Designers today are confronted with many challenges particularly those in transition between the world of print and the world of web. The skill sets between web design and print design are very different and designers considering the transition should be aware of this. Print designers will have developed skills that demand knowledge of CMYK, lithography print techniques […]
Author: Elliott Richmond
WordPress themes or bespoke web design?
WordPress is currently the most popular publishing platform in the world with over 60 million people choosing to use it! The question is ‘why is it so popular..?’ The answer is not that difficult … because, it’s so easy to use you could teach your granny to use it! In-fact your granny could download it and […]
Do you sell online?
With more and more businesses deciding to sell online it’s really important to get your shop right. So many online shops fail because the basics are not quite right! Big brands get it right for many different reasons but, mainly because of their already well established brand recognition. That’s not to say that everyone else […]
SEO advice
Someone recently asked me if I could recommend a reliable offsite SEO company, my short answer was no! I’ve never found a reliable partner to work with as yet, not to say there aren’t any just that I haven’t found one. Queue quick tip, here’s a bit of SEO advice for you… A bad offsite SEO company […]
How to create the perfect vector gooey logo in Illustrator
Drawing the perfect curves using vector software packages like Illustrator or Photoshop can be cumbersome and a little inaccurate at times if you are trying to draw them freehand. Here’s a neat little trick that can save you hours of scanning, tracing and tweaking vector lines and do it in a geometric and mathematical way, […]
Design, typography and legibility
Design and typography – two very different things but at some point they are going to come together when it comes to designing your way out of a paper bag. Sometimes design won’t involve type and you will have a whole lot of different problems to solve but when design meets typography there are certain things […]
How far can you take it…?
When WordPress was hacked…
After helping Nissanka via twitter on a little website issue when WordPress was hacked, here’s what he had to say about me on Linkedin… “Elliot was able to resolve many issues that i had with my website. He was knowledgeable and able to provide me quick solutions. He was clear in his communication and i […]
New Higgs Boson Diet!
New Higgs Boson Diet! A fictitious product based on the discovery of the Higgs boson like particle.
Keywords do not make your website rank highly
Targeting keywords on your website is pretty important, it tells search engines (Google) what your site is all about but targeting keywords alone will not rank your site higher in Google. In-fact if you stuff targeted keywords and phrases all over a single page without careful consideration for actual human consumption then it could actually […]
