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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...

    Page load speed of a website is one of the vital factors for enhancing user experience and it also positively affects search engine rankings. If the page response is poor or slow, it can have a number of consequences, and the major ones are the following: * Customer satisfaction level falls by 16%, while conversion rates drop by 7% * 47% of consumers leave the website if the page takes more than 2 seconds to load * 79% of visitors would not return to a site for shopping, if they do not have a satisfying experience     So, the point is, even if you have a wonderful ranking on the search engine result pages for a particular target keyword, your marketing efforts are of no use if consumers are abandoning your site due to unsatisfactory page loading speed. So, as you contact a company for custom web development in Indore , one of the key things to consider is to meet user expectations regarding page load time.     So, how can you spe...

To make a web presence of your business you must check these basic technical grounds of a Web development company , before hiring them. No matter what your requirements are, hire a professional team that can manage your business needs and understands the inputs to be given to get the desired output. Let’s go through with the four important points to be considered before hiring any of the web development company: 1. Appropriate Web Development Strategy In incorporates a list of step by step project flow. There should be a proper communication throughout the project design & development. The flow of design and implementation of each page must be communicated. 2. Experienced to Implement a Compatible CMS for your Business Choose a web designing company where designers will be able to implement CMS like WordPress, Joomla, Drupal for website design and shopify for E-commerce websites and all latest web development trends of content management to customized responsive web desi...

Mobile devices continue to drive demand and traffic for online companies. Recently, Google has started to provide a certification for mobile Web developers. Google, also known as Alphabet Inc., has provided certification for additional programs such as Google AdWords for online advertising, Google Analytics for data managers, and Google Developer for people that like to code. The company just recently rolled out training and a lengthy exam. Google is known for making tough certification exams. After studying for days on the AdWords test, I was unable to pass it after two attempts. Some questions are not directly connected with the reading materials. They commonly ask questions that mix wording for the reading material. It is confusing, and mainly used to weed out the people that have multiple jobs, or responsibilities with little time to memorize their material. After obtaining a master’s degree in professional media and media management, it is not the material that is difficult, it ...

Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) have really changed the way we think about web page design, and they’ve certainly made creating awesome designs much simpler than it used to be.  Still, for such a great technology, there’s a huge amount that web designers and developers need to learn in order to truly master the entire skill set required to earn the title of CSS Ninja. 1. Create an organized library of CSS that fits your design philosophy Every time you do something in CSS that achieves a perfect result, you should categorize it and file it away, so that when you need to do the same task again, you already have the perfect code available and ready to adapt to suit the needs of the new project. 2. Use the console to help you debug stuff The console is a really helpful sidekick if you learn how to use it properly.  There’s one super JavaScript command you should never be shy about using, which is the log command. 3. Minification is not normally necessary for ordinary CSS files Mi...

Creating a successful website encompasses much more than beautiful design. While attractive design helps, as a designer or a developer, you should also bear in mind the user experience. There is nothing more frustrating than landing on a website that is hard to navigate and makes finding the information you want difficult. I’m sure you’ve experienced this yourself as the end-user. But as a developer, are you keeping the end-user in mind? The following tips for creating user friendly website design : 1. Make Navigation Easy 2. Ensure the Text is Legible 3. Build With Mobile In Mind 4. Optimize Loading Times 5. Provide Feedback 6. Be Consistent With The Color Scheme 7. Simplify The Conversion Process