by Michael | Oct 4, 2026 | Web Design
Effective web design isn’t one look or one style. It depends on the goals and content of each website. But the sites that work well tend to share a handful of clear principles, and once you know them, you start to see them everywhere. This series breaks down...
by Michael | Oct 5, 2026 | Web Design
In the last post we looked at navigation, responsiveness, whitespace, hierarchy, color, and consistency. Here are six more qualities that separate websites that work from websites that simply exist. User-friendly forms. Every extra field is a reason for someone to...
by Michael | Oct 5, 2026 | Web Design
The first website appeared on August 6, 1991. Since then, web designers have been on a constant quest for excellence. But it didn’t start out pretty. The earliest websites were written by hand in HTML, and making them look good was no easy task. In the early...
by Michael | Oct 5, 2026 | Web Design
When you land on a website, you pause for a moment to take it all in. Then, within the next few seconds, one of three things happens: you read, you click, or you leave. You look and read. What catches your eye first? How relevant is the headline to what you searched...
by Michael | Oct 5, 2026 | Web Design
Above the fold website design 101 “Above the fold” is a newspaper term. It describes the top half of a folded paper, where editors placed the most important stories so the headlines could be read from a distance at a newsstand. Your homepage should follow...
by Michael | Oct 6, 2026 | Web Design
In the last post, we listed everything that could go above the fold. Now for the harder part: choosing what to leave out. The top of your homepage should be as neat and minimal as possible. Give visitors brief, essential information and a call to action right away....
