Have you ever wondered why you find one website more appealing than another? A set of interviews by Moshagen & Thielsch in 2010 entitled ‘Visual Aesthetics of Website Inventory (VisAWI)’ showed there were four key facets which played an important role in the make up of websites: Simplicity E.g. Everything goes together on this site. […]
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Yesterday I went to a very interesting talk at Bournemouth University about Silicon South as part of the fantastic Festival of Learning running this week. Silicon South is an initiative established in 2013 to encourage the growth of digital businesses in Dorset. The team have already developed a strong brand, staff and a manifesto for
Top-notch web design can set your website apart from competitors. These complete digital solutions, available from premier website design Poole or Bournemouth-based firms, provide individuals, small-scale businesses and FTSE 100 companies with all of the services that they need in order to succeed on the World Wide Web. Website design services not only focus on
As of today, Charlotte Coleman: Web Design has become Neon Web Design, and is now based at Poole, Dorset. The values of the business will stay the same, and Charlotte will now be joined by copywriter Melanie, graphic designer Sarah and web developer Matt. Check out the about page for more information. We look forward
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My old university, Lancaster, doesn’t normally send out Christmas cards to its Alumni, but this year we’ve received an email which links to a really well thought out and beautifully presented set of videos. The videos are interviews with academics discussing a range of festive topics. In short, its the best virtual Christmas card I’ve
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When you are starting a new business, you may want a professional online presence but do not want to commit too much from your budget. A one page website can contain the necessary information about your business at a low cost. Here is an example of a one page website completed for International MICE Promotion
An email campaign we built and sent out on behalf of one of our clients, the-recipe, has been featured in the Campaign Monitor email design gallery. Congratulations to Gary Ingram of Brand-ing who produced the innovative design!
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Loving these creative ways to encourage subscribers to receive company emails: Location app Foursquare has an ingenious way of keeping you on …
Carsonified’s new online teaching environment Treehouse allows users to learn about web and mobile design and development. Here is the slightly eccentric launch video: Although there are similar services available (Codeacademy and Lynda), Treehouse uses gamification to make the process interactive. For instance, upon watching a series of videos, users complete quizzes in order to
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Online design blog Smashing Magazine have recently redesigned their website. With the increased usage of mobile devices over recent years, now is the time to consider a responsive design (or liquid layout) to handle all the different device resolutions. Instead of a fixed width layout which sets the website to a width that matches the
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It is always nice to add a bit of animation to a website and all the better if rendered with CSS and JavaScript so it is iPad/iPhone friendly. The Flux Slider project is a free and open source way to create smart image transitions with the use of CSS3 and jQuery. My favourite is the
Email marketing pros Campaign Monitor have written a really interesting article discussing innovative techniques to target email recipients that block images. You can read the article here: → Image blocking in email clients: Tips and techniques for 2011
There is always a lot to remember when putting a website live, it’s very easy to forget something important. Launchlist is a great checklist which can be used to double check everything is ready to go live. It has all the important tasks, but is also short enough that you can complete the checklist quickly.
Where I can, I’ve been making the most of CSS3 by using it to rotate menus and create drop shadows and rounded corners. I look forward to the day when we can use it without having to write all the different options for each user agent, but until that time there is some help in
So there’s been a lot of blood sweat and tears over the last month or so, but the new website has been finally launched. I’d like to say a big thank you to Roger Gould for writing the copy, he has been really quick and responsive to the requirements. The website has been built using
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This post is aimed a small business owners, so that you get the most out of your website. Once the design and build of a website is complete, browser testing is vital. The website may look good in the browser you are using to view it, but how about all the other browsers people use?
