by noelhenneman | Mar 9, 2015 | HB Design, Technology
Redesigning and launching a new web site is a daunting task with many things to take into consideration. One of the key considerations for us was to bring our web site up-to-date from both a design and a technology perspective. From a technology perspective that meant...
by noelhenneman | Feb 10, 2015 | Technology, Web Design
One of the most important aspects of an effective web site is site performance—specifically how fast a page loads. Slow-loading pages lead to high bounce rates. (Bounce rates are people leaving your site.) While there are a lot of factors affecting page loading time,...
by noelhenneman | Jan 27, 2015 | Technology
Leslie, our Creative Director, recently sent me some examples of graphic design she had created. She took some design-oriented quotations and rendered them graphically. She placed a constraint upon herself: each design was limited to a single font. She did three...
by noelhenneman | Jan 16, 2015 | Web Design
In January 1996, Bill Gates wrote an essay titled “Content is King” (http://www.craigbailey.net/content-is-king-by-bill-gates/), which over time has become a mantra for the web. Like many sacred utterances some believe it and others challenge it. And I...
by noelhenneman | Jan 5, 2015 | Web Design
We get a lot of requests for proposals (RFP) for web sites here at HB Design. This post looks at two common requirements that are often stated in web RFPs: The site should be easy to find in common search engines like Google. The site should have a non-technical...