Lots to do…

My life has been restructured significantly the past 2 years with the birth of my…

Free images

Looking for images to use for a project or blog? Here are some websites I go to for photos. All of these images are free to use for personal use and some for commercial use. They each have their own copyright and crediting specifics so make sure you read up before using an image.

The Design

Part 3 of my website building series.

Now that we have created a sitemap and wireframes, we are finally ready to apply design to our blueprint and foundation! We can focus on design knowing that everything else is taken care of and accounted for. These days, I build most of my websites responsively. That means the website responds to any screen, ranging from a desktop monitor all the way down to a phone. In this case, mockups are quite misleading since they assume a snapshot of just one particular width, or resolution. Because of this, I often like to provide my clients with what I call style tiles. Style tiles reflect the design systems rather than a specific width snapshot. Style tiles include a color scheme, typography, image application, the home page hero, and navigation style.

Wireframes

What is a wireframe? Wireframes are basic sketches of the elements for each page. This…

The sitemap

The sitemap

What is a sitemap? Simply put, a sitemap is a map of your pages. You…

Hosting Providers

Ready to get some web hosting? Great! There are a lot of options for hosting…