And so, my long and complicated original idea for a post was replaced by a moment of clarity which bore fruit to Color Scheming For Designers. The post is a discussion of the importance of colour in web design, as well as a list of my favourite colour resource websites.

I welcome everyone to head on over to http://styl.eti.me and read not only my post but all the other great ones that are there as well.

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1. Finally got around to making my Contact page. Thanks CForms II !

So, I decided to contact the web hosting company and let them know about my concern. I was fully prepared for the patented excuse of “we’re sorry sir, we cannot upgrade you because your package is based solely on what was provided at the time of purchase, and that is the contract that you signed into at that time. If you want the updated features you will have to wait for your contract to expire and then we will give you the features available at the time of renewal.”

What response did I get though:

“Not a problem sir, we’ll get that set up for you right away.”

I was floored! That is what a company is supposed to do, that is how they are supposed to treat their clients.

The point of all this is that you should be paying close attention to your web hosting provider. Look to see what the features of their standard packages are, and if you have the same package but not the same features that are being offered to new clients, then you should be asking the company for those updated or additional features. The company should not have a problem with this, if they do, then I would be very concerned about their customer service ethics. Keeping existing clients is the key to a successful business. So many companies out there feel that they can provide poor customer service because they figure that there are tons of people waiting outside their doors that want to do business with them. What they fail to realize is that the customers they are losing on account of their poor customer service are walking out those same doors and telling the people waiting in line just how bad the company really is.

Eric Meyer’s has a great story dealing with a similar issue.

I would love to hear any of your good or bad customer service stories as well.

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1. Understanding the Web Design Process
2. A Web Designer’s Guide to Understanding Canadian Tax Laws – Part 1

Disclaimer: I am not an accountant, a tax lawyer, or an employee of the Canada Revenue Agency, I am a web designer, and I wrote this article because I wanted to help other Canadian web designers who might also be searching for the answer to the same question I had when I first started my web design business: “Should I be charging tax for my web design services?”.

In Part 1 of this article we explored Provincial Sales Tax (PST), or Retail Sales Tax (RST) as it is known in Ontario, and whether as a Web Designer you should be charging this tax to your clients for your web design services. Since not all Provinces require you to charge this tax we also explored the various reasons why, examining each Province individually.

In Part 2 of this article we are now going to look at the Federal side of things. We will look at both the Goods and Services Tax (GST) and the Harmonized Sales Tax (HST), and seek to understand the difference between the two.

Part 2 – Federal Tax Laws – The Goods and Services Tax (GST) and the Harmonized Sales Tax (HST)

What is the Goods and Services Tax (GST)?

The GST is a 5% tax on most Canadian goods and services. (The GST was reduced to 5% as of January 1, 2008).

What is the Harmonized Sales Tax (HST)?

The HST is a combination of the PST and GST. This eliminates the need to charge PST and GST separately, only the HST is charged on goods and services at a tax rate of 13%. The only Provinces to use the HST are Newfoundland and Labrador, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia. The HST was also reduced as of January 1, 2008; taking it from 14% to 13%.

When should I be charging my clients GST or HST for my web design services?

When determining whether you should be charging your clients GST or HST you must first determine whether or not your business fits the Canada Revenue Ageny’s (CRA) definition of a “Small Supplier”. The CRA defines a Small Supplier as a business “whose total taxable revenue before expenses are $30,000 or less annually.”[1]

If your business fits into this definition then you are considered a “Small Supplier” and therefore you are not legally obligated to register to collect GST/HST.

If the total annual taxable revenue of your business is greater than $30,000 (before expenses) then you are NOT a Small Supplier and therefore you ARE legally obligated to register to collect GST/HST.

As a Small Supplier even though you do not have a legal obligation to register to collect GST/HST you can still choose to register voluntarily. The incentive here is that because you will be charging GST/HST on your web design services you will be able to “claim Input Tax Credits (ITC) for the GST/HST you paid or owe on purchases related to your business.[2]

So, if your business is considered a Small Supplier you do not have to register to collect GST/HST, but if you find yourself with a lot of business expenses and the GST/HST on those purchases is quite high, you can volutarily register to collect GST/HST for your services so that you can “reclaim” the GST/HST you’ve paid on your business expenses.[3] Just remember, if you’ve gone this route you will have to start charging your clients GST/HST for your web design services.

As a Small Supplier, if I volunteer to register for the GST/HST am I registered forever?

As long as you stay within the Small Supplier definition you can cancel your registration. However, you have to stay registered for at least a year before you can ask to cancel.[4]

What is with the whole “GST/HST” thing? I thought they were two separate taxes?

In true Canadian form our government loves to keep things as confusing and complicated as possible. So, YES the GST and HST are two separate taxes, but if you register to collect the GST then you also have to collect the HST when applicable. Confused? Don’t worry, I’ll do my best to help out.

The reason it is so confusing is because some provinces have chosen to combine their Provincial Sales Tax with the Federal Goods and Services Tax into what is known as the Harmonized Sales Tax. So when a business registers to collect GST that business has also automatically registered to collect HST as well.

Does this mean I have to collect both GST and HST?

No. What it all comes down to is where your base of operations is for your business, and where your client lives. If you conduct your Web Design business in a Province that does not have the HST but you are doing business for a client that does live in a Province that has the HST, then legally you are obligated to collect the 13% HST on the selling price of your web design services for that client. On the flip side of that, if you conduct your Web Design business in a Province that does have the HST but are doing work for a client that lives in a Province that doesn’t have the HST then you would only have to collect the 5% GST, not the 13% HST. And finally, if you conduct business in a non-HST Province and your client lives in a non-HST Province then GST would only be charged for your web design services to that client. Fun stuff eh?

What about a client that doesn’t live in Canada? Would I be charging them GST or HST for my web design services?

When you are dealing with clients outside of Canada then you are in fact “exporting” your services, and because of this no GST or HST is charged for these services. The CRA classifies exported goods and services as “zero-rated” items, these items are still taxable but their tax rate is zero.[5]

Federal Tax – The Goods and Services Tax (GST) and the Harmonized Sales Tax (HST) – Recap

And there you have it. The GST/HST may seem complicated but not as much as the PST. You’ll remember from Part 1 of this article that there was a lot of factors to be looked at when determining whether to charge PST for your web design services or not. For the GST/HST it all comes down to how much taxable revenue your Web Design business makes in a year (before expenses). If your business makes over $30,000 you would have to collect GST or HST, if your business makes $30,000 or less a year then you do not have to collect GST or HST, but you can volunteer to do so if you want. And if you are to collect GST or HST it is only on your Canadian clients.

Lastly, when you do charge GST or HST it is on the selling price of your Web Design services, before PST is charged (if you end up having to charge PST as well). This allows the client to avoid paying GST on the PST as well.[6] For example, you are charing your client $1200 for a website design, you are a GST registrant so you have to charge your client GST for your services. The client lives in a non-HST Province so you are only charging them the 5% GST. You don’t have to collect PST for the web design services you are offering this particular client so only the 5% GST is applied to the $1200 selling price of your services. The GST ends up being $60 which brings the total price for your services to $1260. For your invoice you must clearly indicate the cost of the GST/HST and PST (if applicable) separately from the original selling price. The total price of your services will then reflect the combination of each.

I hope this part of the article has helped to shed some light on the Goods and Services Tax, and the Harmonized Sales Tax, as they apply to your Web Design Business. Please remember this is only my personal insight on these matters, if you require authoritative or legal advice please contact a representative at the Canadian Revenue Agency http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/menu-e.html.

Thank you very much for taking the time to read this article and please feel free to contact me with any questions, comments or concerns.

References:

(click the reference # to return to its location in the article)

[1]

About.com Small Business: Canada – GST and HST – Goods and Services Tax
http://sbinfocanada.about.com/od/gsthst/GST_and_HST_Goods_and_Services_Tax.htm

[2]

Canada Revenue Agency: General Information for GST Registrants
http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/E/pub/gp/rc4022/rc4022-07e.pdf

[3]

About.com Small Business: Canada – GST and HST – Goods and Services Tax
http://sbinfocanada.about.com/od/gsthst/GST_and_HST_Goods_and_Services_Tax.htm

[4]

Canada Revenue Agency: General Information for GST Registrants
http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/E/pub/gp/rc4022/rc4022-07e.pdf

[5]

Taxtips.ca – GST/HST
http://www.taxtips.ca/gst.htm

[6]

Taxtips.ca – GST/HST
http://www.taxtips.ca/gst.htm

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1. A Web Designer’s Guide to Understanding Canadian Tax Laws – Part 1
2. Understanding the Web Design Process

I am not an accountant, a tax lawyer, or an employee of the Canada Revenue Agency, I am a web designer, and I wrote this article because I wanted to help other Canadian web designers who might also be searching for the answer to the same question I had when I first started my web design business: “Should I be charging tax for my web design services?”.

This article is divided into two parts. Part 1 will address the Provincial Tax Laws as they apply specifically to Web Design Services, and Part 2 will address the Federal Tax Laws – The Goods and Services Tax (GST) and the Harmonized Sales Tax (HST).

Part 1 – Provincial Sales Tax (PST) / Retail Sales Tax (RST)

Should I be charging Provincial Sales Tax (PST) or Retail Sales Tax (RST) for my web design services?

This question cannot be answered with either a “YES” or “NO” because the answer completely depends on the Province you live and work in. Each Province approaches the issue of Provincial Sales Tax ( as it applies to Web Design Services) in different ways. We are going to be looking at each Province and outlining the criteria that determines whether you have to charge Provincial Sales Tax on your web design services or not. That being said, it is important to remember that when it comes to charging a client Provincial Sales Tax, it can only be for clients that live in the same Province you do. If I live and conduct my Web Design business in Ontario, and my client lives outside of the province, or even the country, I would not be charging them Provincial Sales Tax.

For starters, let’s get Alberta, North West Territories, Nunavut and Yukon out of the way since they do not have Provincial Sales Tax. If you live and work in any of these Provinces then by all means please continue reading the rest of this article, or you can jump right to Part 2 since that covers Federal Tax Laws.

Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia or New Brunswick have amalgamated both their Provincial and Federal Sales Tax into what is called the Harmonized Sales Tax (HST). If you live and work in any of these Provinces I will be dealing with the HST in Part 2 of this article; but please feel free to continue reading.

Unfortunately Prince Edward Island and Quebec had absolutely no comprehensible information regarding Web Design Services and whether Provincial Sales Tax applies to it or not. If anyone reading this article lives in either of those two Provinces and is able to shed some light on this issue please CONTACT me, it would be most appreciated.

That leaves Ontario, British Columbia, Manitoba and Saskatchewan.

Ontario (8% RST)

In Ontario the Provincial Sales Tax is actually referred to as the Retail Sales Tax (RST). This RST only applies to services that are deemed taxable by the Province. The creation of a website is deemed a non-taxable service as long as the following criteria are met[1]:

1. The design is transferred to the client electronically, or placed directly on a server which is connected to the internet, AND
2. You do not provide the client with a hard copy version of the design, AND
3. The website does not contain a taxable computer program.

Let’s look a bit deeper into those criteria.

Criteria 1 – If I email my client all the files for the final design, or if I upload them to the server where the client’s website resides, I will have satisfied this criteria.

Criteria 2 – As long as I do not provide the client with some type of hard copy of the final design I will have satisfied this criteria. For example, if I placed all of the necessary files for the final design onto a CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, floppy disk (if people still use those), or even if I printed the final design out onto a piece of paper and provided that to the client, all of these are considered a “hard copy” of the final design and would violate this criteria.

What about design proofs and approval sheets? Are they considered a “hard copy” of the design?

Ontario states that “you are not required to charge RST on proofs or approval sheets sent to your customer before the concept is agreed upon. However, if you provide a hard copy of your final design the RST applies to the total charge.”[2]

Criteria 3 – As long as the website that you design for you client does not contain a “taxable computer program” you are satisfying this criteria.

What is a taxable computer program?

Ontario considers all computer programs to be taxable, unless the program qualifies as a custom computer program. Examples of taxable computer programs[3]:

• packaged, pre-written, ‘canned’ or ‘off-the-shelf’ programs
• system programs or operating systems
• application programs, such as word processors, spreadsheets, databases,Internet browsers and games
• computer program modules and interface programs
• upgrades that are provided in a ready-to-install format

If you design a website for your client and it contains a taxable computer program then you must charge RST on the entire price of the design. You cannot charge the client separately for the design and the computer program to avoid paying the RST. The RST will be charged on the price of the web design service as a whole.

What is a custom computer program?

Ontario considers a computer program to be “custom” under the following circumstances[4]:

• It is designed and developed specifically for one person, and that person will be the only one to use it.
• You can develop a custom computer program from scratch, or from extensively modifying a computer program that was pre-written, or by using pre-developed code from a library maintained and owned by the programmer.

If you design a website that contains a “custom computer program” the you are not required to charge RST on the price of the web design.

What about something like a Java applet, is that a taxable computer program?

Ontario does not consider a applet to be a taxable computer program “because it is not in an executable format and requires a web browser to interpret it.”[5]

*For more detailed information regarding taxable computer programs and custom computer programs please refer to the following guide “RST Guide 650 – Computer Programs and Related Services”

All three of the main criteria that we have just examined must be met; failure to satisfy any one of them results in you having to charge your client RST on the entire price of the web design. For example, say you have designed a website for a client, it doesn’t contain a taxable computer program and you emailed all the files for the final design to the client, however, the client still wants you to provide them with a CD-ROM that contains all the files so that they have a “hard copy” of the final design. Because of this clients request you would have to charge them RST on the entire price of the design. This is why it is very important to explain everything to your client before hand, and clearly outline in your contract or Project Agreement exactly how the final design will be delivered to the client, whether the design contains any custom computer programs, and if the client will be receiving a hard copy of the final design or not.

British Columbia (7% PST)

In British Columbia, Web Hosting, Web Design or Domain Registration are non-taxable services, and as such you do not charge PST on those services.[6]

The logic behind this is that when you produce a website design “you are not producing a tangible product for your client. In this case, you are providing a non-taxable service even if you deliver a copy of the original electronic product on a tangible medium.”[7] This tangible medium (i.e. CD-ROM, disk, etc.) is considered incidental to the service you are providing. However, “only the original copy, or first final version, of a design provided to your client on a tangible medium qualifies as incidental. You charge PST on any subsequent copies provided to your client.”[8] If you do have to charge PST it is for the full price (tangible product + design services).

Manitoba (7% PST)

Manitoba gets quite detailed when it comes to taxation and Web Design services. Some of the Web Design services that Manitoba considers tax exempt are[9]:

• Consulting services to discuss design, options or benefits of a web page with potential customers.
• Design and production of the web page – regardless of whether the product is placed directly on the internet or delivered on a disc, CD-ROM, or electronically to the customer.
• Domain name search, application or registration
• Website hosting services
• Custom software programs – developed specifically for the client’s web page (applets)

If the computer program is pre-written then it is not considered a custom software program and PST applies. This is where things can get a bit complicated though. If I am the web designer and I went and purchased the prewritten program and then included the price of the program in the price of the web design, technically I am the consumer of the program and I have to pay PST on its purchase price; the client does not get charged PST for the program.

For example, my client wants a website design with specific functionality. I don’t have the skills to code a program that will provide the client with what they want but I do know of an existing program that will. I go out and buy the program with my own money but make sure that I get my money back by including the cost of the program into the overall price for the web design. I was the initial consumer of the computer program, not the client, so I will have to pay PST on the price of the computer program. However, if I end up charging the client separately for the computer program, not including it in the overall web design price, then I must charge the client PST on the cost of the computer program. This is considered resale of the computer program, meaning that I purchased the program for resale to the client, so I wouldn’t pay PST when I purchased it but I will charge the client PST when I sell it to them. In either scenario Manitoba still collects PST on the sale of the computer program.

Saskatchewan (5% PST)

If you live and run your Web Design business in Saskatchewan you have to charge your client PST for your services. In Saskatchewan, tax must be collected on all charges for software and computer services: “Web site and web page design and creation”[10] are considered Computer Services and are subject to PST, regardless of how the service is delivered to the client (i.e. electronically, CD-ROM, disk, etc.)

Provincial Sales Tax (PST) / Retail Sales Tax (RST) – Recap

Hopefully I haven’t confused anybody, I realize it may be a lot to digest, which is why I have broken this article into two parts.

Just a reminder that I am not an accountant, a tax lawyer, or an employee for the Canada Revenue Agency, I am a Web Designer and this article is my own interpretation of the exhaustive material that is out there. If you require any expert or legal advice please contact the appropriate Ministry in your Province. I am including the links below:

• Ontario – Ministry of Finance
• British Columbia – Ministry of Small Business and Revenue
• Manitoba – Ministry of Finance
• Saskatchewan – Ministry of Finance

References:

(click the reference # to return to its location in the article)

[1]

Ontario Ministry of Finance “RST Guide 651 – Internet Related Services”
http://www.rev.gov.on.ca/english/guides/rst/pdf/651.pdf

[2]

Ontario Ministry of Finance Interpretation Letter AGD-0006
http://www.rev.gov.on.ca/english/interp/rst/pdf/agd0006.pdf

[3]

Ontario Ministry of Finance “RST Guide 650 – Computer Programs and Related Services”
http://www.rev.gov.on.ca/english/guides/rst/pdf/650.pdf

[4]

Ontario Ministry of Finance “RST Guide 650 – Computer Programs and Related Services”
http://www.rev.gov.on.ca/english/guides/rst/pdf/650.pdf

[5]

Ontario Ministry of Finance Interpretation Letter AGD-0006
http://www.rev.gov.on.ca/english/interp/rst/pdf/agd0006.pdf

[6]

British Columbia Ministry of Small Business and Revenue – Bulletin SST 133
http://www.rev.gov.bc.ca/ctb/publications/bulletins/sst_133.pdf

[7]

British Columbia Ministry of Small Business and Revenue – Bulletin SST 128
http://www.rev.gov.bc.ca/ctb/publications/bulletins/sst_128.pdf

[8]

British Columbia Ministry of Small Business and Revenue – Bulletin SST 128
http://www.rev.gov.bc.ca/ctb/publications/bulletins/sst_128.pdf

[9]

Manitoba Finance Taxation Division – Bulletin No.032

http://www.gov.mb.ca/finance/taxation/bulletins/032.pdf

[10]

Saskatchewan Finance Revenue Division – Information Bulletin PST – 7

http://www.gov.sk.ca/finance/revenue/pst/bulletins/pst7.pdf

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1. A Web Designer’s Guide to Understanding Canadian Tax Laws – Part 2
2. Understanding the Web Design Process

It wasn’t as easy as I thought it would be. The biggest task was sifting through the many Contact Form Plugins that are available for Wordpress. I finally settled on Cforms II by deliciousdays.com. This is a great plugin with many options to help you set up your form just the way you want it.

There’s a Form Settings for the form itself, a Pluggin Settings for dealing with all the behind the scenes elements of the form, a Style settings which allows you to chose from a variety of predefined CSS Stylesheets, and a Help Guide to fully explain how the whole thing works. You are far from limited with what you can do with this plugin and that is why I like it so much. If you aren’t that computer savy and don’t like to get your hands dirty with some CSS or PHP coding then don’t fret, the options for this plugin will do just fine for getting you where you need to be. For me though, I wanted to ensure that my contact form flowed nicely with my blog’s overall theme, so I had to do some tweaking to the CSS, just a tiny bit within the plugins main php file, as well as inserting some code into the Contact page. It took a while to get things to where they are now and I must say I am very happy with the results. The developer really put a lot of hard work into making this plugin as user friendly as possible, and I’m very happy to have stumbled across it. And although on the developer’s website it is mentioned that you don’t have to include the link information at the bottom of the contact form if you don’t want to (link love option), I encourage you to do so if you end up using this great plugin for your wordpress blog or website. Developers such as this who put out great programs at no cost to the user deserve to be recognized and praised for their efforts. Without them Wordpress would be nowhere near where it is now. Period.

So, without selling short my own hard work that I put in today my HOME navigation menu item now has a cozy friend beside it. Please feel free to use my Contact Page and drop me a quick message with any questions, comments or concerns. You can always leave comments on the site as well if you like (ahh Democracy at it’s finest…heheh).

Oh, and one last thing. there is also a Support Forum for CForms II plugin on the web site. Here’s the link: http://www.deliciousdays.com/cforms-forum/

cheers,
Jonesy

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It still amazes me that Internet Explorer continues to march to the beat of it’s own drum, when all the other browsers have fallen in sync with each other. When I originally checked to see how my blog faired on other browsers it looked perfect on each one (silly me for forgetting about IE, but hey, these things happen). Even now, when I realized the error, I double checked it against Netscape, Firefox, and Opera..no problemas on any of them.

If you are still an IE user for your web experience, hey, to each his own I always say. I love Firefox and will continue to use it. I have nothing against Opera or Netscape, they’ve got their pluses and minuses as well, but for me it is Firefox and nothing else. That being said, as a web designer it is imperative that I ensure my work is multi-platform accessible, and I truly apologize for not ensuring that my blog was held to that same standard.

Problem solved and everyone is happy. Perfect.

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It is important to first understand why is that you want to have a website. For some, it is simply to have a web presence, a place to call their own on the World Wide Web (WWW). For others, it is to make money, to bring people to their website so they can purchase items from them, or to work as a promotional tool for their products and services. There are also those who simply want their website to be the equivalent of a digital business card or brochure. Whatever purpose you have, you must truly understand why you have it and what you want it to do.

There are web designs that can cost tens of thousands of dollars, thousands of dollars, or hundreds of dollars; each with their own bells, whistles, features and eye candy. The ‘best of the best’, or the ‘basic of the basic’; and knowing which one is for you is revealed when you know why you want your website.

What exactly is a Domain Name?

Once you are ready to move forward with your website, the next step is to decide what you want to call it. In the world of the internet, websites are called by their Domain Name. This website, for example, has a domain name of www.markjones.ca; but the internet is a busy place with many websites already out there, and you have to see if the domain name you would like for your particular website is already taken. This can be a very frustrating and pain staking process, so be prepared to have a list of at least 5 to 10 domain names that you would like to use before getting started on the design process for your website. Having your heart set on a specific name, jumping the gun and running to the print shop to print off your new business cards and letter head with that name on it could end up having very costly consequences.

What is a Web Hosting Service?

What you need at this point is a Web Hosting Service, a company that you will pay to ‘host’ your domain name so that it can be seen on the internet. These Web Hosting Companies have internet space that they sell to people that will allow them to show their website to the world. If you look at it in relation to real estate, these companies have large amounts of internet real estate that they offer for you to buy. By buying this internet real estate, you now have a piece of property that you can build your website onto, and your domain name would be that properties address. Just having a domain name without a web hosting service is the equivalent to having an address with no property.

What do you want to put into your site?

     Written Content

After you’ve figured out why you want a website, you’ve named your website, and you have your own piece of internet property to build your site on, you now need to start thinking about what exactly you want to put into your website. What content do you want your website to contain?

This content can range from a few lines of text here and there, to a few thousand lines of text in article after article; it all depends on the message your site is trying to deliver.

By figuring out the information you want in your website, you can then start to get a better idea on how your site will flow; it’s navigation. A website’s navigation is extremely important. If your website navigation is disjointed and confusing people will get frustrated and move on to another website. However, when you have that basic outline for your websites content, it is easier to step back and see how the navigation of your website will function.

     Graphical Content

Content for your website is not limited to just the written content, there is also the graphical content to consider. The graphical content of your website is just as important as the written content. The reason for this is because the graphical content is your websites “visual appeal”, it represents and strengthens your websites written content by emphasizing your message visually. How many websites have you been to where you’ve seen a picture that really grabbed your attention right away, drawing your eyes to its section of the page, and now that your attention is there you’re interested in what the text around the picture has to say.

As a web designer, it is extremely important to know if you, as the client, have your own digital copies of the photos and graphics you would like to include in your website, and if so, what is the quality of them.

Regardless of where the graphical content comes from, an important element of the graphical content is its optimization for quick loading. What this means is that the web designer has to work with the graphical content so that they load up quickly when your website is accessed. This is important for people that are accessing your site through dial-up connections or handheld devices. If a page on your website takes too long to load, people will get impatient and move on to another website. In the world of the internet, a user’s patience level is quite low and they will size your site up within 2 to 5 seconds before deciding if they will stay and take a look around or move on. So you can see that your website only has an extremely brief window of opportunity to catch a visitor’s interest.

How do you want your site to look?

As a web designer I like to ask my clients to provide me with 3 website addresses (URLs) that represent their own definition of poor website design, and then 3 more that represent their definition of good website design. It’s even better if they can give me an explanation as to why they think that way for those particular websites.

I will also ask what words they want the look of their website to convey (i.e. – professional, clean, modern, fun, etc.). Is there a particular colour scheme they have in mind?

This is all important information because it gives me a clearer direction on where you want to go with your websites look and feel.

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