Everyone wants their website to be cool, modern, and cutting-edge, but always remember — user experience should never be an after-thought. Of course there are factors to consider based on market, audience, and technology, but the principles of design — such as color, typography, contrast, and space — are universal concepts that apply to all designs. Here are…
Author: Jessica Lavoie
What to Consider When Approaching a Redesign
Web design is inherently very subjective, but if you approach everything from a user experience (UX) perspective, things become far less subjective. What does this mean? Because the web requires varying degrees of user interaction, these are all actions that can be tracked, analyzed and refined. Clear patterns begin to emerge on what things frustrate…
Does my Website Need HTTPS?
If you find yourself struggling to grasp website security, then this is the article for you. With that said, I will try to cut out the jargon and explain only the need-to-know. The two aspects we’ll concern ourselves with are SSL and HTTPS. A few issues we will go over are what SSL and HTTPS…
Dissecting The Link
Hyperlinks are the foundation of the web. Links allow us to connect web pages and content within the same website or to an external website creating a complex network of information. We’re all familiar with links but maybe not with the HTML markup of a link and all its capabilities. HTML is the backbone of…