Wondering if it makes sense to use Instagram for your business? While in previous years, Facebook and Twitter have been the dominant social media channels to utilize for B2C (Business to Consumer) businesses, Instagram is becoming more and more relevant to consumers. And with more consumers relying on their mobile devices over a desktop, the more Instagram will offer opportunities for…
As a front-end developer, I have to say that Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) are one of my closest friends. I can spend hours writing lines of CSS code to make my clients websites look and function beautifully. Plus, now not only can I control how everything looks with CSS, I can also control how elements move and animate with CSS3…
Icons are everywhere, both in the physical world and online. Integrating them into your website can be a fun, stylish, and easy way to foster engagement among your users. Here are 3 Benefits of Using Icons on Your Website 1. Communicate Information Incorporating icons into your web design can make content more easily understandable and memorable. Using icons on your…
When you are ready to set up an Adwords campaign to start promoting your product or service, it’s wise to understand the big picture of how Adwords works and the different levels within a campaign to optimize. Keep reading below to access the beginner’s guide to Adwords optimization. Adwords Campaign Setup The top level of Adwords organization is setting up…
Using photos on a website is a great way to create credibility and connect users emotionally to your brand. You can now take it a step further and ensure the photos on your site have a similar look and feel without the need for Photoshop or Instagram filters. CSS image filters allow you to change the look and feel of…
Google Chrome is my go-to web browser for many reasons: it’s fast, supports modern web standards, and has a large ecosystem of awesome browser extensions that make life as a web developer much easier. Here are just a few that I can’t live without! 1. Awesome Screenshot Taking screenshots of your browser window is an extremely useful function. You can…
In this post we will be examining EDI ASC X12 documents. The ASC X12 electronic data interchange format is much older and more widely used than formats like JSON or XML. The scope and scale of the EDI format is positively massive. Many of the transactions across a huge number of businesses and government agencies are conducted via the exchange…
When tracking the success of your website, it’s important to understand what website metrics to track each month for comparison. In order to improve your website to increase website traffic, leads and sales over time, focus on moving these website metrics in a positive direction. 10 Website Metrics to Track to Improve Your Website Here are a few key website…
Today, I’m going to focus on the topic of custom WordPress theme development. When building a new theme I will typically start on a development space located on one of our web servers. This space allows me to build the site without fear of it being live to the public and at the same time the client has the opportunity…
Each year brings new and continuing trends in web design. 2017 promises websites full of interaction and engagement. We’re checking out the layout trends that will be taking over the web in the next year. Video Background The use of high quality background images and illustrations has been on the upswing the past several years. That trend continues in 2017…
