Let's rewind and think back to the websites of yesteryear. Were your favourite websites around? How did those sites/blogs look? If you can remember those early days, you'll probably recall that they almost all had sidebars. Heck, sometimes there were even multiple sidebars on either side of the page content!

It was a chaotic time, to say the least.

Fast forward a few years and we see that most websites nowadays favour a clean, uncluttered aesthetic.

There's a simple reason for this: the rise of the smartphone and other devices.

Before we dig into the question "should your website have a sidebar?", let's have a quick history lesson.

Web Design/DevelopmentCharlotte O'HaraApril 11, 2017web design, sidebarComment

Favicons: how to create one in Canva and upload it to your Squarespace website - video tutorial

f you're anything like me, you dream about laser focus and working on one task at a time. However, if truth be told, you're a multi-tasker.

In my case, this shows itself all the time when I'm browsing the internet or doing work online. Take a quick look at my browser and at any given time I'll have at least half a dozen (if not more!) browser tabs open. It's a cluttered mess and it can be hard to keep track of all the websites I have open.

Here's where favicons come into play. Favicons are the small icon on each browser tab associated with a website and they're one of the quickest ways to tell websites apart when you have many tabs open. They're a way to fully distinguish and brand your website and they are a design element that should not be overlooked.

Not only are they super cute and useful, they're also incredibly easy to create and upload to your website!

I've created a short video tutorial to go along with this post to show you how easy it is to create a favicon using Canva and then how to upload it to your Squarespace website.

Tools, Technologies and Tips for Ecommerce in 2017

As someone who lives and works in Vancouver, I spend a lot of time popping around the city attending tech industry meet-ups, networking events, and panel discussions. I love that our city is buzzing and that new opportunities present themselves at every turn. Our local tech industry is growing by leaps and bounds and I'm thrilled to be a part of it!

But does that mean that you're doomed if you DON'T live in a tech hub? Are you automatically at a disadvantage if you want to make it in our field outside of these areas? Are your chances of becoming a quality web designer/developer lower from the start?

NOPE, nope nope!

Thanks to the internet, information is instantly accessible to anyone, anywhere in a way that has never been seen before. This means that even if you don't live in a major area where tech events are happening every night of the week, you can still get the Coles Notes of these events with a little research!

I'm trying something new in today's article and am sharing my notes from a recent tech event I attended called "Tools, Technologies and Tips for Ecommerce in 2017". This way, even if you weren't able to attend in person, you can still see what experts in the field have to say on the topic!

Business, Tech TipsCharlotte O'HaraApril 4, 2017tech events, event summary, ecom, ecommerceComment

How to set up a blog on a Squarespace website - video tutorial

Back by popular demand, I've recorded another Squarespace video tutorial!

Today I'm going to show you how to set up a blog on a Squarespace website and I'll also cover the basics of blogging with Squarespace.

This video address a question I get asked a lot as a web designer/developer. People will begin with a website on Squarespace by choosing a template but from there, they aren't sure how to set up a blog.

Get excited because it's way easier than you might have thought!

I'm showing you how to set up a blog on Squarespace using the Harris template.

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