It always comes up. I get the question: “My business is very small, just me and two employees, and our product really can’t be sold online. Do I really need a website?”
That’s a good question. In fact, it’s one of the most important and most frequently asked questions of the digital business age. Before I answer, however, let’s flash back to the very first time I was asked this question. It was circa 1998, during the toddler years of the internet. (more…)
In the first installment, Twelve Things Most Sites Need – Part I, I offered a six-pack of must-haves. Specifically I suggested sites should have a proper navigation menu, a meaningful, well-formed title, a method of contact, a site map, passive accessibility, and standardized markup. Now, as I offered the last six, in the order in which I thunk ‘em up, here is the balance. (more…)
There are a plethora of Websites out there, each one unique in its design, its content, markup, features, functionality, and in myriad other ways. Yet, despite these differences, there are specific needs that should be met with near consistency, Internet-wide, regardless of the site. Let’s take a look at twelve of these common denominators. Below are the first six. They appear in the order in which I thunk ‘em up. They’re just numbered so you can refer to them more easily. (more…)
The new official Cornerstone Graphics & Design is up and fully functional! It has taken me a while to get to this point, but I am so relieved!
Take a look around, drop me a comment and let me know what you think!
-greg
Today is the day I get this thing done…really, I promise!
Redesigning your own website has to be one of the hardest things to do…you are way more critical, and second guess yourself all the time. Why is that?
Either way, this thing gets done today! I’m ready to launch the fully redesigned Cornerstone Graphics & Design! Well, actually it is already launched, but all features/pages will be available!
-greg
This weekend is one where usually I’m just happy to either have an extra day off or get an extra day’s pay depending on when the day falls. This year, I really want to take the time to realize what this day means to all of us in the US. I have alot of friends in other countries and can tell you, we really take our freedoms for granted sometimes. Yes, gas is high, the economy sucks, maybe we can’t go on 3 vacations this year…but, ask someone in Europe about the price of gas and see what they say. Ask someone in China about the economy. Or ask someone in Haiti about vacation. You get the point.
So…don’t take the 4th for granted. Love it, know your history, and appreciate the men and women still fighting for it.
-greg
New site coming along nicely. Still working on the Our Work, Business Strategy, Event Planning, and Contact Us pages. Should have those up by this weekend.
Didn’t realize what a major undertaking it is to redo your own site. I can work on other sites all day long, but when it comes to my own I start second guessing myself. I guess that’s a problem alot of designers have – not being able to promote themselves.
I suppose if we could do that better, there would be less “starving artists” in the world. 
- greg
There are a lot of content management systems out there, but many of them are overly complicated and require a certain level of technical expertise. However, there are a select few that focus on simplicity and ease-of-use, but still give the designer flexibility in templating features and customization. In this article, we have listed ten of these CMS’s.Some of them are well known, while others you may have never heard of, but deserve a look. I’m currently running through about 4 of these to determine which ones I’m going to stick with.
If you have a favorite CMS that we didn’t list here, let us know. (more…)
Well, this day has been a long time coming. We are testing our new website design. Originally, we put something up because we felt we had to just to keep competitive. Well, we didn’t do our work justice…So now, we’re doing this because we want to. We love what we do and want to share it with you all!
Periodically, we will post articles on design, color, branding, etc here as well as random stuff that we think is cool. Also, once we get up and running fully, you can check out some links of stuff we like to look at and read.
So sit back and enjoy the ride! We hope you like what you see!
-Greg
