Without hovering your mouse over my logo found in the header of this site, do you think it links to my home page? I’m certain that most of you think it will.

Predictable web design is knowing your users, and knowing how they expect your website to work. Here are a few important methods to make any site more predictable for its users. Continue reading »

 

The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has a new little tool for webmasters. It’s the W3C Cheatsheet. Though the page is lacking in luster when it comes to description (I had to guess what to do when first using it), it packs a fully loaded archive of all your HTML and CSS element attributes.

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To use the tool you simply type in the HTML element you want to know more about, and W3C delivers all of the elements attributes. Knowing how to address those attributes is up to you, but I’m guessing will come in very handy for many of us.

 

Recently asked on how much it costs to build a 75 page website on what I will call Subject A, I thought this might be a good time to explain a way to calculate this. Possibly even, on how not to calculate this.

I get this question repeatedly, “How much does it cost to build a basic website?” My answer? It’s $10 plus my hourly rate if you want anything extra on the site. Example of $10 website without extras. Anyone want one? Continue reading »

 

Two months ago I added the Tweetmeme button to my blog. Two weeks after that, I wrote about how it appeared to be doubling my Twitter Traffic. In that post I started out by saying that I may be jumping the gun on this subject. Apparently, I did. Continue reading »

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I saw this headline found on Yahoo today, and I can’t help but saying…Duh. Most kids don’t like to read. The article, “Is Blogging a Slog? Some Young People Think So” was about how researchers found out that young people don’t like to read long blogs or articles anymore. Like they ever did. Comically written in a nearly 1,000 word article, I guess the young people today will not be reading it.

To ensure that this post is short enough for everyone to read, I leave you this picture to do the talking.

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Whether you have a new website or old, taking inventory of all of your content is an important step for ensuring easy navigation. Something I have repeated many times to clients, your website is a reflection of your planning. The clarity of the reflection largely depends on how you organize your content. Poor organization, often equals poor reflection. Continue reading »

 

Bam! January gone. How the heck did that happen? Here are the top posts and pages viewed on Best Web Image for the month of January, 2010, a month now forever gone. Continue reading »