job right, it will be right there when they are ready for it.The struggle in creating good navigation is to figure out what type of navigation the visitor is going to need, when he is going to need it, an...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Questions to ask when designing a website for clients
- Questions to ask when designing a Web Site for your client (s)."Excerpt from the book: Graphic Artists Guild, Handbook Pricing & Ethical guidelines Written by: Brent ParkerThese questions are a great tool to use when trying to develop your clients website. It gets down to the roots of web design, so there is a clear and precise understanding of what needs to be done. You can...
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