Boston Web Design Blog http://www.bostonid.com/blog ...our thoughts on web design, web development, identity branding, coffee, and other unassociated topics. Sat, 26 Oct 2013 20:02:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.39 Why you should write mobile first CSS http://www.bostonid.com/blog/writing-mobile-first-css/ http://www.bostonid.com/blog/writing-mobile-first-css/#comments Sat, 26 Oct 2013 19:39:17 +0000 http://www.bostonid.com/blog/?p=217 I have seen so many responsive website designs which have been created by taking a desktop/laptop design and then adding CSS media queries to the end of the stylesheet to deliver a responsive solution. Doing it this way means that you are negatively affecting your page load times. Let me explain… If your user accesses … Continue reading Why you should write mobile first CSS

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]]> http://www.bostonid.com/blog/writing-mobile-first-css/feed/ 0 Adobe Creative Cloud and its impact on Web Designers http://www.bostonid.com/blog/adobe-creative-cloud-and-its-impact-on-web-designers/ http://www.bostonid.com/blog/adobe-creative-cloud-and-its-impact-on-web-designers/#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 04:19:51 +0000 http://bostonid.com/blog/?p=210 Web designers tend to rely on Adobe’s creative software tools. They use tools like Photoshop for image editing and Dreamweaver for HTML editing. Last week Adobe announced a new version of their creative software, but the features and capabilities weren’t the biggest thing on designer’s minds. What caught the attention of most web design firms … Continue reading Adobe Creative Cloud and its impact on Web Designers

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]]> http://www.bostonid.com/blog/adobe-creative-cloud-and-its-impact-on-web-designers/feed/ 1 Logo Design Tips 101 http://www.bostonid.com/blog/logo-design-tips-101/ http://www.bostonid.com/blog/logo-design-tips-101/#comments Fri, 21 Dec 2012 21:51:53 +0000 http://bostonid.com/blog/?p=168 When we design logos for our clients we focus on a few things. In this logo design tips article you will see just where our focus is, our process, and how to achieve results time and time again. Here are our logo design tips (thankfully not 101 to remember!) Keep it simple – use just … Continue reading Logo Design Tips 101

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]]> http://www.bostonid.com/blog/logo-design-tips-101/feed/ 0 New school website launched for Foxcroft Academy http://www.bostonid.com/blog/new-school-website-launched-for-foxcroft-academy/ http://www.bostonid.com/blog/new-school-website-launched-for-foxcroft-academy/#comments Thu, 06 Sep 2012 03:04:02 +0000 http://bostonid.com/blog/?p=142 “Thank you. The web site is awesome and I am very glad that we are working with you!!” The above quote is from the Head of School at Foxcroft Academy after the launch of their new website that we designed and developed. A great quote and one we are very proud of and thankful for. … Continue reading New school website launched for Foxcroft Academy

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]]> http://www.bostonid.com/blog/new-school-website-launched-for-foxcroft-academy/feed/ 0 Website Content Strategy – another “less is more” article… http://www.bostonid.com/blog/website-content-strategy-another-less-more-article/ http://www.bostonid.com/blog/website-content-strategy-another-less-more-article/#comments Wed, 15 Aug 2012 02:18:11 +0000 http://bostonid.com/blog/?p=118 So you have a brand spanking new website and it is empty and ready for you to populate it with content, what do you do now? What is your website content strategy? The first thing you should to is fire your web design company! It’s true, if your web design company has designed you a … Continue reading Website Content Strategy – another “less is more” article…

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]]> http://www.bostonid.com/blog/website-content-strategy-another-less-more-article/feed/ 0 Mobile first web design for information architecture http://www.bostonid.com/blog/mobile-first-web-design-for-information-architecture/ http://www.bostonid.com/blog/mobile-first-web-design-for-information-architecture/#comments Thu, 31 May 2012 17:30:06 +0000 http://bostonid.com/blog/?p=69 When people think “mobile first web design” then often thoughts of single column layouts and a simple interface spring to mind. What I really love about a mobile first approach is how it helps to organize the structure of your website and each page within the site. Thinking mobile first design has enormous benefits for … Continue reading Mobile first web design for information architecture

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]]> http://www.bostonid.com/blog/mobile-first-web-design-for-information-architecture/feed/ 0 Scope Creep http://www.bostonid.com/blog/scope-creep/ http://www.bostonid.com/blog/scope-creep/#comments Thu, 17 May 2012 02:18:37 +0000 http://bostonid.com/blog/?p=58 What is scope creep? It is when the original plan for a web project evolves into something that is beyond what the client and web design studio initially agreed upon. The scope of the project gradually creeps ever outward. Scope creep is what happens on many, if not most, web design projects if you choose … Continue reading Scope Creep

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]]> http://www.bostonid.com/blog/scope-creep/feed/ 0 UX Design – My Comcast Issues http://www.bostonid.com/blog/ux-design-issues/ http://www.bostonid.com/blog/ux-design-issues/#comments Fri, 16 Mar 2012 02:35:40 +0000 http://bostonid.com/blog/?p=38 Why is it that things I use every single day are so poorly designed? Why do the companies that have these products not change them for a better user experience? Do these companies not realize that it affects their bottom line? UX Design is important people! I recently moved house and switched cable provider to … Continue reading UX Design – My Comcast Issues

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]]> http://www.bostonid.com/blog/ux-design-issues/feed/ 0 HTML5 is not just HTML – Part One http://www.bostonid.com/blog/html5-is-not-just-html-part-one/ http://www.bostonid.com/blog/html5-is-not-just-html-part-one/#comments Tue, 21 Feb 2012 04:32:04 +0000 http://bostonid.com/blog/?p=29 It is the big buzzword, “HTML5″. Everybody wants it…they think, well they are not sure…but you need it for mobile devices right???…don’t you???…anyway, it sounds cool and most clients want it. Here I will try to give an overview of just what HTML5 is, the pros and cons, and why or why not to use … Continue reading HTML5 is not just HTML – Part One

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]]> http://www.bostonid.com/blog/html5-is-not-just-html-part-one/feed/ 0 Best Practices for HTML Email Design http://www.bostonid.com/blog/best-practices-for-html-email/ http://www.bostonid.com/blog/best-practices-for-html-email/#comments Mon, 20 Feb 2012 00:51:54 +0000 http://bostonid.com/blog/?p=25 There are no standards we can work to when we are coding HTML emails but there are some generally accepted best practices for HTML email design. Here are mine: Use tables for layout (yes I know it’s makes you twitch to type ancient code but it works!) Maximum width of 600 pixels (try to minimize … Continue reading Best Practices for HTML Email Design

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