Images: Design Inconsistencies and Lack of Communication
Let’s look at all the little issues with the 8 boxes under the banner. These are what Kahuna calls “Feature Boxes.”
Let’s look at all the little issues with the 8 boxes under the banner. These are what Kahuna calls “Feature Boxes.”
Google will give me credit for changing the content on my slider. But the words are not easy for a human to notice or read.
When a site has too many images, the images cause confusion, instead of being helpful.
Often a client will come to me with reams of changes they want on their website. It’s my job to take a step back and prioritize. I also suggest that my clients look at the tasks as one piece of a continuous cycle of improvement because consistent work over a period of time shows commitment to the site
Every home page “Feature Box” where I used the WordPress logo has a faint icon behind it (see screenshot 1). It’s not from the WordPress logo; it’s from the Kahuna theme. Time for some debugging!
I made the decision to use a slider in my home page banner, instead of a static image. The theme had branding text overlayed over the static image. Now the branding is gone. When a different slider plugin is used, the overlay code becomes ineffective. That is part of the …
THE NIT-PICKY TASK OF CHOOSING YOUR BANNER AND HOME PAGE IMAGES … especially when your business activities are difficult to photograph. When I decided to go with the website design of having a banner image, first banner image I chose failed in a big way. I chose a photo that …
Should your web developer manage your image portfolio? Assumptions in this area cause frustration for both the developer and the website owner. In my opinion, for small sites, this is a good task to assign to an in-house Content Manager. Someone in-house is more likely to know the nuances of …
GRAPHICS: A seeing person can generally understand a well chosen photo, and understand it’s relevance to the topic. But, if you have a photo of a sailboat on Flathead Lake, what is the meaning of that sailboat to the page it’s on? Even if Google can tell it’s a sailboat, can Google get meaning from the image of the sailboat? It’s all in the words!