UI / UX Tips

Shadow effects are specified based on specified order. The property dont increase the size of the box, though they can extend past its boundaries. .shadow { text-shadow: 5px 5px 5px #a1a1a1; font-size:3em; color:#000; font-family:"Times New Roman", Times, serif } The above class specifies text shadow effect, it extends 5px to the right and 5px below the text, and the 5px blur. Browser Support IE8 - None FF3.5+ - Yes SA1.3+ - Yes OP9.5+ - Yes shadow value must specify a shadow offset and a blur radius and color. Using two lenghth values the offset will specified. * First value represents the horizontal distance to the right of the text in positive. The negative value move the text to left side. * Second value represents the vertical distance below the text (if it’s positive) or above the text (if it’s negative). The blur radius is specified after the offset values; it’s a length value that represents the size of the blur effect. If no radius is specified, th...

Many people want to have a website. They do not have the technical expertise to put it together themselves. There is no need to panic. In a capitalistic economy where there is a need there is always someone to fill it. Web development is no different. You can hire these resources to be done or find resources to teach you how to do it yourself. A search on the internet will find you resources. You can go more independent and hire someone to do a custom web design. They will help with the set up look and graphics on your site. They can even make some suggestions as to content. These services will cost you but may be a very good investment. If you want the best chance at making your site stand out and do what you want it to then hiring a web designer might just be the way to go. You will want to compare prices on what services they have to offer. You can also choose to download software to use on a web hosting site and make your own design. This may not be as original but will cost less t...

When it comes to a functional and profitable website, there are some details which can be implemented to help your visitors find their way around and be more likely to purchase from you than from your competitors. Below you will find web design tips which can help you in deciding what to display on your pages. Clutter will only confuse your visitors and they will quickly leave your site to click on the next link in the search engines results. Taking the time to plan the layout of your website will not only improve the appearance, it will improve the functionality required to assist visitors in finding the shopping cart. A good method to prevent clutter is to divide the website into categories of related information, or products. By doing this you can free up space on your home page by creating links to additional pages which now contain the information that was previously cluttering up your front page. When a person is about to spend money, they want to know how to get in contact with ...

After the economic slump, it's hard to believe that profits even exist. For many it feels like pigs are more likely to fly, over their business making profits. Even though competition between internet businesses is tough, it's not impossible to make a decent profit, if you have the right tools at hand, a decent marketing plan and excellent customer service. Whether you're selling a product or a service online, it's vital that you have a good customer service plan, which will give you the advantage over your competition. Excellent customer service does mean you go that little bit further for your customers, but it is definitely worth it. If a customer is happy with the service, they will mention it to others and pass it on the chain. It's a good marketing plan, word of mouth, as it costs nothing; all it takes is your effort and time with customers. These days, word of mouth is still just as powerful as the internet, and can make or dismantle your business. So always ...

Usability is the key concept that will make your website an instant success with your customers - the theory is to attract and retain. Here, an effortless experience is the desired outcome that you want each customer to experience time and time again on your site. Below are some core usability tips that have been put together with the help of Surrey web design: 1. Simple Navigation: There is nothing more frustrating than arriving at a website that has no easy navigation, particularly when you are in a rush to find what you are looking for. Users are very impatient and if they cannot find what they are looking for they will leave your site. The simple solution to this is to have an accessible menu bar with appropriate tab headings e.g. Home, About Us, Products and Contact, that is consistent across each page. Keep these tab headings short and specific as this is all you need from your primary navigation. Note, if a user can not find what they want in 3 clicks they'll leave your site...

Current business practices dictate that most companies will use websites or some kind of online presence to market their business. In most cases these sites are nothing more than online brochures. But websites are more than a place to share basic knowledge and services; they are marketing vehicles that should be driving business through your door and directly to your cash register. Online analytics gives us the ability to track our website visitors and tweak the information we present in a way we never could before. Which leads to a very important question... should we offer translations of our website? Content in your website is like location to a Realtor. We log onto the internet to find information, to research products and read reviews... among many other things. Providing the best, easily accessed information puts you at the top of the search engines and increases the likely hood you'll be found by your prospects. According to an AOL study, most Hispanics consume online media ...

There are literally hundreds of web browsers in use around the world. All of them implement the W3C document standards a little differently. Web designers must wrestle with these differences to make a web site work. This article discusses the effect those different implementations has on design. What is Cross Browser Compatibility? If a web page is completely cross-browser compatible, it will look more or less the same in all of the existing web browsers. The most commonly used browsers are Internet Explorer, Netscape Navigator, Firefox and Opera. Each one of these browser implements HTML, JavaScript and Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) a little differently. Some difference only create cosmetic difference others can break the webpage. The situation gets worse because each browser is free to implement “enhancements” to the W3C standard version of each of these formats. Then to compound matters even more the underlying operating systems also creates difference in how the computer displays g...