Web Designs and More
Welcome to Web Designs and More, an independent publication about the practical side of getting a small business noticed online and in print.
We publish plain-English articles for business owners, freelancers and anyone who looks after a website, a brand or a marketing budget that has to stretch a long way.
Our articles cover:
Latest articles
-
An error message arrives at a moment when someone expected a task to finish.
-
An announcement card can outlive the event it describes.
-
A desktop composition can hide a weak sequence of information.
-
A folder of images is not a complete handover when nobody can tell which crop belongs to which page.
-
The footer often becomes the place where unassigned links accumulate.
-
A polished button in a design file usually represents only one moment.
-
An entertainment landing page has a simple job: help a visitor understand where they have arrived and what the available links will do.
-
A link can be obvious inside a large desktop card and confusing when the same card is reduced to a narrow column.
-
Flyers, adverts and cards still have a place. How to make printed material work alongside your website.
-
Getting found by customers nearby: business listings, location pages and the details search engines look for.
-
A short guide to contrast, legibility and picking a palette that works on screen and in print.
-
Before colours and fonts, a website needs a job to do. Here is how to give it one, and how to check it is doing it.
-
Most visitors skim. Good website copy is written for skimmers first and careful readers second. Here is how to do both.
-
A brand is not just a logo. For a small business it is a handful of choices made once and then repeated everywhere.
What we write about, and how
A good website, logo or advert is rarely the work of one skill. It is a blend of technical care, sensible structure, clear writing and design that suits the business rather than the designer.
That is the thinking behind every article here:
- Advice you can act on this week, not theory.
- Examples drawn from the kind of small firms most of our readers run or work for.
- No jargon where a plain word will do.
- Honest about costs, time and what is realistic for a small budget.
Write for Web Designs and More
We welcome guest articles from designers, copywriters, marketers and small business owners with something useful to share.
Read our guest post guidelines or email [email protected] with your idea.