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5 Easy Ways to Get Your Website in Tip-Top Shape

Your website is the online hub for your small business. It’s the place your customers go to about your services, get pricing information and so much more. It’s also the very first introduction a prospective client has to your business. First impressions matter and you want your organization’s website to shine. It’s impossible to imagine Continue Reading »

Golf Courses in Raleigh: Web Design Gallery

I thought it would be interesting to look at the websites for some of the golf courses here in the Raleigh-Durham-Cary-Wake Forest area, to see if their websites are as nice as their fairways. Below are some of the best website designs of Raleigh golf courses. They all made my list because of their unique website designs, their use of large photos on the websites, and their overall design creativity.

Burger Joints in Raleigh: Web Design Gallery

I thought it would be interesting to look at the websites for some of the burger joints here in the Raleigh and greater Triangle area, to see if they are as unique as their food. Below are some of the best website designs of Raleigh burger joints. They made my list because of their unique website designs, their use of large photos on the websites, and their overall design creativity.

Professional Sports Teams in Raleigh: Web Design Gallery

Sports in Raleigh is more than just a hobby, it’s a way of life, and there are certainly plenty of sporting events to go to in the area. While the Triangle is known for its college sports, there are enough other sports teams here to satisfy any Raleigh resident’s interests. Here is a list of some of my favorite website designs from professional sports teams in Raleigh.

Colleges & Universities in Raleigh: Web Design Gallery

I thought it would be interesting to look at the websites for the Raleigh-area colleges and universities and see how their website designs stacked up against each other. Below are some of the websites of colleges and universities in Raleigh. These made my list because of their unique website designs, their use of large photos on the websites, and their overall web design creativity.

Food Trucks in Raleigh: Web Design Gallery

I thought it would be interesting to look at the websites for local Raleigh food trucks and see if they are as unique as their food. Below are some of the best website designs of Raleigh food trucks. They made my list because of their unique website designs, their use of large photos on the websites, and their overall design creativity.

Beer-Related Websites in Raleigh: Web Design Gallery

Below is a sampling of some of my favorite Raleigh beer website designs, which I chose for their unique website designs and their unique use of large-scale photography in their website designs. (And of course, because their beer is really good, or the beer event is really neat.)

Clear Instructions Will Improve Your Form’s Usability

From a web designer’s perspective, creating a better and more usable form usually means coming up with a nice, clean design. That’s definitely true, but it’s not 100% accurate, because how usable your form is also depends on how well you’ve written the instructions contained within it.

Design Drop-Down Menus According to the “3 W’s”

Drop-down menus are one of those “love ’em or hate ’em” elements in web design. Many designers or developers shy away from using them, and I used to be no exception to that. As I’m learning more about them though, I’m coming to embrace them – as long as they meet my “3 W’s” criteria.

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Why Use a Favicon on Your Website?

Most people who use the Internet regularly are probably accustomed to seeing favicons, but chances are your average Internet user doesn’t know too much about them, other than where they’ve noticed them – if they have noticed them.