Hopefully, many of you with a website have at least a few primary goals set for it. You may be trying to sell a product, get subscribers, educate, and the list goes on. Do you have goals set for those goals though? If you want to improve your website, having performance goals for your primary goals is a required step. Continue reading »
Jan 192010
Jan 142010
A fairly important usability tip for web design is to make sure you include all the important details to support your content. A couple examples would be to make sure table columns have labeled headings, and all graph data is labeled.This may seem to be an incredibly obvious tip, but even the big boys make these kind of mistakes.
Example of Not Double Checking
Here is an example of Yahoo not labeling the comic on the page specifically designed to show it. Additionally, though it is not seen in the screenshot, the title of the page does not reflect the comic name either. Not one clue to the name of this comic. Continue reading »
Online content often refers to other online content, especially in a blog like this. Linking to other sites, videos, or photos is how we share our interests. In my case, I often refer to other content as an example on what to do or not do. However, two things need to be considered when we do this: user action and reader comprehension. Continue reading »
Jan 122010
Please excuse my blog, or other blogs. Not all websites are built the same, and the advice to limit text on the home page may not apply to you. In most cases though, limiting prose text on the home page is good advice, and this can even be applied to a blog.
Websites need tag lines or introduction messages. It helps the new visitors out immensely. What new visitors don’t need is a huge paragraph or two on the home page, explaining the website. Leave that for an about us page.
Imagine eBay with Prose Text
Using eBay as an example, you can see why using too much, or in eBay’s case, any unnecessary text would be a complete waste of time.
Here is a screenshot of their home page now: Continue reading »
Recently, I’ve become a little turned off by some more popular blogs that are becoming primarily filled with guest authors content, and wondered how others felt about blogs and reading guest posts.
If you read blogs on a regular basis, I would love your vote on this poll:
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WordPress users. Are you using WordPress version 2.9, and find your schedule posts are not working? Well it’s time for yet another upgrade, version 2.9.1. This latest updated is pretty limited in changes, but it was necessary. Schedule posts are a big deal for many of us, and depending on your server, the last update may have been driving you crazy. It’s always a good idea to keep up to date on your software anyhow. Continue reading »
Jan 042010
Still brainstorming for this years blog posts, I knew I still had to come up with something for the first business day of the year. I decided to write about the most important thing I can stress, site wide CONSISTENCY.
If You Want a Great Website
If you want a great website, you need consistency. The site needs to be consistent in format, usage, and even in your sites code. Your code is where it all starts, and slop on the server side reflects the same on the user side. Here are a few tips to keep your site consistent throughout. Continue reading »
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