For several years I have experimented with various web publishing platforms to varying degrees of satisfaction. The ultimate, in my opinion, has to have several important elements. Read the rest of this entry »
Without a doubt the most critical single item of a website yet also the most neglected is the home page. First impression mean a lot, your website’s home page has to accomplish several different tasks and do them well in a short period of time or your visitors will leave. These tasks are: Read the rest of this entry »
Creating a great web design is a balancing act between many varied and sometime contradictory elements. A website needs to please different groups of people and accomplish several functions at the same time. It combines left-brain, logical thinking and right-brain, artistic thinking. The average user or even owners of websites have little knowledge of what all goes into a truly great website, therefore I have compiled a list of the different things a website must accomplish to be considered great.
We are currently looking for web designers for a full time position.
Our ideal candidate will be a designer with knowledge of current design genres, web design techniques, layout and usability, comprehensive understanding of standards compliant HTML and CSS, ability to create and optimize graphics for maximum visual impact and minimal download time as well as some understanding of client and server-side scripting. Ability and desire to learn is a must.
Qualifying for this position relies almost entirely on examples of your work and applied experience (whether professional, freelance, school or hobby). Don’t worry about the size of your portfolio it’s quality that counts. Provide examples of your work along with how it could apply to this position.
If you want to work at a dynamic, growing web firm, on high-profile and cutting edge ideas while avoiding bureaucracy and mind-numbing meetings, this is the place for you.
Email your resume, salary expectations and examples of your work to Liquid.
We Care A Lot Foundation, a non-profit that helps people with developmental disabilities, launched their new web site last week. This new site features information on all of We Care’s many programs, lots of pictures of their activities and makes contacting them and donating easy.
Because We Care A Lot deals with individuals with disabilities it was very important that this new web site be accessible to everyone and meet the criteria of Section 508 Amendment to the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. Section 508 was enacted to eliminate barriers in information technology, to make available new opportunities for people with disabilities, and to encourage development of technologies that will help achieve these goals. We Care A Lot contracted Redding based Liquid Design to develop the site and ensure it meets Section 508 and current HTML standards.
The website can be viewed at www.wecarealot.org.
The website of the Shasta Cascade Wonderland Association at www.shastacascade.org, was launched in 1995. In the course of over 12 years this site has received millions of visitors from all over the world but the design remained relatively unchanged… until now. Their new website launched last week and it is a major upgrade that will no doubt benefit the organization and the entire Shasta Cascade Region as it encourages more visitors to this area.
The new ShastaCascade.org features, sections on every conceivable attraction and activity from golf to shopping to camping and everything in between. With easy, intuitive navigation and great looking design this new site will better represent the region and encourage visitors to explore more.
The new web design is the result of Liquid New Media. Liquid was tasked with capturing the beauty and excitement of this part of California in a website while keeping download times to a minimum and making sure it was viewable across the range of web browsers and operating systems.
The new website for Shasta Cascade Wonderland Association launched this week. This site is a major source of tourism information for the North State, and the new design will create a new and more appealing online image for the Shasta Cascade region.
Visit the new site at www.ShastaCascade.org
Some web designers charge you like you’re getting a custom web design, then give you a template. There is a huge difference in price, if you are getting a template design the price should reflect that.
Designing your website to meet current web standards ensures that your site not only looks good on current web browsers, but will most likely continue to look great on future web browsers too.
Who was it that said “if you build it they will come” because it’s not true online. How many websites have failed because the person assumed that visitors would just magically appear, I met with a business person recently who had spent many thousands of dollars on an eCommerce website that had, over the course of many months, sold nothing at all. Building a website without search engine optimization is like putting a retail store at the end of a dark alley and then Read the rest of this entry »
The task of keeping a website’s content fresh and up-to-date can be a daunting one, yet it’s of utmost importance to the success of that website. Adding a Content Management System (CMS) to your website makes updating content a snap, but until recently these were very expensive to implement. The cost of implementing a CMS is much lower today than it was a few years ago for a couple of reason Read the rest of this entry »
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