Web Design Category

Sorting Photos in NextGEN Gallery

by Jacqueline Sinex
Wednesday, January 8th, 2014

NextGEN Gallery is a great photo gallery plugin for WordPress.  It has a familiar photo album feel that many social media users like, and the flexibility to organize hundreds of photos into different galleries for various subjects, services, or events. After you create your galleries and upload some photos, you might want to better control […]

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Is Mobile-Friendly Design Important for My Business?

by Jacqueline Sinex
Wednesday, July 24th, 2013

How much does it affect your business when your website was designed with only desktop computer screens in mind? Does it even matter? The answer to this relies on a few factors, including your industry and audience type.  The most important metric to know is simply How many of your visitors are using mobile devices to […]

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Designing a Great Meetup Page

by Jacqueline Sinex
Monday, April 8th, 2013

Meetup.com, the popular and rapidly growing community for group gatherings, updated its design tools in April 2013. Many of us participate in business-related events on Meetup to network with area professionals, meet like-minded experts and connect with our communities.  It can also be quite fun to help manage a Meetup. Meetup provides a strong platform

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Mobile Theme Design for WordPress

by Jacqueline Sinex
Monday, March 25th, 2013

“Mobile-friendly” is a buzzword lately with businesses.  Small businesses want to know how to easily develop an attractive mobile website. If you have a WordPress-based website, updating your web design with mobile-friendliness may be easier than you think. WordPress software is easily customized using “themes”.  Your website ha

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The Best Is Yet to Come: How to Top the Best-Of Lists

by Brian Disbot
Friday, December 21st, 2012

Every year, the holiday season ushers in a time of reflection and adoration. We reflect with friends and family at Christmas, Hanukkah, and New Year’s celebrations, connecting with those whom we cherish most in our lives. The holiday season also means an outpouring of best-of lists. Best-of lists are a holiday staple; they will be […]

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5 Reasons to Hire a Professional Web Designer

by Jacqueline Sinex
Tuesday, December 11th, 2012

With a new year comes business planning, and marketing yourself online should be part of that plan.  Make part of your plan to hire a professional web designer to help you execute your vision. Here are 5 reasons to hire a web design professional rather than try to tackle building a website yourself. 1. Brand […]

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WordPress: Why It’s The Most Popular Platform

by Lizzy Cederberg
Wednesday, October 17th, 2012

It has been downloaded over 56 million times and 22% of all new websites use it. We’re talking, of course, about WordPress, the free, open-source blog and content management system (CMS) that has taken the Internet by storm. What’s so great about it? It’s easy to use, it’s free, and developers and users alike love […]

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A Delicate Balance: Efficiency vs. Quality

by Brian Disbot
Monday, October 15th, 2012

We encounter so much power through ever-changing technologies. From the age of home phones to smartphones that can track you anywhere in the world, within the past ten years alone we have embraced truly revolutionary advancements in communication and computer science. The wealth of resources that we have at our disposal can be overwhelming at […]

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