Web Design Articles

Read some of the articles we've written on website design, writing, and marketing. There is some great stuff here for aspiring web designers and writers, business owners, and anyone wanting to do more with their website.

Overcoming Creative Block with Music

Keywords: creative block, breaking art block

Suffering from creative block? Try doing like I do and break out a great soundtrack to work to! Get back on track with a good set of tunes to move you along.

Marketing Your Website

Keywords: website marketing, get the word out

How do you plan on letting people know about your website? In this article we discuss ways you can bring in traffic.

Choosing Web Hosting for Your Website

Keywords: website hosting, choosing a web host, surpass hosting, godaddy, network solutions, hostdime, hostonic

How can you determine what a good host is? When you're starting a website, you need to find a great web hosting company to host your website for you. In this article we discuss how to determine what kind of hosting you need, and how to decide which host to go with.

Deciding on Your Website Features

Keywords: website features

When you decide what you want your website to do, you should look at how you want it to do it. Making out a list of features and how each element will interact with your visitors will make sure they are exactly what you want.

Choosing a Domain Name

Keywords: choosing a domain, naming website tips

Part of our series on starting a website, deciding on a domain is a big deal. Here are 5 guidelines we follow when looking for a domain name.

What is the Purpose of Your Website?

Keywords: starting a website, purpose of your website

When you start a website, you need to decide what the purpose of it is. Do you plan to sell items or just present information to potential visitors? The first step to starting a website is defining the purpose of it.

5 Must Haves for Any Business Website

Keywords: web design keys, must have elements, business website tips

We have created a list of 5 must have elements of any business website. Check the list to make sure your website follows the list, or use it to improve your current website.

Is Your Website Cross Browser Compatible?

Keywords: web standards, importance of code, w3c validation

You should make sure your website works in several browsers to gain a larger audience. Think of all the revenue you could be losing if someone can't see your website because they use a different browser.

Stop spam with reCAPTCHA

Keywords: CAPTCHA, prevent form spam

We recommend using reCAPTCHA to prevent spam and post flooding from your website's forum, guestbook, and message board.

Improve Your Brand Awareness

Keywords: brand awareness, twitter, improve small business, website

Small businesses can benefit from these three tips on how to improve their brand awareness.

Case Study: Marketing is Necessary

Keywords: marketing, failed, office depot, staples, solutions

It is a simple fact, that you must market to let people know you exist. Read about how one marketing failure could have been easily avoided.

Local Website Validation Survey

Keywords: web standards, validation, code compliance, accessibility, asheboro, survey

A website validation survey was conducted using 130 websites created by designers in the Asheboro, North Carolina area, or designed for organizations and businesses in this area.

How to Choose a Web Designer

Keywords: choose web designer, web design company, hire web designer

Before choosing any designer, you should know how to pick the right one. We've put together a great article on what to look for and judge your designer on before choosing one.

Writing Articles

Keywords: writing, articles, grammar, spelling, reference

If you're going to write articles on any subject, there are a few things you should definetly do to remain credible.