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Saturday, October 1, 2022
Wednesday, September 28, 2022
Skills and Techniques : User Experience Design and Interactive Design
User understanding of the content of a website often depends on user understanding of how the website works. This is part of the user experience design. User experience is related to layout, clear instructions and labeling on a website. How well a user understands how they can interact on a site may also depend on the interactive design of the site. If a user perceives the usefulness of the website, they are more likely to continue using it. Users who are skilled and well versed with website use may find a more distinctive, yet less intuitive or less user-friendly website interface useful nonetheless. However, users with less experience are less likely to see the advantages or usefulness of a less intuitive website interface. This drives the trend for a more universal user experience and ease of access to accommodate as many users as possible regardless of user skill. Much of the user experience design and interactive design are considered in the user interface design.
Advanced interactive functions may require plug-ins if not advanced coding language skills. Choosing whether or not to use interactivity that requires plug-ins is a critical decision in user experience design. If the plug-in doesn't come pre-installed with most browsers, there's a risk that the user will have neither the know how or the patience to install a plug-in just to access the content. If the function requires advanced coding language skills, it may be too costly in either time or money to code compared to the amount of enhancement the function will add to the user experience. There's also a risk that advanced interactivity may be incompatible with older browsers or hardware configurations. Publishing a function that doesn't work reliably is potentially worse for the user experience than making no attempt. It depends on the target audience if it's likely to be needed or worth any risks.
Sunday, September 25, 2022
The power of local directories
One of the best ways to connect with customers online is to get listed in local directories. In this lesson we’ll show you:
- where to start
- how to list your business
- how to manage your local profiles.
TO LEARN MORE HOW WE CAN HELP YOU, CALL US TODAY:
Ryan Stone @ 707-480-0959 /or
Terry Minion @ 707-434-9967
Thursday, September 22, 2022
Monday, September 19, 2022
Skills and Techniques : Marketing and Communication Design
Marketing and communication design on a website may identify what works for its target market. This can be an age group or particular strand of culture; thus the designer may understand the trends of its audience. Designers may also understand the type of website they are designing, meaning, for example, that (B2B) business-to-business website design considerations might differ greatly from a consumer targeted website such as a retail or entertainment website. Careful consideration might be made to ensure that the aesthetics or overall design of a site do not clash with the clarity and accuracy of the content or the ease of web navigation, especially on a B2B website. Designers may also consider the reputation of the owner or business the site is representing to make sure they are portrayed favourably.
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Friday, September 16, 2022
Using digital to advertise locally
Local advertising is a great, affordable (sometimes even free) way to connect with customers who are close at hand. In this lesson we’ll talk about:
- why local advertising is important
- where you can advertise online to local customers
- some special features of “local” ads.
TO LEARN MORE HOW WE CAN HELP YOU, CALL US TODAY:
Ryan Stone @ 707-480-0959 /or
Terry Minion @ 707-434-9967
Tuesday, September 13, 2022
Saturday, September 10, 2022
History of Web Design 2001-2012 and Later...
2001–2012
Since the start of the 21st century the web has become more and more integrated into peoples lives. As this has happened the technology of the web has also moved on. There have also been significant changes in the way people use and access the web, and this has changed how sites are designed.
Since the end of the browsers wars new browsers have been released. Many of these are open source meaning that they tend to have faster development and are more supportive of new standards. The new options are considered by many to be better than Microsoft's Internet Explorer.
The W3C has released new standards for HTML (HTML5) and CSS (CSS3), as well as new JavaScript API's, each as a new but individual standard.[when?] While the term HTML5 is only used to refer to the new version of HTML and some of the JavaScript API's, it has become common to use it to refer to the entire suite of new standards (HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript).
2012 and later
With the improvement of 3G and LTE internet coverage, large part of website traffic became mobile-generated. This affected the web design industry, pushing it towards minimalistic, lightened and simplistic style. In particular, the "Mobile first" approach emerged, which implies creating website design with mobile-oriented layout first, and then adapting it to higher screen dimensions.
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Wednesday, September 7, 2022
Measuring success in email marketing
Knowing whether your email campaigns are successful will help you take the right actions when it comes time to improving them. In this lesson, we'll explore:
- why email metrics are important in evaluating campaign success
- five useful metrics that can help you understand email performance
- how to draw insights from the email metrics gathered.
TO LEARN MORE HOW WE CAN HELP YOU, CALL US TODAY:
Ryan Stone @ 707-480-0959 /or
Terry Minion @ 707-434-9967
Sunday, September 4, 2022
Thursday, September 1, 2022
Evolution of Web Design
In 1996, Microsoft released its first competitive browser, which was complete with its own features and HTML tags. It was also the first browser to support style sheets, which at the time was seen as an obscure authoring technique and is today an important aspect of web design. The HTML markup for tables was originally intended for displaying tabular data. However designers quickly realized the potential of using HTML tables for creating the complex, multi-column layouts that were otherwise not possible. At this time, as design and good aesthetics seemed to take precedence over good mark-up structure, and little attention was paid to semantics and web accessibility. HTML sites were limited in their design options, even more so with earlier versions of HTML. To create complex designs, many web designers had to use complicated table structures or even use blank spacer .GIF images to stop empty table cells from collapsing. CSS was introduced in December 1996 by the W3C to support presentation and layout. This allowed HTML code to be semantic rather than both semantic and presentational, and improved web accessibility, see tableless web design.
In 1996, Flash (originally known as FutureSplash) was developed. At the time, the Flash content development tool was relatively simple compared to now, using basic layout and drawing tools, a limited precursor to ActionScript, and a timeline, but it enabled web designers to go beyond the point of HTML, animated GIFs and JavaScript. However, because Flash required a plug-in, many web developers avoided using it for fear of limiting their market share due to lack of compatibility. Instead, designers reverted to gif animations (if they didn't forego using motion graphics altogether) and JavaScript for widgets. But the benefits of Flash made it popular enough among specific target markets to eventually work its way to the vast majority of browsers, and powerful enough to be used to develop entire sites.
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Monday, August 29, 2022
Managing successful email campaigns
There’s a lot to manage when running an email campaign - use these strategies to set yourself up for success. Here we’ll explore how to:
- use A/B testing to improve engagement
- create relevant campaign landing pages
- measure the performance of your email campaigns.
TO LEARN MORE HOW WE CAN HELP YOU, CALL US TODAY:
Ryan Stone @ 707-480-0959 /or
Terry Minion @ 707-434-9967
Friday, August 26, 2022
Tuesday, August 23, 2022
The Start of the Web and Web Design
In 1989, whilst working at CERN Tim Berners-Lee proposed to create a global hypertext project, which later became known as the World Wide Web. During 1991 to 1993 the World Wide Web was born. Text-only pages could be viewed using a simple line-mode browser. In 1993 Marc Andreessen and Eric Bina, created the Mosaic browser. At the time there were multiple browsers, however the majority of them were Unix-based and naturally text heavy. There had been no integrated approach to graphic design elements such as images or sounds. The Mosaic browser broke this mould. The W3C was created in October 1994 to "lead the World Wide Web to its full potential by developing common protocols that promote its evolution and ensure its interoperability." This discouraged any one company from monopolizing a propriety browser and programming language, which could have altered the effect of the World Wide Web as a whole. The W3C continues to set standards, which can today be seen with JavaScript and other languages. In 1994 Andreessen formed Mosaic Communications Corp. that later became known as Netscape Communications, the Netscape 0.9 browser. Netscape created its own HTML tags without regard to the traditional standards process. For example, Netscape 1.1 included tags for changing background colours and formatting text with tables on web pages. Throughout 1996 to 1999 the browser wars began, as Microsoft and Netscape fought for ultimate browser dominance. During this time there were many new technologies in the field, notably Cascading Style Sheets, JavaScript, and Dynamic HTML. On the whole, the browser competition did lead to many positive creations and helped web design evolve at a rapid pace.
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Saturday, August 20, 2022
Crafting great marketing emails
Your email marketing campaigns will change, but the goal remains the same. You want to craft attention-grabbing emails that encourage action. With a few tips, you can market your business like a pro. In this video, we’ll explore how to:
- use subject lines to make a good first impression
- write concise content with strong calls to action
- include helpful links for customers.
TO LEARN MORE HOW WE CAN HELP YOU, CALL US TODAY:
Ryan Stone @ 707-480-0959 /or
Terry Minion @ 707-434-9967
Wednesday, August 17, 2022
Sunday, August 14, 2022
History of Web Design
1988–2001
Although web design has a fairly recent history. It can be linked to other areas such as graphic design, user experience, and multimedia arts, but is more aptly seen from a technological standpoint. It has become a large part of people's everyday lives. It is hard to imagine the Internet without animated graphics, different styles of typography, background, videos and music.
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Thursday, August 11, 2022
Email marketing basics
Sending newsletters and special offers to customers via email can play a key part in your overall marketing plan, building and strengthening relationships with your customers. In this video, we’ll explore:
- developing a contact list
- targeting audiences based on interests
- building relationships with customers.
TO LEARN MORE HOW WE CAN HELP YOU, CALL US TODAY:
Ryan Stone @ 707-480-0959 /or
Terry Minion @ 707-434-9967
Monday, August 8, 2022
Friday, August 5, 2022
Web Design
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