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Tag Archives: Web Design
What is a web designer, and who are these people?
I just finished meeting with a client who told me that she had met with multiple other designers, and that I was the only one who provided any ideas for marketing her website. It’s pretty unbelievable.
She has a new product that is not yet launched — very under wraps — and wants to spread the word once the product goes live. Other web designers only discussed her website. I talked about a web presence.
Found: Hillary Clinton's web designer
We know who Barack Obama’s web designer is. Let’s find out who Hillary’s web designer is!
I’ve looked through the CSS and there’s no trace of the designer. Anyone know?
Hillary Clinton’s web designer has been found!
Thanks to krs who left a comment below, Hillary’s web designer has been found.
- Design by Mayfield Strategy Group
- Backend by SolutionSet
- Great analysis of website by PoliticalGastronomica.com
A company of few words
The only content on Mayfield’s website is this:
Posted in Design, Politics
Tagged Hillary Clinton, Hillary Web Design, Political Web Design, Politics, Web Design, Web Designer
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WordPress.com finally updates to 2.5 — A review
A picture [of my cat] is worth a thousand words.
I’ve been waiting for WordPress.com to update the administration panel so that I can have galleries. That is the main feature that I’ve been waiting for. Now it’s here, I can finally upload pictures of my cat (and my wife 
)
This will also allow simpler embedding of video, audio, et al. I’m glad it’s finally live.
EDIT: There seem to be a few kinks still with this feature — instead of having thumbnails, the site was loading the full images. This is obviously an issue. Until then, you get a thumbnail of my cat in the grass.
Posted in Blogging
Tagged Blogger, Blogging, editor, gallery, Google, images, Web Design, WordPress, wordpress 2.5
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Katz Web Design re-branding — New logo and website preview
The current KWD website was never a permanent solution, but it was the direction I had been going. That has changed. I am proud to officially announce a rebranding of Katz Web Design, and give a preview of what’s to come.
The new logo (draft)
The future website (draft)
Click on image for a higher-resolution screenshot.
What do you think?
Post a comment below.
Posted in Design, KWS
Tagged Branding, Design, graphic design, Logo, Logo Design, Rebranding, Web Design, Website, Website Redesign
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How does a 30% conversion rate sound?
I like to brag every now and then.
When we set out to design a landing page for my Denver client, we had our eyes set on a minimum 2% conversion rate for their pay-per-click campaign. Currently, we’re achieving a 15.94% overall conversion rate. I made some tweaks to the form design last week, and for the past 6 days, the landing page is getting a 30% conversion rate (that’s pretty good )
Posted in Design, KWS
Tagged Amazon, Analytics, Conversion Rate, Design, Funnel, Landing Page, Landing Page Design, Portfolio, Squeeze Page, Web Design
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Warning: Create your website at your own risk!
We know better now.
My wife and I have just bought our first house. It has been updated, it looks great, and we’re slowly making it our own. When we bought it, we planned on installing our own laminate flooring. We bought a circular saw, read a few how-to articles, and felt generally pretty confident. It can’t be that hard!
Each day after work, my wife and I would come to our new house to work on the floors. We started in the small room to get a handle on the process. To make a long (and painful) story short, 8 hours in, we had only completed about 30 square feet. It was a disaster.
By doing flooring ourselves, we managed to:
- Turn our new house into a source of frustration
- Spend valuable energy
- Waste three nights of our lives
- Burn ourselves out
In the end, we hired a professional. Now the project is done, and it looks great.
Posted in Design
Tagged Amateur, Career, Development, DIY, House, Professional, Projects, Web Content, Web Design
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How to Define Your Website Audience – includes a PDF sample!
This two-page PDF file is an example of how to define your website audience. When you create a website, it’s important to have in mind for whom you’re designing.
When designing landing pages, it is especially important to focus on an audience and craft every piece of content to fit that profile.
Feel free to use the audience profile PDF as an outline for your projects.
Defining Your Website Audience (250.6 KiB, 2,582 hits)
Posted in Design
Tagged Audience, Content, Development, Planning, Profile, Projects, Web Content, Web Design
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Content is king…when can I get it?
As a web designer / developer, my job is pretty straight forward: I design a website, code it, and add the content. But that’s not all. I’ve also got to be a pest, hounding clients for content.
At the beginning of each project, it’s always a good idea to get a firm grasp on exactly what content is going to be on the website. Defining a site map is vital to developing a website. A simple list helps you figure out what is needed. Below is a sample:
- About us
- Employees
- Bio paragraphs
- Head shots
- Employees
Posted in Design, KWS
Tagged Clients, Content, Customer Service, Deadlines, Deliverables, Development, Invoice, Invoicing, Projects, Self-employment, Timelines, Web Design
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Exploring and learning: Are you taking alternate routes?
When you first move to a new city, you aren’t familiar with the roads. You buy a map to help guide you, you ask Google how to get you from here to there most efficiently, and you stop and ask people directions.
After you’ve lived in the city for a while, you become familiar and confident. You start to understand the road naming conventions, the north/south corridors that are the fastest, the quickest way downtown from your location.
The more experience you have with the city, the better you understand how to arrive exactly where you want to without running into any snags. But yet, there’s always more to learn.
Like a city, every profession has its own learning curve. Are you exploring past your comfort zone?
