When Form Submission Leaves People Hanging
You got what you wanted. They filled out your form. But, you may have gotten something you don’t know about … an uncomfortable viewer.
Category: UX / UI
Fix it Quick or Fix it Right?
There is a lot to love about the WordPress Kahuna theme. But, one of the things I don’t like is that the inside page titles are over the banner image. I can customize the code with a child theme, so it’s not a big problem. Or is it? The quick …
Does a Bad Website = A Bad Company?
A bad manager once told me, “Perception is everything.” This was a man who lied a lot … at someone else’s expense to benefit himself. One of the problems with websites is that they really don’t tell you whether a company is good or bad. The Path to the Boiled …
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
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 put on your website could be picked up by …
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 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. Cuisinart is trying to force me to follow their incomprehensible …
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 screenshot, the article topic is a social media topic, but the first article …
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 …