Innovative Website Design for Food Business Built Around User Experience
Food businesses need websites that do more than look good—they need websites that guide customers, highlight offerings, and drive action. Effective website design for food businesses plays a critical role in how visitors experience a brand online, from finding menus and pricing to requesting catering or contacting the restaurant. At Bear Web Design, we specialize […]
How Website Design for Nonprofit Organizations Elevates Impact: A Look at the New Friends of Cedars Website
At Bear Web Design, we take pride in helping mission-driven organizations build a digital presence that supports their goals and engages their communities. Our work in website design for nonprofit organizations focuses on visibility, clarity, and meaningful user engagement. One recent example is our project for Friends of Cedars of Lebanon, which demonstrates how strategic […]
How AI Is Changing Search and Why Your Website Needs to Keep Up
People still use Google, but AI-powered search tools like ChatGPT, Gemini, and other large language models (LLMs) now play a significant role in how users discover information online. More people are turning to conversational AI for quick, direct answers rather than browsing traditional search results. Because of this shift, your website must be optimized for both Google SEO and […]
Building a Fresh Digital Presence for Lain’s Tree Service
At Bear Web Design, we strive to create websites that reflect the professionalism and dedication of the businesses they represent. Our recent project for Lain’s Tree Service exemplifies this approach, as we migrated their website from Joomla to WordPress, building a fresh digital presence that is modern and user-friendly. The redesign features new content, fresh visuals, and improved navigation […]
Drive More Sales by Connecting WooCommerce to Google Shopping
Meeting customers where they search online is essential. Connecting your WooCommerce store to a Google Shopping Feed is one of the most innovative ways to boost your visibility and drive more sales.
A Smarter Digital Presence for ScaleSmart Advisory
At Bear Web Design, we create bold, modern brands built for growth. For ScaleSmart Advisory, we delivered full-scope creative services. From custom logo design to responsive web development, we built a smarter digital presence that inspires trust and drives results. Our branding strategy highlights clarity, credibility, and expert positioning in a competitive market.
Creating Impact Through Responsive Restaurant Website Design
At Bear Web Design, we build websites that blend modern design with usability. One of our newest projects—Rooh Nashville’s website—showcases our expertise in responsive restaurant website design, creating digital experiences to drive engagement and enhance accessibility. With responsive design, clean layouts, and intuitive navigation, we built a site reflective of Rooh’s unique dining atmosphere inside the Holiday Inn […]
How to Reach the Right Audiences and Boost Product Sales with WooCommerce
To grow your business, you need more than just great products—you need to reach the right audiences and effectively promote what you sell. WooCommerce offers powerful tools to help you expand your reach, connect with customers, and increase sales through multichannel e-commerce. Learn how to boost product sales and drive growth with Bear Web Design.
Is Your Website Due for a Refresh? Here’s How to Tell
We understand that your website is more than just a digital presence; it’s a reflection of your brand, values, and offerings to the world. Over time, even the most well-crafted websites can benefit from a bit of polish and modernization. Is Your Website Due for a Refresh? As your trusted web design partner, we’re here […]
Experts in Ninja Forms
At Bear Web Design, we specialize in harnessing the potential of Ninja Forms to transform your website. As experts in Ninja Forms, our experienced team knows Ninja Forms inside out. We’ll leverage its capabilities to create forms that align perfectly with your business goals.
Unlocking the Potential: Reasons to Redesign Your Website
Your website is more than just static marketing; it’s a dynamic tool that can propel your business forward, or hold it back. If you’re considering a website redesign, here are signs that your current site may be due for a makeover. Outdated Design and Functionality Digital trends and expectations seem to evolve overnight. If your […]
Bear Web Teams Up with Girls Who Code
Believe it or not, I can’t wait to spend the rest of the summer coding with high school students I haven’t yet met! Over the last two weeks, I helped high school juniors and seniors code websites advocating topics they care about passionately. I facilitated a sisterhood of young women lifting each other in praise and graduating […]
Web Accessibility
We all visit websites for similar reasons regardless of the technology we use to interact with it. A person who is visually impaired will use a bank’s website to pay a bill with the same intent as someone who doesn’t use assistive technology. A person using their mobile device requires the same functionality of someone […]
Girls That Code Visit Bear Web Design!
We had a great time today as Girls That Code visited Bear Web Design in Nashville! As part of the experience, students from Wilson County explored the opportunities available to programmers and developers in the 21st century. Their instructor, web designer/developer Jennifer Folsom, led the visit—and we wrapped it up with a pizza lunch to celebrate their hard […]
Is It Time For A New Website?
You have a website that has been up and running for a number of years. In actual fact many organizations have had 2-3 generations of websites now a days. It looked great when the website was launched (they always do). However, over the years, it has become less and less of a focal point in […]
Welcome To Code Club for Girls!
Over the last few months I have been working with the Watertown Wilson County Public Library. We have worked to launch an after school coding club called “Watertown Impact”. Every Wednesday, 7 young women, 6th through 12th grade, spend their afternoons learning to code. This code club for girls helps them develop web design skills.
Responsive Design
We do our best to help you “Go Responsive … Responsibly.” When we build websites with responsive design at Bear Web Design we focus on what a mobile, tablet or desktop visitor is wanting to accomplish. Working with our clients we try to create a user experience that is optimal in varying device sizes. Some Key […]
Mobile Website Usage Continues To Grow!
If you are like me, in the last 24 months or so you most likely have started using your mobile phone more and more for browsing the Internet. Larger mobile screens, voice recognition software, and better wi-fi access are just a few of the advances that have made this possible. Let’s explore how mobile website usage […]
Banking Just Got Simpler with CedarStone Bank’s New Responsive Website
Over the last few months, CedarStone Bank has been working on a new responsive designed website. A responsive website is a website that is mobile, tablet, laptop and desktop friendly and provides an optimum user experience based on the device with which the website is being used.
What is a Plugin, a Module and a Component in Joomla?
Joomla Components, Modules and Plugins can have a great influence on your final website design. They can enhance your website design ranging from interesting content such as blogs to desired action items such as purchasing a product. Some of you may already know what these additional pieces of Joomla are… But for those clients or future clients that […]
What is Responsive Website Design?
2013 has been declared the year of Responsive Design in many web circles. If you haven’t heard of Responsive Design yet, you will soon. The reason it was created and gaining popularity is because of the need to optimize websites on different devices. These include mobile, tablet, laptop & desktop, with the growth of the […]
Responsive Design in 2013!
As 2012 draws to an end, we have lots of new developments (“web developments,” that is) on the horizon for the coming year. Most important of these is that our new custom templates will feature Responsive Web Design, also known as RWD. Let’s review responsive design in 2013. What Is Responsive Design in 2013? In a nutshell, Responsive […]
What’s in Your Color Wheel?
One of my favorite lines in the movie The Blind Side is when Sandra Bullock (referring UT orange) says, “But I will not wear that gaudy orange, I will not. It is not in my color wheel and I’m not gonna wear it.” And that gets me thinking about web design.
Most people, male and female, have a general idea of what’s in their “color wheel” – what their favorite colors are, whether they are comfortable pairing, say, a purple blazer over emerald green slacks, or whether they are soothed by the sight of a closet full of khaki and blue. The same goes for interior decorating, the color of our cars, the television ads that catch our eye… all sorts of things. The bottom line is that, generally, we pay more attention than we know to color and style.
What is Functionality?
As a designer I refer to functionality on a daily basis. I truly believe in having a well designed website, however, if it doesn’t have functionality it is just a pretty image on a computer screen.
SOO.. Let’s define functionality.
The Web Development Phase
The Web Development phase is the primary work phase when creating a new website. The design “look” of the website has been established in the Design Phase and with the client’s approval it is time to actually build the website. When developing a website the development phase is the most time intensive. It is also […]