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- Tips For Single-Page Web Design Projects - by Submitted on Apr 24, 2012 from John k. TaylorThese days, there are just as many single-page websites out there as there are sites with seemingly endless pages. But, before you jump on the single-page web design bandwagon, you need to ensure that your business or needs are actually suitable for such a set up – they’re not for everyone, ...
Views: 577 - Tips For Using Data In Your Online Marketing Content - by Submitted on Sep 10, 2012 from John k. TaylorIn terms of the online marketing industry, most people are referring to how analytics can help them to make better decisions when they speak of data. Whilst this is a highly beneficial use of data, there are actually a number of ways that you can include it in your marketing content to help ...
Views: 524 - Tips To Get The Best Office Furniture - by Submitted on Dec 05, 2013 from John k. TaylorIf you take a quick look at the modern office interiors, you will find them very stylish and edgy. Unlike early days, office owners are more concern about the appearance of their workplace. Certainly, they have to be. After all it is a place where employees dedicate their entire working hours. A ...
Views: 549 - Tips To Improve Coding And Web Development - by Submitted on Oct 16, 2012 from John k. TaylorThere are members of the web development industry who spend their days writing code that could be considered a work of art, then there are members who spend their days altering this code to meet their own demands. If you are a developer that falls into the latter category, the following tips ...
Views: 506 - Tips To Make Pitching To Major Web Design Clients Even Easier - by Submitted on Dec 31, 1969 from John k. TaylorIt is likely to happen to everyone working in the web design industry at some point in their careers, regardless of whether they’re a freelancer, working for a tiny design firm or one of the biggest companies in the country – a major client will be coming in and you will be required to present ...
Views: 747 - Tips To Make Working With Your Web Developer Easy - by Submitted on Aug 24, 2012 from John k. TaylorOne of the integral people involved with getting your company’s website off the ground is the web developer – this person is responsible for writing all of the code that makes the site look and act the way you want it to. Whilst working with a developer may not feel like an overly important ...
Views: 444 - Tips To Save Web Developers Time And Money - by Submitted on Mar 27, 2012 from John k. TaylorAs clients are consistently demanding that their websites be finished and ready to go live in smaller and smaller time frames, it is becoming increasingly important to save both time and money in the web development industry. Use these tips to speed up the process, thereby saving a considerable ...
Views: 461 - Tools To Make Your Web Development More Efficient - by Submitted on Mar 22, 2012 from John k. TaylorAre you a developer who is sick and tired of having to do everything manually? Does sifting through your code to hunt down tiny mistakes make you want to scream? Then perhaps some of these web development tools will come in handy for making your work more efficient. CSS Grid Builder This is a ...
Views: 455 - Top 3 types of landscaping ideas in Melbourne - by Submitted on Sep 05, 2013 from John k. TaylorLandscaping outdoor and indoor area of the home has always been a preferred choice of decoration by the homeowners. But, in recent years the trend of landscaping has been recorded significantly high in Melbourne. Probably, it is the variety in designs and patterns that has made homeowners ...
Views: 1002 - Top 6 Reasons To Install Suspended Ceiling - by Submitted on Sep 01, 2011 from John k. TaylorSuspended ceiling is preferred almost everywhere, be it corporate organizations, non-corporate firms and even in residential structures. It is basically used to conceal original ceiling. The material used for it may range from wood, metal, to plastic. Suspended ceiling, also known as falls ...
Views: 729 - Top 7 Online Marketing Strategies That You Should Be Using - by Submitted on Mar 22, 2012 from John k. TaylorWhen it comes to online marketing, a lot of businesses are tempted to just utilize one or two strategies, cross their fingers and hope for the best. This, however, is not the way you should go about promoting your business – if you want to ensure the best results in terms of sales and garnering ...
Views: 434 - Top Applications for Single Phase Motors - by Submitted on Nov 29, 2011 from John k. TaylorSingle phase motors offer high durability, they can last a lifetime with very minimal maintenance. They are often used where three point powers is not available or not practical because they typically do not run as efficiently, although if used in the right application these machines make very ...
Views: 442 - Top Five Reasons Why You Should Opt For Seo - by Submitted on Apr 03, 2012 from John k. TaylorWhen you create a website in Melbourne or anywhere the foremost question is that how will people visit your website when they even don’t know that it exists? You can advertise your website using Adwords campaigns and many other similar paid processes, but traffic that comes directly from the ...
Views: 497 - Top Four Reasons to Own Your Own Wheelchair Accessible Vehicle - by Submitted on Jul 28, 2011 from John k. TaylorFor a mobility challenged person, owning a wheelchair accessible vehicle of their own can be extremely liberating, reducing the need to rely on other people and introducing renewed independence into their lives. While there are a variety of community services available which transport ...
Views: 497 - Top Seo Mistakes That Might Be Drawing Down Your Website In Search Engines - by Submitted on Jan 03, 2012 from John k. TaylorWe make website and optimize it to get it listed in the search engine results. But, surprisingly despite of pursuing all the SEO strategies we fail to get desired result even after months of effort. Certainly, there must be some lacking or mistake that being committed unknowingly. Below are the ...
Views: 413 - Top Six Web Design Usability Tips You cannot Miss - by Submitted on Sep 23, 2011 from John k. TaylorThe purpose of web design is not just to make a website attractive, but practically useful as well. Incorporating usability to a website helps users find information they need when they want. Usability of a website increases companies' value. Hence, there are many companies which spend thousands ...
Views: 743 - Top Ten Online Marketing Tips For Competitive Market - by Submitted on Mar 28, 2012 from John k. TaylorRising in a competitive market and establishing root firmly that too starting from a scratch is nothing less than impossible. But, there is nothing impossible, even if it is online market. In recent years, Internet market has become larger, competitive and profitable. So, whereas there is a ...
Views: 479 - Top Tips For Bifold Doors Maintenance - by Submitted on Apr 05, 2012 from John k. TaylorIf you have small rooms in Melbourne, bifold doors can be great space savers. They fold back on themselves and do not take much floor space while opening and closing, unlike traditional doors. Because of their unique design, bifolding doors in your Melbourne house can be used for varieties of ...
Views: 768 - Top Tips For Choosing Caravans For Sale - by Submitted on Jul 04, 2012 from John k. TaylorWhen it comes to looking at caravans for sale, we are blessed with the substantial number that is on the market. Essentially, you can find whatever you are after in terms of size, colour, brand, and accessories. In some ways, however, having a large amount of choice can make the ultimate ...
Views: 470 - Top Tips For Improving Your Site’s SEO - by Submitted on Mar 19, 2012 from John k. TaylorWhen it comes to implementing an effective search engine optimization (SEO) strategy for your website, there is a lot more to it than just chucking in a few keywords and submitting it to the search engines. Use these handy tips to help improve your SEO thinking, and you will begin to see a ...
Views: 460 - Top Tips For Maintaining Your Used Caravan - by Submitted on Jun 21, 2012 from John k. TaylorEven if you have purchased a used caravan over a brand new one, it is still a very big investment for many families. It is for these reason that you will want to make sure that you take good care of your caravan, otherwise you could be up for some costly repairs or even the need to replace the ...
Views: 489 - Top web design tips for fashion websites - by Submitted on Jun 14, 2012 from John k. TaylorFashion represents style, life and energy, which encourages people to look good all the time. When the term fashion says so much, its website should express at least half of it. Fashion websites are no different from other websites selling goods online. It too need to look professional and ...
Views: 646 - Tops Common Mistakes Committed In Seo - by Submitted on Dec 29, 2011 from John k. TaylorSearch engine optimization is a necessity for any website campaign. But, doing it wrongly will not ever yield desired result. It is not just starters, but even experts having years of experience commit mistakes unknowingly. Discover some top common and most committed SEO mistakes: Choosing ...
Views: 390 - Types Of Image Formats And Their Significance In Web Development - by Submitted on Mar 16, 2012 from John k. TaylorInternet users hate sluggish website. So it is important that you do everything to avoid things that make them wait. Unfortunately, many developers knowingly or unknowingly end up creating slow websites. The major culprit is the inefficiently encoded images. Most developers don’t realize the ...
Views: 525 - Understanding Saturation In Web Design - by Submitted on Jul 30, 2012 from John k. TaylorWhen it comes to understanding the complex nature of the web designs that are created today, it is important to first look at the variables that have caused this nature to come about – saturation and sensitisation. The term ‘saturation’ refers to the increasing use of tools, techniques and ...
Views: 563 - Understanding Social Signals For Your SEO Strategy - by Submitted on Mar 26, 2012 from John k. TaylorWhilst a well-planned and thought out search engine optimization (SEO) strategy is the key to creating a successful website, there are a range of components at play that can really affect your efforts. One of the most helpful (and damaging) components for SEO is social media, which has the ...
Views: 426 - Understanding the benefits of a Website development and design for your business - by Submitted on Dec 26, 2012 from John k. TaylorWebsites are now a crucial part of each and every business. They not only help your business to grow but also develop new audience through incorporating marketing tools. They help you to promote your business and services in the best possible way and that too at a global scale. A well designed ...
Views: 778 - Understanding the benefits of a well designed Website for your business - by Submitted on Jan 08, 2013 from John k. TaylorIn today’s world, a website is certainly the key element of each and every company as it plays a great role in influencing the success of any organization. In corporate world, the proverb – “First impression is the last impression” holds true up to a great extent as a well developed and a well ...
Views: 658 - Understanding The Web Development Lifecycle - by Submitted on Nov 10, 2012 from John k. TaylorFor those of you unfamiliar with the term, the web development lifecycle (often referred to as the WDL) is actually a variation of the framework utilized for developing any sort of project. Unlike these general projects, however, the WDL actually followed a particular pattern or structure, ...
Views: 811 - Use An Office Fitout To Better Reflect Your Brand - by Submitted on Jan 18, 2012 from John k. TaylorWhen clients visit your workplace for the first time, they will develop an assumption about your company and brand the moment they step through that door. Making a great first impression can be the difference between gaining and losing a client. This is why it is important to ensure your office ...
Views: 445 - Useful Facebook Apps For Web Designers - by Submitted on Feb 13, 2012 from John k. TaylorWhen it comes to creating your own Facebook fan page or one for your clients, as a web designer, you are always looking for something to help you stand out from the crowd. Facebook apps can help you to do this, but what are the most useful apps for web design? Addicted to Photoshop This app ...
Views: 509 - Using Graphic Design To Achieve The Perfect Business Card (Part 1) - by Submitted on Oct 23, 2012 from John k. TaylorWhen it comes to first impressions, your business card is actually the perfect way that you can start projecting the sort of image that you want your clients to have of you. There are actually a number of different graphic design approaches that you can take to ensure that your business card is ...
Views: 753 - Using Graphic Design To Achieve The Perfect Business Card (Part 2) - by Submitted on Oct 29, 2012 from John k. TaylorIn part one of this article, we looked at the first three graphic design approaches that one can take in terms of putting their business cards together – the ‘professional’, the ‘playful’ and the ‘reliable’. In part two, we look at the final two approaches and the elements that every business ...
Views: 692 - Using Wireframes To Streamline The Web Development Process - by Submitted on May 31, 2012 from John k. TaylorCreating a wireframe is helpful for organizing and simplifying the elements and content of a given website and, as such, it is a vital tool for ensuring that the web development process runs smoothly. But what is a wireframe? Basically, it is the visual representation of the layout of a website; ...
Views: 524 - Web Design Considerations For Creating Homepages - by Submitted on Dec 20, 2012 from John k. TaylorWhilst there are usually a number of different pages that make up a website, there is none more important than the homepage. After all, this is the page that most people will land on and the one that most people will check out even if landing on the site through another avenue. When it comes to ...
Views: 798 - Web Design Dos And Don’ts For Call To Action Pages - by Submitted on Dec 06, 2012 from John k. TaylorNo website is complete without a ‘call to action’ page of some kind – this page will encourage visitors to sign up for something, to pass on a message to someone else or even to make a purchase. When it comes to an effective call to action page, there are a number of web design dos and don’ts ...
Views: 737 - Web Design Predictions for 2012 - by Submitted on Dec 28, 2011 from John k. TaylorWith 2011 fast coming to a close, it is time to start looking at what some of the trends for web design will be in 2012. While some of these trends don’t overly differ from those predicted for this year, 2012 will see web design become more exaggerated and focused on clever design ...
Views: 397 - Web Designing For Intended Result - by Submitted on Oct 14, 2011 from John k. TaylorMaking an effective website can be a tricky process if you are unaware of primary web designing tips or ignore the actual objective of a web design. Most of the designers conceive web designing as just a creative work and waste their entire effort in webpage decoration, rather making it useful ...
Views: 510 - Web Development - How To Determine Whether Website Is Up To The Standard - by Submitted on Jun 21, 2012 from John k. TaylorDue to continuous engagement with web development, often professionals’ ability to judge the quality of website depreciates gradually. Owing to which, clients don’t find their project up to their expectations and neither the website visitors, resulting into wastage of time, effort and money. So, ...
Views: 528 - Web Development - Top Tips For Website Navigation - by Submitted on Apr 18, 2012 from John k. TaylorPeople surfing net are usually very impatient. If they find any site difficult to understand just because links are not clear to them, chances are that they will leave the page immediately. So, somewhere navigation system of the site plays a key role in web development to determine the ...
Views: 422 - Web Development And Facebook Applications - by Submitted on Feb 07, 2012 from John k. TaylorThese days, it is not uncommon to walk through your office and see a few people quickly minimize Facebook windows that they were surreptitiously viewing during work hours, or to get onto a train and see commuters updating their statuses from their smart phones or iPads. With the ever-growing ...
Views: 440 - Web Development For Smart Phones - by Submitted on Mar 01, 2012 from John k. TaylorEvery day, more and more smart phones are being purchased worldwide. As their popularity has grown, so has the demand for smart phone-friendly websites. This has led web developers to change the way they create websites, allowing them to be compatible with smart phone devices. But why did web ...
Views: 494 - Web Development For The iPad - by Submitted on Dec 14, 2011 from John k. TaylorSince their release in 2010, the iPad has taken the world by storm. It soon became clear that people were opting to surf the web more and more often using their iPad device. But what has this meant for web development? Creating a website for an iPad is not like creating one for a regular sized ...
Views: 500 - Web Development for the iPhone and iPad - by Submitted on Jul 13, 2011 from John k. TaylorWeb development and optimisation for the iPhone and iPad are necessary practices in today's web development industry. The iPhone operating system dominates roughly half the current worldwide Smartphone market, so for a website to be made mobile-accessible, the iPhone operating system must be ...
Views: 671 - Web Development Ideas That Can Goof Up Your Website - by Submitted on Feb 01, 2012 from John k. TaylorYou might be using some blasting ideas to spice website design, but at times just goof up your website. It is good to be experimental but while being in web development you also have to be very specific about your requirements and goal. Several aspects are there which have to be kept in mind ...
Views: 448 - Web Development Mistakes You Shouldn’t Commit - by Submitted on Jan 16, 2012 from John k. TaylorAs the online market becoming over crowded, there is hardly any room left for mistake. Moreover, simply having a website is not enough. You need to have an exceptionally good website enriched with all the web development advancements involving features and applications to enhance its usability ...
Views: 367 - What Affects Scrap Metal Prices? - by Submitted on Apr 26, 2012 from John k. TaylorFor as long as the scrap metal industry has been flourishing, there have been consistent rises in scrap prices. Today, it is estimated that more than a million tonnes of scrap is recycled across the world each year; it is a business that has led to the generation of huge amounts of revenue for a ...
Views: 3413 - What Are Post Press Activities? - by Submitted on Dec 06, 2011 from John k. TaylorEvery product need finishing before it is finally completed and is delivered, even if it is printing. In fact, printing remains incomplete until it is properly ‘finished’. Printing has been broadly classified into pre press, press and post press. Post press involves the activities that determine ...
Views: 3671 - What Are Some Of The Current Trends In Office Design? - by Submitted on Nov 30, 2011 from John k. TaylorWhen it’s time to design your office fit out, most people want to know what everyone else is doing in their offices at the moment so that they can do something similar. After all, no one wants to be behind the times. So, here are three of the current office design trends in Australia and ...
Views: 534 - What are the advantages of a good office fitout? - by Submitted on Oct 23, 2013 from John k. TaylorA new office fitout is attractive and at the same time one of the most encouraging activities for many business entities. Redesigning and refashioning your work place is an exciting period for any business group. A well planned and properly organized office fitouts helps in increasing ...
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