<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5919908442036082239</id><updated>2012-02-16T07:20:29.831-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Reflection on John Ashenden: How to Make It Better</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://howtomakeitbetter.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5919908442036082239/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://howtomakeitbetter.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>kristineivylee</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06282680778431328902</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>1</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5919908442036082239.post-2011867078451984068</id><published>2010-10-27T13:52:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-10-27T13:52:53.242-07:00</updated><title type='text'>John Ashenden: How to Make It Better</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;John Ashenden bathes daily in a pool of creativity. Living in  Gainesville, FL, he is, among other things, an experienced web designer  and developer. John's work has been featured in a number of  distinguished periodicals and design showcases. His day's are currently  spent as Creative Director for Grooveshark, a free-music streaming  service, which has quickly become one of the world's leading resources  for free and on-Demand music. These are the important things that a web designer must have and must do to make the web design be better.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h2 style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;1. Define the purpose&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;h2 style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;2. Consider the audienc&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;h2 style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;3. Keep it simple&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;h2 style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;5. Don’t just settle&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;h2 style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;6. Take your time&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;h2 style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;7. Include a Search Form&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;h2 style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;8. Invest in Search Engine Optimization&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;h2 style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;  &lt;script src="http://graphicdesignblender.com/wp-content/themes/GDBnew/js/slider-accordian.js" type="text/javascript"&gt;&lt;/script&gt; &lt;script src="http://graphicdesignblender.com/slider.js" type="text/javascript"&gt;&lt;/script&gt; &lt;!-- Art Direction Styles --&gt;       &lt;!--&lt;body onLoad="slider.init('slider',1)"&gt; &lt;style&gt;#slider { width:625px}.header { margin-top:-20px; width:605px; cursor:pointer; text-align:right;}.content { overflow:hidden;}.text { width:600px; padding:10px 10px 10px 10px;  border: 1px solid #E9E7D9;  overflow:hidden;}&lt;/style&gt; &lt;div id="slider"&gt;   &lt;div class="header" id="one-header"&gt;hide/show&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="content" id="one-content"&gt;     &lt;div class="text"&gt;             &lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/GraphicDesignBlender/108426155849654"&gt;&lt;img src="http://graphicdesignblender.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/single_ad_2.jpg" alt="GDB Promotions" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;--&gt; &lt;/h2&gt;&lt;h2 style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;9. Keep things consistent&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;h2 style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;10. Analyze your site&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;h2 style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;11. Be Patient&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;h2 style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;This is what i've learned in making a web design better&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;h2 style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5919908442036082239-2011867078451984068?l=howtomakeitbetter.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://howtomakeitbetter.blogspot.com/feeds/2011867078451984068/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://howtomakeitbetter.blogspot.com/2010/10/john-ashenden-how-to-make-it-better.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5919908442036082239/posts/default/2011867078451984068'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5919908442036082239/posts/default/2011867078451984068'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://howtomakeitbetter.blogspot.com/2010/10/john-ashenden-how-to-make-it-better.html' title='John Ashenden: How to Make It Better'/><author><name>kristineivylee</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06282680778431328902</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
