Austin Web Design Archives

It’s Alive! WEBii Relaunches Its Own Website

by Jacqueline Sinex
Thursday, October 13th, 2011

New look, new message, new energy. It’s been a long journey, but we finally made it to launch phase 1. WEBii has a face-lifted website with more pertinent information to our business. Why do I say phase 1? Our website was originally built in 1996 and has since undergone many additions and changes. It was […]

Face to Face: Reaching a New Audience Through Facebook

by Brian Disbot
Friday, September 16th, 2011

Update: Google+ has ended, and iStrategyLabs is no longer in business. Looking to increase traffic to your business? Well, summer is over and school is back in session meaning a gargantuan amount of opportunity to appeal to a massive audience for your business through social networking websites. While Twitter and Google+ present great opportunities for [

Web Design is Like a Box of Chocolates

by Jacqueline Sinex
Thursday, July 14th, 2011

“You never know what you’re gonna get.” This statement describes both sides of the web design world – the client and the designer. Looking back at the last 15 years of projects, we see a wide breadth of customers in our portfolio. From a small real estate firm, a law office, or a marketing agency […]

Keeping and Eating Your E-Cake

by Jacqueline Sinex
Wednesday, July 6th, 2011

Sometimes I hear someone hesitate to recommend any “wow” factors for their web design because they are concerned it will mean the website is not viewable on an iPad. And some merchants delay and delay adding a shopping cart (e-commerce) because they think it means the website will become a cold sales-only portal with none […]

Quick Sell Multiple Products

by Jacqueline Sinex
Wednesday, June 29th, 2011

One of the things I like best about Magento shopping cart software is it’s forward-thinking about different types of products and how e-commerce can be used for a variety of businesses, not just a standard one-off shippable product. Magento comes with an easy way to create several product “types” including “simple” products,

Just Because You Can Doesn’t Mean You Should

by Jacqueline Sinex
Friday, June 17th, 2011

I think if I tried hard enough I could probably build my own house. A house, but not a very good house. Probably a building, maybe with 4 walls, but probably in danger of falling down and made of foil and Lincoln Logs. Knowing the importance of good shelter for my family, I will refrain […]

Making the Multi-Address Checkout Link Pretty on the Magento Cart Page

by Jacqueline Sinex
Wednesday, May 11th, 2011

In a default Magento setup with a basic theme, Magento includes an option to “Checkout with Multiple Addresses”. This is styled as a plain-Jane blue link (no offense, Jane). Especially if you turn off One-page checkout (and only want to use multi-checkout), this link remains bland and unnoticeable. No more bright orange Checkout button. Styli

Creating a Second Language Section in WordPress

by Jacqueline Sinex
Tuesday, April 5th, 2011

Let’s face it: automated translation software just does not cut it. So what if I want to translate my English-based WordPress website into Spanish or another language? This can be done with a little bit of template editing and some unique pages. The suggestions below will help you establish an alternative navigation menu, display an […]

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