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I am Rhian, Caboodle's Creative Director and blog author. I do some of the web development, tea making and marketing at Caboodle.
I hope this blog will be a valuable resource, containing serious reviews of websites, and all things web related. Intending to be an insightful journal of my findings on the web and the general goings on at the Caboodle office.
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10.03.2008 Part 2 Online Now
Part 2 of our series How to Write Content for your Website is now online here.
Find out how to write text that is easy to scan and focused to help your visitors find what they are looking for.
03.03.2008 How to Write Content for Your Website
Part one of the new (and first) series - How to Write Content for your Website is now online!
Part 2 due next week!
26.02.2008 New Series - Writing Content
Writing content for a website is one of the most important and frightening tasks of the whole process. So to help, I have started to write a series of articles to help you along the way. First part will be available in March, so come back soon!
If you'd like to be informed when the article is online please send an email to rhian.davies@caboodledigital.co.uk.
19.02.2008 Screen Resolution
According to W3Schools, the number of users with a screen resolution of 800 x 600 has decreased from nearly 50% to 14% in 5 years (from 2002 to 2007). So with 80% of all web browsers using a minimum screen resolution of 1024 by 768, do we still need to worry about designing for smaller screens?
If you ask our designers, the answer is a definite no. Absolutely not. Closely followed by “Tell them to get a proper monitor!” A screen resolution of 800 x 600 is pretty restrictive, especially with an emphasis on good-looking, well designed websites, plus it can look fairly pathetic on larger screens. Either a tiny box in the middle or stretched across the top of the monitor with really hard to read sentences.
Even our developers agree that building for larger screen resolutions is easier as more information can be made available. However, applications and forms that have been designed for a larger resolution can be difficult to use on 800 x 600 displays.
It is definitely a judgement call. Smaller displays are being replaced (according to http://www.w3counter.com/globalstats.php 800 x 600 screen resolution is down to 7.31% as of 31/01/2008) but you do need to take into account your target audience. If your target audience is a group of technophobes, the chances are they will still be using 800 x 600. There’s no real right or wrong answer...and in a few years time we’ll have exactly the same debate but with larger numbers!
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