By Brent Stromberg
CSS3: Game Changer CSS3 has changed the way websites are designed and consumed on phones and desktops. The world of the web has come a long way since its early days of moving GIFs and table based layouts. In the dark days of the internet as a web developer, you were restricted to aligning elements ...
By Uptown Studios
It’s OK to ask for help Yolo Family Service Agency provides affordable mental health care to individuals and families in Yolo County. This is what Trisha Stanionis, Yolo Family Service Agency’s Executive Director, wants her community to know. With accessible services in both English and Spanish at three locations, Yolo Family is there to help ...
By Tina Reynolds
A Start To Social Media Stop. Set It Up. Share: A Start to Social Media We know social media can be a lot to process, especially when there are so many other things that still have to get done. So, to make your life a little easier, we have outlined three things you CAN do… ...
By Uptown Studios
Design For Social Change On any day, at any given time, if you walk through the doors of Uptown Studios be prepared to be hit with creative energy focused towards social change. Creative conversations are happening all around you, creative thinking and brainstorming, designing and developing. Spend enough time with us and you might find ...
By Tina Reynolds
Especially with web and digital work. And it changes at the speed of light in our studio! I want to discuss Responsive Site Design what it means and why it is so important. 1. What is it? Responsive design means that your website is precoded with information that lets the site know where the visitor ...
By Steve Knau
Databases in the web world can be utilized in several different ways, some of which aren't as obvious as others. Regardless of whether you're storing newsletter subscribers, managing a photo gallery, or trying to easily manage the content of your website, a database can permit all of this. Need your end users to query files and records that you've provided ...
By Uptown Studios
It protects the ENVIRONMENT. FSC certified paper products coming from FSC certified forests must be grown, managed and harvested in a way that is good for the habitat and the future growth of the forest. It helps indigenous PEOPLE. All local, regional and global laws must be followed in harvesting and transporting FSC products, respecting ...
By Uptown Studios
Green Marketing: the Win-Win-Win In today's world, the printed invite has been replaced by the easy, convenient, cost effective and green electronic invite. Fax machines are a thing of the past with emails and interactive PDFs allowing for the majority of things to be done easily from your desktop computer (err, I mean smartphone or ...
By Uptown Studios
Energy conservation, water conservation, solid waste reduction, green building, transportation and air quality and pollution prevention – our client Business Environmental Resource Center BERC knows what it means to be green. BERC, or The Business Environmental Resource Center, provides free consultation for businesses in need of environmental regulation advice, making BERC a unique government agency ...
By Tina Reynolds
Being Greener When we talk about helping you to be green - we are REALLY talking about becoming greener. We are here to help you embrace new ideas and ways to create your marketing materials, and how to get them into the hands of your potential customers, funders and clients. Even at 100% digital marketing ...
By Uptown Studios
As you've been reading through our May posts about social media, we've come across the term overwhelming. As just recently starting some social media maintenance here at Uptown Studios, I can relate to that feeling of being overwhelmed by social media. While it can be hectic at first, some simple tools have been developed allowing ...
By Uptown Studios
The Art of Social Media By Leidhra Johnson, Social Media Manager and Anton Weaver, Lead Designer Social media can be a bit overwhelming if you’re not used to using it. So, to help ease the fear of the unknown, here are some simple setup tips to keep in mind when getting started… or when quickly ...
By Uptown Studios
We’re talking social media this month at Uptown Studios… Well, in all fairness, we are always talking about social media here, but May in particular is focused on all things social media. Today I am going to focus on what to post to build engagement. While I do agree that you should post quality over ...
By Kate Moore
Adding a video to your PDF is easy using Acrobat Pro. Simply go to the tools bar and select content then, multimedia video. Draw a rectangle where you want your video to appear and then select the video that you want to place. Acrobat supportsFLV, F4V, MP3, SWF and other video encoded as H.264. Select your video ...
By Brent Stromberg
WordPress is one of the most popular website platforms because of its huge community, customizability and ease of use. Almost any average internet use can build a website with rich, dynamic content. But sometimes creating a text only blog post or page simply won't cut it. I mean, why write in 500 words when a ...
By Kate Moore
Businesses and nonprofit organizations are creating videos to open hearts, minds and wallets. They can build their brand by creating a video that captures who they are and the passion behind what they do. Great videos are emotionally engaging, creating a connection between the viewer that is personal. Joining in a hearty laugh, a warm hug or sharing ...
By Brent Stromberg
What's Responsive Web Design and Why You Need It The world of the web is becoming increasingly dominated by mobile devices of varying screen sizes. The amount of people relying on their cell phone or tablet for their primary point of access to the web is getting larger and larger each day. In the past ...
By Uptown Studios
Many business owners feel that they are too small to worry about branding, don't understand why branding matters, or think they don't have the time or money to invest in it. Even if you are the president of a home business and your cat is your VP, you are not too small to make branding ...