Portland Start-Ups to Watch: SpireHouse Publishing, LLC

August 24th, 2011

Guest Author: Lucas Beechinor, Founder and CEO of SpireHouse Publishing

I have worked in the publishing industry for a while now, and in that time, e-books have exploded onto the publishing scene, promising a strange new future that many publishers are still too cautious about exploring. Truthfully, their concerns are somewhat legitimate, but the possibilities offered by e-publishing far outweigh those concerns. It is because of these possibilities that the inspiration for SpireHouse Publishing was born.
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Web Design for Small Businesses and Start-ups

June 30th, 2011

Even people running small businesses or start-up companies want to have an effective online presence. They look for an impressive, effective and successful website to raise their profile above their competitors. They like to do it in an affordable cost, without compromising on quality. These are some insider’s views about creating a website for small businesses and start-ups.
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Top 5 Reasons to Use a Local Web Design Firm

June 22nd, 2011

A website is the most important marketing component for an organization and it has become almost impossible for a company to get customers without a professional and appealing website. If you want to build a website, there are thousands of web designing companies on the net and you can outsource the work to someone who is not even in your country to save some money. But recently people prefer to hire local firms for web designing. There are several reasons

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Web Design Using HTML5

June 15th, 2011

In the world of web designing, lot of innovations take place every day.  The arrival of HTML 5 packed with so much good stuff has caused quite a stir among developers.  HTML 5 is the latest revision of HTML standard and it targets on improving the language with multimedia support and easily readable by humans at the same time understood by computers and devices. HTML 5 has a good future and has already become the most influential program that has entered the web.  Some of the major advantages of this program are listed below.

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Importance of White Spacing In Web Design

June 8th, 2011

We throw in a lot of cool elements when designing a website. We often forget the one aspect in web designing that has a lot of advantage and gives a better look to the overall appearance- The white Space!  It is also known as negative space. But there is a lot of positive stuff that goes around this negative spacing. Let us discuss some here.

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Basic Principles Web Designers Shouldn’t Forget

June 3rd, 2011

To create a good website, the web designer should understand how users interact with web pages. Web users’ habits are almost like customers’ habit in a store. They glance at each new page, scan some of the text and click a link that catches their attention. In fact, a large part of the web page often goes unnoticed. So there are some important things, a web designer should keep in mind while creating a website.

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Advantages of Object Oriented Programming

May 18th, 2011

With lots of small things that come to play in developing a website, object oriented programming plays a very important role. It is also known as the OO language  which allows a website development service to use various techniques exclusive to object oriented programming like polymorphism, inheritance, modulation and encapsulation.  The very first language that featured the primary aspects of an object- oriented programming language was Simula which was released in 1967. That is the start and taking from that point there have been so many developments and have been widely incorporated in web development process. Why do experts prefer object oriented programming language for their web development? Read On!

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The Essentials of Small Business Website Development

April 27th, 2011

It is hard to picture that just about a decade and a half ago the internet was unknown to most people. It has grown significantly since, from just a means to quickly communicate through email to what it is today – a powerful platform for ecommerce. Today the internet is the way to do business. Any modern business from multi-national behemoths to the smallest start-up cannot survive without an internet presence through its website.

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Eight Rules for an Effective Website

April 20th, 2011

The primary goal of an effective web design is to make every visitor a potential buyer. There are several aspects to create compelling web design but essentially it must provide the visitor with a happy user experience. Here are 8 cardinal rules which are critical to success:

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Designing Easy to get to Websites – The Growing Significance and Desires

April 13th, 2011

An easy to get to website is one that can be reached and used by all users, irrespective of any physical disability they might have or the manner in which they use the internet. This is a sufficiently important condition which has become a legal requirement for certain websites in many countries, especially the U.S., and typically government sites.

An accessible website has business significance because current figures indicate that disabled users constitute between 10% and 20% of the population of most countries. These numbers do not include those who are marginally challenged to whom an accessible website would provide a more rewarding internet experience. Another consideration is the average age of users which is steadily increasing in most countries. With advancing years a number of issues arise such as changes in vision and hearing and a steady decline in dexterity and memory. All told the number of internet users who would benefit from more accessible websites would stand at around 30% of the population, a figure that no business can afford to ignore. Let us consider some of the more common issues involved.

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