Web Design
Not All Five-Page Websites Cost the Same
If you ask several web designers for a quote on a five-page website, you might get one estimate for $2,500 and another for $12,000 or more. At first glance, that can seem ridiculous. They’re both five-page websites. How different could they possibly be? Quite different, actually. Page count is one of the easiest things to
Why Some Websites Are Easier to Understand Than Others
The design decisions behind a real website transformation. This website redesign case study looks at the design decisions behind the transformation, not just the finished result. Most website redesigns focus on what changed. I think it’s more interesting to look at the design decisions behind those changes. People often assume a website redesign is mostly
File formats
Are you using the right ones on your website? What is the difference in a jpg, a png or an svg file? All compress media (make the file size smaller) for the web. The jpg format is best for photos. A png file has a transparent pixel channel which is great for a graphic with
Themes vs Templates
Not all Wordpress themes are created equal. Some themes are more like templates which limit the design of a website. This can be as bad for design as using any DIY web builder service like Wix, Squarespace or Weebly. While these make it easier for people with less design skills, it’s the reason most DIY
WordPress Themes
Don’t make your customers wait on your website WordPress uses themes to customize the layout and design of a website. There are 1000s of free and premium themes available. Changing a theme won’t change the content of the website, just how that content is displayed. I use the Generate Press theme with Generate Blocks which
How Much for a Website?
One of the most frequently asked questions I get is how much does a website cost. Cost has a lot of variables like: number of pages functionality experience level and knowledge of the web designer is the site being built with existing software available? is a developer writing the code from the ground up? A
What’s a Footer?
Can viewers easily find important information on your website? The footer of a website is the area at the bottom of every page that has valuable information like policies, phone numbers, addresses and maybe an email sign-up form, just to name a few examples. Users intentionally scroll to the footer to find that information. So this area
Do Fonts Matter?
The body area of a webpage comes after the hero section (the top area that you first see). It’s the meat of a webpage and the page element with the most information. As with everything on a website, it’s important to make it easy on the viewer. So ornate fonts are best reserved for headlines
Does your website get A viewer’s attention in 3 seconds or less?
The hero section of a webpage is first thing someone sees and is the page’s most important area. It’s just under the navigation or main menu. The hero section is where you grab someone’s attention to keep reading. It’s important that the hero section have a clear concise statement about the business or webpage’s purpose
