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My recent top 5+ one page sites out there

26/07/2009 By admin 3 Comments

I write quite often about the site’s structure, how it’s navigation should be planned and structured and many other elements. But sometimes you probably just want to get away from it all and design a site that does one thing only, just carries the message. A site with no menus, no complicated structure, just one page and the message on it.

And as easy as they seem I find one page sites one of the most difficult ones to create. Mainly because there is only a message on them and you have no tools like additional pages to make the message clearer.

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7+ things you need to master to call yourself a professional web designer

24/07/2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Have you heard of that brochure by a Dutch studio, The Stone Twins which entire print run was taken to Dutch Army and soldiers fired bullets through each of copies printed? Amazing idea isn’t it?

I love such stories behind print artworks. They are retold, they inspire and very often they live longer than the piece itself.  And they are fun to listen, at least to designers anyway.

But what do you hear when it comes to the web though? There aren’t many stories about websites. Not as exciting anyway. On one end there’s the technology, the boring bit. On the other, there are numbers, statistics. Metrics that prove whether the layout you designed was successful or not and whether the site brought any more business to your client. Or was it just another website on the net that simply was just there?

And the only stories you commonly hear are those about websites that failed. Sites that costed huge amounts of money but never really brought any business to their owners.

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About a site launch day and how you can avoid a disaster

20/07/2009 By admin Leave a Comment

For many of you building a site is a pretty exhausting process. From all those initial meetings, discussions, research and planning to actual design process. And of course there’s the build itself, the technology bit where things usually do not go as they should which can sometimes lead to an endless rounds of revisions. So no wonder that you wait impatiently for the launch day. I guess for many of you it is like a symbolic closure date. Your client gets the website up, he can announce it to the world and you, you usually get the cheque.

The only thing is that at this very moment things can go very wrong. And they often do.
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Why you need a call to action on a website and few tips on how to create one

14/07/2009 By admin 3 Comments

Who is in charge of how your visitor completes the objective you set for him on your site? You? Or do you leave that to the visitor himself to figure out?

Let’s face it, every website owner has an objective they want their visitors to complete. There’s no mystery there. You for instance may want your visitors to visit your portfolio and then get in touch. Another company may want their visitors to see some testimonials and make appointment. Or make appointment straight away. There could be millions of objectives but the important part is, every website has one. No matter how big or small.

So why not help your visitors and guide them to complete those?
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