What is responsive design you say to yourself? Responsive design is the practice of having one website that adapts to the device it is being viewed upon. Or, more simply: one website for all screens.

It is tempting to just create a mobile friendly site, but that no longer will satisfy your audiences. Increasingly, mobile sites include the option to visit the original site, which is fine. But if you do not offer the option or if your original site is not optimized to mobile standards, you are simply not moving forward with the times.

I have been following technology trends and reading articles in computer technology, people are predicting that the sale of smartphones and other “mobile” devices will outsell the personal computer in the coming years.

Just like King Arthur “One Land, One King.” or for the web world “One Website, All Screens!”

Check out some examples of responsive design:

Bread & Pepper 

Five Simple Steps

The Boston Globe

This project consists of: Rulebook Design – Card Design – Token Design – Tile Design – Dice Icon Design – Player Experience Card Design

About the Game:

A fantasy dice game by Alan M. Newman

Hordes of dark minions have descended upon the countryside, eager to secure their reputation as a scourge on mankind. The despicable evil marauders attack everywhere in search of conquest. The citizens are helpless and will soon be overwhelmed. Death and destruction awaits all those in the path of the evil ones…

Lead your army of 50 evil minions in battle. Use your dice to choose the actions your minions will take, whether it is to storm a town, destroy a tower, or to dig up their dear departed comrades. Play the advanced game, aided by powerful and evil Overlords, ready to do your bidding in the quest to increase your awesome influence and control.

Here are a few items that any web designer or web company will recommend to any client that approaches them for a website design. When looking for a web designer watch out when paying someone to build it. Not only do they need to offer you suitable and appropriate design abilities, but they also need to understand usability, recommend. critique and give you an evaluation of your company’s image and provide solid suggestions that will help and not hinder your business. Before picking a designer ask for references, look for testimonials, contact people that they have done work with in the past – do a little research it can go a long way. This is what will set a professional designer or professional design company apart from the guy that has the programs and gets templates and calls himself a designer.

I will go in further details on the following items to keep in mind, here is what you should keep in mind when getting the perfect web site design:

1. Take your time
2. Get professional advice
3. Don’t be afraid to ask for changes
4. Communication with your designer

The battle for the ages comes down to cost in to a lot of businesses, especially in web design (or graphic design). The difference between a quality company and one which has a poor public image on the web is solely dependent upon web design and the design process that follows. Ask any web designer or web company and they will tell you that it is vital that you get the design right the first time. If you decide to go with the cheap designer there is a good chance that you will not get the proper image you want for your web presence. Failure to make an appropriate investment in your web presence will come back and haunt your business. By hiring a professional web designer or a professional web design company they can help take your online business to the next level.

Do not sacrifice quality for quantity. You will end up paying more in the end.

To have a web presence is important and there are a number of reasons for this. First, a web presence will allow your customers and potential clients to view your products and services and be able to formulate questions before contacting you. Failure to have such things listed on your website can result in customers looking elsewhere and at your competition. In today’s world if you do not have a website or an online presence of some sort, you will simply be written off as a non-professional establishment in your field and people might not take you seriously. This is where hiring a professional web designer or a professional design company can help you brand your business and help get you noticed on the internet.

1. Links should have meaningful anchor text. Example: “Click here” is meaningless.
2. Make sure your content is short and sweet, edit it down. Most people won’t read more than 300 words of text on a single page.
3. Bullet point your content and summarize it, for quick scalability.
4. Create a humorous 404 page to help soften an otherwise annoying experience.
5. Navigation should be ordered in importance and easily accessible.
6. Be sure that your user can find our contact information quick. Especially your phone number.
7. If you do update your site and update page names make sure that you redirect people to their new appropriate counterparts.
8. Make sure you have clear headlines on each page, this helps tell people what the page is all about.
9. Be sure you keep your pages updated with fresh and new content. If you start seeing pages that are not relevant to the user and only to you, hide them.
10. Have a site map and breadcrumbs on your site. Make it easy for the user to know where they are in case they come in to your site on an internal page. Site maps are your friends and breadcrumbs on a page are crucial if you have deep pages.

Everything you do to make your customers life a little easier earns your brand that much more customer satisfaction.