Apheus recently launched the RiverwalkPlymouth.com website for a villa-style community in Plymouth, Indiana. Featuring a photo gallery, community information, floor plans, maps and more, the website will help the Riverwalk neighborhood take off in Plymouth! Located near the founder’s Riverpark neighborhood, Riverwalk is a new community established for residents aged 55 and older. Riverwalk combines [...]
On one of my blogs, I decided to include the AddThis button that allows content sharing across multiple social networking platforms. The problem was that the AddThis button’s javascript base was significantly impacting my website’s performance. After some careful tinkering, I finally discovered that the default bubble counter was the cause of the problem. Simply [...]
Yep, you read correctly. I’ve been thinking a lot lately about actively promoting barter as a method of payment for my website design services. My brother does it all the time via Craigslist, so I thought, “Why not?” But, I’m sure there are still plenty of people asking the other question, “Why?” Barter has been [...]
How many people can say that they work in an industry that continues to evolve on a daily basis? I’m proud to say that I am one of those lucky enough to work in website design and development. I often tell people that I’m “building the internet one website at a time” and it’s true. [...]
Apheus Web Design is proud to announce the release of our newest website for K&L Steam Majic of northeastern Indiana. This carpet cleaning company provides environmentally-friendly carpet and upholstery cleaning services in the tri-state area of Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio. You can visit the new site at www.klsteammajic.com. This website has a number of simple [...]
I rarely get into disagreements with clients, but sometimes, they want too much when it comes to web design. Clients often want the “razzle dazzle” they see on other websites and expect us, as web designers, to willingly put our reputations on the line to satisfy their morbid fascination with non-SEO-compliant, gaudy websites that are [...]
Yesterday, Apheus Web Design finalized the transition of Fagen Pharmacy’s core website at FagenPharmacy.com. This launch comes just two weeks after we performed a complete website makeover of ShopFagen.com – Fagen Pharmacy’s ecommerce website. Fagen Pharmacy is a family-owned chain of 22 pharmacies in northwest Indiana and northeast Illinois. The new FagenPharmacy.com is built using [...]
Google has released another feature to its search engine results page: Google Instant Preview. Basically, a small preview image of the website is loaded when you click on the magnifying glass next to the listing link. So is this another reason to design a good looking website? I’m not sure how users will eventually utilize [...]
This week, Facebook changed the the standard font size for their website and the question instantly crops up, “Why?” As a web designer, I occasionally make changes to my websites – with every change geared towards improvement. Unfortunately for Facebook, I think they made a mistake. The smaller font size can cause some difficulties for [...]
As of this week, there is a major shift in the web industry to force SSL encryption on all websites (but especially on ecommerce websites, those that require a login, or deliver cookies – which is just about every website on the internet). A web vulnerability was discovered through a Firefox web browser extension called [...]