September has come to a close and we’re officially kicking into high holiday gear for the rest of the year. During the holiday seasons, many businesses like to give their web design a temporary spin. However, not every web design idea goes off without a hitch. Here are some of our best do’s and don’ts for making seasonal design changes across your website.
As you design your website, it’s tempting to focus on flash and glamour to attract potential customers. Visual appeal is important, but great design is more than just moving parts, bright colors, and beautiful images. Let’s take a look at the importance of maintaining scannability in your website’s design. How can it make your website not just visually appealing, but user-friendly as well?
Your website’s content is the most important draw for new and returning visitors. Yet, when most people think about content during the design process, they turn straight to words, words, and more words. Yes, at Big D Creative, we specialize in creating great written content for our clients’ sites. We also know the importance of images. A quality picture can still paint a thousand words! Here’s a closer look at how you and your web design team should approach images on your new website.
Coding is a basic technological language that lets web developers tell programs and browsers how to display and run a website. Although coding is second nature to web developers, business owners redesigning their sites may not understand the different coding and terminology involved. When you work with a development team on an important project like a new website, you want to make sure that you can at least speak some of the technical lingo that will pop up from time to time. Here’s a look at some of the basic languages of coding and how even a surface understanding of these terms can be beneficial to your web development project.
As web designers, we all set out to design something unique and innovative to separate our clients from the pack. They often ask about the use of video in websites—whether it’s in a player or playing in the background on the home page. While video marketing in itself can be a successful power play, we review several pros and cons with clients so they can make the best decision. If you’re in the website design process, here are some video pros and cons to consider.
If you’re building a new website, your domain name is one of the most important business decisions you’ll make. Although your domain name isn’t a direct ranking factor on search engines, a memorable and well-branded root domain can increase traffic, which in turn, boosts your rankings. If you’re in the process of developing a new website for your brand, make sure to follow these six tips for selecting a domain name that reels in audience attention and makes your brand a point of authority in your industry.