Science Fiction or Science Future? Web Design Meets Mobile Tech
The Future of Mobile is the Future of the Web. Why is it so important to build for the future now? Mobile site design has barely grazed the capabilities of today’s mobile devices, let alone the features to come. Most people haven’t even begun to comprehend the unique opportunuties of web design when it comes … Read more…
The Future is Mobile: Which Kind of Responsive is Right for You?
Are we really entering a post-PC world? Surging numbers of mobile users certainly make the future look that way. Mobile will soon become the standard web browsing experience- your “main website” will be your mobile site! This seismic shift means it’s crucial to build excellent mobile sites now to offer mobile visitors everything your desktop … Read more…
Graphic Possibilities With Open Source Web Fonts.
Back in 2010, Google made big news by releasing their own open source web fonts. Starting with just 19 typefaces, it was a huge improvement for developers and designers who’d been stuck with the same 9-10 web safe typefaces for their font stacks. By 2012, Google Web Fonts (since renamed Google Fonts) had grown to … Read more…
Faceted Classification Part 3: The Power to Merchandise
Faceted classification will transform your site into an experience visitors love, but it can achieve even greater feats in the hands of business owners and site administrators. Faceted classification isn’t just about a polished presentation for your guests- it’s also about what you want to do as a merchandiser. On top of making searches quick … Read more…
Faceted Classification Part 2: Doing It Right
There’s more than just one kind of faceted classification. In the world of blogs, authors use labels called tags you’ll see in a list or “cloud.” Tags are actually another form of faceted classification. Bloggers tag each article with words that describe the subject, making it easy to bring up posts with shared themes together. … Read more…
Faceted Classification Part 1: What Makes a Good eCommerce Site?
What is it and Why Do You Need It? Orange, Water-Resistant, Small, USA Made, Remote-Controlled… Every quality of an item is something we call a facet. How do you organize all that information? Faceted Classification is something we build into every one of our eCommerce sites. It’s a powerful feature that makes it very … Read more…
Why Minimalist Designs Work Well for Product Sales Websites
In modern web design, the more streamlined, focused experience you can give your visitors, the better your results. Far from a niche style, Minimalism is actually key to any good professional website today. Web design is all about appealing to your customer’s eye and drawing them back again and again to your site. In eCommerce … Read more…
The In’s and Out’s of Digg
Digg.com is a social bookmarking site that allows users to share stories, videos, and digital photos with other users of Digg. It’s a great way to find out what’s happening in the world of technology, politics, science, sports, or just about any topic – particularly obscure stories the main stream news may not be pushing … Read more…
Advertise, Promote and Market Your Business or Website
2626Here is our compiled checklist from the book titled “Advertise, Promote and Market Your Business or Website” by Bruce C. Brown: Ten Steps To A Profitable ECommerce Site List your goals and ideas Review your products and services Compare against competition Determine your target market Set a budget for your website … Read more…
CSS: IE6 Help
after fighting with IE6 on a number of projects, I’ve come up with a short list of tweaks that can make a layout behave in IE6… Problem #1: floats seem to have duplicated text below the float. Solution 1: http://www.positioniseverything.net/explorer/dup-characters.html Solution 2: use/play with the display property Problem #2: IE6 doubles up the … Read more…