Designing a Successful Website Layout Joshua Johnson outlines 10 website layouts that are used frequently throughout the web. These designs provide clean, professional looks while allowing the user to display as much content and images as needed. While these by no means are all the designs available, they do provide you with some ideas of […]...

SEO for Entrepreneurs, presented by Mike Hardaker The beauty about teaming up with someone like Mike is that he knows what he’s talking about when it comes to SEO for entrepreneurs and Gliffen knows a thing or two about web design and build for entrepreneurs which makes us a force to be reckoned with. Mike […]...

Tips and Tricks for Building a Website from a Web Designer Heather DeVine, Senior Designer at Gliffen, shares some important tips and tricks from web designers when considering to build a website for your business either on your own or hiring a professional. She suggests starting with asking yourself 3 questions…who are you, what is […]...

Color Systems in Design-RGB or CMYK? What is the difference between RGB and CMYK when we are talking about color? Many a people might not be able to answer this and you are not alone. These are two color display systems with different purposes. I like this one color but how do I know what […]...

Color Selection is Important! John Bonazzo is spot on! His article “The Color of Websites Isn’t a Black and White Issue” outlines the need for a website with hand-picked colors that appeal to your target audience. He documents examples of large online companies, including Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn, using specific color preferences to appeal to […]...

Collaboration Between Web Design and Development This article is an interesting read about the importance of collaboration between designers and developers to create both a functional and engaging website. The author, Andy Budd, suggests that often times, website developers lose the intended experience of the website by focusing too much on the ease of the […]...

We are so happy to help you get ready for Old Bill's again this year but we want to make sure we get those items in your hands in time. So we are asking for any Old Bill's requests to please come to us by Thursday, September 8th at 5pm at the very latest. If items are asked of us any later than that date, we may not be able to get them completed in time.

Gliffen Designs turns 10 this year! We have accomplished so much in the past 10 years and we are very proud of how far we’ve come. Here are the 10 things that are new about Gliffen this year, enjoy; This year we have opened up an office in Austin, Texas to expand our team beyond […]...

Hey Folks, Gliffen is getting ready to launch a brand new service called Duck Soup Web Tools. This is the easiest build your own website tool out there. How easy? Duck Soup easy! Plus, we are offering FREE WEBSITES for our beta testers. Our first iteration of DS Web Tools is specifically designed for political […]...

Halloween is inching forward and the real question is, what are you going to be for Halloween? There is the scary, the cute, the sexy, the spooky, the clever and the weird costumes that come out of the wood work. And the Gliffen team doesn’t blink an eye when deciding if they will dress up […]...

  Sitting at your desk all day in an office can be quite frankly boring but also can kill your creativity .. how can we change that? Perhaps just simple things like: Stand-up during meetings  can actually get the blood flowing and get some motivation in the team going; need more convincing? Surround yourself with […]...

The Hole Coupon Book is back in action! It’s true, its difficult when its your peak-season and you’d rather not think about Summer ending, but off-season is real and it will be here before you know it.Just to give you a refresher, The Hole Coupon Book is a local resource for Saving Money on Dining, Shopping and […]...

Weddings are a joyous time to celebrate your love and the commitment to your significant other. We understand how you have a billions things to decide on from the moment you say “Yes” when he/she proposes. You are then thrust into the decision making merry-go-around. When’s the date? Did you pick out a dress? What […]...

If you are regularly using Google Analytics to look at your website stats, you may have noticed in the past year or so that you will get a fair amount of spam in your account. Spam comes in the form of false referrals, fake event, campaigns you never made and others. This can get quite […]...