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 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...
by noelhenneman | Dec 29, 2014 | Technology, Web Design
What is the Google Web Font Loader? To understand what the font loader is, you first need to understand using web fonts. With the @font-face CSS rule, you can specify fonts to download for your web page. This CSS rule was first part of the CSS2 recommendation but was...
by noelhenneman | Dec 16, 2014 | Web Design
There are two key things you need to think about when creating or redesigning a web site. Those are What are your goals? Who is your audience? Start with identifying your goal. Answer the question, “why do I want a web site?” What is it that you want the...
by noelhenneman | Dec 2, 2014 | Technology, Web Design
As a web page developer, I rely on web browser-based development tools like Firebug. Over the years each browser as improved their built-in tools, so I thought I would write a series of posts looking at features I find useful and comparing that feature in each of the...
