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…
Category: Web Design
Improve Your Website: A Quick Checklist
First impressions are huge. Functionality is huge. Relevance is huge. These set the tone for what to expect from your website, brand, and business. Below are a few important questions to ask yourself as you go through your website to help improve your online presence. Does your site have a clear objective? From the first…
Thinking About Accessibility of Your Content
Recently WordCamp, Portland, ME had a great Accessibility Panel with Jesse Friedman, Peter Jewett, John Brandt. The panel discussed meeting accessibility standards, what it took and why it was important. They also brought up the point that “no one is disabled, we are all just temporarily abled“. What you can do today you might not be able…
Optimizing Images for WordPress
The Problem Image quality vs. performance is a constant tradeoff that developers have faced since the early web. We all want beautiful large imagery that creates immersive multimedia experiences for our website users, but this comes at a significant cost. Not only do heavy image files lead to a slow/disjointed user experience leading to lower user…