Web design

I wrote about Planning Websites for Older Users a couple of years ago, and the subject has come up again. At that time, we had identified two areas of primary concern: Contrast level of text People over 55 or so have less ability to read text that doesn’t contrast well with the background. This is…

Some of you know that I teach Freshman Comp in my spare time. I think it’s worth doing; as we work more with people in different places around the world, being able to communicate in writing becomes even more important.

Many industries have a certain look. Store of the Community, whose screen shot you see at right, does some special things, but some of the things they do may be familiar to you: giant inflatables, mascots like Chester the Cheetah, and costumed staff members running events like rodeo trivia quizzes. It’s “retailtainment,” the stuff that…

We’re working on a redesign of a local nonprofit agency’s website. The agency needed an update for the sake of more current content and a fresh look, but the main reason they just had to have an update was that their old site was obsolete from the point of view of the technology. This naturally…

The traffic at your website is probably at its lowest point of the year between Christmas and New Year, so this is an excellent time to give your website a check up. Before you look at the things you might need to change for the sake of your visitors and your site’s performance, though, think…