Category: Web Design

Dream Home Construction Website Redesign

Written by admin on June 18, 2024. Posted in Featured Design, Web Design.

Dream Home Construction, one of our longest-standing customers and award-winning home builders has a new website redesign to boast about built by Novagiant. In the world of website design things can change rapidly. I’ve always said every three years is a good time to review website framework and design. Not only because things change rapidly but because It is important to stay focused on new ways of improving the user experience.

We’ve made several revisions to dreamhomeconstruction.net over the years since 2007. I visited the internet archive and pulled a few snapshots from the Wayback Machine and wow – what a difference the World Wide Web has gone through.

Dream Home Construction website as it was in 2007 — 2007

Dream Home Construction website as it was in 2015 — 2007

Some of the content from the archive didn’t load as seen in the screen captures above but it was definitely entertaining to go back almost twenty years!

Maximizing The Elegant Custom Home Photos

Dream home construction website redesign showing the showcase in full viewport mode

Photos are worth a thousand words, so for the 2024 website redesign version we’ve extended the showcase in the top of the website to fill the entire view top to bottom, and left to right. Also bringing the photo container underneath the header and setting the menu to toggle, removed any clutter. Clicking the toggle then opens the menu in a modular overlay, instead of using a traditional method. This works very well on mobile phones in portrait mode. Finally, the viewport was set to the full height of the device so that no matter what device the user is on, it will always fill the space and look amazing!

Adding Horizontal Parallax Effects on Scroll

Secion of the redesigned website showing parallax and layering effects

We wanted to have a creative way to place photos in the view as the user scrolls down the page – but without cluttering up the layout. One idea we came up with for this website redesign in section four was layering the photos and setting them to slide in at different intervals. This creates a nice effect while balancing the visual load as the users scroll targets that section.

Content Focused On The Quality Of The Product

A section of the website showing simplicity in design

The content was kept to a minimum for this page. The product is good enough to tell the story and keep the user engaged. Our goal – answer the questions: (a) why is this builder the best in the area, (b) what kind of custom home construction work they do, and (c) how can I contact them.

See the website in action here: www.dreamhomeconstruction.net

Website Redesign Conclusion

This project had some challenges but was incredibly fun to work on. Seeing everything come together is worth the time and effort. However, the best part of working in creative design is when the client notices the effort and is happy with the result. Because there is a lot that goes into every custom website we build from the HTML and CSS to the handling of scripting code. It is always a great feeling after finishing a website that feels like you’ve accomplished something great.

Looking for a website designer near you?

Contact Novagiant for a free web design consultation! Send us a request now.

What Color Is That? This Might Help!

Written by admin on February 10, 2023. Posted in Printing and Graphics, Fun Stuff, Web Design.

Sometimes colors just needs to be specific. Especially when it comes to branding. Back in the early days of graphic design publishing and printing, most of us creatives used a Pantone Color Book.

901 Pizza Memphis Brand Website & Logo Design

Written by admin on January 26, 2021. Posted in Featured Design, Logo Design, Web Design.

Everybody loves a warm slice of pizza. The next best thing is a website that makes you want to order the pizza! That was our goal when building out the My 901 Pizza site. Check it out!

Local Salon Goes Beyond Beauty School

Written by admin on May 5, 2020. Posted in Web Design, Featured Design, Logo Design.

As a creative design artist and consultant, I love it when we get to work with small businesses to develop a logo. What’s even more fun is when I get to do the entire brand – a logo, a website, social media and print design collateral.

The Best Top 3 Free Stock Image Resources

Written by admin on January 25, 2019. Posted in Web Design, Printing and Graphics.

People ask me all the time where we get so many great stock images that are free. I thought this would be the perfect way to share my favorite free image sites.

Here is my list of the best free stock image resources

These sites are very easy to use and have a handy search feature. They also don’t require a login but I encourage creating an account because it allows you to connect with the artists, comment on the artist work and thank them for sharing. If you really love their work you can send a donation too and how cool is that!

All photos published on Unsplash can be used for free. You can use them for commercial and noncommercial purposes. Credit to the photographer or Unsplash, is appreciated when possible.

https://unsplash.com/

All photos on Pexels can be used for free for commercial and noncommercial use. Attribution is not required. Giving credit to the photographer or Pexels is appreciated.

https://www.pexels.com/

Whether you’re crafting a personal blog to explore your passions or building a complex corporate site for your business, you know you’ll need striking, beautiful, on-point images.

https://stocksnap.io/

You may use Pixabay images for commercial and non-commercial purposes, in altered and unaltered form. Credit to the artists is appreciated when possible.

https://pixabay.com/

What About Videos?

YES… you can also find free videos on most of these sites too. I hope this is helpful and if you have any questions about the extent of the license for each photo site just follow their license links or FAQ.

Andy Wise Chooses Novagiant

Written by admin on January 24, 2018. Posted in Featured Design, Web Design.

Novagiant is proud to be the chosen website design firm by Andy Wise. Andy wanted a clean streamlined website where he could blog about consumer interests and list wise choices, businesses that have Andy’s seal of approval and trust.

Save Money, Avoid Scams, Make Wise Choices

Andy Wise is a consumer investigator and a 3-time Emmy Award nominee for investigative reporting. His investigations shaped public policy, put criminals in jail and enlightened a generation of viewers to the dead giveaways of scams and helps consumers find creative money-saving strategies.

Our website design goal was to develop a website where Andy can post blogs about trusted businesses and other consumer interests. Andy does the investigative work: conducting the research, vetting the businesses and putting his seal of approval on the businesses you can trust to be a Wise Choice. The site is an excellent source of information for everyone that wants to save money, avoid scams, and make wise choices, and we encourage you to learn more at andywisechoices.com.

Wise Choices Website Design Draft Concept

visit andywisechoices.com

Southard Financial Website Design

Written by admin on August 8, 2016. Posted in Featured Design, Web Design.

Southard Financial of Memphis was in need of a website re-design that not only worked great on desktop computers but also on smartphone and tablet devices.

After meeting with Novagiant, the choice was made to design and build a website that could help reach new customers and provide a web blog for communicating and educating potential customers on social media networks about their business.

The Website Design Concept

Once the design concept was approved we developed the website on a super-fast responsive framework. The warp framework is extremely flexible in handling tablet and smartphone display so the user experience was optimized for speed.

The project was a complete success. We look forward to helping Southard FInancial grow and maintaining the website.