Ensuring your site is right from the off is an important decision and choosing a web designer to whom you’ll entrust your business’ online presence is something that needs careful consideration. Having a clear idea of what your website is actually for is vital but ensure you have some basic understanding of the right questions … Questions to ask a web designer before you hire them
To put it another way, a dumping ground for things you can’t be bothered to deal with or that really should be put in their proper place – it’s somewhere to shove stuff. We all have one of these special drawers. The FAQ page of your website should not be like this but, too often, … How to do a good FAQ page on your company website
Domains and hosting are separate things, incur separate charges each year and need to be linked together. What’s the difference between hosting and domain? The easiest way to explain it is to use an analogy – we’ll use your house. Your Domain Your domain is your website address, for example, the domain of this website … What’s the difference between hosting and domain?
1. Better user experience means more conversions Responsive websites are designed to provide maximum user experience on all devices. A site that isn’t built for mobile needs to be pinched, zoomed, swiped and needs child-sized fingers to navigate the menu. If your website visitors become irritated, they will leave. That’s lost revenue. 2. Reduce management … Are responsive websites good for business?
I was sent a link from an acquaintance to a brilliant infographic compiled by Catherine Clifford of entrepreneur.com which outlines some of the mistakes that frequently occur when new or small businesses launch their website and that how poor ongoing maintenance can, and probably will, cost money in the long run. Catherine states that around one third … Websites for small businesses
In fact finding a decent and reliable web designer is like finding a decent builder – there are a lot of charlatans who think that because they’ve got a knocked-off copy of Photoshop and built a template WordPress website for a mate it somehow qualifies them to charge hundreds of pounds to unsuspecting members of … How do I get a website?
Do a quick Google search for ‘web hosting’ and the results will show various big boys of the web hosting world but because they’re top of the list doesn’t necessarily mean they are the right choice for you and your site. It also doesn’t necessarily mean that they’re the best. Not all hosting or domain … How do I find web hosting?
Before I started this job I was generally irritated on a regular basis about how bad a lot of websites were and that there was really no reason why they should be apart from a monumental lack of thought going into the design of the sites and a complete disregard for the end user. Surely … I want animated CSS3 clouds on my website
Don’t get me wrong, I love my job but elements of it are certainly more enjoyable than others. Any job has it’s good bits and bad bits to varying degrees but every now and again I work on something that is an utter joy. It’s funny how some websites are a bit of a slog … The art of communication
Generally speaking, competition out there in the web is fierce especially for the service industry so careful consideration needs to occur about your site’s search engine optimisation before it starts; how are all the elements that make up your finished site going to contribute to it scrambling to the top of the Googlepile? It doesn’t … SEO tips and the dark arts
