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Articles About Web Design
Here are several articles that we have written about web design
we hope you find interesting and helpful as you look at getting
a web site designed. Call us to get a quote, 720-922-3124.
Primary Elements of a Good Web Design
There are a billion things that you can do in order to have an
effective web site, but there are some primary elements that should
be included in any web site ...
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Elements of Good Web Design ]
Why Build a Web Site?
The email said, “Thanks for working on the web site. I’ve
had so many great comments about it.” The email came from
Michelle Akers back in 1996. I was on a team that had built her
a web site before she headed off as the captain of the women’s
soccer team at the Atlanta Olympics. After winning the gold medal
she was inundated with well wishers at her site and she couldn’t
be happier.
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Designing a Cost Effective Web Site
You have a great idea for a web site but don’t have a design
for it yet. What are you going to do about it? Depending on your
online marketing budget and how skilled you are with designing
websites, there are several options available to you ...
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a Cost Effective Web Site ]
Does your Web Designer Know SEO?
Web designers want to create memorable, appealing sites. If your
site is dependent upon the search engines then your web designer
needs to take several things into consideration when they are designing
a site. My company does both Internet marketing and web design.
I’m
in the midst of bidding on a very big project because the potential
client was looking for good web design, but also wanted help with
her marketing.
[ Read more about whether your
web designer knows SEO ]
Great Photos for Your Web Site
Photographs can make or break a web site. Good ones enhance the
site and bad ones make you go “blah.” And I’ve
seen a lot of bad photos on web sites over the years. We have designed
a couple hundred sites and have seen a lot of sites with bad photos.
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photos for your web site ]
Six and a Half Keys to Creating an Ugly Web Site
1. Use Too Many Colors
Let’s put brown, purple and orange on the same site and
see what people think. I don’t know who designed some sites,
but they must have never learned about complementary colors on
the color wheel. Or if a designer hasn’t chosen non-complementary
colors, they choose to put too many colors on the page. It’s
almost as if a rainbow had vomited on your computer screen. There
are colors everywhere. If you want an ugly web site, put as many
colors as you can think of to design with, go crazy. You might
win an ugliest web site contest.
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how to create an ugly web site ]
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