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Text Formatting in a CMS – CSS for Clients

Posted February 23rd, 2010 by Chrisi Reid in Content Management, Usability, Web Design, Website Development

So, you’ve designed and built a visually attractive website, uploaded the client’s content and you’re about to turn it over to the client to maintain themselves. You’ve used the latest in CSS to create a fantastic look and feel for the site, and you intend to add this site to your portfolio as a showpiece. The client is thrilled with how the site looks, and can’t wait to start search engine marketing or pay-per-click campaigns to get the traffic coming in.

Hold on just one moment… how much does your client know about CSS – and how long is the site content going to retain the look and feel they’re so pleased with if they’re not confident with HTML?

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Using the Web to Listen, Learn and Engage

Posted February 23rd, 2010 by John-Paul in Miscellaneous, Social Media Marketing, Usability

As web behaviour evolves, online and offline marketing need to evolve with it. The World Wide Web has not only brought everyone closer, it is also bringing about a significant shift in attitudes toward consumers, including the recognition of their value as customers. Brands that recognise this shift, and successfully engage with their customers will win the day.
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January Sales and Poor Landing Pages….

Posted December 30th, 2009 by John-Paul in Accessibility, Advertising, Usability

And so the January sales have started, after trawling round shops during Christmas I have decided to look for bargains on-line in the January Sales. Being an avid climber I started looking for the best deals on Climbing Boots and was surprised at the number of website that had very poor landing pages or links to the correct product page.
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Shopping Online for the Holidays

Posted December 7th, 2009 by Chrisi Reid in Fun, Usability

This year I’m trying to make things easier for myself by doing my Christmas shopping online.  It has a lot to recommend it – I don’t have to fight my way through a busy town centre to get to the shops, nor do I have to carry heavy parcels home with me.

But there are things any e-commerce website should do to give its customers the best possible online experience, especially when you’re talking about busy shopping times.
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The Future of the Web: Brief intro to HTML 5

Posted November 27th, 2009 by in Usability, Web Design, Website Development

Some designers will embrace its arrival, others will simply dismiss its existence but the fact of the matter is that new technology in the web arena is becoming ever more apparent. “It’s too far in the future” some may scream, but either way we have all heard the hype around the next best thing in web development HTML 5.

Although it’s a big leap in what many designers are used to, it is something that all designers must accept will happen in the future. So why not learn the ins and outs of mark up such as HTML 5? Knowing something of this kind will not hinder your progress as a designer, simply give you the upper hand when “d day “ does come around and XHTML is something of the past. (more…)

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CSS 3: New Tools For Web Designers

Posted November 25th, 2009 by Daniel Fielding in Usability, Web Design, Web Standards, Website Development

CSS is used in web design to define the way your pages are presented. It’s a styling language first standardised in 1996 as a way to give designers more power and reduce the complexity of HTML documents. Before its creation, all aspects of page appearance such as colours, sizes, borders and spacing were part of the HTML mark-up. This meant that even simple pages quickly became a large mess of code and the same statements had to be repeated over and over throughout a website.

The idea behind CSS is that it separates the presentational code from the content, so that HTML documents can remain clean and simple with multiple documents all pulling their styles from a single CSS file. This allows pages to be built quicker, with less repetition, and makes any future maintenance or design changes much easier. (more…)

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