Usability & Design

Usability and Design Tips for your website.

Roger, Copy that Body Treatment, Over

Posted on: Tuesday, March 16th, 2010 in: Business Side, Usability & Design

A list of primary items that make a up body copy for online content..

Testing Your Journal

Posted on: Thursday, March 11th, 2010 in: Analytics, BWI, Usability & Design

Keep notes on changes made. I made a change to my site that I believe was a rock solid good idea. It turned out to be a dud, having a negative impact on my site.

Hiding User Functions in Plain Site

Posted on: Tuesday, March 9th, 2010 in: Usability & Design

Jakob reminds us to not forget the user in our design, and to be wary of using a user interface for multiple tasks.

Google Looks to Improve Their Own On-site SEO

Posted on: Monday, March 8th, 2010 in: Code, Usability & Design

Google releases their own SEO report card. See how you can improve your own on-site SEO, and also improve your HTML.

The Difference a Test Can Make

Posted on: Thursday, March 4th, 2010 in: Usability & Design

Why testing your site with more than one browser is a good idea. Ticket site used as an example.

Creating Wordpress Themes Made Easy

Posted on: Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010 in: Usability & Design

I don’t know about you, but I’ve been working with WordPress for many, many years, and have greatly admired people who can create wonderful WordPress themes. The most I can do is log into the WordPress admin area and scroll through the different available themes, download one and click “activate”. Badda Bing. Job done. But [...]

Giant Image Syndrome

Posted on: Thursday, February 25th, 2010 in: Code, Graphic Design, Usability & Design

How giant images within your website can completely mess up your layout.

TweetMeme WordPress Plugin Updated

Posted on: Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010 in: Usability & Design

The TweetMeme plugin for WordPress has just updated. Review of what they did to it.

Justifying the Content, Justifying the Format

Posted on: Thursday, February 18th, 2010 in: Sites Reviewed, Usability & Design

It’s all about justify, how to use justify to format text, and how to justify what content needs to be seen.

The Benefits of Validating HTML

Posted on: Thursday, February 18th, 2010 in: Code, Usability & Design

How validating HTML benefits the developer. Part 3 of 3.

Why Validating HTML is Important to the User

Posted on: Wednesday, February 17th, 2010 in: Code, Usability & Design

Reasons Why Validating HTML is Important to the User. Part 2 of a three part post.

Reasons Why Validating HTML is Important to You

Posted on: Tuesday, February 16th, 2010 in: Code, Software, Usability & Design

In the next two posts I will list some real reasons why validating html will benefit the user, and how it will benefit YOU.

Test Document Readability

Posted on: Friday, February 12th, 2010 in: Sites Reviewed, Software, Usability & Design

Review of the Document Readability Test created by Online-Utility.org.

Top Ten Website Mistakes for 2009

Posted on: Thursday, February 11th, 2010 in: BWI, Usability & Design

Top ten website mistakes made in regards to usability and design for the year 2009.

Expectations Fulfilled Thanks to Predictable Web Design

Posted on: Tuesday, February 9th, 2010 in: Usability & Design

The importance and methods how to make your website predictable for its users.

How Much Does it Cost to Build a Website?

Posted on: Friday, February 5th, 2010 in: Business Side, Usability & Design

Tips on how to not waste your money getting a website. You don’t want a website.

Blogging a Slog?

Posted on: Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010 in: Usability & Design

Young people are reading less blogs. Go figure. Funny picture.

Content Inventory, A Key for Having a Great Site

Posted on: Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010 in: Usability & Design

Taking inventory of your web content, organizing it, and improve your website navigation.

Free Meta Tag Analyzer

Posted on: Wednesday, January 27th, 2010 in: Code, Software, Usability & Design

One of my favorite online tools I like to use is SEOCentro’s Meta Tag Analyzer, brief review.

Testing Your Call to Action

Posted on: Tuesday, January 26th, 2010 in: Business Side, Usability & Design

Testing your websites call to action as if it were a advertisement. Your paying for it too!