Monthly Archives: December 2016

What Is a Website Wireframe, and Why Do We Create Them?

The beginning of any website design process can be tough for a client. In the strategy phase of the design process, integral steps of the process, like stakeholder and user interviews and creating user personas, generally don’t offer the client a deliverable that excites them and gets them feeling like their website is beginning to…

12.06.16 Melissa Bischoff Design

What Are Sitemaps, and Why Do We Create Them?

Whether you’re working with an agency to build a new website from the ground up or undergoing a website redesign, creating a sitemap is an important step in designing a site that is functional and meets user expectations. A sitemap is generally the first deliverable in the information architecture (IA) phase. In a typical website…

12.01.16 Stephen App Marketing

Confab Higher Ed 2016 Key Takeaways

This year, the cake-obsessed, content-centric conference known as Confab Higher Ed came to Philadelphia. At eCity, we knew we couldn’t miss the opportunity to attend this incredible two-day event, especially with it being held on our home turf. We had high expectations for Confab Higher Ed, and now that we’ve had the chance to reflect…