Category: Web Design
Visible Logic's Blog Listed on Alltop
We’re proud to announce that this very blog has become part of Alltop. What is Alltop? Alltop.com is a Web site that lists hundreds of current newsfeeds and blogs by category, and you can find Visible Logic’s Design Advances Success blog at design.alltop.com Alltop describes itself by saying: The purpose of Alltop is to help you answer the question, “What’s happening?” in “all the topics” that interest you. … You can think of Alltop as the “online magazine rack” of the web. We’ve subscribed to thousands of sources to provide “aggregation without aggravation.” Obviously readers could find and subscribe to all these sources themselves, but Guy Kawasaki, the Alltop founder, estimates that 99% of internet users don’t use RSS feeds. So he does the subscribing for you. More importantly, Alltop does the curating and organizing. So we’re proud to be listed alongside some other great design blogs. Take a look, you can create your own individual “front page” of stories […]
Read More...How to Keep Your Web Site Resolutions
Does your New Year’s resolution include: “re-do” you web site? To actually see results you need a more specific goal, a clear motive for doing it, and steps to follow along the way. And often times there are problems on multiple levels, but defining those different areas can help you put together a plan to address them.
Read More...Web Design 2010: Trends for Effective Web Development
At Visible Logic, we’ve been designing Web sites since we started the company in 2001. Over that time, Web design has become a larger and larger share of our business, as small business owners realize the ROI of Web site development. Over this time, we’ve watched advancements in Web site development, and increased our own capabilities. Building robust sites for small businesses is more affordable; and more critical. The recession has forced us all to do more with less and to focus our spending where it will have a strong impact. Here are my thoughts on how a small business owner should move forward with a Web design or redevelopment project in 2010. Content Management Systems: Content that is educational, inviting and up-to-date is key to drawing web traffic. We are trying to build all new web sites with Content Management Systems (CMS). That means you the business owner, without any HTML skills, can edit your pages, update images and […]
Read More...7 Reasons Why Your Web Site is NOT Finished
After months of work, you are finally ready to present your new web site to the world. And you’re also pretty excited to have that big project finally done. Unfortunately, you need to budget for continual attention.
Read More...Information Sells: Give Customers Enough to Complete the Sale
This weekend I spent time at what may become one of my favorite spots in Maine. It was an apple orchard + bakery + home-roasted espresso bar. Those are three of my favorite things in life. However, their lack of information in the bakery nearly made me overlook several items. The more I knew, the more I wanted to buy. The bakery case was filled with different goodies. I knew from reading their web site that they were supposed to have many items that featured their own, organic apples. So I wanted to choose one of those. But nothing was labeled. So, I started asking: “What is that?”, “What is that?”, “What is that?” as I pointed to anything looking apple-y looking. My first two guesses were incorrect, and as I sensed the line growing behind me, I was feeling some pressure to make a decision. I knew the donuts were cider donuts (they had been advertised on the web […]
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