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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

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

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

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

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

Venn diagrams normally consist of overlapping circles. For instance, in a two-set Venn diagram, one circle may represent the group of all wooden objects (or web designer), while another circle may represent the set of all tables (maui). The overlapping area (intersection) would then represent the set of all wooden tables (or maui web designers). Continue Reading

Ecommerce projects can sometimes be very challenging and often complicated and tedious. We are always looking at ways we can cut down on all that and create successful projects, so staying up to date on software takes up a lot of time. I am happy that we have been able to streamline our CMS sites Continue Reading

Another great article by Jakob Nielsen and a must read for those of you working or planning a new website. Aspects of Design Quality Summary: Usability scores for 51 websites shows some correlation between navigation, content, and feature quality, but no connections to other usability areas. Some user interfaces are good, some are bad; we Continue Reading

by Jakob Nielsen useit.com. Summary: A company’s homepage is its face to the world and the starting point for most user visits. Improving your homepage multiplies the entire website’s business value, so following key guidelines for homepage usability is well worth the investment.Homepages are the most valuable real estate in the world. Each year, companies Continue Reading