You know that little icon at the top of your browser? The one that tells you what website you’re on? In web design speak, we call it a “favicon” or “fave-icon.” A favicon is a 16×16 pixel image that gets saved as a .ico file and uploaded to the root folder of your site. When users browse to your site, they see the little symbol at the top of their browser window or tab.
What’s so genius about favicons?
In a world where users are opening many sites simultaneously, the favicon allows your site’s tab to stand out as yours.… Continue reading
This morning, one of our clients’ sites was down. We did some basic checks, everything appeared to be fine. While we continued to investigate the problem, in the back of our minds, we wondered whether the website could have been hacked.
If your website has ever been hacked, I’m sure you’ll agree that it’s the worst feeling in the world. Your heart sinks as you begin to imagine how hard it will be to clean up the mess and get your site back to where it was. You start asking rapid-fire questions about why anyone would do this to you,… Continue reading
You may have noticed that our website has been looking a little different lately. This is because we have made some important updates to the site. Most significantly, we have made the decision to use the WordPress platform. WordPress is an amazing platform we’ve been offering our clients for some time now. The biggest advantage for most of our clients is that WordPress allows for easy text updates via login, and there is no need to learn how to code in HTML. In addition, users can edit the titles and order of their website’s pages, upload photos, and write blog… Continue reading
From Guest Blogger, Hadassah Levy at www.contentandcommunities.com
I sincerely hope that you have a life and are not connected to social media 24/7. That being the case, you may want to occasionally schedule a tweet or status update.
I say occasionally because if your whole social media presence is automated, real people will not follow you. People are on social media to be social, not to get automated updates about your latest blog post. Only the really big news sites can get away with spitting out links and zero engagement.
But if you want people in different time zones to… Continue reading
Who would believe that in a field so young, fashions would change every year? But it turns out that innovations in technology are driving change and, as a result, trends in web design are in the fast lane.
Every year or so, the biggest websites reevaluate their designs and make changes. Companies like google and twitter have made major changes in the last few months. Both companies went with a look that’s very clean and mostly white-on-white (white with shades of grey). They expanded the padding around buttons, imput fields, and navlinks so everything is clear and easy to find.
While the concept of ”white… Continue reading
