Do you always run out of ideas when searching for the perfect image for your blog or website? Well, don’t worry because you are not alone! After incorporating many of their favorite pictures into their content, many professionals face this dilemma: Where to find the...
A Professional Web Design & Development Process Checklist
by Heather Valencia | Jan 10, 2022 | Business, Web Design
Each web design firm or freelance web designer is going to have a different execution plan for the development of your website. Some might share that process with you and some won't. I won't comment on whether that's an indicator of the quality of work or not, because...
9 Accessibility Design Tips for Credit Union Websites
by Heather Valencia | Dec 1, 2019 | Web Design
Credit Union Website Accessibility Why do credit union websites need to adhere to accessibility standards? There is a civil rights law that says private and public businesses must make accommodations for Americans with Disabilities. This is called the Americans with...
STOP! These 8 Disastrous Website Design Mistakes
by Heather Valencia | Nov 24, 2019 | Web Design
1. Interactive Sliders Sliders have been proven to engage very little activity from visitors. They are also a very annoying feature. Have you ever seen a slider on an eCommerce website and saw a deal you wanted to click and missed it? So, if you were lucky, there were...
SOLVED: How To Make GoDaddy work with Gmail, Gravity Forms & Other WP Forms
by Heather Valencia | Apr 19, 2018 | How To, Web Design
The following article is one solution of a few to fix problems you could be facing when trying to make Wordpress form plugins work on GoDaddy servers(using either gmail or hosted email). In this case, the solution required that GoDaddy make the change on their end. So...
How To Bulk Optimize Video for Website Backgrounds
by Heather Valencia | Mar 28, 2018 | How To, Web Design
The Best Video Compressor and Converter My favorite place to optimize videos for website background use would have to be Converter Point. It's an online tool that doesn't require that you sign up to use it. You don't have to download some special program. Just upload...
How To Bulk Optimize Images for Faster Web Pages
by Heather Valencia | Sep 28, 2016 | How To, Learn How to SEO, Web Design
There are several reasons you will need to optimize your images for web. Most digital cameras take very large high quality photos. And when left untouched and raw, they contain a lot of heavy information that is not needed to be served on a website. If you don't...
What You Should Know About Converting Website Visitors To Clients
by Heather Valencia | Sep 6, 2016 | Business, Web Design
Why Do You Need a Website? No longer do we live in the age where phone books are used. Today, We use our cell phones, tablets and computers to access information at our fingertips. We rely on search engines such as google and bing, to retrieve that information we are...
12 Free Online Tools I Use As a Freelance Web Designer
by Heather Valencia | May 9, 2016 | Web Design
Development & Debugging Support Details Support details is a great debugging tool when you get clients whom tell you that they see a bug that you just can't seem to replicate on your end. Understanding the OS and browser environment your client uses will help you...
Is web “DESIGN” important to visitors?
by Heather Valencia | Jan 1, 2015 | Marketing, Web Design
On occasion I get a prospective client or two who sincerely ask me, "Does it really matter what the website looks like?". Every time I hear something like this, I have a little heart attack and shake my head. Have you ever seen an episode of the popular ABC show Shark...
How To Transfer A WordPress Website from One Hosting to Another, Manually
by Heather Valencia | Mar 29, 2023
Get ready to learn how to transfer your WordPress website like a pro! If you've been feeling...
Web Design Client Follow-Up: Post Site Launch Strategy
by Heather Valencia | Jan 18, 2023
If you’re a freelance web designer like me, it’s likely that you have read a post online and put...
How Do I Prevent Toxic Backlinks To My Website?
by Heather Valencia | Jan 4, 2023
As a website owner, you likely know the importance of having high-quality backlinks pointing to...