Usability is a big topic that usually get’s ignored by website owners, but not most web designers. In today’s economy, most clients are looking for a “quick fix” or “just build me a website like this one”, the client is assuming that what they see in another website could be easily implemented for them, just Continue Reading
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20AugBing Yahoo! Partnership
At Liquid Media we use 3 levels of Search Engine Marketing in our strategy; on page optimization, incoming link / social popularity, and finally PPC or pay per click. We don’t believe in using only one technique in generating traffic, but rather a holistic approach, which includes biding on specific key terms via Adwords and Continue Reading
17AugGoogle Places – New features
If you are a SEO client of ours then you are listed on Google Places, a simple Google directory showing businesses based on search terms. A problem in the past was when a business address was also their home address, so the listing would only show near their home address location. So say you provide Continue Reading
17JunWordPress 3.0 now available – should you upgrade?
Short answer. Yes. But not until you test your theme on WP 3.0 on a separate install of WordPress. WordPress 3.0 has been long anticipated by many of us in the web design and WordPress development field. It takes the best of WordPress and WordPress MU and merged the code base. Do some research on Continue Reading
16JunMake your own font
Typography is an art, same could be said for hand writing, just not mine. Typing copy and code all the time has put a fork in my hand writing skills, but if you have good or interesting hand writing, why not use it in your marketing media? There are tools you can use to capture Continue Reading
16JunProject Launch: Maui Lock
Have you heard of 23/7 service? This is Maui Lock’s signature (almost) around the clock service. These guys are the best at what they do (locksmith service), here on Maui for many years . This small budget project needed a professional, clean look that also was friendly and island style. Sometimes it can be difficult Continue Reading
19MayProject Launch: The Outdoor Gear
The Outdoor Gear is an online store offering discount hiking apparel and outdoor gear. Our goal with this project was to increase the bottom line (sales). Successful stores employ a combination of techniques, strategies, platforms and good ol’ fashioned business practice to reach their goals. We started by addressing the objectives of the site and Continue Reading
10MayDesign your website for iPad?
Before you decide if your site should be catered to the Apple iPad market, we need to affirm a few things. The iPad is new, with any new product, there is a margin error in the design that needs to be resolved over time using updates and new models. Who will be using the iPad Continue Reading
28AprSQL Find and Replace for WordPress
So you need to change a link or text on your WordPress blog that repeats across many articles, pages or posts? No problem, follow my simple instructions to find text or html and replace or delete. First be sure to backup your database! Open your Cpanel by logging into www.yourdomain.com/cpanel The username/password is normally the Continue Reading
25AprSo what’s new in HTML 5?
We have been receiving many questions from clients about HTML 5, folks asking “I need my site to be compatible with HTML 5″ or “is my site going to work when HTML 5 is released?” etc etc. First off, any software upgrade is almost always going to be backwards compatible. So in web software if Continue Reading

