Austin Web Design Archives

Typography: What Your Font Says About You

by Brian Disbot
Tuesday, May 15th, 2012

There is a realm within the world of web design that holds typography as the “holy grail” of design and aesthetics. Thousands of books, articles, and videos have been produced to focus specifically on fonts, their design, and their effectiveness. While many people are unaware of this massive and ever-expanding subject, it is important to […]

“502 Forbidden” : The Importance of Usability Tests

by Brian Disbot
Wednesday, April 4th, 2012

One of the most important aspects of a website is usability. Web usability is defined as the flow of your website from page to page. In other words, it is a measure of how well your website is put together and whether improvements are needed to clarify or completely redo a part of the site. […]

Quick Tip: HTML (HyperText Markup Language)

by Brian Disbot
Monday, April 2nd, 2012

Today almost everyone has a website of some sort. Whether it’s for business or pleasure, we are all connected to the Internet. Social media websites give you a generic, yet customizable theme that allows you to express yourself by posting text, pictures, videos, and listing your likes and dislikes. The World Wide Web encompasses so […]

Beware of Fraud Alert Emails

by Jacqueline Sinex
Monday, March 19th, 2012

There is a new wave of phishing spam emails hitting inboxes lately. A “phishing” scam involves an effort to try and gather sensitive information from you, such as banking information. These are among the most dangerous types of “spam” you can receive. Some of the emails that scammers send have a branded appearance of a [&helli

Visually Striking: Embedding Videos into Your Website

by Brian Disbot
Wednesday, February 29th, 2012

We are a visually oriented society; from films and photography to illustration and art, we are stimulated in unique ways by endlessly varying combinations of pictures and motion. It follows that designing a website is a visually intense, interactive experience. There are many different aspects of style and design to consider. Whether aligning a page, [&h

Why Are Custom Fields Hidden in WordPress?

by Jacqueline Sinex
Wednesday, February 15th, 2012

You are working on the most amazing blog post known to man, and you just need to adjust one last custom field before publishing. But where in the world are your custom fields? I just know they are supposed to be there – and my coworker who logged in yesterday could see them fine. Don’t […]

Website Project Management

by Jacqueline Sinex
Wednesday, January 25th, 2012

I am one of the first to admit it, there is a lot of web design talent out there. In fact, there are a lot of talented web designers right here in Austin. But even the most talented web designer can fail at providing a good solution to the client. A large part of the […]

Compromising for E-Commerce: Order Request Forms

by Jacqueline Sinex
Thursday, January 19th, 2012

Not everyone is prepared for a large e-commerce website development project. Done right, a shopping cart-driven website can be rewarding for a business, but it is also an involved project and it requires some comfort with the idea of managing orders online. In other cases, a company may produce too many special order kinds of […]

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