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What does your website say about your business?

Ian Loew — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 17:53:51 +0000

What does your website say about your business? Is is welcoming? Is it informative and eye-pleasing? Does it capture the interest of your intended audience? These and numerous other questions should be asked of you and your staff so that you have a fighting chance in this demanding economy.

You only have one chance to make a first impression and this holds especially true in the world of the web. You have exactly 2-3 second to grab your visitor’s attention. Your competition is only a few clicks away. When was the last time you looked … + Read More

How Should Corporations Handle Social Media?

Ian Loew — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:56:35 +0000

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 … + Read More

What’s the Best Open-Source CMS?

Ian Loew — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:55:23 +0000

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 … + Read More

Mobile Optimized Web Sites

Ian Loew — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:53:13 +0000

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 … + Read More

Simple Cross Browser Jquery Plugins

Ji Sohn — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 19:47:08 +0000

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.
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4 Components Attributed To Site Load Time

Jordyn Ferri — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 19:54:42 +0000

Many clients wonder what can be done to speed up their site. Below you will find 4 major components that can be attributed to a sites speed.

1. Internet Connection
First, lets cover one of the areas that web designers do not have control over — and that is a person’s internet connectivity. This refers to the user’s signal strength transmitted by their internet provider (i.e. VerizonFios, Comcast, AOL, etc). If you believe that your internet is running slower than it should, contact your internet provider immediately.

2. Computer Speed
There are many … + Read More

Create Your Own Font with These Font Creation Tools!

Ji Sohn — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 21:33:43 +0000

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. … + Read More

Can’t Find the Font You’re Looking For? Use Font Identification Resources!

Ji Sohn — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 21:15:07 +0000

WhatFontis.com
WhatFontis is one of the best Font Finder tool for Web designers. Identify information about Fonts from Image through WhatFontis.

IdentiFont.com
This is an amazing tool that is as interesting in it’s process as it is in the majestic simplicity in which it performs it’s task. Identifont asks you a series of questions about the characteristics of the font you are trying to identify. As you answer the questions more and more fonts are discounted as viable until you get the font of … + Read More

Top 10 Resources to Download Free Fonts

Ji Sohn — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 20:35:33 +0000

DaFont.com
DaFont is an archive of freely downloadable fonts. Fonts are categorized by theme, and can also be sorted by name, date, and popularity. The site also allows users to enter custom text when previewing fonts.

UrbanFonts.com
UrbanFonts is a great resource for an immense listing of free and commercial fonts. UrbanFont provides a textbox where you can type in your text, play with the font size; tweak it’s font style; font color and background color to get its look-and-feel before you actually download … + Read More