Why Should I Pay For Maintenance? “Now that my site is finished, I can just leave it until I want to change it, right?” You wouldn’t say that about your vegetable garden! Much like your garden, a website is a complicated thing with a lot of dependent moving parts. It’s a living, interactive representation of [Read More…]
Branding 101
Branding What is it good for? Everything actually!!! Start with a style guide A style guide is a catch-all name for anything that represents your branding look and feel. It is a set of guidelines for color and font, what to use them for and what NOT to use them for. If you use [Read More…]
WordPress Plugins: Why and How
WHAT ARE WORDPRESS PLUGINS? WordPress plugins are individual pieces of software that you can download and install to your WordPress website. You can think of them a little like apps for your smartphone. Just as you can download an app to add a new feature to your phone, you can use a plugin to add [Read More…]
USING THE CHEAPEST HOST YOU CAN FIND
Shouldn’t I try to save money on hosting? Everyone wants to keep costs low but the most frustrating part of a crummy host is that you will think that there’s something wrong with your site. It’s like driving a sports car on a dirt road. If you are starting from scratch it will likely take [Read More…]
Your Best Homepage
First Impressions Matter Attention spans are notoriously short on the web. Users will minimize time spent by quickly scanning a site for useful or appealing content. By some accounts, users decide whether to investigate or move on within the first 7 seconds. The homepage is often the first point of contact that visitors have with [Read More…]