What does a web developer/designer do exactly?

This is a good question and one I wish my clients would ask. I think many of them don’t realize what is happening behind the scenes to get their website working. Here goes… First off, we developers/designers gather information from the client. I ask a lot of...

Six skills to look for in a web designer

The Best Designer’s Skillset When you hire a web designer or developer you should know what you are buying. Are you getting services from someone who is more of a techie with no design skills? Or someone who is creative but no has no chops when it comes to code...

Add some fun CSS animation to your website!

And now for something fun! The internet offers many ways to meet people from all over the world. I receive a daily email from WebdesignerNews, a list of interesting news links on web related design. A while back, I followed one of the links to a series of...

Video for your website

Today I sat in on a webinar “How to Successfully Implement Video In Your Content Strategy” presented by Hana Abaza & Kristen Craft of Uberflip and Wistia. What was impressive to me was how easy it is make a budget video for presenting on your website....

What to Write For your New Web Site

New business owners often have trouble knowing what to write for their websites. I’m not a professional writer, but I am married to one and worked at a newspaper for ten years. The best advice I can give is to read Strunk and White’s The Elements of Style....