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The footer is often overlooked when it comes to designing a site, but it’s a great way to find contact details or other important pieces of information. People have been trained to look there since the days of letter writing. Even today if you look at any correspondence, utility bill or company letterhead you’ll find important information. On websites it’s an can be an important navigation tool, it can give you quick access to commonly needed pages that are not core to a site. In this quick tutorial we’ll be adding the ability to show standard WordPress widgets (like menus, categories or search) in your template. Adding a sidebar To start we need to register a custom sidebar that we’ll show in the footer.php. We do this in the functions.php of your theme. We need to hook in to the ‘widgets_init’ action using add_action and create our function Now we can add our sidebar using the register_sidebar function. All we need to do is specify the sidebars name, an id and description. We also...

Mazes are fun, but try making your way out of a fairly complex one and they won’t seem fun anymore. Just downright frustrating. A web design should therefore be everything that a maze is not. It should show visitors where they need to go and what to do to get there. There is a good reason for this. If users can’t find what they are looking for in your website or web application, they will leave. Plain and simple. In this article, we will talk about the navigational DONT’s which designers should keep in mind for an effective user journey. Making Navigation Difficult: What’s easier than allowing users to shop by categories on an ecommerce website? Give them a search bar which they can use to find specific items and jump to those pages directly. There are two benefits to making navigation easy like this:   It makes people use your app or website more It makes the way clear for desirable actions which increases conversions Making navigational trails consistent:    Peopl...

SEO or Search Engine Optimization is a technique available to ensure that your website comes first. With literally millions of websites out there you need to ensure that your customers can find your website. SEO simply means getting found in the search engines. Here at Workholics.com we apply proven techniques to assist your website to be displayed on the first page of the leading search engines, such as Google, Yahoo!, Bing, Search and MSN. With professional SEO on your website you can be assured that your potential clients will find you bye achieving maximum visibility within these search engines. Website SEO is an important step in the building and promotion of your website. In order to gain a competitive advantage, website SEO is a must! Workholics.com utilizes advanced techniques in the following areas: Keyword Analysis – A study undertaken to find the best keywords for your website. Page Rich Information – To ensure your website is search engine friendly and conten...