Responsive design is here to stay and Adobe is well aware. Their recent tool Adobe Edge Reflow CC (still in preview) aims to aid the design process between Graphic Designers and Developers when working on responsive projects. “Edge Reflow CC (Preview) allows you to create beautiful, responsive designs. A new assets management system and integration [...]
As a designer one of my constant struggles is finding the right color combinations for any project. Me and ROY G. BIV have a love hate relationship. Let’s face it without color our world would be far less interesting place. But with all the color we have at our fingertips, choosing one can be an [...]
When a website or web application is planned properly the project is more likely to run smooth and profitable. One way to effectively plan a site or application is to have good techniques when you are planning the website’s information architecture. Step 1: Interview your customer This step is obvious, but surprisingly it can be [...]
The Local Search Association (LSA) in conjunction with Comscore released a report on May 2, 2013 that presented the statistics for local search in 2012. The study found that local search via mobile devices continues to grow at an alarming rate, and more than quadrupled its usage in 2012 from 2011. The widespread adoption of [...]
Once I got the hang of styling web documents I began to form tons of habits, some were bad and some were good.One thing that I completely overlooked was the ability to use extra selector types. Aside from the basic element, id, and class selectors you have tons of options when styling documents with CSS. [...]
Mobile devices are everywhere these days. 91% of adults have their mobile phone within arms reach 24/7! Out of those people 55% of them use their mobile device to search the internet. Even with all this data many businesses do not have a mobile version of their website. We have all been there. We want [...]
There are number of web intelligence problems that I hear my clients/colleagues talk about that usually have fairly simple solutions. This segment of a yet-undetermined number of parts identifies some of these common obstacles and offers solutions for them. Segmenting Large Websites Using Profile Filters in Google Analytics If you’re involved in managing a large website, [...]
A well planned landing page should be a part of any marketing campaign that is implemented by an organization today. An effective marketing campaign, whether offline or online, will most likely trigger an individual to search for more information online either by using a search engine or directly typing in the URL of the organization. [...]
Here’s a quick step-by-step to a nerve racking and otherwise mysterious process. If you’re engaged in link building but find yourself slipping deeper and deeper into the Google SERP’s for search phrases you have historically ranked well for it might be time to clean out some spammy or over-optimized links. To do this go here www.google.com/webmasters/tools/disavow-links-main and [...]
I’ll admit htaccess does not contain the most enjoyable “directives”. Directives, a name for the syntax used to write your Apache web server configuration file can be quite confusing. If you are unsure of .htaccess and what it is here is a wonderful guide: Htaccess Made Easy One of the most basic tasks is the [...]
