Have you Ever Bought Anything From Yourself Online?
If you haven’t, how do you know if your system is working? You may have very honest business practices, but it’s possible that your online shopping cart doesn’t.
When Website Elements Push Each Other Around
When Website Elements Push Each Other Around There is only so much room in that circle … and there is only so much room on your website … and there is only so much room in your banner. Often, a website owner will request a design change that presents a …
Managing the Look and Feel of your Image Captions
Managing the Look and Feel of your Image Captions Why Bother with Image Captions Images on your website are business assets because they are communication tools that take some time and $$$ investment. Often business owners don’t realize how far an image can go on the web. That image you …
Focus and Delivery: Using your Banner Slider Effectively
Focus and Delivery: Using your Banner Slider Effectively There should not be anything on your website that is not there for a purpose. The fact that a theme gives you a slider or the fact that you can add a slider plugin is not good enough reason to have one. …
“I’m Going to Make them Call Me” and Household Appliances
I’m Going to Make them Call Me and household appliances I thought I would try the Cuisinart food process that sits neglected on our kitchen counter to make gazpacho. I was hoping that it would chop instead of pureeing the vegetables. Then I found out why it sits there unused. …
How Much Work Does It Take to Make It Easy for your Viewers?
How Much Work Does It Take to Make It Easy for your Viewers? Answer: A lot of work. Here is an example When I was first building this site, I threw up a Recent Posts widget in the right sidebar. It has bugged me ever since. As noted in the …
It Seemed Like a Good Idea …
It Seemed Like a Good Idea … until it was implemented. The Problem: part of the image disappears Can you see the subtle differences in the two screenshots? The WordPress Kahuna theme has “Feature Boxes” under the banner. The boxes pick up posts and the images are the Featured Image …
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.”
What Good is Text if no one Reads it … Besides Google?
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 Images Cause a Noisy Clamor
When a site has too many images, the images cause confusion, instead of being helpful.