Friday Archive Dive: 5 Ways to Improve your Web Site.

Today's Archive Dive is an excellent companion to the Web Design Hot Seat that wrapped up earlier this week. It originally ran March 8, 2012, and it listed 5 Ways to Improve your Web site right now.

As webcartoonists, we all share a set of common goals. We want our comic to be presented in its best possible light. And we want our Web sites to facilitate this process, hopefully engaging readers along the way. Here are ten painless ways you can improve your Web site today...

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Bonus Post: If I ran a comic convention, I would...

An earlier post got me thinking... how would folks like us approach a convention differently? 

Web Design Hot Seat: H&B Comics and TPIAA

This is the final installment in the Web Design Hot seat. Same rules as all of the Hot Seat critiques. I'll discuss the participant's work and then open the conversation up to the group at large. Each header contains a link to the comic's Web site, and each image is a thumbnail you can click to see a larger version of the image.

In terms of a review, here are the basics I'm looking for in site design...

Mailbag: Are comic conventions through?

Q. While working on my art this week I'm listening to old WW podcasts, and as I was listening to episode number 4 about conventions it was almost surreal to hear you guys discussing all these varied conventions that no one ever talks about anymore.  Heroes, Baltimore, Pittsburgh, etc.  In fact, at one point there was even a Webcomic Weekend convention!

I remember back at that time like 2005-2008 it seemed like conventions were a cornerstone of the webcomics market.  In contrast, it seems like now there are only two or three conventions that are really vital for webcomic artists anymore, and in truth these big cons are almost too expensive and seem very high risk for most creators.

Now I realize that part of that was the tough economy, but is there a real chance that conventions no longer bring any real value to creators?  Do you think they're going to make a rebound or is it just a lost entity?  Or, maybe the way we approach comic cons needs to change?

The Best of February 2013

If you're not a member of Webcomics.com, here's some of the great stuff on the site that you missed.

Site posts

Web Desgin critiques

Setting up a "DBA" for your business

Digital tablets -- Guide to pixel dimensions

Beware of trademark scams

Mailbag: To origin or not to origin?

Webcomics.com survey: Comic Conventions

14Blocks: Endorsement rescinded

Airline luggage guidelines for 2013

Tips for booking convention travel

Private Forum

Recommended books on online marketing

What's the appropriate/average size for an eBook?

Finding the source of Reddit traffic

Alternatives to Feedburner

Frenden Photoshop brushes

ComicPress or Easel?

Do navigation buttons *really* have to go above and below the comic?

What makes a good leaderboard ad?

Should I change my comic's aesthetic? (And if so, when?)

What is Piperka.net?

How do you track your income/stats?

What is Tapastic?

What is MangaMagazine.net?

Academic thesis on Webcomics