web development

Understanding Typography & What It Means For Your Brand

Though often overlooked, typography comprises a very large part of a brand’s identity. Think about all the aspects of your brand that use written content — website, packaging, emails, print collateral, social media content, and internal documents all use written text. The way this text looks can communicate just as much as the writing itself. Understanding typography and creating consistent…

Getting The Most From Your Wireframes

WHY USE WIREFRAMES IN UI DESIGN? The Purpose of Wireframing and Importance of Wireframe Tools When designing a website, it’s essential for a UX designer to view everything in simple black-and-white diagrams before the time and effort can be invested into visual design details and content creation. The wireframing process involves arranging the elements on a page to give a clear…

Viewing Designs and Giving Feedback in Adobe XD

WHY USE ADOBE XD? Adobe XD allows designers to visualize websites more efficiently by creating immersive simulations of designs before jumping into development. Elements can be given hover and click effects to demonstrate limited functionality in addition to static design. However, it’s important to keep in mind that Adobe XD is not responsive to screen sizes and does not have…

How Do I Know My WordPress Site Is Secure?

At the time of this writing, WordPress continues to grow faster than any other competitor, powering 40% of all websites on the internet including those without a content management system or with a custom-coded CMS. Keeping your WordPress website secure is critical to prevent hackers from exploiting it.  Our web development team at GTMA takes web security very seriously and…

URL Structure Design: Why Does It Matter?

While we know the layout of a website is crucial to a business's success online, the design of the URL structure is equally important. How so? Humans aren't the only ones searching the web for answers. The URL structure provides a means to organize your site information.  The organized structure is your web address, allowing search engines to locate and…

What Is Web Accessibility & How To Stay ADA Compliant

This blog post walks you through an overview of web accessibility and ADA compliance, how it affects your business, and how GTMA’s team of web design and development experts can assist with ensuring you have an accessible website. As litigation surrounding web accessibility continues to increase, we want to help our clients make sure their websites are ADA compliant and…