Web Design Trends For 2014
Posted by Willem Louw on 20 Feb 2014 under Design
Last year we looked at some of 2013’s top web design trends. The top trends were highlighted, illustrated and briefly explained in an infographic. While in the blog content, I briefly discussed potential trends for 2014. I pointed out Flat Design, Responsive Design and Infinite Scrolling as my top trend picks for 2014. Responsive Design is, of course, an obvious one. I would actually hesitate to call it a design trend, because I believe it is here to stay. But at of that aside, now […]
Web Design Trends in 2013
Posted by Willem Louw on 11 Oct 2013 under Design
As 2013 draws to a close, that’s right there have less than 3 months left of the year 2013, let’s take a look at some of the Web Design trends of the year. Responsive Design, Metro, Minimalism, Typography, Parallax Scrolling, Infinite Scrolling, Fixed Headers, Single Page Websites, Large Image Backgrounds and Content First, these where the buzzwords of this year, but the question is, which of these trends will be dated next year and which will stand the test of time? Take a look at […]
Testing Responsive Design
Posted by Willem Louw on 02 Aug 2013 under Development
We’ve previously covered Responsive Design and I think there is no denying, it’s the way forward in web development. Now as a developer, how do you go about testing your media queries, many resort to resizing their browser to mimic various device screen sizes. Firefox has a useful built-in ‘Responsive Design View’ tool, which is quite useful, but only if you’re a Firefox user. There are, however several online solutions available for viewing and testing responsive sites. We’ve outlined our two top picks in online […]
Why Responsive Design?
Posted by Willem Louw on 31 May 2013 under Design, Development
My previous blog post asked the question: “Do you need a mobile friendly website?”, so after reading that you should already have a good idea of what mobile support could do for your online conversions. With all of this in mind, you’ve decided that you what your website to cater for mobile devices. What is the best way to implement this on your website? This question brings us to the topic of today’s blog post. We are going be taking a look at, what is […]
Do You Need A Mobile Friendly Website?
Posted by Willem Louw on 17 May 2013 under Design, Development
Mobile devices are everywhere. Last year saw an 81% growth in smartphone usage and globally, mobile devices now account for more than 13% of internet traffic. Yet, despite this, many sites do not cater for mobile devices. Now the reality of the matter is that everyone uses a mobile device, the question is, are your clients accessing your site from their mobile devices? This will be determined by various factors, ranging from your product/service to your target market’s age group and gender to industry standards. […]