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DIY Product Images: Lighting
EcommerceBy Samantha Gluck
Photographing products for your ecommerce site yourself saves money and gives you the most control over the outcome. continue »
Although the term “cloud” is seeing increasing use, it’s necessary to clarify what portion of “the cloud” is of interest to a particular audience. For small and medium businesses (SMBs), there are generally two areas of relevance in the evolution of IT services to the cloud. The first is the application layer, commonly referred [...]
By Samantha Gluck
Photographing products for your ecommerce site yourself saves money and gives you the most control over the outcome. continue »
By Meredith Barnhill
There’s no shortage of innovation when it comes to the future of multi-touch and touchscreen devices — touch screens allow richer interactions between users and their devices. continue »
By Meredith Barnhill
Designing websites and applications for touch screen displays can be challenging. Mobile browsers have extremely limited display space and designing for the less-accurate fingertip can result in frustrating errant keystrokes. Keeping the design simple and easy-to-use is the best way to keep your mobile users happy. continue »
By Meredith Barnhill
The arrival of touch-screen mobile devices has completely changed the way designers have to think about their target market. Users want the same functionality on a screen a fraction of the size of their personal computers. This requires a separate, and touch-screen-optimized, website design. continue »
By Meredith Barnhill
J.D. Power and Associates conducted a survey and found that touch screen users overall are more satisfied with their handheld device and adoption of these devices is growing at an exponential rate. While nearly every mobile and computing company is developing touch-screen phones and tablets, this technology doesn’t appeal to every demographic. continue »
By Meredith Barnhill
Touch-screen devices, particularly mobile phones, have exploded in the technology market in the past few years. The most popular devices are completely touch-based with few physical keys and can use applications and browse the Web. continue »
By Gail Seymour
Whether you’re adding a WordPress blog as subdomain on an existing Web site or using it as a simple content management system to make updating easier, you will quickly realize that the default template is less than inspiring. If you want your blog to stand out and reflect your business image, you will need to make some changes. Follow these steps to customize your WordPress installation to build your brand. continue »
By Meredith Barnhill
Because HTML5 is still a work in progress and not due to completely roll out until the latter part of 2011, there is no urgency to redesign a Web site using the new iteration of the language. Only a handful of major brands, including Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome, currently support HTML5 elements. Those companies’ browsers are only a small fraction of the browsing populations. Microsoft’s Internet Explorer is the most widely used browser and currently has the least amount of support for HTML5. continue »
By Meredith Barnhill
To create a business presence in today’s market, you have to have a Web site; however, a poorly designed Web site is almost as bad as having no Web site. There are several common design mistakes that can be easily avoided. continue »
By Jen Brister
It seems as if everyone these days has a smart phone. Now, not only do the vast majority of cell phone users have a smart phone, they have a smart phone which has a touch screen. With the inventions of the iPhone and the iPad, touch screens have gone from “technology of the future” to the technology of today. Touch screens give people the freedom to use their cell phones and other devices in more of a physical manner. continue »