Healing Arts Web Design

Posts by David Ryan

For Clients, Web Design

Using Business Goals to Help Determine Website Budgets

Heads up! This is a long post about budgets, with the goal of providing more transparency in the website design field. When it comes to website budgets, I tell many prospective clients that their budget should be based off of the following question: What short-term and long-term business goals are you trying to meet and how important is your website in helping to achieve these goals?

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For Clients, Web Design

4 Yoga Studio Website Mistakes

I see a lot of yoga studio websites, and there are a few missing elements that I see over and over again. Fixing one or all of these mistakes below can boost your studio's class sizes, outreach, and bottom line.

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Web Design

Why The Quality of your Website’s Code Matters

There are lots of ways to see a website project to completion. Some web designers do both design and coding work, and others will just design and have a developer turn their work into a functioning website. While it's important to find a designer that can pull off the visual aspects of the project, it's equally important to make sure that the website's code is high quality.

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For Clients, WordPress

WordPress Plugins 101: Formidable Forms Pro

There are a ton of WordPress contact form plugins out there, all with different levels of features, support and pricing. I'm going to eliminate free plugins from this post, simply because the quality of code and support you get for a premium plugin is just hands-down worth it.

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For Clients, WordPress

Here’s Why You Need a Managed WordPress Host

If you’re going spend money on a WordPress website, whether it’s a custom theme or an off-the-shelf template, you need a solid web host. The goal of using WordPress is to leverage its functionality and power – not to spend 5 hours a week taking care of behind-the-scenes issues that someone else could be doing

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