Welcome to my blog!
My name is Alice Gebura and I am Smart Alice Web Design. As a web designer and builder I hear a lot of questions from my clients about the process of creating a web site, what things work and don’t work, and how such things as SEO and social media tie in. There are lots of web design blogs on the internet, but I’ve found that most of them are written for developers.
I decided to create a blog written for you, the client, to help you understand and navigate this web business. My goals are to:
- Provide general information on web design
- Look at good and bad examples
- Write about the latest trends
- Collect links to other resources you might find helpful.
P.S. For more information on my web design work, please visit my web site.
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April 2012 – Web Templates
This month I blog about templates you can purchase for the web. The advertising makes it look easy but you’re going to end up spending a lot of hours on it and the results won’t look as good as advertised – unless you hire a web designer to help you. You might assume this is cheaper than building a site from scratch. Not necessarily. If I want to write the code for a web site with a centered column 1200 pixels wide and a blue background, I can do it off the top of my head in a minute. If I have to untangle the code in someone else’s mess and then fix it, it will take longer. Web sites are expensive, just like a car is expensive. There are a lot of complicated, interrelated parts that require expertise to design and build. I wouldn’t buy a “build it yourself” car kit. Would you?
March 2012 -Web Statistics and Trends (from w3schools.com)
Although web statistics and trends are for developers, clients need to understand the basic concepts. Your web site will be viewed with different browsers. Because each browser has its own quirks, it’s likely your web site will look different from browser to browser. It will also look different depending on the size and quality of the monitor and whether it’s being viewed on a mobile device. Browser use is trending to Firefox and Chrome which tells me to build a web site to look its best in these two browsers.
