Kicking off 2009

2008 was a great year for us – we got to work on some great projects and meet some wonderful new clients. I think we had somewhere around 50 different websites we helped design and build for the year. In 2009, we are hoping to continue our growth and look forward to what the year […]

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Do you need a Content Management System?

Within the last 3 months, many of our clients have been coming to us wanting to be able to update their own website. Some clients are sick of waiting for days or even weeks on their “web guy” to make updates to their website. Others make changes so frequently they’d just rather do it themselves […]

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Understanding Your Audience

One of the most important questions we ask ourselves with every website we design is: Who are the people that will be coming to this website? For some clients it is business executives trying to find the right company to help them with a certain aspect of their own business. Some websites have a specific […]

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Google launches browser, Chrome

Today Google announced the launch of Chrome, a new open source browser they have been developing. As with most things Google, it is still in beta meaning it is not a finished product. The reason for Google creating Chrome is because they still see a lot of room for improvement in the browser area. Specifically, […]

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How designers often feel

We have a great time working with our clients – we like being able to have input that will really improve their website and business online. Before starting AshWebStudio, I did work for a large company as a web designer. Often times dealing with those larger clients came with larger headaches. Someone just sent me […]

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What is, and isn't, Web 2.0?

This isn’t a new article, you could find this topic written many times throughout the web. However, I thought I would chime in with what I think about when I hear this term. First, Web 2.0 is an adjective – not a noun. It isn’t a thing. I use it to describe two different areas: […]

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Client wins national technology award

One of AshWebStudio’s web design clients, Transport Designs, recently won the 2008 Dell/National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) Small Business Excellence Award. We are very happy to hear our client succeeding so well. We were also thrilled to get this from our client’s son (who we worked with on this project): “I believe that a […]

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Your Website Budget

Having a website budget helps designers put together a proposal that can work within prospective clients’ means. We’re not trying to take all your money – honestly.

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AWS Easy Page Link

This is our first plugin created for WordPress – Easy Page Link. When entering content into WordPress sites, sometimes you want to cross link pages within the site. Remembering what the URL to the other page is a pain, so this takes advantage of the built in editor’s features by creating a simple drop down […]

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