When Should You Push The Design Envelope?

Jun 122010
 

In the last post, Rob talked about how a “big time fancy design firm” came up with a “blue text on a black background” layout, which can only be difficult to read because of the low contrast between black and blue.

It’s generally agreed that the higher the contrast and resolution, the easier text is to read, with black text on a white background at high dpi (dots per inch) being the easiest. In fact, newspapers and books can achieve higher contrast ratios than a computer monitor, so they seem easier to read. Text displayed at 150 dpi is twice as sharp as a typical video monitor, but HALF the resolution a basic laser printer achieves. Continue reading »

New Years Resolutions

Dec 292008
 

It’s almost that time, time to make a new year resolution. I’m sure many of you have set or are currently considering some 2009 resolutions in regards to weight loss, or the usual banning of the common vices like alcohol. Personally, I’m not a big fan of resolutions. I do like to start off the new year with a fresh start though, so what I do is redefine my goals.

Resolutions for Your Websites

Being that this blog is about improving your website, have you set any resolutions for your site? I hope you have a site plan for your website, or at least a general business plan that reviews the details of your website. If you do, this is the time to review it, and redefine it. I check my site plans every month. I actively manage my time and efforts in a written plan because it is the only way I can get anything done. It’s way to easy to get sidetracked working online. Having a few regular processes/resolutions listed within that site plan can also help speed up the way you do things. It can eliminate errors, it can help identify certain methods that could use some improvement, and you  will reflect a consistent methodology to your regular readers.

What Are Your Website Resolutions?

So for me, and this site, one of my goals/resolutions, is to write more posts in advanced to produce a more regular output. This post, and my last is an example why. My regulars are used to a post or two almost every day, but because of all this vacation time I haven’t made a post in a week. Yes, I watched my numbers go down.

What are some of your resolutions or goals set for your website? I can guess you want more visitors. Are you planning any other methods besides marketing, like site testing?

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