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Comment on 5 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Macarons by Lisa

Lisa — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 07:23:38 +0000

Thanks Cathy! By the way, I’ve just signed up for a macaron baking workshop, stay tuned for the follow up on this post

Comment on 5 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Macarons by CathyA

CathyA — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 02:27:30 +0000

OMG! that was hilarious! Thank you for being vulnerable and funny at the same time. Love the history as well. Can’t wait to read more of your blog.

Comment on 3 Tips On How Not to Make A Horrifically Bad Restaurant Website by Lisa

Lisa — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 01:09:05 +0000

Thanks Fred

Comment on 3 Tips On How Not to Make A Horrifically Bad Restaurant Website by fred

fred — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 21:03:26 +0000

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Comment on 3 Tips On How Not to Make A Horrifically Bad Restaurant Website by Lisa

Lisa — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 16:54:26 +0000

Haha, thanks Joss for the extra tip on avoiding black for Indian restaurants! No one wants to look like a brothel

Comment on 3 Tips On How Not to Make A Horrifically Bad Restaurant Website by Joss

Joss — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 16:34:24 +0000

Oh, I like this piece!

The one thing that gets my goat throughout most of the internet is the dreadful copy writing! When I am not cooking or composing music I write; I have done for many a year and 30 years in advertising has taught me the importance of getting the words right, not just for beauty but for clarity too.

I tend to avoid restaurant websites if I can as they often bear little relationship to the business and are frequently too fussy and stuffed to the hilt with flash animations.

Oh, and a note to all Indian restaurants: If your web designer uses black, sack them! It makes you look like a brothel.

Comment on 3 Tips On How Not to Make A Horrifically Bad Restaurant Website by Williams Bemiller

Williams Bemiller — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 14:03:14 +0000

Functionality is more important than design, but as you say yourself, it can be hard to develop functionality without having a design in mind.. . What I usually do when designing a site is do up a mock-up of what I want the site to look like, in Photoshop. I keep it simple and basic at first, something I know I can do easily without spending a lot of time on the design. Then I get to work on the functionality while working towards this simple design. Once the functionality is implemented and working on this simple design, I might decide to spruce up the design a bit. The design should only start to get more complicated once the functionality is in place, otherwise it’s easy to spend too much time on the design and end up with half-finished functionality.. . Doing a mock-up design gives you a direction to go in, and if you start to get lost, it gives you something to refer back to. So I’d definitely recommend giving this method a shot.

Comment on 3 Tips On How Not to Make A Horrifically Bad Restaurant Website by Benny Mintor

Benny Mintor — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 18:52:40 +0000

Either the people editing can use a WYSIWYG program like Microsoft Expression Web or Adobe Dreamweaver, or you could use a “tag” system similar to BBCode ( http://www.bbcode.org/ )