notlimited faq

We've answered all of the questions we've been most frequently asked over the years within the pages of our site, but a few continue to regularly slip through:

• Q: Will you take a look at my website and tell me what you think?
  A: We provide a website analysis for $250 including assessments and recommendations.
• Q: How much does a website cost?
  A: We've outlined our estimation process and a broad pricing guideline on our rates & fees page to help you get a handle on budget and scope in case you like the cut of our jib.
• Q: Will you hire me?
  A: If we don't know you or someone with whom you've closely worked, we probably won't.
• Q: Will you respond to my RFP?
  A: If we're excited about the project, then yes, we will. But, we'll have a lot of questions for you, first. We prefer to work with clients who want to work with NotLimited specifically and we use our own questionnaires to define project proposals.

$250 website analysis

Some of the RFP's that have come across our desks have been for the redesign of sites that really didn't require a redesign. We're also frequently asked to assess existing websites' functionality, underlying markup and visual design. In response, NotLimited offers a $250 website analysis including our assessments and recommendations. Drop us an to let us know if you'd like us to take a look at your site. We'll respond with a few questions, you'll return your answers and pay us through PayPal (credit cards accepted) and we'll return our analysis to you within 3 working days. [ who hires us ]

colophon

The NotLimited redesign is underway as of Spring 2010, and it is long overdue. Our previous 2000 design had begun to make our clients cringe, and a thousand blessings on their heads for sticking with us. Our new, understated ID and restrained color palette serve as backdrop for samples of our work that we've highlighted inside of Flash slideshows at the top of every page. The thematic imagery isn't essential to the page content (hence the Flash), but we feel it underscores our story. Our next phase of design will entail the creation of pure HTML/DOM (document object model) slideshows for those who access our site from iPhones and iPads. They're still getting the first static image from each slideshow, but we'd like them to have the full experience.

We've programmed the site for extensibility, to standards, and in validating HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript. The development of HTML5 and its standards has made us more excited about code than we've been in many years, and we're looking forward to revising the code as this new language and its protocols grow.

For our new brand and simple navigation system (and all of the site headers, if you have the font loaded), we chose Americana BT. There's a free download at FontZone, in case you'd like to install it on your own computer. We like its gravity at all weights and think it works harmoniously with our chosen body font, Geneva, which pleases our Mac hearts.

The biggest change in the architecture of the site is that we were able to address the unwieldiness of our portfolio. We've streamlined the growing body of samples of our work onto a single what we do page and created JavaScript tooltips and overlays for access to descriptions and enlargements. The JavaScript page overlays containing enlargements and case descriptions are pulled in as SSI (server side include) pages which are fully accessible, though not as attractive as they could be with JavaScript enabled. Though the page takes a bit longer to load (the tooltips are part of the page DOM and so, again, fully accessible), our clients are less confused about where to find the kind of examples of our work they're seeking, and assure us that it's well worth the wait. [ how we work ]