Websites on the iPhone and iPad


Two problems with iPhone and iPad compatibility that can affect your decision to adjust your website.

AJAX and Usability – Click Response


Click response is important to users, and should be important to developers too. Here’s why.

Size and scale of Products on online shops


When photographing products for your online shop, how do you show size and scale? It’s a tough one…

Searching Your Site


Once your site has built up a reasonable body of content, it is usually a good idea to add a search function to the site, to make it easier for your visitors to find the information they need. This is, after all, the primary purpose of putting the information on the site in the first […]

Web-Safe Fonts


A few do’s and don’ts for working with web-safe and non-web-safe fonts on your website.

Don’t ‘psych out’ your visitors…


This morning I thought I’d write a quick post outlining one of the important aspects of our website design philosophy: never offer your visitors something they can’t have. Do you remember how, when you were little, your brother or sister or cousin used to hold something out for you, and then as you grabbed for […]

5 Steps to a Website That Works For You


This is a bit of a generalisation, but these five areas cover most of what is required to make any website successful: Step 1: Business Analysis The very first step is to decide what you need the website for. A website is a tool, and a tool does something. You need to take a good […]

Page-flip – online magazine reader


You see it all over: A really neat virtual book or magazine where you can simply click & drag to page through. It’s one of the best pieces of interaction on the web, mainly because it effectively re-creates a real-world experience – no plugins or experience needed. We cover how to set it up, and discuss issues and solutions.

Flash Maps


If a business has a number of branches or stores around the country, we’ll often think of using Flash to show the spread of those stores and to link to store details. Now Flash can be good, but it can also irritate website visitors no end, so it’s a good idea to give a quick a run-down of the thinking that goes into using Flash to show store locations.

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