Agee Design Blog

Add www. to your domain automatically with htaccess

Agee Design — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 14:28:52 +0000

Looking for an easy way to make sure that visitors always see www.yourdomain.com instead of yourdomain.com? It’s simple if you’re hosting on a server that can handle .htaccess files. Take a look at the code below:

RewriteEngine on

Options FollowSymlinks

rewritecond %{http_host} ^ageedesign.com [nc]

rewriterule ^(.*)$ http://www.ageedesign.com/$1 [r=301,nc]

Using this code anytime a visitor visits any page on your website, the URL will be automatically updated to include the www. Simply copy/paste this code into a file called .htaccess and save it at the root level of your website and upload it and you should be in business! For more information on htaccess and MOD Rewrite check out this article.

Keep your website up to date with our Webmaster Services!

Agee Design — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 16:26:28 +0000

So you’ve taken the leap and now you’ve got a brand new website. It has all of the information that the public should ever need to know about you and then some. Now you can just sit back and watch in awe as your site enjoys returning visitors day in and day out, right? WRONG!

The fact is unless you keep your website updated with relevant information you’re not going to have many people returning to your website on a regular. Believe it or not if someone visits your website and can tell that the information hasn’t been updated in some time they’re likely to never return. After all, why should they bother to revisit a website that hasn’t been updated for several months, or even worse years?

Check out our new Webmaster Services package and contact us today to get your website back on track!

Jay & Jack choose Agee Design

Agee Design — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 12:53:16 +0000

When the producers of the popular Lost Podcast with Jay and Jack were ready to redesign their website they turned to Agee Design. We worked closely with them to produce a new website that would allow their tens-of-thousands of listeners to interact with them as they produce their show each week. In addition we designed a new logo that illustrates the lively personalities of the shows hosts.

"Evan has been amazing, he listened to our ideas and brought them to life. He made the whole website redesign process simple and painless, and in the end we had an amazing website." said Jay Glatfelter, Producer and co-host of The Lost Podcast.

If you’re a Lost fan we recommend you give The Lost Podcast a listen. Head on over to http://www.jayandjack.com and get involved in their vibrant community today!

Moving away from table-based design

Agee Design — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 22:29:20 +0000

Back in 1997 typographer David Siegel changed the way web designers made websites; some would say he even changed the web itself. He wrote about an emerging technique for pixel-perfect designs. The technique involved combining the

tag with sliced images and spacer gif images to achieve a design that was all but impossible back then. Web designers were overjoyed with this new found wisdom. They could now create web page designs that were as graphically rich and fluid as their traditional print media cousins. But as happy as the designers around the world were, David began to recognize the implications of his discovery. (more…)

Test your iPhone apps without an iPhone

Agee Design — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 22:28:01 +0000

If you, like me, are excited about the possibility of creating rich apps for the iPhone but aren’t too excited about paying the high price for the iPhone I’ve got just the solution for you. MarketCircle, creator of the great Mac time tracking software Billings has created iPhoney, an iPhone simulator that allows you to test your web apps on an amazingly realistic looking iPhone interface.

From their website:
“iPhoney is not an iPhone simulator but instead is designed for web developers who want to create 320 by 480 (or 480 by 320) websites for use with iPhone. It gives you a canvas on which to test the visual quality of your designs.�?

I’ve been contemplating creating an iPhone app since hearing that they would support third party web development on the device but I was reluctant since I wasn’t planning to purchase an iPhone. Now I’ve got a good reason to reconsider!

Marketcircle’s iPhoney

Agee Design is Live!

Agee Design — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 22:25:48 +0000

I’m happy to announce that the Agee Design website V.1 is now live and ready for visitors! I’m very, very proud of the site, as it’s one of the best examples of my work to date. There are all sorts of cool technologies and methodologies at work. You can visit the site at http://www.ageedesign.com.

The work, however, is not quote finished. I’ve still got to design and develop the portfolio section. I’m still playing around with ideas for that, and should make a decision soon. I’ll also be adding more information to the services section to beef that up a bit.

As I mentioned in an earlier vidcast, I don’t plan on doing any heavy marketing anytime soon, just want to take some steps to getting the word out there. A few new projects here and there would be fun.

So, take a look and let me know what you think! Doesn’t it feel like the warm sun is shining in your face?