Posts Tagged ‘Web Design’
5 Things A Client Should Ask a Prospective Web Designer or Agency
Tuesday, March 30th, 2010
Evaluating a company or person to build your website is a tricky thing. What do you expect? What things do you need to know? Here are 5 questions that a client should be asking all companies in the running to build their next website. Have you worked on any similar projects? While it is possible [...]
5 Jobs Clients Have During a Web Project
Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010
For some reason many clients think that the only job they have in developing their websites is to hire the person/company that is going to build the site. Unfortunately they haven’t realized that once they hire someone to build the website their work has just begun. Establish Your Business Goals: A site is not just [...]
Don’t Get Your Design’s Stuck on Language
Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010
I’ve been designing lots of e-commerce projects lately and a theme I’ve been finding in the designs is the buttons. Specifically the implication of buttons. We’ve all seen buttons on store that say “Add to Cart” or “Purchase” or whatever but does the simple word convey enough meaning? The Thoughts I am more and more [...]
Web Designer Magazine Article
Monday, September 7th, 2009
I recently had the opportunity to contribute my thoughts to Web Designer Magazine out of the UK. The question I, along with others, was asked is “Is Web Design a Dying Art?” The premise of this is based on the strong tools that are coming out for people to build their own websites and blogs [...]
5 Ways to Keep Your Cool
Tuesday, August 11th, 2009
While inspired by the heat I am currently experiencing in BC this has nothing to do with that type of heat. We have all had a client that did more than ask us for a ‘bigger logo.’ You know the client that you sit with and brainstorm for new ideas for the design work. You [...]
Bad Forms Provide Bad Feedback
Tuesday, July 28th, 2009
Lately I’ve been looking at my site and coming up with a few pain points that I’d like to address with some small redesigns of the site. My footer contact form (and it’s ‘contact page’ counter part) are two items I would like to address. While they aren’t bad they could definitely use some refinement. [...]
You Might Need a Redsign If
Thursday, July 16th, 2009
If you have a website and are contemplating a redesign of the site here’s a quick little check list of items to help you make the decision You have rotating graphics on your site You have used the blink tag You have used b or i tags You’re updating content regularly without a CMS You’ve [...]
Christopherdessi.com Launched
Thursday, July 2nd, 2009
This was the second site I did for Chris, first was Dadzillatv. This is Chris’ personal blog on social media. Chris is seriously passionate about media and building your marketing potential. His passion comes across in his posts. For this site Chris wanted to go with Thesis as a base theme and then perform some [...]
CSS Inspections Launched
Wednesday, January 14th, 2009
I recently launched CSS Inspections a website for a home inspector named Greg McHale located in the Durham Region of Ontario. This was a great project full of some simple and fun wordpress and jQuery trickery. Check out the contact form on the sidebar that unwinds and stays open until you have completed the form [...]
Scope Creep and the In House Designer
Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008
At one time or another each freelancer must deal with a client regarding the question of scope creep. As freelancer’s it can be easier to put your foot down, assuming you have a contract, and say no to added features at the same price. But what does an in house designer do? They don’t have [...]
