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Website checklist 2012 – Let’s take a few steps back…

Rami Mikhail — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 00:26:36 +0000

If you are planning on improving your existing website or launching your first, here’s a quick checklist of things to consider before moving forward. 1) Target Audience: Who is your website intended for and have their needs changed since you …

Custom Facebook Business Pages – we’re on fire!

Lisa Wills — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 18:20:59 +0000

In the last few days, we have launched a number of custom Facebook pages. Our designers and developers have been hard at work and we are really pleased to highlight their work as well as showcase our customers products and services.

“Vancouver” Search – Who Has the Most Google Juice?

Lisa Wills — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 16:43:44 +0000

Type the word Vancouver into Google.ca and the top 9 results are what you'd expect - sort of. Although Google changes their algorithm, we know that "authoritative links in" are usually the major predictor for rank. The more sites linking to you, the higher the rank.

Tips for Your Email Marketing and Newsletters

Jennifer Ku — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 16:50:40 +0000

Email marketing is one of the strongest tools for businesses (big and small) to communicate their messages and campaigns. Some of the more prestigious companies still like to send out printed flyers or invitations, but we know that digital is the way to go.

Image searching – some tips and tricks

Lisa Wills — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 20:20:18 +0000

When we start our web design process, we ask the clients to supply us with some inspirations sites or logos so we can get a visual idea of what they are looking for.

We love Google Web Font

Jennifer Ku — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 16:05:14 +0000

As a Vancouver Web Design company, we are always looking for cool inventions to make our jobs work smoother and our clients happy. Thanks to Google once again, for making the lives of designers and developers easier.

Our Latest Custom Facebook Page and Fan Gate

Lisa Wills — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 22:38:32 +0000

Victor Harbor Hardware from South Australia asked us to create custom Facebook pages for their brick and mortar store so that they could capture offline sales through a coffee coupon giveaway via Facebook.

The “My Facebook Page is so Ugly” Contest

Lisa Wills — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 21:30:40 +0000

We think all companies should have a presence on Facebook. But a boring wall or any ugly Welcome tab isn't really going to cut it with your fans. Yes I know - SplitMango's Facebook page is boring (we're busy designing and developing) but yours doesn't have to be.

Print Design for Prompton Real Estate Services

Jennifer Ku — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 16:53:17 +0000

Prompton Real Estate Services approached SplitMango to update and standardize their branding and redesign their website. Their goal was to have their web and print presence showcase the company as professional, reliable and knowledgeable in their field. It was a great pleasure to work with clients who were so engaged and enthusiastic in the creative branding process.

Google Plus for Businesses

Lisa Wills — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 19:05:59 +0000

There was a big buzz last week around Google+ and it is fairly likely that one of your geeky friends sent you an invite. And some of you are rocking it and some of you are like me thinking "meh", but knowing that in time it will become more important - perhaps not as an conduit for vapid chatter but as a tool that makes zooming around the web easier.

RealtyNinja – nice platform for realtors and real estate buyers

Lisa Wills — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 17:53:44 +0000

At SplitMango we design websites for a number of realtor platforms. The newest kid on the block is RealtyNinja out of North Vancouver. They launched their platform in June 2010 and seemed to have gone from strength to strength as their offering matures.

The Canadian Design Resource – your go to source for design in Canada

Lisa Wills — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 16:22:34 +0000

Launched in 2006 as the first digital platform to nurture and promote Canadian design and material culture, the CDR aims to be a complete record of design in the country from ancient aboriginal design to contemporary work. The website highlights work in all sectors of design including graphic, industrial, digital, conceptual, fashion and more.

The Making of Icons for a Website: A Video

Lisa Wills — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 20:27:48 +0000

Amy gives us a little bit more information on her process for making the icons for the new Pholiofy website.

Facebook Places and Facebook Pages

Lisa Wills — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 18:46:47 +0000

It turns out, Places is more of a mobile thing. When you are out strolling around you can check in to a place - I am guessing the first person to check into a place actually creates it on Facebook if it did not exist as a Page.

Can Technology Make Your Wedding Cheaper? You Bet!

Lisa Wills — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 18:05:52 +0000

The dress conversation got me thinking about the ways you could save money on a wedding and it seems to me that today’s technology can come to the rescue in many instances.

Icons for our new product Pholiofy

Lisa Wills — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 20:09:25 +0000

These days, we are excited about our new product Pholiofy. It’s a SAAS application (lives in the cloud) that is, as we like to say, the Facebook Pages Publishing Platform.

Online Social Communites, Something for Everyone?

Lisa Wills — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 18:26:59 +0000

We’re doing a job for a client who wants a social community as part of their website. We’re probably going to integrate Ning into the new site - we’ve done work in it before and it’s robust and reasonably priced. As I was reviewing the clients requirements, I did some research into other social communities to see how they were set up. Holy cow, there is some interesting stuff out there.

Use of Images in Web Design

Ed Carbery — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 15:57:52 +0000

Using stock images has become almost the norm in web design. Something that many website owners may not be aware of however, is image licensing.

Biennales – the art is great but are the websites up to snuff?

Jennifer Ku — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 17:36:55 +0000

Biennale (bi-eh-naa-ly) is the word for “every other year” in Italian. Are their websites and internet marketing up to their exhibition standard? Well, let’s take a look at a few and find out:

Web Design Conference Alert

Ed Carbery — Tue, 31 May 2011 18:10:38 +0000

Two web design conferences of note: the Interlink Conference, Vancouver on June 2-4, and the Future of Web Apps Conference, Las Vegas on June 27-29.