A few weeks ago… Er, more than a few weeks ago, I posted a blog post on why designers should use wireframes. I have always used Photoshop to do more formal wireframes for client sites, but wanted to give Balsamiq a try since I first heard about it. They were gracious enough to give me a copy to review. By the way, they are incredibly friendly and fast responding.
Doing a wireframe before each web site design is a crucial step. Actually, it’s more than crucial. Let’s put it this way, I divide my own work into two distinct periods. The “before the wireframing phase” and the “after I discovered the glorious virtues of wireframing” phase. I do one now for every single project, even the most basic ones.
Well, just 7 months after the second redesign of Koldo’s site, we decided to redesign it again! After a few long talks, we decided that he needed a new design to fit with his new store and that the design wasn’t working for him as well as it could have been.
This is one of the questions we get the most, unsurprisingly. The problem and the main reason we don’t post prices on our website is because, it depends. What kind of site do you need? What features should it have? How large will it be, etc? It’s sort of along the lines of asking, “How much does a car cost?” Well, do you need a station wagon or a Porche?
BluePrint Balance is now live, whoopee! BluePrint Balance is run by Laurie Gay, a writer, lawyer and coach who helps burnt-out corporate employees discover the energizing careers that they are meant for and express the best of themselves in work and in life.
