Website usability is a term used to indicate the ease with which people can interact with a website. You don’t have to be expert website architect to understand there is a low tolerance for difficult designs and slow websites. People...

Corporate Site Map If you’re at the stage of drafting web architecture for a corporate website, you should already have a clear understanding of the website objectives (what you want to accomplish), website requirements (what you want the website to...

Over the past few posts I’ve discussed global components, components, homepage design, internal page design and style guides. Today I’ll end by discussing the sidebar and give you some ideas on how to use them effectively. The majority of websites...

Over the past couple posts we’ve cover how I prototype a corporate website architecture. We’ve looked at the atomic elements, global components, components, corporate homepage design and briefly covered internal page structure. Today I want to talk about the style...

I previously discussed global components. In this post I’ll converse about some of the other elements that make AtomicLabz.com homepage. Also, we’ll look at the internal page structure. Carousel A carousel is like a rotating billboard that consists of a...

I already discussed the site map with the project stakeholders in my previous meetings and they approved. Next, it was onto wireframeing some of the atomic elements and global components. Atomic elements cannot be broken down any further. An example...

My goal was to generate preliminary site map of corporate website architecture. Our client previously filled out our website discovery form and uploaded a number of files (documents and images). I sourced the information submitted and was looking for the...

Before creating a design or programming functionality, a new website needs a clear plan. Not taking the time to plan is one of the biggest mistakes you can make when developing a new website. Skipping past planning a website and...

SEOMOZ just had a HUGE study of the future of SEO and here are the findings: SEO strategies on the decline: exact match domain names effectiveness of paid links anchor text in external links WebBizIdeas.com summary:  basically building crappy links...

You may want to have the Facebook like / recommend button on every page of your website. The standard code works great unless some of your pages are secure, using the https:// protocol. Ecommerce websites are the most common example....