Development
Building a website is more than installing a theme and picking a color, it involves lots of strategic planning for how your users will use the website at every opportunity. Learn more about how to develop a website that works for your customers through our blog.
Frequently “Should-Be” Asked Questions
I'm a big proponent of having an FAQ page on your website. If someone lands on your site, they probably got there for a reason and not because they clicked...
Web Design “Service” – What is it?
When you go to buy a product, like a car or a lamp or even a pizza, most people assume they are paying for the parts that went into it....
WordPress is easy, but not really
When we started Sumy Designs in 2006, we were mostly doing static, HTML sites. One of those early sites wanted a blog, so we added WordPress to it. After trying...
How to evaluate a plugin
You've got a new site and you're ready to use it. Hooray! And you might need a new plugin to do what you need to do. Did you know that...
What can a professional web design company do that I can’t?
In the modern era of website builders, literally anyone can spin up a website in a day and have a new website that's live for the world to see. I...
Community Yoga: A Case Study in Usability
We recently completed work on a site redesign for Community Yoga. The previous site wasn't bad, but it was created by someone who has a passion for yoga, not someone...
The Biggest Mistakes of DIY Websites
These days, it's easy to get a website online. You can go to any one of the big DIY builder programs and click and create a new website. What's not...
How Often Should I Redesign My Website?
A mistake a lot of people make is paying for a new website and then ignoring it for the next ten years. Websites aren't like cars: as long as you...
Things to do before you launch a website
Launching new websites is one of my very favorite things to do, but I always want it to go smoothly for everyone, so there's definitely a must do list for...
How to use MailChimp Automated Campaigns
If you have a newsletter, there's a good chance you use MailChimp. And why not? It's easy. It has great integrations. And, for many of us, it's free. How can...
Scroll to the Top
If you have a website, and that website has more than a few words of content, then I want to talk to you about the "Back to the Top" button....
Mobile-First indexing: The Time is Now
Back in April of 2015, Google drew a line in the sand. And that line was about mobile-friendliness. If your site didn't cut it, then it got cut. We nicknamed...
Goal Drive Website Design
There are a lot of people who can make a decent looking website. And many designers can create beautiful designs that can be used on a website. And I think...
Why choose Sumy Designs for your small business website?
There are a lot of choices when it comes to websites for your business. How do you know which to choose? I know a lot of people who do what...
PODS: My new favorite CPT plugin
I love Custom Post Types. (Need more info on what a Custom Post Type is? I wrote a blog post about it.) CPTs combined with Beaver Themer gives you endless options...
Taking Donations on a WordPress site
We do a fair amount of non profit website design, and one of the things that comes up for those is how to accept donations. A lot of organizations want...
Do you know who is coming to your website?
You should. I can't tell you how many times a potential client comes to with an existing website and I take a look and don't see any Google Analytics script....
Specialty fonts for websites
When we first started making websites, almost 12 years ago, you really only had a few fonts to choose from on your website because if the person viewing your website...
Your website doesn’t need a slider
Sliders. Slideshows. Carousels, It doesn't matter what you call it, website owners love them. And I've been trying to convince people to stop using them for a long time. If...
