Month: March 2011 Posts

Stock photos vs. original photography

Check out a newer version of this post! Photographs are an essential piece to a business’s website. They allow you to actually show what you do instead of your clients reading about it. For the typical end user, a visual portfolio has more impact than a well descriptive paragraph. With photos being so critical comes […]

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Don’t overlook the importance of a custom 404 Page

Does this page look familiar? This is a 404 Error page — a user ends up on a page like this when they click on a broken link, a misspelled link, or a link that no longer exists. Users end up getting confused when they reach this page and could decide to just leave your company’s website and […]

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IE6: To Test or Not To Test?

This is the question that plagues most web developers. IE6 has been around for 10 years now and I’m sure developers have been hating it for the past 5 years. Not everyone has moved on from IE6 even though Internet Explorer is pushing out IE9 (currently in Beta, but to be released sometime this year). […]

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Subtle web design changes make a big difference

As a website designer, sometimes you have to take a step back and think to yourself, what would make this website stand out? What would make it special or unique? You could either decide that you’ve gone in the wrong direction and start from scratch or you could use techniques to create subtle changes to […]

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