Category: Website Design News

Responsive Web Design

Those of us in the business throw around terms like “mobile ready”, “mobile friendly” and “responsive” all of the time . We use them interchangeably depending upon our audience. Google seems to endorse “mobile friendly” as they call their mobile “tester tool” that they created for developers the Google Mobile Friendly Test. We found a […]

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Lawyer Website Design

I was searching for information about lawyer website design and I came across this article on Law.com called 6 Tips for Surviving the Legal Market for the Next 6 Years.  Top of the list – tip #1 – is “Redesign Your Website”. I have to concur with the arguments made … it’s all about being […]

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Manufacturing Website Design

Back in the day, purchasing agents at manufacturing companies used to have the Thomas Register – an encyclopedia-like set of green books filled with manufacturers of every widget known to mankind. They also relied upon catalogs from sources like Grainger or Fastenal. Today those same purchasing agents rely upon Google and the other search engines […]

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Hospitality Website Design Principles

Hospitality website design principles are now focused on optimizing for conversions. We found a great article which lists seven (7) conversion optimizing principles for hospitality website design. These are actually the principles for all good website design these days but tweaked to come at them from a hospitality perspective. Hospitality Website Design Principles Encapsulation – […]

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Web Design Questions

If you’re thinking about having a new web design done, we would love to talk with you. When we meet, these are the types of questions we are going to ask so we can provide our website designer with the information they need to understand your vision right from the start. Web Design: Audience? What […]

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Custom Web Design: Dead or Alive?

Many things in life are about choices, trade-offs and understanding both sides of the story before making a decision. Choosing between a template website and a custom web design is no different. We work on both, but we prefer custom website design because we think it creates more value for our customers than a template […]

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Website Design Elements That Drive Website Costs

There are many factors which drive website costs. Some are obvious while some are more nuanced. In this post we will discuss design-driven impacts on website costs. Berkshire Direct is a WordPress website agency, so we will come at this discussion from the standpoint of WordPress website costs specifically. Website Costs and WordPress Plugins Installing […]

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Restaurant Website Design

Competition for disposable income is at an all-time high especially for restaurants. There are so many options to consider. At a bare minimum, your website needs to be found by people who are searching for it. This article offers restaurant website design tips that we think are valuable. Restaurant Website Design Tips Making phone numbers […]

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