1Eighty Design

Mammaw’s Sweet Shoppe in Lafayette, IN has been a client of our for a few years and were ready for a redesign.  The owner sent a picture of a wedding cake to use as inspiration for the new design.  The problem with wedding cakes is they are tall so we came up with a design that would utilize the picture on the entire left side of the site.

Before I continue… If you are looking for wedding cakes in Lafayette, IN you need to contact Mammaw’s.  I can tell you from first hand experience their butter pecan flavored cake is a huge hit at a wedding!

Back on track… The image on the left initially made things difficult to get everything to fit on smaller screens but with some creative CSS we came up with a solution that would change the design based on the users resolution.  The site will actually appear in three different layouts as you can see from the image below.

Design A will be seen when the browser is at least 950px wide, if the resolution is smaller than that it moves on to design B.  Design B simply eliminates the wedding cake and moves the menu to the left.  If the screen is even smaller (mobile phone) it will convert to design C moving the menu and logo above the content as well as collapsing any sub-menus on the page.  When the sub-menus are collapsed we use jQuery to add some JavaScript to them so the user can click to expand on them.

The only bad part of this setup is it doesn’t work in Internet Explorer 8 or below but it does work in the other browsers such as Firefox, Chrome and Safari.

If you or anyone you know needs professional web design services, please contact us about your upcoming project!

We’ve been working with Rain Makers (located in Warsaw, IN) on a new website that will streamline the way they perform service calls.  The owner of the company, Jamie Bowers, wanted to streamline the process of receiving service requests and assigning them to his employees. (more…)

Social networking is a great way to spread the word about you and your services.  It may be someone “liking” your website or commenting on a blog post that drives your next customer to you.  When someone interacts with one of Facebook’s Social Plugins on your site, that information is added to their profile which can be seen by all of their friends.  This is instant access to hundreds of people who may not know that you exist (but now they do)!

The image above is a Facebook application developed as a “welcome” to anyone visiting 1Eight Design’s page who is not our fan or not logged in.  This instantly gives them an insight of what we do.  We kept ours simple but there is a lot more that you can do with Facebook applications.

You’ll also see that we’ve added the “Like” button and Facebook Comments to our blog.  The comment plugin is a great way to make sure actual people are submitting comments but it also may deter people as well because their name will be shown.

We are currently working with a client in Warsaw, IN that will utilize Facebook for its users to log into their site. More on that once its released!

If you want to integrate Facebook into your site or have a web design project, contact us today!

You’re always told “don’t judge a book by it’s cover”, but that’s exactly what happens every time someone visits your website. More and more people are checking you out online before they make contact with you. So why would you ignore another saying you often hear: “always make a good first impression”? Your website needs to make a good first impression.

If two companies offered the same product at the same price but one company had a nice looking office and the other was a run down building; who do you think would be more successful? You should think of your website the same way.

It’s important for potential customers to get the feeling that you are a professional company that they can trust. With your website often giving your company’s first impression you need a professionally designed site that is easy to use.

If you’re ready to give a good first impression, contact 1Eighty Design today for professional web design services.