One problem I regularly encounter — whether it’s on my blog on one of the sites I manage at work — is how to keep track of the styles used for content formatting.
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US State Tourism Web Site Design: Two Years On (Part 1)
About two years ago, I posted a review of US state tourism web sites, in which I uncovered a range of web site design going all the way from great to downright ugly. More recently, Sam Dunn did his own summary of 22 well-designed state tourism web sites.
Read MoreThoughts on the ESPN Web Site Redesign
I’ve been looking over the ESPN site redesign today. I managed to find a screenshot of the previous version of the home page to compare the new design against:
Read MoreWeb Design Predictions for 2009
I’ve been thinking about what might lie ahead for web designers in 2009. Here are a few -educated guesses- predictions.
Shopping Cart Design Showcase
In doing research for some ecommerce work I wanted to see how online retailers approached the layout of different types of store pages.
Perhaps my Google skills were lacking, but I couldn’t find any examples of where someone else had done something similar. I’ve seen showcases of shopping cart icons and add to cart icons, but nothing where the layout of a whole page is examined.
Are Server Side Includes Still a Relevant Technique for Managing Large Web Sites?
Most of the sites I’ve managed have used content management systems that spit out static pages.
As such, I’m become a proponent of using server side includes (SSI) as a way to manage global site components, due to their simplicity and ease-of-use. Read More
Borders Magic Shelf: A Clever Take on the Home Page Promo Area
When I was researching sites for my banner carousel showcase I reviewed Borders.com and was immediately struck by the creative approach they have taken to their main home page promotional area. Read More
Google’s Starter Guide to SEO
Google have published their own SEO starter guide (PDF 550KB) which covers the basics of search engine optimization as it relates to the Google search engine. Read More
Error Message Design Showcase
An important part of designing any kind of registration or login form is how you handle when things go wrong — a required field is missed or data is entered incorrectly. How do you inform the user that they have made a mistake and help them in fixing it? Read More
Two New Web Site Launches
The NCsoft web team has been busily working away, and recently launched redesigns for a couple of our game web sites.
The first is for our City of Heroes superhero game (shameless plug: 14-day free trial available).
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