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Designing for Mobile Devices: Phone Numbers

December 9, 2012 By Blueprint Digital

Mobile web development is very important these days. The numbers vary, but about 50 percent of mobile phone owners in the United States are estimated to have smartphones now. Responsive design comes in handy when making websites because of the website could adapt to the screen sizes of various devices. I have written two posts before sharing some basic tips...

Complex Conditional Statements

December 8, 2012 By Blueprint Digital

“If I had won the lottery, I would have bought a boat.” In this sentence, it is impossible for the condition to be fulfilled, because it refers to an event in the past. I neither won the lottery, nor bought a boat. Like the English language, programming languages make extensive use of conditional statements. When writing programming functions, conditional clauses...

A Guide to Writing Functions

December 1, 2012 By Blueprint Digital

If you find yourself writing the same few lines of code more than twice, convert those lines into a PHP function. In order to minimize the amount of code for websites and web applications, call functions within functions. The most effective functions are ones that are reusable. Naming Functions The names you choose for your functions should provide a good...

Responsive Design: Tips and Tricks

November 18, 2012 By Blueprint Digital

Last week, I wrote about the basics on responsive design. The topic of responsive design is a relatively new one that started with the emergence of different mobile devices. Developing for mobile devices could be hard because of all the factors to consider, such as handling clickable phone numbers. Today I will share some tips and tricks to make the...

Choosing a Color Palette in your Website Designs

November 14, 2012 By Blueprint Digital

Along with logos, layout, and content, color can tell you a lot about the tone of the website. Choosing a color palette is important because you want to convey the right feeling to the user when they enter the site. An obvious example is the use of dark and light colors. Dark colors can emote intensity and toughness whereas lightness...

Coffee Making

November 12, 2012 By Blueprint Digital

So one thing I’ve slowly learned while being here is the art of making coffee.  I personally am not a coffee drinker, but I’ve had to prepare the brew for my fellow coworkers on many the occasion while working here.  Sometimes I’ll be complimented for making good coffee while other times, I’ll be told it could have been better. But I honestly...

Responsive Design: The Basics

November 11, 2012 By Blueprint Digital

As a web developer at Blueprint, my job is to turn beautiful designs into usable websites. One of the things I have been focusing on recently is mobile development, specifically responsive design. What is Responsive Design? Responsive design fits its name: it responds to different web environments. With the emergence of smartphones and tablets, it is becoming challenging for web...

Home Theater Web Design

August 26, 2010 By Blueprint Digital

Hey! We have made a wonderful home theater web design that we would love for you guys to check out! A screenshot of the home theater web design and link to the sample page are included below. To purchase a web design like this one or a custom design through our atlanta web design firm contact us today at info@eclipsewebmedia.com...

Web Design in Suwanee, GA – Blogging SEO

March 22, 2010 By Blueprint Digital

We’ve worked with many clients who express great interest in seeing improvement in their search engine rankings.  However, we’ve never had the privilege of working with a client as motivated as US Customized. With decades of experience, USCF understands the importance of strong marketing in a tough economy. They remain the most self motivated among our clients in their own...

Viral Marketing & SEO for Local Startup

March 22, 2010 By Blueprint Digital

At Blueprint, we pride ourselves in being much more than a standard web development company.  Our goal is to partner with our clients in order to see them achieve their online marketing goals.  This is especially exciting when a client presents a unique product that is extremely marketable.  Such was the case with Rapha Stone. The online marketing of this...