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Well not exactly because it not a horse but as far as web design goes its pretty impressive! Our recently live HOYS Globetrotter is a social networking site for fans of The Horse of the Year Show. For those who haven't heard of it before Horse of the Year is a massive success story that ...

The future is bright the future is LED lights! LED Ideas are a company pioneering the way forward in creating a more sustainable, energy efficient future for homes and businesses. Some of the reasons for this are that LED lights have reduced running costs, lower carbon emissions and an increa...

We really are starting 2012 as we mean to go on. The websites keep going live and we have only just left the first month behind (not that we are complaining). No2 St Martins is a beautiful, victorian terraced property based in Leeds that required a website to show it off to its full potential. ...

A great way to start 2012 was with the launch of the new Rix Petroleum website. Prior to going live the site design and development strategy went through a rigorous process that included brand strategy workshops, brand audit, target audience profiling, bespoke coding, creative and a tailored CMS ...

As with any major project or journey you set out on, planning is very important, a lack of it could land you right in it! Web design is no different because failure to do so could be very costly. I have assembled a number of resources that I use to ensure I get the consistently get the right resu...

In a creative environment it can be easy to let ideas and thoughts fly all over the place and get thrown together into something that will probably look amazing but doesn’t always do the job its intended to. Which is why in the studio we firmly believe in sticking to a few tried and tes...

There is absolutely no exaggeration in me saying I made a life changing discovery yesterday. As a lover of all things girly, particularly dresses, you can imagine how excited I was when doing a bit of research to come across the Miss Selfridge Magic Mirror. Through using the web cam on your c...

The internet is ready for a revolution. A huge shift in the way we interact with content and experience the web is just around the corner but one thing is holding it back. The web browser. The piece of software that provides a window into the internet is the very thing that limits the users abili...

When approached to work with the Moghissi Laser Trust we had no hesitation in helping such a worthwhile cause. The charity helps fund the Yorkshire Laser Centre in providing pioneering treatment for those with certain types of cancer. With the web design in mind we created the site to be flui...

Finished and live along with our amazing new website is the Dolphin 5 video! Scripted and edited perfectly the video is a fun and interesting way to introduce our content management system. The Dolphin 5 video is part of a collection of videos produced by Why Digital Media, which is soon to i...

Last Thursday evening saw the launch of the new BACIL system to some of its members, the West Yorkshire Police, and Leeds city council. Along with the BACIL team, Why Digital Media presented the amazing new system showcasing all of its features and giving a complete tour of the database. The ...

As an expert consultant to the beauty industry Lisa Padmore required a site that was sleek, professional and had beautiful web design. Why Digital Media worked closely with Lisa to develop a website that not only met the brief, but also creatively exceeded her expectations. With a clean, cris...

Professor Mark Sharp of the Association of International Property Professionals kindly gave Why Digital Media an outstanding video testimonial about his experience working with us. This testimonial means a lot to us because Mark Sharp is a professor in efficiency matrixes and lean management ...

A good content management system should be: Simple to use Easy to navigate Not just made for the eyes of web developers In keeping with your web design Unfortunately this isn’t the case. It would appear, from experience and hearing the complaints, that u...

Understanding the connotations associated with different colours is essential in creating web design that delivers the right messages to your target audience. Below is a colour chart showing what feelings, ideologies and moods are given to the most widely used colours which should all be taken in...

Visual, fun and with the ability to reach a large audience – online video is fastly becoming the medium of choice for businesses wanting to promote, market and generate brand awareness.   This fast, powerful and direct, social media tool has the capabilities to reach a huge audienc...

Add Sparkle To Your Web Design Over the last few years the web design community has seen real improvement in Javascript frameworks that enable web designers to add exciting features to web sites. The frameworks have enabled web designers to speed up the time it takes to create a web site...

Shape Up - WHY you need the right fit Shapes, symbols and colour all have subliminal affects on a websites user. By starting simply and in referring to the processes of visual perception and psychology, we can gain crucial information before wording or even images have had a chance to  r...

1. Subliminal Suggestion Psychological research has shown that images and objects we see in everyday life can affect our behaviour. Research in Holland showed that by showing a child a santa claus hat they were more likely to share sweets with other children because it signified giving w...

Web Design Is Becoming Simpler! Recently we have seen a shift in the way web design is being carried out by a large number of web design companies. The first thing we have noticed is that a lot of web designers are implementing a blog-style approach to their web desig...

The Internet is where it's at! More and more business is being conducted on the Internet every day so having an online presence is more crucial than ever. If you do not have a web presence by now then what have you been doing? If you do already have a website then at least you a...

Have you ever wondered how valuable it is being on the first page of Google, let alone the top spot. Does an investment in Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) provide a good Return on Investment (ROI)? Well, the facts suggest that if SEO is done correctly it can have a significant impact on...

   Men and Women - Gender Design It is important again to realise your demographic in terms of gender first on some occasions. For instance in designing a Womens' Health site then the obvious appeal is going to be around attracting women, but this is a slightly different imp...

Using the Dolphin system everyday made me think that if we would name our amazing software after them then they must be pretty cool. So I thought as a web development and web design agency associating themselves with Dolphins, it would make sense to know all we could about them and then shar...

S.W.A.L.K - for anyone that wasn’t a complete loser in school and avoided graffitiying a pencil case or exercise book with every one you were ‘in love’ with or alternatively have never been the recipient of a smushy valentines day card you may not know what this means. It s...

At the time of writing this blog I'm having a very unproductive day. After last weekend's over indulgence on yummy food and drunken fun and another one about to start all I can think about is how much a power hour nap would really help in getting me through the rest of the day.  ...

   The Basics of Selling Online Many of our clients initial launch into the digital world hand, desire website and then an online presence essentially geared around replicating, innovating and selling their goods and services. At the same time, those joining the UK 75% of bu...

Needless to say, the number of sites on the World Wide Web has increased incalculably in recent years. With the adoption of online media, especially by large corporate companies, we have seen online trading become one of the most fiercely competitive retailing channels around. A few yea...

 Should You Invest Money Into Banner Advertising? Banner ads are a well established medium for displaying marketing for a wide number of products and services across the Web. How successful they are depends on the following factors: What web sites the banner ads are placed o...