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Black Cap Design Turns 10!
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 in Black Cap Design - An Introduction / Event  tagged Black Cap Design / website design / website development by

In September of this year (September 28th to be exact), Black Cap Design will celebrate 10 years of providing professional Web Design & Development services.  It’s hard to believe it’s been 10 years!  In that time, we have designed and developed over 100 websites for individuals, businesses and organizations local to Peterborough and the Kawarthas, the Greater Toronto Area, and around the world (including the UK and Australia). This all started as an idea I had when I developed a […]

Do I Need a Home Tab?
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 in Design & Development  tagged Black Cap Design / home tab / menu / responsive design / website design by

Why do I need to include a Home tab on my website when everyone knows you just need to click on the logo?  You may find it surprising to learn that not  everyone knows that, in a well designed website, clicking on the logo will open the Home page. Many of your visitors may still expect to find a Home tab on the menu.  A “Home” tab does take up space.  If you have a crowded menu it can be […]

Responsive Design Revisited
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 in Cost / Design & Development  tagged mobile devices / responsive design / static website / target audience / website design by

Back in January I wrote a blog post called “Responsive Web Design – The Silver Bullet for Mobile Friendly Websites?” discussing the cost/benefit of responsive design. In case you’re not familiar with the term, responsive design involves designing and building a website that is capable of adapting to the screen size of the end user.  Responsive websites will morph or shift to accommodate very large and very small screens. Since writing that article we have completed several more responsive websites […]

Why Contact Forms are a Good Idea
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 in Communication / Website Management / Website Security  tagged web forms / web security / website / website design by

I am surprised how often I wind up on a website requiring me to download and print a simple form – then fill it out and fax or mail it back – just to send a bit of information. Don’t get me wrong – I think PDF documents are great, and I use them all the time.  But Web forms provide a simple, effective and immediate mechanism for getting information from visitors to a website administrator or owner.  Web forms […]

Web Page Layout – How To Create a Welcoming Web Experience
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 in Content and Format  tagged branding / copyright / navigation menu / responsive design / web content / website design by

Are you considering having a website designed or re-designed? Page layout is something most end-users seldom think about. People are likely to have a “yuck!” or “hmmm nice” reaction to a given website, and don’t give it much more thought. Good page layout keeps visitors at your site. Nothing gets people running for the exit doors faster than bad layout. So, what is page layout? Simply put, it’s where stuff is placed on your site’s Web pages. It’s a bit […]