Need to boost your skills in web design and development? Access free online courses from leading universities and technology experts. Here is a list of free courses to improve your skills in web design and development. There are courses on the design process, interactive design, user interface design, artificial intelligence, coding, and more. Several of […]
Interested in improving your web design and development skills? There are a wide variety of options to teach beginners and advanced users in all aspects of creating a website. Here is a list of YouTube channels for web design and development. There are video tutorials on coding, design software tools, logo and font design, case
In “15 Tools for Animation,” I profiled easy-to-use animation tools for content marketing. But animation can also add design to a site, to enhance the experience of visitors. Here is a list of animation tools for design. There are plugins and libraries for simple transitions and effects, as well as platforms for complex animations. All
Offering support throughout your shoppers’ purchase experience is a good way to ensure their return. If you have a WordPress site, there are a variety of customer-support plugins to help. Here is a list of plugins for customer support on WordPress. There are plugins to provide support documentation and FAQs, a help desk ticketing system,
Gaining access to login data such as a user name, password, or a token is a common target of cross-site scripting attacks. If a thief can steal those, he can access a user’s account info. Security is vital for every ecommerce site. A breach of customers’ payment data or personal information could kill a business.
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Add value to your website by utilizing free resources from the design community. Here is a list of new web tools and design elements from spring 2018. There are designer and developer apps, fonts, content tools, and more. All of these are free. Free Design Tools Launchaco is a simple way to build a website.
Online retailers need to improve site performance and accessibility but they are optimized for search engines based on an audit of 70 recognizable retail websites. On June 9 and 10, 2018, I ran each of 70 well-known ecommerce websites through Google’s Lighthouse, a free monitoring tool. It rates sites on five areas: Performance, Progressive web
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If you’re interested in creating content to promote your product or service, think about making a cartoon. Producing animation has several advantages over live video. You won’t need a physical set, a camera, or a crew. And there’s a variety of free and inexpensive animation tools that will help even beginners to create polished animations
The Accelerated Mobile Pages Project is an open-source initiative to improve website performance and experience. Its library provides a straightforward way to create web pages that are compelling and load near instantaneously. Originally announced by Google in 2015, the AMP ecosystem now includes 25 million domains and over 100 technology providers. AMP pages are built
Cookies are in the spotlight with the E.U.’s new General Data Protection Regulation. It follows the E.U.’s “Cookie Directive,” which has been in effect for several years. Cookies are important for online businesses. They are also common. In this post, I’ll explain the basics of cookies for ecommerce businesses. What’s a Cookie? Cookies are small
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