Over the years, I've received many calls from business owners wanting to start a website and not knowing where to begin. This is common. The internet can be a daunting place and a keyword search for web designer returns more than 4 million results in a given city. But choosing a designer is not your first step. So, what is your first step? Read up on basic design rules for your website

Graphic Designers are expected to deliver great design every time. In fact, this ought to be true most in almost any case because there are basic rules that are taught and followed and produce great designs. These design rules can most time supersede bad taste and veer any kitschy design toward a well balanced layout. But if you come across bad designs, then either it was not put together by a professional graphic artist or you've fallen upon a graphic designer with no regard to design rules. So what are some of the basic design rules? Read up on basic design rules for your website

People seem to either love Flash or hate Flash. Designers and programmers hate Flash. Steve Jobs, Google and other fans of fast loading, open source pages hate Flash. So who loves Flash? Advertisers, marketing groups, gamers, animators and any business owner who knows he has only 3 seconds to capture attention. If done right, Flash is a powerful way of capturing and retaining information. So how do you Flash right? Read up on using Flash for your website