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People are OK with scrolling. They even expect it!

January 11, 2012

We often get clients who ask for a site ‘not to scroll’. This is why we or any other web designer would not recommend doing this. 1. Users expect to scroll Yes, back in the olden days (the 90′s) people … Continue reading

Web Designs built around Navigations

June 17, 2011

Websites are now using creative bespoke navigations rather than the standard horizontal tabs below the header. The navigation on a web design is very important. A easy flowing navigation, is likely to make a user return to your site increasing … Continue reading

Recent Web Design Projects

June 3, 2011

May was a very busy month for everybody at Blueshark Design, we have designed and built some excellent bespoke websites for a variety of different clients. We have completed websites for We Buy Your Wheels, Henry Ashdown and The TeaShed. … Continue reading

Content for your Web Design

June 1, 2011

It is very important that the content for your website is the best it can be. Writing solid content for your website is different from writing any other text, getting this right will make people return to the website on … Continue reading

Adapting a Web Design into an Email Template

May 26, 2011

Typically an email design project will be associated with an existing brand, there is always a website design in place that you can work from. You want to make your email design feel like it is being sent from the … Continue reading

Another 5 SEO Tips

April 6, 2011

So, you have read the first post ‘Basic SEO tips to consider’? Considered and applied all 5 tips? Well you are at the right place. Here are another 5 SEO tips to improve your search rankings further. 1. Have you … Continue reading

5 Basic SEO Tips

March 29, 2011

Designing a great website is only the beginning of becoming successful online. Your site must be search engine friendly to ensure people see it. There are basic SEO principles to take into consideration as well as good content development practices. … Continue reading

Basic Email Design Tips

March 22, 2011

Having discovering the benefits of email design in our earlier post your probably asking the question: How do you create a well-designed HTML email? The starting point of creating a successful email design is crafting an appealing subject line. Although … Continue reading

5 Original E-commerce Websites

February 7, 2011

There are plenty of e-commerce stores that have the same feel and function across the web. That isn’t always a bad thing for conventions but every now and then you need to set yourself apart from the competition. We’ve pulled … Continue reading

Top (Recent) 5 Web Redesigns

January 26, 2011

Style is no different to the web than it is to the Fashion, Marketing and Television industries and that’s why every couple of years your company could benefit from a facelift or a website redesign. Web redesigns don’t always have … Continue reading

Helvetica: Back in style?

November 6, 2010

Although we at blueshark design have always been massive fans of Helvetica for it’s timeless lean style, it seems to have come back into favour for many of the large corporations and some of their recent redesigns. The Swiss typeface … Continue reading

Why web and print design are different

September 10, 2010

Common queries we get involve ‘Why do those columns not lineup together like on our leaflet’? Well this is because web and print design are very, very different. With print design, what you see is what you get. You can … Continue reading