• ChaChing Mobile Marketing website design and development.
  • Product page design
  • Akebuland.com is the website for artist, Abdala Faye. Artistic Abode took custom photography and designed and developed this website using valid xhtml, css, Flash, HTML5 and jquery. It integrates social media tools and translator widget.
  • Website design and development for nonprofit North Iowa Figure Skating Club
  • I style PHP scripts like this Real Estate Auction website.
  • I design websites in php for forums, secure e-commerce stores, blogs, CMS (content management systems).

Web design and development

  • Why Web design is important
  • Writing content for humans and SEO
  • What does having a W3C valid site mean?
  • Multimedia, Videos, Audio, Animation
  • Mobile Websites
  • Social Media

Web design is important

Web design is the colors, shapes, flavor, sights, sounds, voice, and personality of your internet presence. Most web surfers decide in the first few seconds of viewing your site if they want to stick around or hit the back button.

The design of your site should guide users to your content, not distract from it. If the interface is clean and easy to use, visitors will be less frustrated when searching through your pages.

Good web design must keep the general target audience in mind. While children respond well to brighter more primary colors, adults like subtle hues. Older crowds prefer larger easier to read text. Younger audiences may prefer more bells and whistles like added Flash animations while less experienced web users will shy away from them. Make sure you're not chasing away potential customers by designing a site that makes them feel uncomfortable or that isn't easily accessible.

Writing content for humans and SEO

Not only does having good content improve your SEO (search engine optimization), it will also greatly improve your relationship with the reader.

Most readers will skim through your content to both save time and avoid eye strain. Having short well formed paragraphs and proper headings will help them find the information they need faster.

Also, placing important key words in your content will allow the users to find your site when using search engines.

What does having a W3C valid site mean?

Artistic Abode designs sites that will pass W3C XHTML and CSS validation as well as be compliant with Section 508 and WAI for web content accessibility.

What all that means is users using screen readers, users who have javascript disabled, images disabled or styles disabled can still search the site with ease. This also means the site is usable across all browsers.

Using Flash and HTML5 for audio and video

Make your website come alive with embedded video and a customized player to match the look and feel of your brand. My websites use a combination of HTML5 and Flash to deliver your media to the widest audience possible. Videos will play in browsers with Flash installed, or modern browsers that support HTML5. Videos will also play on mobile devices like the iPad.

Check out the Flash gallery for examples of video players, Flash games, banners and more.

Mobile Web Design

Having a mobile website is vital for advertising your services and gaining clients on the web. It is predicted that in 3-5 years mobile internet surfing will surpass desktop browsing. This is why I am passionate about creating great user experiences on mobile devices.

I have been staying ahead of the curve in the rapidly evolving field of mobile web design for more than 3 years since the first iPhones hit the market. At Geonetric, I design mobile hospital websites in a .NET environment. I also create templates in PHP. I rank in the top 5% of Elance web designers for mobile web authoring.

My mobile sites are tested to work on Android 1.6 and 2.2, iPod, iPhone, iPad, and Blackberry smartphones.

I would be happy to help you reach a quickly growing audience and gain sales through your new mobile site. Look at the mobile web design gallery.

Integrading social media into your site

Social networking websites have become a staple to successful internet marketing. A huge target audience is already listening to you on sites such as Facebook and Twitter. Why not seamlessly integrate tools to display your own feeds on your site as well as popular "like" buttons and social widgets.

Make it easy for people to network with you, add interactivity to your site and set your company apart from the competition.