When it comes to a successful website, it’s not just about an eye-catching Logo and attractive design. Though those things matter you also want your website to be user-friendly, easy to navigate and most importantly generate sales. It’s not necessary for it to look outdated, sometimes your design looks perfectly up to date but if it’s not generating any business then its time for you to Invest in a new website. One thing most businesses fail to realize is just because someone is doing you a website for a discounted price or free it’s not necessarily a good investment. If the website doesn’t generate that all-important businesses and inquiries then it’s not a good website. So how will you know…
Solved: Magento Product Image Upload Button Not Showing – Magento Missing Buttons
Due to recent updates of most of the browsers, Magento product image uploading buttons are not showing anymore. I have recently received a support question from one of our clients that he cannot upload product images due to the disappearance of the brows and upload buttons. There was no recent change on the website, so I was sure that it must be something with the browser. These buttons are actually flash file and browsers deal with flash files different due to security reasons. After a little research, I have found the following solution. You will have to allow Flash for that particular website in Chrome Browser settings. Follow the below steps: 1. Go to menu in the right corner2. Click…
How to Optimise Website Loading Time / 9 Easy Techniques to Improve Page Speed for Better Google Ranking
In this article, I will try to conclude the easiest possible ways to optimise page speed and to improve your website’s Google ranking. Also, it is not only a research article but it explains each practical steps towards reducing page loading time which I learnt from my personal experience, optimising our web design agency website. Tips in this article have successfully achieved Google PageSpeed Score from 32 to 85 for our website. WHY REDUCE PAGE LOAD TIME? SOME SHOCKING FACTS: 1. Increases Conversion Rate According to kissmetrics.com, 47% of online users expect the website to be loaded in 2 seconds and 40% leave the website if it doesn’t load in 2 seconds. Similarly, 79% of the shoppers wouldn’t return to…
HOW TO PLAN YOUR WEBSITE AND HOW TO CHOOSE THE RIGHT DESIGN AGENCY? – TOP TIPS
Usually, people are excited to have a website but most of the time lack of knowledge results in loss of money and time. There are few questions to ask yourself before commencing a web project which will help you to get good results with less budget and in less time. These questions will provide a better understanding of your requirements to the web design agency. Before hiring a web design agency you should answer the following questions or sometimes you may need to consult with a web design agency to guide you in the right direction. WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF YOUR WEBSITE? Online presence, information based website, to generate online leads or sell online. WHAT KIND OF WEBSITE DO YOU…
WHY RESPONSIVE WEBSITE? DOES GOOGLE LIKE IT?
Google wants all websites to be mobile friendly and provide the user with results that have been optimized for their device, from mobile phone devices to tablet devices. According to the announcement on its Webmaster Central blog, Google said: “Starting April 21, we will be expanding our use of mobile-friendliness as a ranking signal. This change will affect mobile searches in all languages worldwide and will have a significant impact in our search results. Consequently, users will find it easier to get relevant, high quality search results that are optimized for their devices.” To be clear, Google has NEVER in their history revealed the exact date of a monumental algorithm change. That date was April 21, 2015. And furthermore, Google…
NEED A HIGH RESOLUTION (300DPI) GOOGLE MAP FOR PRINTING?
Adding Google map to the printing material is common these days to guide your audience to your business location. The normal practice is to take a screenshot of the Google map screen and use it in the artwork. I recently used Google map in a flyer design following the above screenshot method, the print result was very poor which ruin the look of the artwork. The 72 dpi screenshot was expected to result in a poor print but it was beyond the expectations. This tragedy (just kidding), trigger the quest of getting a 300 DPI high-resolution Google Map image for graphic design. I found different methods; the ’Google My Maps’ is the best, quickest and easiest way to get a high resolution 300…
BOOTSTRAP 16 COLUMN GRID SOLUTION
Most of the novice Bootstrap developers think that with Bootstrap they can only convert a 12 column grid Photoshop design into a responsive HTML. Recently, one my developer friend was working on project which he was doing for a client in Dubai. The design had been approved and the client wanted HTML based on Bootstrap framework. Unfortunately the home page was designed in 16 column grid system. My friend asked me if I can be any help, I have been using the Bootstrap for 12 column grid designs and didn’t experience such situation. As the Bootstrap CSS file has styles for only 12 columns, for example it starts from ‘col-sm-1’ and goes up to ‘col-sm-12’ which shows that it doesn’t…
BASICS OF WEBSITE LAYOUT (PART 1)
The first thing when you start planning a web design is the layout. Layout is actually the basic structure of a website design. At this stage you plan which component goes where. But before you start working on the layout, you should know the required layout size, layout style and website components. LAYOUT SIZE: The layout can be fluid which can fit any kind of screen resolution or it may be fixed width size. Fluid layouts are not common now a days, Wikipedia is the one among today’s top websites using fluid layout. In old days websites layout width used to be from 900px to 990px which were the best fit for the screen resolution 1024px and wider. Most of today’s websites…