Web Design

Microformats are small snippets of HTML code that allow you to represent commonly published content in a standardized way so browsers and applications can do something with that information. Types of things that use microformatting include...

Often when we hand over websites to clients, they have questions like:

“Can I add another page to the main navigation?”

“Can we make that font blue?”

“Can we add an image there?”

The...

This is the third generation of the recommendation from the W3C in regards to CSS. Unlike CSS 2.1, which is still unfinished, CSS3 has been broken up into different unique modules. What this means is that CSS for layout will go into one specific...

Many of our clients focus on "going green" and strive to adopt best green business practices. I am very proud to recently have had the opportunity to support one such client. Whenever they print anything, they always save waste by...

This post is a follow up on the article Toni Ellison wrote in December, “Get a Simple Website Using a Blog.”

When you think of a blog or a...

I have been in the web programming industry for over 10 years, so I get a lot of friends eager to get some free advice on how to create a (free) website for their small business. These people are not very technical, and they are mainly interested...

When sitting down to map out a website the discussion at some point will turn to photos.  How many?  What type of photos do we want?  All valid questions. A photo can enhance your website's message.  A photo can tell a...

Every year on October 5, personal property taxes are due where I live. My county collects these taxes, and it allows citizens to pay online. So on October 4 I went to the county website to pay my taxes. I thought I’d find a big button that...

Naming convention, structure and design are all important aspects to consider when coming up with a navigation solution that fits your company needs. With poorly designed navigation a site loses its organization and without organization, a site...

We here at Balance Interactive have found that house building is a good analogy for how websites are built. No one will go to a home builder and say “I want a house built and I want to move in to it, fully furnished, in 4 weeks.” Yet...

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