Just launched my latest project. This was a redesign of 2-page realtor site. At first glance, the project was simple enough: 2 static pages with clean new look, better content organization and access to FranklyMLS, blog & videos. This site was to be tighter and more ‘businesslike’ than the client’s blog I redesigned last year. The only [...]

Hello! If you’ve arrived directly here, you may not have noticed some major changes in the home page. Go ahead, visit Azzcat Design. I’ll wait!… Woa! What was that movin’ and a changin’ going on? Did you play with it? Don’t forget to resize the browser to enjoy the effects Pretty nifty, huh? Kind of makes this [...]

W3C Validators We know about the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Validation Service. Submit a site’s URL and get graded on valid HTML and/or CSS mark-up: pass, and you get to put a W3C validation banner on the site. (Not dissimilar to gold star stickers on a kindergartener’s bumblebee.) fail, and you get not only [...]

PNG files (Portable Network Graphics) are one of the image file formats used by web designers for modern browsers. See 10 Best Browsers in 2009. It’s a wonderful format, because it allows the designer to place an image w/o the “box” of JPG or the single color limitations of GIF. It’s classy, high end, the [...]

I’ve just begun work with a new client for a complete website overhaul (copywriting, design, navigation–the works). And this client had some very good questions about what to expect about how the workflow process would proceed. For those of you with similar questions, let me share the conversation… Client: Could you map out for us [...]

It was time to redesign my website. And I was into it! So I began a simple process—after all, I’m an easy client! Step 1—Design Step 2—Code in standards-compliant browser (Firefox!) Step 3—Upload & enjoy! ***WAIT JUST A MINUTE!!!*** I ask myself “shouldn’t you just peek at the site in IE?” OK, twist my arm [...]