Author: Larry Alton

23 Essential WordPress Security Tips

23 Essential WordPress Security Tips

Cyber security is an ever revolving field. As system techs work to fix holes and weaknesses to prevent security issues, hackers find more ways around them. For that reason, no website is safe from the onslaught. Some people mistakenly believe that if they use a trusted website hosting service, such...

Web Design in the Age of Info Overload

Web Design in the Age of Info Overload

There’s a lot of content out there. A lot. It’s all over the Internet – in content marketing, social media updates, and blogging. Certainly, individual users contribute their own content. But the average person’s status updates and blog posts about niche interests or their day-to-day lives are spare change compared...

SEO Monitoring: The Missing Link to Quality Web Design

SEO Monitoring: The Missing Link to Quality Web Design

Web design is very subjective. Sure, there are best practices, rules, and trends, but most aspects of design are left up to the individual designer. This has unfortunately resulted in a design culture that believes certain aspects of the process can be thrown aside or swapped out. Reaching this conclusion...

How to Quickly Increase Conversion Rates With Simple Design Tricks

How to Quickly Increase Conversion Rates With Simple Design Tricks

Few things are more frustrating than having a dissatisfied client – especially after you’ve poured hours of work into carefully designing each individual aspect of their website. And yet, while the site may be smooth and aesthetically pleasing, it’s still entirely possible that a client could come to you and...

25 Interactive Infographics for the Designer in You

25 Interactive Infographics for the Designer in You

Since the beginning of the century, infographics have had a powerful impact on the way we view web media. At its inception, it was revolutionary as the perfect medium for both representing data and entertaining the audience. The success of infographics has evolved since that time. Just a few years...

21 Common Blog Design Blunders And How to Fix Them

21 Common Blog Design Blunders And How to Fix Them

You can have high quality content with great images on your blog, but if it’s not designed for the optimum user experience, you’ll be in trouble. The idea of good website design varies to some degree based on the designer’s preferences, but ultimately, good design will clearly covey visual information...

20 Skills of Successful Graphic Designers

20 Skills of Successful Graphic Designers

Every industry has their share of top professionals who have found success based on talent and a number of skill-sets that may be undefined. What is it that has put them above all the rest? For graphic designers, it probably has something to do with mastering most or all of...

20 Myths Busted About Responsive Web Design

20 Myths Busted About Responsive Web Design

The need for addressing the importance of responsive web design has long since passed. Now it’s time to focus on how to make the most responsive design possible. It’s what everyone is talking about, but unfortunately, not everyone knows what they’re talking about. All too often, you’ll come across some...

Skills Your Web Developer Should Know

Skills Your Web Developer Should Know

Web developers can’t be one trick ponies that “only” toss together a WordPress page and leave their clients in a lurch when it comes to search engine optimization, social media integration or logo designs. As a “web developer“, these professionals must encompass a variety of skills and tools not just...