Indianapolis Web Design Blog

Hello graphic designers, that the font issue of the web have been solved – you know the problem: the one where a designer can’t make the visitors of his new website view his his favorite pet font? Or has it really been solved? //

Every once in awhile I look in on my client’s websites in order to help them run the best website possible. Training is usually necessary, and together I can help them learn some best image practices. By following the image use guidelines below, you can Increase website load times Save bandwidth (bandwidth costs money) Help [...]

As we all know, our economy is down, and the effects and ramifications are being felt far and wide. A lot of companies in need of design or web services are holding onto their wallets a bit tighter, but at the same time, the need for good design and marketing is at an all-time high. [...]

Since custom design is my #1 job, I rarely need to use ready-made templates. When I do, it’s for good reason: the client needs to save money. These designs never get claimed as my own and never make it into my portfolio. //

Recently I had a friend (who is in charge of teaching the high-school youth of America about web design) tell me that his students really liked “grunge” and felt that Web 2.0 was going away (to be replaced by grunge) thanks in part largely to this old article over at Smashing Magazine. A whole lot [...]

As a members and designers, my wife and I both have the privilege to design work for the Vineyard Community Church (on the north side of Indianapolis.) While volunteer design work is hard at times due to scheduling and general life busyness, it occasionally rewards us with the opportunity to turn out projects that we [...]

Awhile back I wrote about the problem of allowing website managers to write valid content for their content managed websites. I mentioned a wonderful editor called WYMeditor, which is great simple because it shows you the markup while you edit your document. Being no programmer, I am personally unable to shoehorn this editor into my [...]

OK, It’s been a few weeks, but If you haven’t, head over and check out Indy’s own FAB Crew, the gentlemen behind some of the city’s more masterful urban artwork. I know Ben and Dan are great designers as well, and they have come up with a simple, cool and creative design for the FAB [...]

Yesterday I took a tour of the local auto industry – driving around town getting estimates for a paint job. Stepping out of my clean and organized world of validating XHTML, CSS, and good design, I entered a world where it just didn’t matter. Before stopping by several shops, I went online and hit every [...]

A writeup appeared today on Drupal’s website reporting that the Indianapolis Museum or Art’s new website was built using mostly unmodified Drupal 5, development by “Palantir” of Evanston, IL and “Studio Blue” of Chicago, IL. The website is chock-full of “Web 2.0″ goodness – if you can find your way around it. //