Within the first 8 seconds of clicking on your website, most Internet users have already decided whether to stay or leave. In that brief moment you need to convey who you are, what you offer and why people should want to know more. You need to be clear and concise and your site must be engaging and easy to use. With the right website you can turn that 8 seconds into long-term loyalty.
When doing business online, your website needs to be more than a brochure. It needs to serve your customers. We help you figure out how.
Your logo is the symbol that represents your business, but it's only one piece of the branding puzzle. Yellowseed can help you create a strong foundation for a powerful brand identity.
Flash animates the web. Music, video and flying text are all delivered by Flash. If you are looking to add some zing to your site than Flash is what you are looking for.
Music can soothe the soul and excite the senses. Yellowseed can help you develop a music soundtrack for your website or a voice-over for your presentation.
The adage that a picture is worth a thousand words holds true for your website. Often the first thing a vistor will see is the photographic images on your website.
Graphic Design consists of the non-photographic icons, images and fonts that are used in your website, print promotions and in presentations. Ideally, these graphics are as unique to your company as your logo and reflect your brand style.
"Splash pages are the pages that the user sees before they actually get to a website; typically, they're flash and offer some kind of introductory animation. The user clicks "Skip Intro" or "Enter Site" and from there is taken to the site." Here is a good article on why splash pages can be a bad thing.
Here's a brief look at some problems with the new Internet Explorer Browers (IE7), spotlighting some areas and features that may pose problems to developers, as well as tools available to help with application development. This is a pretty technical article but it might help you understand some of the problems that your web site might be forced to deal with.
Although he can be criticised for not always practicing what he preaches, Jakob Nielsen is still one of the gurus of usability. In this introduction to usability he explains what usability is and why you should care.
I appreciate when clients come to me with their ideas, but once I start work, I prefer they not get too involved. But how do I say this without sounding insulting?
When too many people get involved in the creative process, especially modifying and tweaking a design, they usually create something horrendous: originality and cohesion are sacrificed for a bland pastiche of blinking graphics and sloppy markup.
Here’s a great article that describes the inverse relationships in web design between time and number of “designers” involved and quality of the final product.
This article about usability from webpronews.com asks "Given the many excellent reasons to make provisions for disabled users when creating a web site, why do so many professionals in the web design industry ignore this important facet of the online community?"
There are a lot of reasons to be in favour of web standards - they ensure that your web site is more accessible, easier to manage and, usually, faster to download. But there are many misconceptions about how to apply web standards when creating a web site. Here's a good article about 9 Ways to Misunderstand Web Standards.