Why You Should Maintain a WordPress Website
Perhaps your friend or an agency designed your website awhile ago and now there are problems because it hasn't been maintained. But, do you have time or the inclination to do it yourself? The best way to stay on top of things is to use a web care plan run by a...
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...
Choosing Colors for Mobile Web Design
In the last post I stressed that designing for mobile is important in today’s very smart, smart-phone world. And a big part of that design is the use of color. There is psyhcology to color: A corporate feel would call for blues and grays. A children's website would...
The Internet is not dead, It’s Mobile
I read this slogan not long ago and realized how really true and succinct it is. Although office workers use desktop, and surf while they are taking a break, the majority of web surfing is done on cell phones. Everywhere and anywhere, you see people looking down at...
New business marketing tools better than the old
Most of my clients know I have been in the graphic design and web design business a long time. Maybe its the gray hair that gives it away! After I worked at the Boston Globe for ten years from 1978 to 1988 as an information graphic artist, I started my own company. At...
How About Some WordPress Swag?
If your business site is sporting the best website software and you are proud of it, why not sport a cool t-shirt as well? Try this t-shirt from the official WordPress Swag Store, only $15. A few years back I ordered several of these in different colors. One in dark...
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 and...
Best time to publish posts
You have written a great post and you want the most activity from your hard work of writing and editing. Here's an informative article from Coschedule with some good infographics explaining the best times of the week and day to publish depending on your desired...
WordPress Semantics
You might hear some odd words tossed around when your web designer or developer is talking to you about your website such as "widget" or "plug-in". In order for you to be able to communicate with your web designer accurately, learn these simple terms: Pages are the...
Twenty five top companies using WordPress and why you should too
If you ever doubted that WordPress, the open source CMS software used my many small companies is up to the task of providing a robust website, here is the definitive answer. If these Fortune 500 companies have faith in running their websites with WordPress, as listed...