http://www.lform.com/blog Fri, 08 Mar 2013 22:46:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4 http://www.lform.com/blog/2013/03/free-web-site-services-vs-custom-website-design-companies/ http://www.lform.com/blog/2013/03/free-web-site-services-vs-custom-website-design-companies/#comments Fri, 08 Mar 2013 21:32:51 +0000 Ian Loew http://www.lform.com/blog/?p=365 Building a professional website to give your business residence online for the sake of promoting your enterprise is an essential necessity these days.  Companies frequently make the mistake of spending a lot on advertising, and not enough on their websites, when both are priorities. Enticing visitors to go beyond your site’s homepage permits the beginning of a potential business relationship.  Once you reach the decision to establish a web presence, you have two choices.  Either you hire a custom website design firm or you tweak your pioneering spirit to do it yourself using one of … + Read More]]> http://www.lform.com/blog/2013/03/free-web-site-services-vs-custom-website-design-companies/feed/ 0 http://www.lform.com/blog/2012/11/finding-the-right-website-color/ http://www.lform.com/blog/2012/11/finding-the-right-website-color/#comments Tue, 27 Nov 2012 20:37:30 +0000 Ian Loew http://www.lform.com/blog/?p=360 Color, one of the intangibles in perception, connects with, shapes, and elicits personal feelings and emotions. Trying to attract the attention of your target audience requires the careful use of color when designing your website, a marketing device in effect.  With the right combination of colors, the intended tone to represent your entrepreneurial essence is achieved. Selecting the colors you want, from endless choices in shades, helps make the designing process, one that might include more arduous tasks, entertaining. Reds, oranges convey an immediacy in presence and should be used sparingly.  Passion and caution unfold … + Read More]]> http://www.lform.com/blog/2012/11/finding-the-right-website-color/feed/ 0 http://www.lform.com/blog/2012/04/what-does-your-website-say-about-your-business/ http://www.lform.com/blog/2012/04/what-does-your-website-say-about-your-business/#comments Fri, 06 Apr 2012 17:53:51 +0000 Ian Loew http://www.lform.com/blog/?p=356 + Read More]]> http://www.lform.com/blog/2012/04/what-does-your-website-say-about-your-business/feed/ 0 http://www.lform.com/blog/2012/01/how-should-corporations-handle-social-media/ http://www.lform.com/blog/2012/01/how-should-corporations-handle-social-media/#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:56:35 +0000 Ian Loew http://www.lform.com/blog/?p=331 Social media (e.g., Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn) has escalated to under heard of heights within a matter of years. It is a force to be reckoned with and something that corporations and non-profits can’t ignore. Why has social media been adopted by so many? Social media allows people to connect on an individual level without physical boundaries. Often times organizations misuse social media and instead of connecting with their fans they just blare their propaganda; posting press releases about new hires, partnerships and awards. Interact with your audience! The next time you’re reading an interesting article … + Read More]]> http://www.lform.com/blog/2012/01/how-should-corporations-handle-social-media/feed/ 0 http://www.lform.com/blog/2012/01/what%e2%80%99s-the-best-open-source-cms/ http://www.lform.com/blog/2012/01/what%e2%80%99s-the-best-open-source-cms/#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:55:23 +0000 Ian Loew http://www.lform.com/blog/?p=329 The ultimate goal of any CMS driven website is the ability of an organization to easily update their site with a minimal level of user expertise. Currently there are innumerable CMS products available but the most popular are WordPress, Joomla and Drupal. All three are open source and free to download and install on an independent server. There many pros and cons to each content management system but it should depend ultimately on your end user’s skill set. Is the administrator a techno savvy geek who knows a little HTML (Joomla and Drupal), or are … + Read More]]> http://www.lform.com/blog/2012/01/what%e2%80%99s-the-best-open-source-cms/feed/ 0 http://www.lform.com/blog/2012/01/mobile-optimized-web-sites/ http://www.lform.com/blog/2012/01/mobile-optimized-web-sites/#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:53:13 +0000 Ian Loew http://www.lform.com/blog/?p=326 With almost half of Americans using their iPhone or Android based phones to surf the web, a mobile optimized site is a small but important part to successful online marketing. A mobile optimized site can streamline a users experience with large amount of information in a concise, easy to navigate format. With a few simple taps and/or scrolls users can reach the information they are interested in. Studies have proven that users don’t mind scrolling nearly as much as clicking. Conversely pinching and pulling and other non-intuitive motions on smart phone screens can prove to … + Read More]]> http://www.lform.com/blog/2012/01/mobile-optimized-web-sites/feed/ 0 http://www.lform.com/blog/2011/09/simple-cross-browser-jquery-plugins/ http://www.lform.com/blog/2011/09/simple-cross-browser-jquery-plugins/#comments Wed, 21 Sep 2011 19:47:08 +0000 Ji Sohn http://www.lform.com/blog/?p=282 Corners, Shading and Shadow to Images Corner.js allows you to add corners, shading and shadow to images on your website. Browser Compatibility: Mozilla Firefox 1.5+, Google Chrome, Opera 9+, Safari and IE6+. Various Corner Effects Rounded corners without images! Plus lots of other interesting corner adornments like bevels, notches, dogears, etc. You can easily apply different effects to top and bottom corners, or apply an effect to specific corners. Browser Compatibility: Mozilla Firefox 1.5+, Google Chrome, Opera 9+, Safari and IE6+. Rounded Corners with Drop Shadow This is a convenient way to create elements with … + Read More]]> http://www.lform.com/blog/2011/09/simple-cross-browser-jquery-plugins/feed/ 0 http://www.lform.com/blog/2011/09/speed-up-your-site-load-time/ http://www.lform.com/blog/2011/09/speed-up-your-site-load-time/#comments Tue, 13 Sep 2011 19:54:42 +0000 Jordyn Ferri http://www.lform.com/blog/?p=257 + Read More]]> http://www.lform.com/blog/2011/09/speed-up-your-site-load-time/feed/ 0 http://www.lform.com/blog/2011/09/web-font-resources-font-creation/ http://www.lform.com/blog/2011/09/web-font-resources-font-creation/#comments Mon, 12 Sep 2011 21:33:43 +0000 Ji Sohn http://www.lform.com/blog/?p=227 YourFonts.com This is a tool for those of you out there who have legible handwriting. YourFonts is an awesome online tool that converts your handwriting into fonts! Download their template, fill in all the boxes with you own handwriting, then scan and upload it to the website. Preview your new font and download it to your computer. FontStruct.com Use the FontStruct tool from FontShop to design your own font. You’ll have to sign up to use their editor, but it only takes a few seconds. Their online editor has tons of features that you can … + Read More]]> http://www.lform.com/blog/2011/09/web-font-resources-font-creation/feed/ 0 http://www.lform.com/blog/2011/09/web-font-resources-font-solutions/ http://www.lform.com/blog/2011/09/web-font-resources-font-solutions/#comments Mon, 12 Sep 2011 21:32:02 +0000 Ji Sohn http://www.lform.com/blog/?p=238 Font Squirrel @font-face Kits Font Squirrel is perhaps the most popular font-replacement resource at the moment. Font Squirrel relieves any worry you may have about font licenses, as all of the fonts provided are freely available for commercial purposes. The site has hundreds of fonts to choose from, everything from sans-serif to novelty style fonts. The site offers @font-face kits that provide you with all the formats you need and also includes the HTML and CSS needed as well. If you can’t find the @font-face kit for the font you wish to use, they also … + Read More]]> http://www.lform.com/blog/2011/09/web-font-resources-font-solutions/feed/ 0