Austin Web Design Category
Typography: What Your Font Says About You
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Brian Disbot There is a realm within the world of web design that holds typography as the “holy grail” of design and aesthetics. Thousands of books, articles, and videos have been produced to focus specifically on fonts, their design, and their effectiveness. While many people are unaware this massive and ever-expanding subject, it is important to realize [...]
Read more“502 Forbidden” : The Importance of Usability Tests
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Brian Disbot One of the most important aspects of a website is usability. Web usability is defined as the flow of your website from page to page. In other words, it is a measure of how well your website is put together and whether improvements are needed to clarify or completely redo a part of the site. [...]
Read moreQuick Tip: HTML (HyperText Markup Language)
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Brian Disbot Today almost everyone has a website of some sort. Whether it’s for business or pleasure, we are all connected to the Internet. Social media websites give you a generic, yet customizable theme that allows you to express yourself by posting text, pictures, videos, and listing your likes and dislikes. The World Wide Web encompasses so [...]
Read moreBeware of Fraud Alert Emails
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Jacqueline Sinex There is a new wave of phishing spam emails hitting inboxes lately. A “phishing” scam involves an effort to try and gather sensitive information from you, such as banking information. These are among the most dangerous types of “spam” you can receive. Some of the emails that scammers send have a branded appearance of a [...]
Read moreVisually Striking: Embedding Videos into your Website
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Brian Disbot We are a visually oriented society; from films and photography to illustration and art, we are stimulated in unique ways by endlessly varying combinations of pictures and motion. It follows that designing a website is a visually intense, interactive experience. There are many different aspects of style and design to consider. Whether aligning a page, [...]
Read moreWhy Are Custom Fields Hidden in WordPress?
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Jacqueline Sinex You are working on the most amazing blog post known to man, and you just need to adjust one last custom field before publishing. But where in the world are your custom fields? I just know they are supposed to be there – and my coworker who logged in yesterday could see them fine. Don’t [...]
Read moreWebsite Project Management
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Jacqueline Sinex I am one of the first to admit it, there is a lot of web design talent out there. In fact there are a lot of talented web designers right here in Austin. But even the most talented web designer can fail at providing a good solution to the client. A large part of the [...]
Read moreCompromising for Ecommerce: Order Request Forms
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Jacqueline Sinex Not everyone is prepared for a large e-commerce website development project. Done right, a shopping cart driven website can be rewarding for a business, but it is also an involved project and it requires some comfort with the idea of managing orders online. In other cases, a company may produce too many special order kinds [...]
Read more3 Reasons to Add a Form On Your Website
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Jacqueline Sinex Looking for ways to cut down on spam? Want to track your website leads? Are you building your mailing list? Adding a reliable email form to your web page has many benefits for your business.
Read moreEntice Them With A Slideshow
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Jacqueline Sinex Want a boring static website that no one ever revisits? Of course not! So how can you make your website more kinetic and engaging with just a little bit of effort? A good slideshow is an effective feature that can bring new interest, updated information, and energy to your website. I usually recommend including the [...]
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