Archive for the ‘Design’ Category

What is an Informational Cul-de-Sac?

Too many websites expect the user to read the content to the bottom of the page but then provide no further action.
A Cul-de-What?
Cul = slang for bum
De = of
Sac = bag
Therefore we can translate Cul-de-Sac to Bum of Bag (or bottom of bag). It’s a deadend. In town planning if a car drives into a [...]

July 24, 2009 • Posted in: Blog, Design, Web Development • Posted by: David Sealey • Comments

What makes a legal website good?

In preparing to speak to a number of marketing managers and directors from professional services firms (law firms, accountants and insolvency practitioners) I carried out an interesting piece of research into the homepages of the UK’s top 25 law firms.
I collected data on each site’s features and layout as well as scoring their design and [...]

June 26, 2009 • Posted in: Design, Web Development • Posted by: David Sealey • Comments

How to select photography for my website?

The famous adage “A picture speaks a thousand words” could not be more relevant today than when it was first used reportedly by a Chinese emperor four thousand years ago.
Consider for a moment the websites that you have visited in the past week. How many did not include a photograph or illustration? Not many I [...]

June 18, 2009 • Posted in: Design • Posted by: David Sealey • Comments