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What’s the website like for your favorite app? I mean, nobody downloads an app on their mobile device by going to a website first. You get it through a download platform like the App Store or Google Play. Your decision to download hinges on the landing page provided by that platform.

But apps still have websites. So who’s visiting those? Mobile app websites, what’s the point of you?

I found eight sites that should help us find out. Many of them share similar elements that make them work. But each has its own twist. And each one is a gorgeous example of responsive web design. All screenshots below are from an iPhone, but I considered how they looked on desktop as well.

Full-disclosure: This is seasonal-themed click-bait preying on your love of flannel, falling leaves and pie.

It’s fall. Calling it now. I realize the fall equinox isn’t quite here yet, but I’m just so excited for pumpkin spiced lattes, pumpkin candies and pumpkin spiced everythings. So why not pumpkin-spiced websites? The web designs below combine the best qualities of fall (crisp and colorful) with the best qualities of pumpkin-things (rich, satisfying, lightly sweet, mostly orange).

It’s time to start thinking about your website’s death. Or at least, its metamorphosis. Yes, let’s go with the butterfly metaphor. Better yet, let’s go with a Butterfree metaphor.

The website you have today shouldn’t be the website you have in two years. Whether it’s the first website you owned, version two or ten, the next one is just around the corner. But unlike gentle Butterfree, there’s no final evolution. There is just the next one. And the causes are myriad. When we break it down though, there are two real drivers: the passing of time and human interference.

The scenes are familiar: board rooms, cafes, and cubicles. But the people inside are aliens. You can tell by their too long, too firm handshakes. They’re beyond perfect.

Doesn’t it give you the shivers? I see too many websites relying on stock photos like this to fill the big, magazine style layouts arranged by today’s web designers. But why would you let these pod people stand in for you?

I’ve already written about how to take your own stock photos. These are pictures of your staff and facility you can use in your web design and other marketing materials. Once you’ve got those pictures, what do you do next?