As a business owner you are probably going to be the person who looks at your website the most and so best placed to judge is long term appeal. To encourage and keep repeat visitors your website design needs to remain fresh, active and interesting. You should have a constant flow of new information [...]
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Tips for Flash Design Websites
Flash website design will always give your web pages an exciting and dynamic feel to them. They are eye catching and entertaining, however there are a number of precautions you should take when considering using flash website design.
These continuous movies on a reel will play constantly so you need to make sure they do not [...]
Reading Your Way Through
There are plenty of commentators offering advice on how to make sites more accessible and what to include and how you need to lay things out. The truth is most website access is a case of keeping the design straightforward. Always remember why people visit your site and make that your focus.
The core elements to [...]
Dating on the Move
It you are a single person in the streets of New York looking for a date is can be quite a daunting task. Now dating site Street Sparks have hit on a genius idea, by using all of the power of the Internet and harnessing it with geo-location their program can identify possible matches in [...]
Tips for Mobile Website Design
Forescene realise that if 63 million people in the United States gained their access to the internet using mobile devices last year then that figure is only going to rise. It is predicted that by 2013 there will be 1.7 billion users logging on worldwide, from mobile devices, iPhones, and Android machines.
In the main the [...]
Website Design – Layout for pleasure
Forescene’s web designers will tell you that if you want to know anything about web page layout then have a look at the classic Renaissance painters like Michelangelo or Raphael. The Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer also knew a thing or two about presentation.
A web page is like a painting; it draws the eye towards points [...]
The Website Builders
Forescene advise customers that when designing or building e-commerce or realtor websites they consider the purpose and reason they are looking to increase their presence on the Internet. For many companies it is to develop their customer base, make shopping and purchasing simpler and as a convenient vehicle to promote products and services.
By consulting with [...]
Website Usability Checklist
Visitors to your website will more often than not find you through a search engine but once they have discovered you, how usable will you site appear? Here is a checklist to make sure you are not loosing customers out of frustration.
1) Clearly indicated navigation system
Is it obvious to customers where they are, where they [...]
Virtually Promoting Your Art
There are many different virtual galleries and craft sites across the internet that make excellent vehicles for artists to promote their works, blog, record their influences and motivations as well as set up exhibitions and shows.
Many self-representing artists have their own sites on which they download their masterpieces and promote their studios. There are also [...]
Avoid mistakes when starting a blog or articles page
When creating a blog or articles page there are a number of well-documented mistakes writers make when first setting up their site. Forescene advise against copying and many of these can be avoided with a few simple steps.
1) Changing your subject every other week
It is a good idea to have consistency within your writing, pick [...]
