Navigation - is often relied on to much.

Many sites place too much emphasis on a sites navigation bar to travel around a website. Although the navigation bar is still an integral part of a successful website I would challenge the theory that it should be the primary way to navigate your website. (more…)

The BAD Design. A Necessary evil?

Bad design allows us to make a comparison. Without bad design good design wouldn’t exist…it would just be design. In the same way that if there was no dark, light would not have the same meaning as it does now. In essence one can’t exist without the other…we need both the yin and yan: good design and bad design. (more…)

There is every reason for you not to seek design feedback, as inevitably faults will be picked in your design and you may end up in tears. Even if you are you one of those designers who thinks you’re rock and roll and you’ve got an ego at point size 600…well you need to stop believing this and take a hard look in the mirror. To become a better designer there needs to be the realisation that you are never the finished article…only after this step can we begin to make strides. Now bin those shades and tuck into a portion of the humble pie. (more…)

Information Architecture

What is an information architect?
I would compare an information architect (IA) to Napoleon. Now hear me out a moment before you tell me to put a sock in it. They are both master strategists who spend the majority of their time analysing the opposition and gaining information. (more…)

Should we really design straight into the browser?

The Mock war…
Should mock-ups be pixels perfect creations? This was a question which I’ve recently been debating and the natural solution to avoid time wasting in Photoshop appears to be to do website mcckups within the browser. (more…)

SEO - A Beginners guide

All righty then, time for a more technical blog post from moi! Let’s tackle some basic best practices to help optimise your website. Considering this is a beginner’s guide I guess I should explain the term Search Engine Optimisation (SEO). In a nutshell SEO helps search engines find your site when a user types a search term into the search engine (the most popular of these being Google). There are a variety of techniques you can use to achieve the best possible result, which I will discuss individually.
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Due to an ongoing major BT fault in the area our phones are still not working, main supply lines have been stolen and have cut off many businesses, we have been informed by BT that they hope to have things fixed on Monday. (more…)

Due to a problem with BT, our phone lines are currently down, as is our internet connection. According to BT, this will be the case for the next 48 hours, but we will try to get back online as quickly as possible. If you require technical support, please email support@ihm.co.uk and we will endeavour to respond as soon as possible. We will keep you updated via this post.