Web Design & Development

New Site Launch: Spine & Sports Physical Therapy
This summer has been a very busy one for us here at Loud Canvas Media, and we wanted to showcase some websites that we’ve recently launched for clients of ours, starting with one we did for Spine & Sports Physical Therapy. We reviewed with Spine & Sports PT to determine exactly what they wanted on [Read More]

The Case for HTTPS Sites (Improved Google Rank)
In August of 2014, Google made the announcement that switching your website from HTTP to HTTPS would give your site a minor boost in rankings as HTTPS was made a ranking indicator in search engines. Sure, it’s almost been a full two years, and while it’s a seemingly simple change many companies have not yet [Read More]

Train of Thought Series: Web Design
In the simplest of definitions, the term ‘web design’ means the planning and then creation of a website. This is a process of developing a concept, determining aesthetics, and utilizing interactive features all with the goal of showcasing pages to those users who visit your site. The site elements of content, structure, user interface, colors, [Read More]

Web Development Cost / Rate Comparison – Different Types of Custom Web Application Companies
by Bernard Kohan (of Comentum) [intro and edits by LCM] Sometimes hiring the right “fit” for your web project is a challenge in and of itself. As a self-defined “Moderate Class” web development company, we believe Loud Canvas Media lies in that perfect sweet spot between two extremes of the web dev spectrum (through we openly [Read More]

What Makes a Website ‘Great’?
Have you ever thought about what makes a website really stand out? What is it that makes a great website better than a ‘good’ one? A great website is one that is mobile friendly (Read more on that from our Archives!), aesthetically pleasing (complete with photos as well as an attention-grabbing font), and is loaded [Read More]

WordPress Multisite – The Good, the Bad, the Ugly
What is WordPress Multisite? The WordPress Codex describes Multisite: Multisite is a feature of WordPress 3.0 and later versions that allows multiple virtual sites to share a single WordPress installation. When the multisite feature is activated, the original WordPress site can be converted to support a network of sites. WordPress Multisite — Sometimes, but Not [Read More]