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Successful E-Commerce

Giving your custom designed website an e-commerce function can be a great way to extend your brand and increase revenue. There's no reason your online image can't double as a storefront as well. However, as with anything else in business, there is no magic formula for a successful e-commerce site..

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3 Things To Know About SEO Before Designing Your Website

Your website may be a perfect 10, but if nobody can find it, there's a chance it's not reaching its full potential. These days, one of the most important rules of having a website is: make sure it gets along nicely with the search engines. You'll thank yourself in the.

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Why Your Website and Blog Should be Integrated

It is common for many organizations to have a company blog. However, many companies have a blog that is completely separate from their corporate website. Meaning, a company will have a website on one domain name (yourcompany.com), then have their blog hosted on a completely different domain and site (companyblog.wordpress.com)..

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HDM Success Story: Hilton Head Area Home Builders Association

We recently came into contact with the Home Builders Association of Hilton Head. In our communications, we eventually worked together to shed some light on company goals in the online arena, and thereby isolate certain deficiencies with their current web presence at the time. They had certain things they wanted.

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Redundancy in Web Design

We often place redundant content and links on the websites we design, especially on the home page and in the sidebar and footer. We think this is smart, so long as it suits the goals of the site. Redundancy can also very easily be a bad thing. Here are some.

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Making Your Custom Website More User-Friendly

Over the years here at Hazel Digital Media, we've refined our design process, infusing cutting edge technology, allowing every custom design website to have its own unique aesthetic, but each with the same easy accessibility and readability. If you are considering building or improving your website, here are some fundamental.

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An Overview of Website Navigation

Web surfers are always going to be an impatient group. If a website is difficult to figure out due to the links are not obvious then they quickly will go away and never come back. Website navigation is always going to be one of the most essential elements in determining.

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Responsive Web Design

From laptops to smart phones to tablets, one thing's for sure: the website game is changing. The world wide web has gone from the desktop to the palm of the hand, and presenting your pages adequately means keeping up with the myriad of different devices that we now use to.

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Things That No Website Should Have, Ever.

We all know how quickly the web changes. What seems like a good idea today can turn obsolete before you know it. Here's a few general things you'll want to avoid in this day and age. Email Links If you have a direct link to your email address on your.

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Why Your Small to Medium-sized Business Needs Responsive Design, Not A Mobile Site

Responsive Design vs. Mobile Sites Both are examples of some of the latest and greatest evolutions in web technology. Both allow your custom website to be viewed from phones and tablets. So just what are the differences, and why do they matter so much? Today, we'd like to provide you.

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