Web Design Blog

So…you have decided you need a website.  You next decision is what type.  There are so many to choose from, so many features avaible.  How do you decide what fits your needs.  First, consider who is your audience?  Then, decide once you get them to your website, what do you want them to be able to do?  Finally, what features do you need available to make it all come together. 

Here are some things to consider:

* Is your site designed to conduct business or is it for personal use?  If it is going to be used for business you will probably need to consider several additional features besides a basic design.  A personal website, like a family or hobby site might be more simple.

*If you are a business website, do you need to sell a product, will you need a gallery to show  products you have avaible, are you going to be taking credit card payments online, will you want to be able to update it yourself (Add products, insert pictures, change prices, update catalog, check orders, and verify payments.), will you need a SSL certificate, etc…

With Everest Web Design we offer the custom website design you are looking for at an affordable price.  You website can be as simple or as complex as your needs are.  So whatever your needs are we have a custom website waiting to be designed to meet them!

Button rollovers are a must when it comes to navigating a professional website. Navigating through websites can be hard when you are unsure of what page you are currently on, button rollovers show visitors to your site, what category they are in, or what page they are currently visitng. It also gives your site a feeling of, “this is a professional website”.

Some examples of button rollovers: (move your mouse over the menus)
http://www.utahdecor.com (rollovers non-animated)
http://www.walkfasttalkloudandsmile.com (rollovers non-animated)
http://www.mortgagesaver101.com (Animated rollover buttons)

“Rollover refers to a button as created by a web developer or web designer, found within a web page, used to provide interactivity between the user and the page itself. The term rollover in this regard originates from the visual process of “rolling the mouse cursor over the button” causing the button to react (usually visually, by replacing the button’s source image with another image), and sometimes resulting in a change in the web page itself.

Rollovers can be done by imagery, text or buttons. The user only requires 2 images/buttons (with the possible addition of “alt” text to these images) to perform this interactive action. Rollover imagery can be done either by a program with a built-in tool or script coding. The user will have to pick a first image and select an alternate secondary image. A mouse action will have to be set to either “click on” or “mouse over” in order for the rollover to be triggered. Note that when the “mouse over” moves on the image, the alt image/secondary image will appear but won’t stay - when the user “mouses out” by moving the mouse away from the image, the original source image will reappear.” - Wikipedia

In today’s online marketplace, most would agree that having a superior product is only one piece of the puzzle.  After you have convinced a someone that your product or service is worth investing in, you need to prove that your payment method is of equal quality.  Until recently, small startups have been unable to provide this to prospective customers.  They were limited to selling in markets having established payment methods such as Ebay/Paypal, etc.,  Now, however, the climate for small business sales is changing, being largely facilitated by a service called a Virtual Terminals.  Virtual Terminals are a way to securely transfer funds from one bank account to another.  Companies such as Authorize.net facilitate you securely receiving credit/debit card payments right from your website.  Such assurance, coupled with a quality design, can ensure that your quality service/product’s sales will not be limited by other factors.