The Ten Steps to Getting a Website
I am often asked by potential clients “What’s the process of getting a website? How does this work?”. Let me explain the process we use at Onward! Studios.
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UA Actions
The Photo Argus (@thephotoargus) just released an amazing set of Photoshop Actions that give photographers professional retouching workflows with a single click. If you’re a photographer, ranging from a hobbyist to professional, you’ll want to check out these well-done, thought-out actions. There are three different suites of Photoshop Union Actions. Photo Designer Portrait Suite Texturize
What Does a Website Cost? – The Ongoing Costs
Photo by Images Money on Flikr When I put together a proposal for a client, I include the the ongoing costs. These costs are the investment fees to keep the site up and running beyond the initial launch of their site. The initial investment of a site was covered in a previous post. This post
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What Does a Website Cost?
Photo by Mark Strozier on Flikr One of the most common questions I get as a web designer is “what will a website cost?” The initial cost of a website is dependent on a number of factors: amount of content type of content functionality (features) of the website Amount of Content A 3-page site will
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How to Stay Creative
Having worked in the creative industry for over 15 years, sometimes I’m just plain done with coming up with one more creative idea. Yet, over the years, I also know being creative breathes life and energy into me. If I can get beyond that ‘creative block’, I easily lose track of time as the creativity
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Tools for Charts and Graphics
Ever need a professional looking chart? There are a number of options that let you create a chart quickly using your own data and then embed that chart on your site. And some of these offer other types of visualizations as well. Tableau Public Create a professional graphic within minutes. Download this this powerful free
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CSS Types: Tags, Classes, IDs
WordPress is a great tool for setting up websites. One of its strong points is not having to know code. But, I have found it is incredibly useful to know something about CSS. For every WordPress site I’ve done, I’ve had to tweak the CSS code at least. In this post, we’ll look at the
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Work that Matters
Awhile back, I read a blog post called ‘The Art of Mattering’, by Scott Ginsberg. What we do needs to matter. My training needs to matter. My design work, my writing, my life needs to matter. To matter means to make a difference. To borrow from the blog post, here are ways we can matter
SmugMug vs Zenfolio
SmugMug and Zenfolio are the two top options for setting up Photography sites. If you are a photographer, you’ve probably already ran across SmugMug and Zenfolio when exploring available options for setting up photography websites. Both options are very similar. Instead of side-by-side comparisons, this post is a summary of what users are saying about
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