Good planning is a halfway to success. This is especially true in website design and redesign. In this article we will discuss the typical process of website design projects. Review the important components involved in launching a website. Also we will discuss some common pitfalls and how to avoid them.
Typical Life Cycle of Website Design [...]
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How to Plan an Effective Website Re/design (Part I)
Sunday, May 16th, 2010Add Slideshow to Your Website
Friday, April 16th, 2010Slideshows are fun. You can use that to share event photos, or you can use that to rotate through a list of your portfolio items without people have to click around or scroll to read all.
There are many ways to get this done. We will look at two easy-to-use options in this article.
NextGen Gallery
If you [...]
Measure Website Usage and Make Informative Decisions
Wednesday, February 17th, 2010Learning how your visitors use your website can be helpful in shaping up your online strategy. What can you learn and how? We will look at a few tips and good practices in this article.
What You Can Learn
Overall Site Traffic
Typical metrics people measure include:
Unique visitors
Page views (total and average per visit)
Average time on site
You want [...]
Adding Video to Your Website
Tuesday, January 12th, 2010A Better Way to Tell Your Story Online
According to comScore’s April 2009 report, an impressive 79% of the total U.S. Internet audience viewed online video and the duration of the average online video was 3.5 minutes.
Online video has moved into mainstream and is proven effective.
Video draws audiences
Video is engaging
With video, you can get your message [...]
Add Background Music to a Web Page
Saturday, January 2nd, 2010There are special occasions that people like to add some background music to web pages. Today, I had such an assignment. The requirements include:
Short music, ~15 seconds in length
Auto start
No player or button is to be displayed on the page
Client provided me with MP3 files to work with. After some search and I found a [...]
New Circle President will Speak at Wordcamp NYC 2009
Sunday, November 1st, 2009Together with Perry Hewitt, New Circle president Lin Chen will speak at Wordcamp NYC 2009. Here is the program summary:
Case Study: Harvard Gazette. Within a three-month period, the Digital Communications team and its partners planned, implemented, and launched a new online version of the nearly 100-year old Harvard Gazette. The business goal was to establish [...]