1. http://portland.craigslist.org/mlt/eng/4927102608.html - Web Developer (Portland)
A company called Avanti Destinations is looking for a web developer in Portland, OR. The job skills required include:
Required technical Platforms:
HTML5
• CSS
• JavaScript
• XML
• SQL skills a plus
• AJAX
• JSP
Responsibilities:
Work collaboratively with users, web team and other programmers to design streamlined and efficient user interfaces.
Experience with designing, writing and deploying a dynamic website.
Proficient and strong ability to troubleshoot performance issues on a dynamic website
Demonstrated experience with databases and writing SQL queries a plus.
Experience with developing Web pages incorporating interactive elements using JavaScript and XML.
Experience with coding, testing, configuring and deploying website updates in a testing and production environment.
2. http://portland.craigslist.org/mlt/eng/4924496447.html - Sr Software Engineer/Front End Developer
A company called PCD Group is looking for a Sr Software Engineer / Front End Developer.
Required Technical Platforms:
Html5
• Perl
• CSS
• Javascript
• JQuery
• MVC Design Experience
• SQL (Oracle, MySQL)
• Linux
Nice to Have:
• JQuery UI
• JSP, PHP, other languages
• Apache
• Social Media APIs
• Google Maps APIs
The job responsibilities include:
Build engaging experiences, compelling interactive networks and content-driven digital solutions for agency clients
• Requires both a mastery of the hands-on aspects of Web interface
engineering, as well as an ability to design solid front-end
architectures that integrate with other systems and technologies
• Design multi-tiered web and intranet applications so that code
systems, sub-systems, modules and data assets, and data structures are
supported by a technical architecture that meets project objectives,
strategic goals, and enterprise data standards
• Responsible for database performance, data integration, and data
interfaces for enterprise level web/intranet-based applications
• Implement database and middle-tier software solutions and manage
processes with a team of developers. Includes end-to-end multi-tier
web/intranet application development, prototyping and coordination with a
team of developers to effectively meet the deliverables and schedule of
a data solution component within a larger application project
• Responsible for HTML programming for internal and client web-based applications
3. http://portland.craigslist.org/wsc/eng/4924370244.html - Senior UI Web Developer (Portland, OR)
Responsibilities:
• Build and maintain responsive web applications for PC and Mobile devices using Microsoft ASP .NET MVC framework.
• Continually grow skills to enhance your technical expertise and contribution to the team.
• Engage in process improvement, architecture, standards/practices, and
operations to continually improve what we do and how we do it.
• Be creative and efficient in solving complex and/or time-critical problems.
• Work closely with database developers to integrate with SQL Server database.
Technical Skills:
• Strong Skills in .NET platform and ASP .NET MVC framework
• Client/Server fundamentals and Browser/Server interaction using IIS
• C#, HTML, XML, CSS, JavaScript, JQuery, AJAX
• Ability to implement responsive design for mobile and tablet
• Experience with Knockout.js, backbone.js and AngularJS
• Integration with SQL Server database is a plus
Wednesday, March 11, 2015
Tuesday, March 3, 2015
3 Local Sites that Can Improve their SEO
1. Mi Cielo - http://mymicielo.com/801-2
One of the items on the SEO checklist is "Check all links to make sure they are functioning and directing to the correct pages". On Mi Cielo's webpage, their gift card link leads to this page. (screenshot)
I would recommend having the link lead to a page where someone can actually purchase a gift card or even to a page that states their gift card policy would be beneficial.
2. Art in the high desert - http://www.artinthehighdesert.com/
I checked their websites Source Code and I didn't see one single ALT attribute for any of their many images.
My recommendation is to add Alt attributes to each image to help improve SEO
3. Earth, Fire, Art Pottery - http://www.earthfireart.com/
This is the most plain and boring site I have ever seen come back number 1 in a google search result... This page is also missing alt attributes for pics but they also have basically no content on their page whatsoever. No Links, No social networking links, nothing.
I would recommend adding links to their social networking sites along with alt attributes for their one picture..
One of the items on the SEO checklist is "Check all links to make sure they are functioning and directing to the correct pages". On Mi Cielo's webpage, their gift card link leads to this page. (screenshot)
I would recommend having the link lead to a page where someone can actually purchase a gift card or even to a page that states their gift card policy would be beneficial.
2. Art in the high desert - http://www.artinthehighdesert.com/
I checked their websites Source Code and I didn't see one single ALT attribute for any of their many images.
My recommendation is to add Alt attributes to each image to help improve SEO
3. Earth, Fire, Art Pottery - http://www.earthfireart.com/
This is the most plain and boring site I have ever seen come back number 1 in a google search result... This page is also missing alt attributes for pics but they also have basically no content on their page whatsoever. No Links, No social networking links, nothing.
I would recommend adding links to their social networking sites along with alt attributes for their one picture..
Wednesday, February 25, 2015
3 Sites with Attractive and Usable Forms
EE Harbor - http://eeharbor.com/
This site is for EE Harbor which is a company that generates Polls for other peopls's websites, at a cost. So I guess polls is their area of expertise anyway, it better be good. I like the simplicity of their register form and the fact that it took you to a page that blocked all distracting things out and let the user just focus on the few questions needed to register. Simple and Clean look.
3. Barnt & Arnst - http://barntarnst.com/
Barnt & Arnst website is pretty cool. Looks like they mainly use a one long index page theme where you can scroll on down forever. Their contact form is at the very bottom of the page, built right in. No links or clicks necessary to get to it. I love that you can just click right onto the page in the form 'boxes' to contact them. 3 fields and the only link you have to click on is 'send'. Clear, concise, to the point.
This site is for EE Harbor which is a company that generates Polls for other peopls's websites, at a cost. So I guess polls is their area of expertise anyway, it better be good. I like the simplicity of their register form and the fact that it took you to a page that blocked all distracting things out and let the user just focus on the few questions needed to register. Simple and Clean look.
2. SVN2GIT - http://www.svn2ftp.com/
SVN2GIT is a hosted source control system company... whatever that means, but what I get from reading that is that their website better be pretty good because they work in the techy web field. Their whole website has a really modern feel to it. I loved the contact form because it was so different from anything else I'd ever seen. Their main menu is on the left of their index screen and its all based off of the index page, no other pages. So when you click on contacts, the contact form pops up on the right of the screen you're on. Love it. And the background for each form box is like yellow legal pad paper. Pretty cool.
Barnt & Arnst website is pretty cool. Looks like they mainly use a one long index page theme where you can scroll on down forever. Their contact form is at the very bottom of the page, built right in. No links or clicks necessary to get to it. I love that you can just click right onto the page in the form 'boxes' to contact them. 3 fields and the only link you have to click on is 'send'. Clear, concise, to the point.
Wednesday, February 18, 2015
3 Sites with Responsive Navigation
1. Rodeo Drive - http://www.rodeodrive-bh.com/
I felt this site's design was really cool and original. It captures your eye right away. Especially with some of the page to page effects and how the nav menu actually works, which is not traditional at all.
The smaller screen version transformed flawlessly and was still a beautiful site and layout. No scroll bar at the bottom but still felt like I was getting the experience of the full site.
large screen:
Smaller screen:
2. Pennicott Journeys - http://www.pennicottjourneys.com.au/
This website had a great transition with their nav menu. On the large screen it was a row of horizontal pictures up in the huge header which also had a background pic. Reduce the screen smaller and you get the background pic first and then vertically, with no scroll, the rest of the nav menu pics, each a link. Pretty cool.
Large screen:
3. Websto - http://www.websto.ca/
This websites nav menu actually stayed the same layout wise and looks wise, they just had everything resized to a smaller version. I thought this was cool, really gives the user the same feel if it is a site they visit often on both computers and smaller devices. Also, because they use round images instead of just underlined links, i think the smaller format still works for people to feel comfortable with pressing links.
Larger Screen:
Smaller Screen:
I felt this site's design was really cool and original. It captures your eye right away. Especially with some of the page to page effects and how the nav menu actually works, which is not traditional at all.
The smaller screen version transformed flawlessly and was still a beautiful site and layout. No scroll bar at the bottom but still felt like I was getting the experience of the full site.
large screen:
2. Pennicott Journeys - http://www.pennicottjourneys.com.au/
This website had a great transition with their nav menu. On the large screen it was a row of horizontal pictures up in the huge header which also had a background pic. Reduce the screen smaller and you get the background pic first and then vertically, with no scroll, the rest of the nav menu pics, each a link. Pretty cool.
Large screen:
Smaller Screen:
3. Websto - http://www.websto.ca/
This websites nav menu actually stayed the same layout wise and looks wise, they just had everything resized to a smaller version. I thought this was cool, really gives the user the same feel if it is a site they visit often on both computers and smaller devices. Also, because they use round images instead of just underlined links, i think the smaller format still works for people to feel comfortable with pressing links.
Larger Screen:
Smaller Screen:
Monday, February 9, 2015
3 Multi-level Menus that Function Well, and Look Good
1. Starbucks - http://www.starbucks.com/
I like Starbucks multi layered menu. For companies with not a lot of different products to offer, I don't think it would work. But with Starbucks, I think the idea of a huge drop down showing many menu options reduces the chance of a customer having to go through a ton of clicks to get to the page that they want. I love the black background with the green background hover effect too. I think, for Starbucks, this works.
2. Walmart - http://www.walmart.com/
Walmart's website and mult layered nav menu kind of stood out to me because it was somewhat different than the ten's of other websites I looked at for this post. I like the idea of the nav menu on the side, which isn't necessarily different but it looks good on their website. Also, I liked the fact that although the sub menu that popped up was somewhat big and full of info, you could also click on a sub category instead of specific item with that category. That was kind of cool for someone who would rather just browse that category than pick something specific. (doesn't really show that in the screencapture I got, but it's there for other depts.).
3. Alaskan Airlines - http://www.alaskaair.com/?semid=9e82f2d3-c937-47f8-bced-f13957cf8c41::3240166::||Evergreen||&gclid=CIaM1IrK1cMCFZNafgodozsAzw
I liked Alaskan Airlines multi layered menus the best. They had clearly defined sections, when you'd hover and the drop down would come up. They also included pictures in some of them and it was just very appealing to the eye and their menu was the most concise I have seen today. For example when you hover over polices, you see a list of the top three, and then a link for 'all polices'. Not providing too much info on the sub menus I think is key while providing the most gone to links for easy access. I think they nailed it.
I like Starbucks multi layered menu. For companies with not a lot of different products to offer, I don't think it would work. But with Starbucks, I think the idea of a huge drop down showing many menu options reduces the chance of a customer having to go through a ton of clicks to get to the page that they want. I love the black background with the green background hover effect too. I think, for Starbucks, this works.
2. Walmart - http://www.walmart.com/
Walmart's website and mult layered nav menu kind of stood out to me because it was somewhat different than the ten's of other websites I looked at for this post. I like the idea of the nav menu on the side, which isn't necessarily different but it looks good on their website. Also, I liked the fact that although the sub menu that popped up was somewhat big and full of info, you could also click on a sub category instead of specific item with that category. That was kind of cool for someone who would rather just browse that category than pick something specific. (doesn't really show that in the screencapture I got, but it's there for other depts.).
3. Alaskan Airlines - http://www.alaskaair.com/?semid=9e82f2d3-c937-47f8-bced-f13957cf8c41::3240166::||Evergreen||&gclid=CIaM1IrK1cMCFZNafgodozsAzw
I liked Alaskan Airlines multi layered menus the best. They had clearly defined sections, when you'd hover and the drop down would come up. They also included pictures in some of them and it was just very appealing to the eye and their menu was the most concise I have seen today. For example when you hover over polices, you see a list of the top three, and then a link for 'all polices'. Not providing too much info on the sub menus I think is key while providing the most gone to links for easy access. I think they nailed it.
Tuesday, February 3, 2015
3 Responsive Web Sites Doing it Right
-- All Photos are screenshots from my mobile device --
1. Amazon - http://www.amazon.com/
I thought Amazon.com, the mobile site was really user friendly. It doesn't appear that it redirects to a mobile version, given the same name, Amazon.com in my browser by the version that I got on my phone was slightly different than what I saw on my computer. I thought it was a good mobile site because they lowered the number of links along the top and just put a couple important ones, like search and login. Also, they are using a horizontal layout to showcase products for sale that you can scroll horizontally on. I think that's a great way to save space and allows them to increase the viewing size of the items this way.
2. ESPN - http://espn.go.com/
ESPN'S website is ESPN.go.com. I thought this was a redirect to a mobile site and they added the go in it but when I went to espn.com on my computer it went to the same site. I think they did a great job on their mobile site because they minimized icons down to the most important ones and they have a great size for their menu. I don't have to pinch to zoom at all on their site, which is a huge benefit for a mobile user. Everything important still fits above the fold and their mobile site's layout is almost exactly like their regular site, which helps find things if you already knew where they were on the regular site.
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3. CNN - http://www.cnn.com/
CNN has a pretty cool mobile site. It looks like they give it a resizing feature instead of making two different sites, which is great for their SEO. Basically, the mobile site on my phone looked just like the website on my computer, except they took stuff from the far right of their computer site and put it in one straight line. Also, their menu is fixed on both sites which especially helps on a mobile site when scrolling isn't always as easy. Finally, I really like that CNN's mobile site seems to include everything their regular site has, which makes the mobile user feel like they arent missing out on any pertinent news.
1. Amazon - http://www.amazon.com/
I thought Amazon.com, the mobile site was really user friendly. It doesn't appear that it redirects to a mobile version, given the same name, Amazon.com in my browser by the version that I got on my phone was slightly different than what I saw on my computer. I thought it was a good mobile site because they lowered the number of links along the top and just put a couple important ones, like search and login. Also, they are using a horizontal layout to showcase products for sale that you can scroll horizontally on. I think that's a great way to save space and allows them to increase the viewing size of the items this way.
2. ESPN - http://espn.go.com/
ESPN'S website is ESPN.go.com. I thought this was a redirect to a mobile site and they added the go in it but when I went to espn.com on my computer it went to the same site. I think they did a great job on their mobile site because they minimized icons down to the most important ones and they have a great size for their menu. I don't have to pinch to zoom at all on their site, which is a huge benefit for a mobile user. Everything important still fits above the fold and their mobile site's layout is almost exactly like their regular site, which helps find things if you already knew where they were on the regular site.
3. CNN - http://www.cnn.com/
CNN has a pretty cool mobile site. It looks like they give it a resizing feature instead of making two different sites, which is great for their SEO. Basically, the mobile site on my phone looked just like the website on my computer, except they took stuff from the far right of their computer site and put it in one straight line. Also, their menu is fixed on both sites which especially helps on a mobile site when scrolling isn't always as easy. Finally, I really like that CNN's mobile site seems to include everything their regular site has, which makes the mobile user feel like they arent missing out on any pertinent news.
Wednesday, January 28, 2015
3 Local Sites that Can Improve Usability Today
1. Mi Cielo - http://mymicielo.com/ - Mexican Restaurant in Redmond, Oregon
For the Website mymicielo.com, I believe the usability issue: Images and videos are relevant and meaningful, is a hindrance for them. The whole page doesn't have a great flow to it, but I've never eaten at this restaurant before and was curious to actually see the pictures on their index page. When you go to the page, a large picture loads towards the top and it has right and left arrows so you can click through different pictures. But when I scroll right or left, it loads pages with only broken image links. Some prospective customers might base their decision not to go based on the lack of images.
Mi Cielo could improve their site by fixing these image links and having professional looking photos of their food actually load for the viewer to see.
2. Earth Fire Art http://www.earthfireart.com/ - A pottery lounge in Bend, Oregon
Earth, Fire, Art is actually a place I take my son quite often, which is why I looked up their webpage. I expected to see at least photos of the different types of pottery you could buy, and ones of people having a good time painting their pottery, but none of that was included. Their website is basically one page, that says what they are and gives contact information. I was pretty disappointed with this companies website, which in no way really tries to bring in new customers. There are so many things wrong, but I will only list a couple along with recommendations. First of all, the lack of pictures: Images and videos are relevant and meaningful. If people don't know what this place is about, it's hard to imagine it without photos. For a business like this one, that is probably their biggest tool for getting new business from their website. I would also say that the usability rule: Color alone is not used to convey information, is not something followed. They have a colored background and links but nothing that catches your eye to specific things. I think adding some photos and some different colored content areas can make this website feel like it actually has usable information.
Basically, earth, fire, art, needs to add content to their page. They need photos showing the customer's experience when their business is visited. Also, I think a huge downfall of their website is not listing birthday party information. They say you can have parties there but don't give any info except for "call us for details". As a mom, and someone who uses the internet for information regularly, I can honestly say I'd probably pass this business up as an option for my sons birthdays because I can't get at least a minimum amount of information from their website.
3. Zydeco Kitchen - http://www.zydecokitchen.com/ - A restaurant in Bend, OR
Zydeco's website did some things well but I think the main problem is the site's navigation... Or lack there of. Zydeco's website is all inclusive on the main index page. For example, there are links on the top such as "Home, restaurant, menus, wine..." and if you click on one, it scrolls you down to part of the homepage that lists that information. So it's all on one page. I found it hard to review their menus and know exactly where I was on the page. If I wanted to go back up to the address, my first instinct would be to scroll all the way back up because 'contact us' or 'location' or something similar is not listed in their menu, which is fixed (which is a plus).
My recommendation for Zydeco is to include their amazing, professional looking photos on the homepage with a short length design and make the menu items links to other pages. I think this would create a better user experience for potential customer's by allowing easier site navigation.
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