Oh the website value calculator… These worthless things seem to spawn faster than the speed of light. They may be all over the internet, but that doesn’t mean that they have any real value. These things should never be taken seriously to judge the true value of your website. (continue reading…)
Tag: web design
Website Value Calculators Suck…
Five 90′s Web Design Trends We Don’t Miss
Oh, the 90′s. The internet was beginning to catch on with the introduction of AOL, and web design was at it’s infancy. Many websites had some annoying features we are glad have died out, such as scrolling text, customized scrollbars and much more. Below we review the top five worst web design trends and why we are glad they have died out.
How to Choose a Web Designer
In today’s world having a website is crucial to the success of your business. Your website acts as an information source for current customers and also as an advertising mechanism to attract new customers to your business. That is why choosing the right web designer is important for your business.
Web Templates vs. Custom Design
When building a new website – whether you do it yourself or hire a professional website designer, there are a lot of considerations to be made. One of the most important decisions is how the website should be designed – and whether to cough up the money for a custom layout or purchase a web template.
Replacements for Captcha
If you’ve been on the internet for more than 10 minutes you’ve probably had to fill out a form that requires a Captcha code. Captchas are the annoying, practically illegible bits of text you must retype to verify you are human. The problem is a lot of humans can’t even read that crap! So instead of just complaining, we are offering a solution.
Earn Extra Money as a Freelance Web Designer
by Mike McKeown
Freelance web design can offer freedoms a regular 9-5 job can’t. You can set your own hours, you are your own boss, and you can take the projects you want to take. The downside is there is no guarantee of income. If times are a little slow for your freelance business there are a few things you can do to bring in a little extra income.
Validating Markup of Popular Websites
by Mike McKeown
Webmasters constantly are told they should validate their code for answers using the W3C Validator. Many websites even have buttons at the bottom of their page to prove that their code is valid. This got me thinking “how do the web’s most popular sites stack up?” The results may be a little surprising.
What’s New in HTML5
by Mike McKeown
Web designers have been hearing about HTML5 for a little while now. But what is different? Audio and video support, structural elements and dropped tags (to name a few) brings HTML into the 21st Century… finally.
Here are some (but not all) examples of what is new in HTML5:
The Death of IE6 – A Great Moment for Web Design
by Mike McKeown
Internet Explorer 6 is dying, and that is great news for web designers. IE6 is one of the greatest hindrances in modern web design. First, it does not properly support important elements of CSS, which means extra work for designers. IE6 can render beautifully crafted validated code in a very ugly manner.
How Much Should I Charge for Website Design?
by Mike McKeown
Many new website designers, and even some more experienced ones struggle with pricing out website design. Designers don’t want to charge too little and not make enough money, or charge too much and not get enough business.
Luckily on Pearsonified there is a great guide to learn how to price out websites. You can view the article “How Much Should a Web Design Cost” by clicking this little link. I am not even going to try to re-write it… this guide is all you need. The comments are also worth checking out.