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Landis Media Ltd - develop websites for a wide range of clients. A specific part of that work for high end customers requires the use of effects and a "wow" factor or sites. Even conventional sites now have a blend of effects - like the moving banner at the top of this page.
We have been developing websites for a number of years and have found that certain "fashions" like all industries tend to arrive and then depart. For companies with latrge budgets or deidcated web-teams, fololowing fashion is part of the business model. However for smaller clients and those for whom the internet ios not the primnary focus - such things can justa dd anxiety.
AT Landis MEdia we approach this form a differet angle - which is to ask what the particular "effect" achievs on a website or page. Many recent techniques can help to presnet a customer with additonal beenfits or imnformation - without the need to "click" and therefore risk losing the site altogether !
We therfeor try and focus such "effects" on useablity and he;ing make the content more accisble. I am sure this all sound very sensible - however it quite amaxing how the web industry gets carried away. You will hopefully not obvioulsy notivce ythe use of efefcts within our sites - or not recognise them as such.
We have animators and flash experts
So the cnaging banner at the top of this page - is there to add some context and flavour to our business. Its a moving wallpaper effect rathr than a "you kust watch filem cliP". If you visit the eample sof our website poage - you will see the carousel. Again a simple effect that spins 6 images around and allos you to select one.
Six small images in a line would achieve the same function of course - but thats what differentiates a home built site from a proffesional site.
These are all small things - they add up however together to a powerful effect on your perception of a business and the company behind it. THe final message is that effects - be they flash, animation, infographiocs, web 2, icons, slidesgow, carousels, switcbacks, lopps, films, jscript or whatever - have a cost. Its therefore important that they benefit your site and message in some way. Its also important to use them where they deliver most efefct.
Add some effects to your existing site
You have a site but want to jazz it up a bit or freshen it up ?
We often do work where we add some new effects to an existing site. These can be spot effects - like converting a page of products and services - with a cluttered feel. The customers perhaps have to scroll the page up and down to see all the options.
We might convert this into as smooth scrolling carousel or horizontal slider - so people can see the options and choices easily and without the need to scroll anything.
There are a lot of recent techniques aimed at getting more content into a smaller section of the webpage and this avoiding the need for a customer to have to move around pages to find what they need.
If some of these ideas interest you and you think your site could benefit from them, then please give us a call and chat to one of our designers about your site and ideas.
