Websites are living things and are constantly changing as new technologies become available. If your website is the same as it was two years ago, or ten years ago, as I've seen some, you are missing out on opportunities. Why, because users expectations change. Ten years ago, not many people cared about mobile websites. Five years ago, they wanted a mobile website, but expected it to be different from the regular website. Today, your customers want your website to respond, regardless of if … [Read more...]
posted on August 13, 2013 by
access2learn.com
Access2Learn is a separate website I maintain for students that I teach. The website was originally intended to be just for my students, however, I noticed that more and more people were visiting to get access to the notes. So in January of 2013, I went through a major redesign, and built the site on top of WordPress. Now I have better organization, a built-in search feature, and downloads that I can track. The layout was based off of the Genesis Theme, however, a child theme was developed … [Read more...]
posted on March 11, 2012 by
Dayspring Community Church
I took over this site in 2005 and maintained the site through 2011 to improve the timeliness of the content. I added several features to make the administration easier, and capable of editing by the church staff. These included: Adding an online gallery. Converting the layout to CSS to reduce download time, improve search engine ranking, and improve readability for those with visual impairments. Developing dynamic pages for each of the ministries so that church staff can make … [Read more...]
posted on May 1, 2009 by
How Fast Is Your Website?
Image by zerok via Flickr Yahoo recently updated one of their tools for grading and optimizing websites. It's called YSlow, and it checks your site for several different decisions and tools which you (or your web designer) may have implemented. YSlow is an add on to the Firebug tool which is a Firefox extension - so at this point, you can't run it in any other browser, however both Firefox and Firebug are free tools so there is no cost to you other than time. YSlow is nice because it … [Read more...]