Posts Tagged ‘redesign’

Simple is better in Web design

Thursday, September 17th, 2009

By Robert Lockard

In honor of Submit Solution’s newly redesigned website, I will talk about four Web-design strategies you can use to make your website look more pleasing and hold viewers’ attention longer. These strategies come from a blog post on the Think Vitamin Blog, entitled, “How to Make Your Web Design Stand out from the Crowd.”

Spider webThe first strategy is not to be afraid of empty space in your Web design. On news sites, like CNN, you won’t find a bit of open space; all of it is taken up with headlines, graphics and numbers. That is useful for people looking to cram as much useful information as possible into a confined space. But it can feel cluttered and overwhelming on ecommerce websites that are selling products and services.

Giving viewers space to breathe can create a relaxed atmosphere on your website. We’re already bombarded with information, so it is refreshing to find a website with some elbowroom.

You can find the rest of the steps in a blog entry on the new Web Design Blog on Submit Solution on October 5. The new Submit Solution website is now online, and it will get most of the Internet marketing blog entries from now on, while the eHarbor Blog will mostly be about topics related to eHarbor, Inc.

The photo of the spider web is from Flickr, and it is the copyright of dann solo.

Redesigned Magellan Commerce website online

Monday, April 6th, 2009

By Robert Lockard

I get to fulfill my promise in my last blog post by writing about some of the great things happening at eHarbor, Inc. I’m excited!

Magellan Commerce, an eHarbor affiliate that was formed in May 2008, launched a completely redesigned and improved version of its website on Friday, April 3, 2009. It is quite an improvement, as you can see from the before-and-after screenshots below.

Original version of the Magellan Commerce website

Original version of the Magellan Commerce website

New version of the Magellan Commerce website

New version of the Magellan Commerce website

Magellan Commerce designs websites, corporate logos, business cards, letterheads and postcards and more for businesses and individuals. They also help companies top search engines with search engine optimization.

Remember the SEO series we finished a little while ago? The tactics we discussed in that series, such as simplifying URLs, optimizing images and improving anchor text, are among those Magellan Commerce uses for its clients.

I recommend checking out the redesigned Magellan Commerce website for yourself today! Feel free to also visit other eHarbor affiliates, like Real Estate Promoter, Submit Solution and Direct Home Find.

I look forward to sharing more positive ecommerce news like this soon.