--- title: "Website Design - Light Bulb Web Design in Carlisle, Cumbria, and the UK - The UK Creative Agency who delivers - Light Bulb Web Design Blog - Page 9" description: "Page 9 - A blog from Light Bulb Web Design Ltd - Read about how we make sure your website is perfect for you" url: "https://www.lightbulbwebdesign.co.uk/website-design-blog/categories/website-design?start=72" date: "2026-06-05T22:12:05+00:00" language: "en-GB" --- # Light Bulb Web Design Blog [ Categories ](https://www.lightbulbwebdesign.co.uk/website-design-blog/categories "Categories") [ Tags ](https://www.lightbulbwebdesign.co.uk/website-design-blog/tags "Tags") [ Archives ](https://www.lightbulbwebdesign.co.uk/website-design-blog/archive "Archives") [ Calendar ](https://www.lightbulbwebdesign.co.uk/website-design-blog/calendar "Calendar") [ Categories: All Categories ](https://www.lightbulbwebdesign.co.uk/javascript:void(0); "Categories") Search...Suggested keywords [ x ](https://www.lightbulbwebdesign.co.uk/javascript:void(0);) [ ![Website Design](https://www.lightbulbwebdesign.co.uk/images/easyblog_cavatar/4_cheap-website-design.png) ](https://www.lightbulbwebdesign.co.uk/website-design-blog/categories/website-design) ## [Website Design](https://www.lightbulbwebdesign.co.uk/website-design-blog/categories/website-design) [ ](https://www.lightbulbwebdesign.co.uk/javascript:void(0);) [ ](https://www.lightbulbwebdesign.co.uk/javascript:void(0);) [ ](https://www.lightbulbwebdesign.co.uk/website-design-blog/categories/website-design?format=feed&type=rss) [ ![Chris Wilcox](https://www.lightbulbwebdesign.co.uk/images/easyblog_avatar/940_webdesign-blog.jpg) ](https://www.lightbulbwebdesign.co.uk/website-design-blog/blogger/chris) ## [The importance of communication](https://www.lightbulbwebdesign.co.uk/website-design-blog/entry/the-importance-of-communication) Saturday, 24 March 2018 [Chris Wilcox](https://www.lightbulbwebdesign.co.uk/website-design-blog/blogger/chris) [Website Design](https://www.lightbulbwebdesign.co.uk/website-design-blog/categories/website-design) [ ![The importance of communication for website design](https://www.lightbulbwebdesign.co.uk/images/easyblog_articles/54/b2ap3_thumbnail_the-importance-of-communication-in-website-design.jpg) ](https://www.lightbulbwebdesign.co.uk/website-design-blog/entry/the-importance-of-communication "The importance of communication for website design") ​Dictionaries have some great descriptions of what the word 'communication' means, and whilst for website design it can be related to how a website communicates with its readers, the focus of thi... 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We spoke before the work started on whether a link... 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This is one of the most common questions we get asked when someone gets in touch to ask us about a website they are looking to have designed. The answer we give depends on a few different aspects, whi... 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Whether for coding, image manipulation or accessing the website files via ftp, here are my daily ... 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It really is as simple as that. We start by talking about... 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If you take a look around the Internet and visit a few websites for local companies, you are likely to find a link at the bottom of every page to the company who designed that website. That may seem a... 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