Archive for May, 2010
Posted on May 31, 2010 by Tamara Brooks
Internet users today have a number of options when it comes to browsers. Considering most home PCs run on Microsoft Windows, the default browser that comes with it is Microsoft’s Internet Explorer. Most websites are compatible with IE, however, IE has its fair share of glitches. Moreover, there are plenty of other browsers out there with a better interface suited to particular needs of the internet user. For instance, someone who uses the browser to check mail or view a few websites may not experience any problems with one browser, whereas someone who streams videos online or plays online games may find the same browser quite inadequate.
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Tags: Browsers, internet security, Web Performance, Web Site Accessibility
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Posted on May 31, 2010 by Tamara Brooks
Ideally speaking, aesthetics is one of the major principles web designers and developers consider in creating websites that will work and cater to the best of their clients’ interests. The typeface you choose can contribute to defining the nature of the website — it sets the tone and the mood of the content, and just generally helps in delivering the website as a whole package. However, in the past there have been typeface limitations that prevented web designers from expressing their inner artists, e.g. being forced to only use web safe fonts.
Until now, using our favorite household web typefaces would mean jumping through hoops due to all the licensing and browsing support issues one would have to deal with. Using real fonts would also mean Flash replacement text, back links and exported images… but things are starting to change. Slowly, the world’s font libraries have started opening their doors and likely it will only be a matter of time until we get access to a selection far greater than Arial and Verdana.
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Tags: Font, Typeface, Web Copywriting, Web Design and Development
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Posted on May 28, 2010 by Tamara Brooks
The iPad arrives in Canada and around the world today – is your website designed to work on it? Not only should you be considering how your website looks on standard internet browsers and smart phones, you now also need to think about how good it looks on the iPad.
If your website has been designed with a screen resolution of 1024 x 768 and is on the 960 grid system then you should be good to go! (Ask your webmaster if you don’t know the answer.) iPads will show your website in landscape and portrait modes so having a fluid layout (fluid means a layout that shrinks or grows according to the browser size but with a minimum width size) could be a really good function to have. (more…)
Tags: browser, fluid, grid system, iPad, Online Marketing Strategy, Web Performance, Web Site Accessibility, web site maintenance
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Posted on May 26, 2010 by Tamara Brooks
Look what we just posted! It’s our newly launched custom tab for Future Shop’s facebook page, doesn’t it look just fab? It’s fresh, smart and fun highlighting sweet links to top tech finds that all the female Future Shop fans will appreciate.
I bet your business would look great with a beautiful custom Facebook Page tab like this! Contact us.
Tags: Facebook, Future Shop, Landing Pages, Online Marketing, Promotional Ideas, Self Promotion, Viral Marketing
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Posted on May 26, 2010 by Tamara Brooks
In today’s online and connected world, linking between sites on the net is fundamental (in fact, it’s what makes the world wide web a, well, web!).
This relationship is so crucial that it determines which sites we think are important and which are not. It’s kind of like how we choose who we interact and network with – simply being out there is not enough. For example, if you were looking to hire someone for your business, you wouldn’t just go out and choose random people on the street; you would ask for recommendations from people you knew first. Or if you do find a good candidate, you’d check up on references.
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Tags: Blogging, Boost Online Traffic, Facebook, Google Analytics, Online Marketing Strategy, Online PR Management, Press Release, Self Promotion, SEO, Social Bookmarking, Twitter
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