Back in the dark ages of web design, layouts were lumbering beasts with heavy skeletons of nested tables and spacer GIFs. I have no regrets for designing this way; it was the de facto standard, even detailed in web site reference material. But then we entered a renaissance period: we discovered the elegance, freedom, and flexibility of tableless design using semantic (X)HTML and CSS. (more…)
Wenex Technologies
February 23, 2010
February 12, 2010
CSS3 Might Be the Best Prototyping Tool Ever
While CSS2 and CSS2.1 introduced some ambitious elements, it’s CSS3 that’s becoming a real design powerhouse. I have to give credit to 24Ways and Handcrafted CSS to give me compelling examples of applying CSS3 design to prototyping. (more…)
January 9, 2010
The CMS Isn’t Part of the Project; The CMS Is the Project
There’s a common trap into which we fall as a company. Well I’m sure there are several, but I’m just talking about the one for the sake of this post. We will put together a project proposal/contract for a client, collecting abstract feedback from them and turning it into concrete deliverables.
Then comes the bait. The client casually offers, “Oh, and I’d like to be able to update some of the pages myself.”
Eager to please, we return with “Sure, not a problem.” Sproing! Just like that, we’re ensnared. (more…)
February 16, 2009
Does Your Web Site Do The Job?
Having been in the web design business for a little over 10 years, we’ve had occasion to look at hundreds and hundreds of web sites when doing research for our clients in order to “scope out the competition”, and try to do something just a little bit better and a little bit different. While doing this research, a couple of things quickly become apparent. Sites that appear high in search engine ranking show a lot of forethought, planning and effort in presenting a site that is truly representative of the business. It’s also apparent that a lot of money has been invested in a professionally created site. We’ve also seen the other end of the spectrum where businesses in a effort to “doing things on the cheap” have cobbled together a do-it-yourself site just for the sake of having a presence in the Internet. I won’t ruin anybody’s breakfast with details, but we’ve all seen them, haven’t we? (more…)