Posts Tagged ‘design’
5 Steps To A Consistent Brand Image
I love the whole topic of branding (did you know we have a sister site named Small Business Branding?). Having worked in the advertising industry where we serviced clients who demand consistency of their brand representation down to the littlest minutiae like color codes, it’s ingrained in my brain to take branding seriously. For us…
Click To ReadHow This Online Tool Turned Me Into A Kick Butt Graphic Designer
Those who know me know I love pretty web things. Gorgeous themes, beautiful banners, eye-catching infographics. If you have those, I’m hooked. Sadly… I can’t design good graphics to save my life. This doesn’t stop me. You may have seen the tutorial how to create Pinterest graphics using Pixlr. I can make something passable but…
Click To ReadPrepare Your Widgets Before Switching WordPress Themes
This week, I’m working on a new theme for one of our sites that have been using the same theme since 2008. Definitely time for a change. It’s not just a fresh design. I’m actually changing themes to Builder so I can have a radically different design on some pages and they must be responsive.…
Click To ReadWhy do my emails look different in Outlook, Gmail and Hotmail?
For some reason, the text in my HTML emails appear a little wider in Outlook than in Gmail or other email systems. What am I doing wrong? Could it have anything to do with 1ShoppingCart? Photocredit: webbfredag Answer Chances are, it’s NOT a 1ShoppingCart issue but more of the way email clients read HTML. Imagine Outlook,…
Click To ReadCustomize aMember Login Screen – Here’s How
We’ve been working with aMember for many years now. Most of the work is for our clients (naturally) and almost all of them want to customize aMember’s pretty generic and somewhat boring (sorry CGI Central!) login and member’s account management screens. It’s always a good idea to do customize them. Not only to give the…
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