Archive for the ‘web design’ Category

Ahhh… New Year Resolutions

Thursday, January 5th, 2012

Yep, even as a business, we have resolutions, or rather, goals for the New Year. With each goal we set, we aim to provide our clients with great service. So, what’s on our list?

The Importance of Website Navigation

Tuesday, December 20th, 2011

How your website is navigated is often overlooked when you’re focusing on the aesthetic of your site.

Why Your Website Isn’t Working for You

Wednesday, December 14th, 2011

In an ever-digitizing world, it seems like every Tom, Dick, and Harry has a website.

Websites & Color – Color Tests

Wednesday, October 26th, 2011

We’ve spent some time looking at web design and color. Now it’s time to test yourself.

Websites & Color – Color Tools

Thursday, October 20th, 2011

There are a ton of great tools that you can use to help you build color palettes for your website.

Websites & Color – Color Psychology

Tuesday, August 2nd, 2011

Colors are can be separated into groups depending on how they make you feel. There are three basic groups of colors: cool, warm, and neutral. Picking the color group for your website should be based on the feelings you want to invoke. Also, consider using colors from each of the groups, to give you site balance.

5 Signs You Got Burned by Your Web Designer

Monday, July 25th, 2011

All too frequently we get calls from potential clients who have already had a website designed by another “designer”, but are feeling the burn. Before your have a website built, consider these things.

Do Your Website Like American Idol

Thursday, April 7th, 2011

There’s a lot we can learn from the success of American Idol. And, there’s a lot from that success that we can apply to websites. Here are a few lessons we can take and apply to your business website.

Website Feng Shui

Monday, April 4th, 2011

While Feng Shui isn’t actually applied to web design as an ancient Chinese practice, there are a lot of lessons about aligning positivity that can be applied to the flow of a website.

webMentor – Round Three

Thursday, March 24th, 2011

With two solid classes of webMentor in the history books, Alphabetix is proud to partner with the Mt Hood Community Small Business Development Center to offer the third edition of webMentor.

WordPress 3.0.5

Monday, February 7th, 2011

The WordPress 3.0.5 security release is required if you have any untrusted user accounts, but it also comes with important security enhancements and hardening. All WordPress users are strongly encouraged to update.

Get a Pro at a Fraction of the Cost

Thursday, December 16th, 2010

Alphabetix is offering another round of the very popular WebMentor course through the Mt Hood Community College Small Business Development Center.

Five Rockstar Website Must Haves

Friday, September 24th, 2010

When you consider that your website is your main marketing vehicle, sometimes you simply need to take a step back and really see this vehicle from your potential customer’s perspective.

Free Ecommerce Brown Bag

Wednesday, September 22nd, 2010

Any business that sells products and services in this day and age that is not selling somewhere online is falling further behind both their competition and their own expected sales goals.

Why You Need a Favicon

Tuesday, August 24th, 2010

Favicons are an essential part of a well-polished website.