Thanks to the web site Joann designed for me, I received my two best clients. I own a massage therapy business. As a new business woman, I was unsure if I should invest in a website, I am so glad I did. The price of the site has more than paid for itself. I am so grateful for the clients who found my web site!! —Bernadette Perez
I Can’t Decide
Thursday, 18 December 2008 00:00
I completed three versions of my website in 2008. Several alternate layouts were attractive, but you know when something isn’t quite right. Inspiration is important in any design discipline.
I draw mine from several sources. A weekly visit to the bookstore to flip through new books is refreshing. A small hint though, it’s not always the posh booksellers with the best selection. One of my favorites here in Arizona is one of those booksellers that force you to leave the store to buy sleepwear. Really inconvenient! But their inventory of design books and periodicals is good.
Another source of inspiration comes directly from packaging design. Bundles that attract you from across the room are worth studying. The same is true of architectural design. What’s going on inside? How to get where you want to go? Two things that architecture has in common with web design and two things that should be communicated almost immediately.
A major source of design inspiration comes from web technology itself. There is new innovation every month in the software industry. And some new launches are well worth the learning curve. I think the new version of Joomla falls into that category—site owners write that down. I invested more time and energy on this version of my site. It’s fully content-managed and can be reorganized virtually by the push of a button. Everything I invested on the front end will save time when the winds of style change...soon.
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