8 Silly Mistakes a Wordpress Developer Always Makes and Regrets Later

8 Silly Mistakes a WordPress Developer Always Makes and Regrets Later

WordPress is the most widely used CMS all across the Globe. It has always been the industry leader, topping the popularity charts ever since its introduction. In fact it is surprising that the WordPress is so far ahead in popularity that the next most popular CMS on the list comes nowhere even close to it with its market share. WordPress stands at an impressive 60% and Joomla at a mere 9% of CMS market share as per 2014 figures.
What attracts users towards WordPress is that it is easy to use and even beginners are able to use it without much training. WordPress has been around since 2003 and it is not difficult to find online tutorials which help users to use it and create their websites. Over 60 million websites today depend on WordPress for publishing and managing their content, which highlights the fact that WordPress is not only used by novice bloggers but by professional web developers as well.

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Exposing Various Aspects Upon Which A Thriving Responsive Typography Hinges

Exposing Various Aspects Upon Which A Thriving Responsive Typography Hinges

With the web being 99% typography, typography makes a foundation of web design and interaction. Having said this, it is clear how preeminent the typography is for creating a successful website or web application.

Gone are the day when we had a specific number of devices. Although today, we have a great control over our work, it can’t be gainsaid that the ever-fluctuating pool of devices has created more complications than ever before. Thus, an attempt to accomplish the work without taking the key fundamentals into account could ruin all your efforts.

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The Hidden Pitfalls of Using Google Analytics for Ecommerce Business Analysis

The Hidden Pitfalls of Using Google Analytics for Ecommerce Business Analysis

In Google Analytics we trust.

The research by an analytical service Built With shows that overall 28,534,626 active sites are using Google Analytics. The service has proved its reliability and is rightfully considered the best tool for web analytics. With Google Analytics you can easily track the key metrics of your site, better understand your visitors’ behavior and monitor effectiveness of your online marketing efforts.

But how useful can the service be for eCommerce analysis? Can it be an effective ally in the battle for customers’ money?

The answer is ‘yes’. And ‘no’.

On the one hand, the service can deliver some valuable sales stats. On the other, missing transactions, and issues with PayPal don’t let you get a coherent account on each aspect of your store sales performance.

In this post we will look at the exact Google Analytics problems an eСommerce store owner can face and learn how to track eCommerce metrics 100% accurately.

Let it roll.

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Flátro – Responsive Email Newsletter Templates

7 Flat & Material Design Responsive Email Templates

As you know, we’re living in Mobile era as know as Mobilegeddon. So, the design trends has changed then focusing on mobile devices as well as it.

What’s about Flat & Material Design?

Flat design is a minimalistic design approach that emphasizes usability. As the name indicates, flat design is defined by flatness of style: simplifying an interface by removing extra elements such as shadows, bevels, textures and gradients that create a 3D look. Everything is clear and understandable, and the design relies mostly on colours and icons to give meaning.
New websites are all flat so will be new email templates as well.

In today’s post we have gathered trendy flat style responsive email templates to market your online business.

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5 Actionable Link Building Tactics In 2015

5 Actionable Link Building Tactics In 2015

Link building is an art of earning high quality links from other authoritative websites in order to improve a website’s visibility in Google search results. In Oct 2014 the Penguin update crushed thousands of websites for their low quality and unnatural link building practices.

Before the inception of Penguin update, SEO was only limited to creating links without consideration of quality and authority. But the traditional low quality link building tactics are no longer beneficial to get positive results in 2015.

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WixStores

Wix eCommerce – A Online Store for Beginners

When you are planning how you will sell your products or services, but you’re an absolute beginner and don’t know where to start, you can try WixStores first. Unlike complex online shopping cart softwares / services, WixStores helps you start selling online in just few steps and you don’t need too much technical knowledge like server, programing language, SEO, HTML, CSS, mobile compatibility… except drag ‘n drop skill because WixStores covers you all the way.. Trust me, it’s very easy for beginners.
In this post, we’ll be creating a shop from the beginning together and I will sharing my opinions about it for talking about the pros and cons with WixStores. It takes only a few minutes to understand how it works.

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10 Benefits of Online Invoicing For An E-commerce Business

10 Benefits of Online Invoicing For An E-commerce Business

Running an e-commerce business requires the business owners to maintain professional standards and create delightful experiences for customers. One has to create a beautiful looking website and add unique product and service offerings, to lure customers and loyal audiences for the business. It is equally important to add the necessary support and services for the business to get the customers to be satisfied and stay for longer. The right set of cloud tools would help in providing prompt customer services and a professional approach, for the customer to appreciate the services and also recommend them to peers. Online invoicing is one such way of building a positive image with the customer. An online invoicing software to send quick professional invoices to clients is absolutely essential.

Here are the top 10 advantages of an invoicing solution for an e-commerce business:

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The downside of using jQuery for your website

The downside of using jQuery for your website

jQuery was released with much hype and an interesting tagline “Write less, do more” in the year 2006. Almost a decade has passed since jQuery saw the light of the day and this decade that has gone by, has made it a must have tool for every web developer. This discrete JavaScript library kept evolving and improving in the last 9 years and the stable release version of jQuery was made available for user download in April, 2015. The benefits and flexibility jQuery offers to web developers are many and unique.
The tagline “Write less, do more” is self explanatory to define how it has made life easy for HTML code writers. Multiple functions can be performed with a single line code with jQuery. jQuery also adds another dimension to web designing by providing cross-platform compatibility and efficient use of plug-ins.

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The Customizer Theme Switcher

Powell – WordPress 4.2.1 has been released

Like others, this site has been upgraded to WordPress v4.2 automatically. So let’s take a look at what you can expect! The newest version of WordPress is 4.2, named after American jazz Pianist, Bud Powell. This is big update after some minor update to fix the security holes and small improved but this release has nothing too groundbreaking.

After few days for testing, I write some notes about the latest version of WordPress to share my thoughts on the main 4.2 changes. What’s news in WordPress v4.2 which we’ve expected?

Short answer: WordPress 4.2 focuses on communication, sharing, and simplicity.

Long answer, read on!

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