After months of brainstorming, developing, testing and good old fashioned hard work, the Gridgum launch day has finally arrived! It’s the result of sweat, tears and enough energy drinks to bring a woolly mammoth back to life. To say we’re excited is an understatement.

For theme developers

Theme and Template Buyers

Responsive frameworks are used by developers all around the world to ease the pressures of a full and complicated development process. They allow you to build a website using a grid-based layout with pre-defined base codes, meaning the developer does not need to spend a huge amount of time creating a grid structure from scratch to use throughout the development of a site.

Responsive websites also allow the website to smoothly scale to a wide range of different sized devices without the need for an additional mobile/device specific site and these responsive frameworks help speed up the process.So lets get started with our list, please note this is not in order of popularity or favouritism.

1. Gumby

2. Foundation

3. Skeleton

4. The Responsive Grid System

5. Base

6. Bootstrap

And last and not least, Bootstrap. I am sure you all know Bootstrap is one of the most popular responsive frameworks out there, it is a front-end framework that's designed to make front-end development easier and faster for everyone. Regardless of your skill level, Bootstrap is easy to use and is suitable for projects of all sizes. This popular framework has the ability to scale your projects with one code base, and can be applied successfully over several mediums, from phones to PCs. The Bootstrap customizer allows you to personalise your framework by adjusting the wide range of components, JavaScript plugins etc. Support for Vanilla CSS, LESS and SASS is included with the Bootstrap framework.
There are numerous responsive CSS frameworks available to anyone who desires to use them, and there is a fair bit of variation regarding the usability, features and other aspects of these frameworks. Before choosing the framework be sure to consider your specific needs so you can find the framework that will work best for your individual project. This list is not a definitive list of the best frameworks out there, it is just intended as a guide to demonstrate some of the frameworks out there.

It’s that time of the month !

At Gridgum we are still on the lookout for the best responsive themes and templates, and feel we need to offer our authors another incentive! And what we have decided this month is to offer $500 for the best responsive theme submitted by the 31st May 2014.

Our competition terms are simple:

1. Submit your responsive theme before May 31st 2014 and you will be automatically entered.
2. You will only be entered into the giveaway if your theme/template is approved.
3. Themes/Templates need to meet our submission guidelines.
4. This competition is valid for all non-exclusive or exclusive themes. View seller commission for more details on exclusivity.
5. Our team of theme approvers will decide which theme wins based on uniqueness, visual appeal, creativity and usability.
6. Winner will be announced within 3 weeks of closing of the competition.
7. Payment will be made via PayPal to the developer within one month of closing of competition.
8. It is really that simple!

Click here to submit your theme today!

The MAMMOTH June $2000 giveaway

Please note this competition has ended.

The prizes

• $100 X 10 for the first 10 themes submitted and approved in June (Exclusive or Non-exclusive themes)
• $250 for the best Responsive Admin or Dashboard Theme (Exclusive or Non-exclusive themes)
• $250 for the best Wordpress Theme (Exclusive or Non-exclusive themes)
• $500 for the overall best Exclusive responsive Theme (Exclusive themes only)

Giveaway Terms

1. All themes submitted must follow the submission guidelines and demonstrate very high quality and visual appeal.
2. You are only eligible if your item is approved.
3. All themes must be responsive and must be uploaded by June 30th 2014.
4. You must keep this item online with Gridgum for at least 6 months from the acceptance date.
5. Exclusive items cannot be sold via any other websites or have been previously been available for sale outside of Gridgum.
6. Bonuses do not count towards an item's revenue and do not affect its commission.
7. Items that qualify for more than one prize will only be awarded the prize of the highest value.
8. This competition is not applicable to themes under $12.
9. The first 10 prizes are only applicable to new authors who are submitting their first theme. Existing sellers will still be eligible for the other prizes.
10. Winners will be contacted within one month of closing of competition and payouts will be made through PayPal 30 days after the closing of the contest..

And that is all! The chances to win are very high so submit your theme today! Click here to submit your theme now

How to enter

1. Simply Register and upload your theme by June 30th 2014
2. Patiently wait for you item to get approved

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5. Responsive Web Design with HTML5 and CSS3

At number five 'Responsive Web Design with HTML5 and CSS3' by Ben Frain is a great first look at responsive design written in a readable, action-based style. Focusing on the most relevant and useful aspects of HTML5 and CSS3, readers will be able to get to grips with not only the fundamentals of responsive web design itself, but also with the great features of HTML5 and CSS3 as well.

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The number four spot is taken by Implementing Responsive Design: Building sites for an Anywhere, Everywhere Web by Tim Kadlec. This is a pragmatic, up to date look at how this new design process will shape the future of website building for every kind of device. Kadlec's book is a great resource for anybody who would like to get their head around the broader role of how responsive design is already influencing how we think about, design and even use websites.

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3. 'Responsive Design with WordPress'

'Responsive Design with WordPress' by Joe Casabona is a friendly, inviting book that focuses on the development of Responsive WordPress themes and plugins. WordPress, as he points out in his introduction, accounts for one in five of the websites in existence and that number is growing, so it is a good choice for any developer who is interested but unsure where to start. At number three, the book is written in an easy to follow, conversational narrative and presents some very solid content is an extremely readable way.

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2. Mobile First

'Mobile First', by the former Yahoo! design architect Luke Wroblewski, takes second place on our top five list. The book was released in 2011 and it's still one of the most up to date, comprehensive and strategic books on responsive design out there. The book focuses on mobile design with an accessible, friendly style that's fun, easy to read and paints a great overall picture of its subject matter. While some readers may want more specifics, the book offers a clear and extremely knowledgeable overview of mobile first responsive design.

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1. Responsive Web Design

In first place is the already classic 'Responsive Web Design' by Ethan Marcotte, the writer who coined the term responsive design in the first place. This is an authoritative, elegant work written in an accessible and friendly style that makes the book a pleasure to read. Marcotte has a passion for beautiful design that comes through clearly, making serious content easy to read and digest. A must for anybody getting to grips with the future of web design.

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Coming Soon – Responsible Responsive Design

We would also like to mention an exciting book that is coming soon called 'Responsible Responsive Design’ by Scott Jehl. This literature aims to show up to date evolution found through the recent years of responsive web design. In this upcoming book Scott Jehl guides you through building a future-friendly experience of web design.

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Of course, this is just our top five books on Responsive Design. There are others out there, as well as a raft of area-specific books on the various aspects of responsive design; and while this may be the pick of the crop for now, we anticipate a great deal more literature as the developing world really embraces responsive design in the years to come.

Since the beginning of the year, Matt Lambert has been working on an eBook called Mastering Bootstrap. The book is an in depth guide to creating and selling premium Bootstrap themes.

Bootstrap is an incredibly powerful tool but can become an equally incredible mess if you don't know what you're doing. In Mastering Bootstrap, Matt shares a set of best practices to theme, extend and customize the framework. In addition, Matt explains how CSS inheritance is your best friend, how to implement third party jQuery components, and how to sell & market your custom themes online.

It is literally the complete guide for theming and selling Bootstrap Themes.

What You’ll learn:

• recommended tools
• setting up a development build and environment
• advanced layouts
• LESS best practices
• 3rd Party component integration
• how to create a style guide
• how to package your theme for sale
• how to market your theme

Complete Package Premium Files

• the 152-page ebook
• 2 premium bootstrap themes
• all support files for the book
• a landing page theme
• an HTML email template
• Image templates for all the major marketplaces
• documentation templates and examples
• readme file template

What format does the book come in?

Is there a guarantee?

On Purchase you also get a free single license file download of the Singleport Bootstrap Portfolio Template courtesy of Gridgum.com alongside other promotions.

Once upon a time, web designers could predict screen resolution with an almost certainty. For the tech savvy, it was 1024 x 768. For everyone else, it was 800 x 600. And, if designers really wanted to control user experience, they’d slap a “Best Viewed at 1024 x 768 with Internet Explorer” near the bottom of the web page and call it a day.

Over 1 billion people access the internet over mobile devices worldwide.

Approximately 34% of smartphone owners use their phones exclusively to search the Internet. These people don’t use laptop or desktop computers to go online.

1. Mobile Means Different User Experience

2. Design for Mobile First

3. Design for Landscape and Portrait

4. Speed Is Everything

5. Percentage Over Pixels

6. Bring Videos In On the Action

7. Test It

Responsive design is not a fad. It’s a necessity. The science is far from perfect, but the more we all tinker around with it, the better responsive design will be in the future.

Best Design Practices 2014

Good design doesn’t happen by accident. Good web design is not fickle or subjective. It never sacrifices function for appearance. Web design is always slave to content. Although it’s great to add personality to your design, never allow your design to interfere with the content. Yes, web design is an art, but fortunately, it’s also a science. This means that we can recreate good design as long as we understand and implement key principles. Let’s take a look at the best design practices for 2014.

1. Responsive Design

2. Clean Navigation

Good design means that users understand where to go and how to get there. Overall, the design elements on your site should be directing users to valuable content. If there’s a pot of gold, but I don’t know how to get to it from your poor navigation, I’m just going to leave and search for a different pot of gold somewhere else. Make your navigation understandable for your favorite grandmother-- if she can find her way around, than you’re following best practices.

3. Compelling Colors

Although we’re looking for a pot of gold on your website, we don’t need a rainbow to get there. Keep your color scheme to a maximum of three colors. Choose colors that convey but do not distract from your message. There’s a psychology to colors. Here’s how it breaks down: Red- Bold, Exciting Orange- Friendly, Confident Yellow- Happy, Warm Green- Peaceful, Growth Blue- Stability, Sincerity Purple- Passionate, Luxurious Gray- Security, Maturity Black- Sophisticated, Powerful

4. Emphasis on UX

5. Make it Social

Your website is not an island. More than ever, users crave social interaction. It’s almost second nature for a user who’s interested in your content to seek you out on Twitter, Facebook, Google+, or the like. Make it easy for them by adding social media badges in your footer and on your contact and about pages.

6. Keep It Consistent

Every page of your design should look like it belongs together. There’s nothing worse than ending up on a page with an outdated logo. Actually, there is something worse-- trying to find the navigation that’s no longer in the same spot. Keep your header consistent, keep your navigation consistent, and keep your overall tone consistent. If you have a blog, make the voice compatible to the overall tone of your site. In Closing Remember that good web design isn’t mysterious. Follow these practices to make your design engaging and user-friendly. What is your favorite practice for good web design? [ssba]

Website Design Of 2015

What will web design will look like in 2015?

1. Ghost Buttons

http://campusbubble.com/

http://harbr.co/

http://www.babingtonhouse.co.uk/

2. Card Design

3. Background Videos Will Continue

http://couleecreative.com/

https://www.paypal.com/

http://squatch.us/

4. Interactive Storytelling

http://www.flatvsrealism.com/

http://www.theguardian.com/world/interactive/2013/may/26/firestorm-bushfire-dunalley-holmes-family

5. Personal UX

6. Responsive Design

Have you heard of A/B Testing?

If you have, you may think it’s too complicated, or even unnecessary. Who has the time to change around components on a website? And, if you’ve taken all this time to find your perfect website, why would you want to change it?

The answer is simple. Your website is not for you-- it’s for your users. And seeing what elements they like and respond to will help you create the best user experience possible.

What Is an A/B Test?

Of course, you can also present two dramatically different pages, but it works better with smaller tweaks. You’d be surprised how changing the header or the colour scheme can affect user engagement.

But don’t expect split testing to provide miracle results, either. The magic isn’t in switching around words, but using testing results to better understand your audience.

For example, you have a newsletter and want to build a subscriber list for it. You can test different calls-to-action, such as:

• • Join the {number of subscribers} who subscribe to my newsletter
  • Get your weekly dose of inspiration from {your site}!

You can test both calls-to-action to decide which one converts more. This metric will also provide insight about your audience. In the first case, maybe they’re motivated to be a part of a community. If they respond more to the second call, they may enjoy a more sensationalized approach.

Knowing this, you can start to incorporate that type of emotion into other areas of your site. If it’s community, you can add more social integration with share buttons or Facebook comments. If it’s sensation, use that voice in your content to communicate with your readers.

So, How Do You Do It?

Let’s take the scariness out of testing. Although you can use Google Analytics to do your A/B testing for free, it may be complicated if you’re don’t know HTML and don’t want to know it.

In this case, use a WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) program like Visual Website Optimizer, or VWO for short. VWO isn’t cheap, but for around $50 a month, you can do A/B testing without messing around with code.

that price is too steep, check out Convert with a pay as go rate of $9. It’s also a dead-simple WYSIWYG program that integrates with Wordpress, and many other popular services.

In Closing

Popular WordPress Bootstrap Templates

Find the perfect WordPress Bootstrap Theme

Austin

Austin is a creative WordPress Bootstrap theme perfect for fashion, photography, or general portfolio. Austin is responsive, SEO ready, and fully customizable.

BizNex

BizNex is a clean and elegant multi-purpose parallax WordPress theme. It’s responsive, which allows it to work on a variety of viewports. It’s browser agnostic, which means it can function perfectly over any browser. It’s the perfect choice for personal, creative, portfolio, or blog. BizNex provides the wow factor with its parallax illusion. It’s also robust and colorful, and able to handle and delivery massive amounts of information-- all over a single page, if you should choose. Theme Details | Theme Preview

Alexio

As a WordPress built with Bootstrap theme, Alexio is serious, clean, and lightweight. Although it handles unlimited color and CSS transition effects, Alexio is noted for its minimalistic design. You can switch on and off animated content, fixed menu, and smooth scrolling. Alexio is both fully customizable and fully responsive. It’s also ready for WooCommerce, making it a great choice for e-commerce sites. Users can shop directly from your website without needing to leave to go to an additional site. Theme Details | Theme Preview

Jedkey

Jedkey is the quintessential portfolio, photography, or e-commerce WordPress Bootstrap theme. It offers local audio and video support, including YouTube and Vimeo. Users also receive custom CSS and Javascript support. Jedkey is clean, modern, and flexible. It appeals to users without coding knowledge along with web developers without design experience. Access preconfigured page layouts, including portfolio, about, pricing tables, shop, sidebars, and services. Theme Details | Theme Preview

A beautiful WordPress Wedding Template

WordPress Wedding Theme is the perfect wedding template to use for that special occasion.

Template is greek for love and you will love this wedding theme for WordPress. It features a multiple-page layout, so that all your visitors can get all the information they need without a single click from the mouse!

The scripts use Ajax so your visitors will never have to leave the homepage to submit the form. This theme is also fully responsive so be assured this will display perfectly on all devices including smartphones and tablets. Wedding Theme comes with a fully functioning blog so that you can post exciting updates from your engagement all the way up to the big wedding day! Template also features a custom gallery blog post where you simply upload your photos from a date or event and displayed in a beautiful full window preview. This author of this WordPress theme also offers an installation service to make getting your online wedding website ready for you a breeze!

Click here to preview this beautiful WordPress Wedding Theme.

A Beginner's Guide

What is Bootstrap?

Why Use Bootstrap?

Bootstrap is Easy to Use

Bootstrap is Easy to Learn

Bootstrap is Responsive

What are the Drawbacks?

Conclusion

Looking to make a great first impression with your site’s visitors? Improve your speed. That’s right - speed makes a difference on how visitors perceive your site’s value. A slow website can actually ruin your reputation.

In fact, 47% of visitors expect your website to load within 2 seconds. And, if your website takes 3 seconds to load, 40% of visitors will hit the back button.

If that doesn’t scare you into improving your website’s loading time, this should: speed affects your page rank. Speed is part of Google’s ranking algorithm. To have a prayer of reaching page one for your keyword search in Google, you’ll need to beef up your speed.

Fortunately, it’s easy to boost your load times with WordPress. Let’s take a look at the top ways to speed up your WordPress website.

Check Your Speed

Before you begin reducing your load times, check your speed. There’s two sites that offer initial speed tests: Pingdom.com and Web Page Test. Complete the test before and again after making these adjustments.

Make Sure You’re Up to Date

It seems like every other day, WordPress is asking for you to update-- but it’s worth it to click the update button. Remember, the call to update is not there to annoy you-- it’s there to improve your site. WordPress has an active community of members who work hard to make sure that your current version of WordPress is optimized. Not only will it improve your speed, updating will enhance your site’s security and stability.

Be sure to backup your site prior to updating.

Use a Cache

There’s at least one plugin that you want to run, and that’s a caching plugin. A cache plugin basically takes a picture of your website and stores it for quicker loading. There’s several cache programs to choose from, but here’s a couple of the most popular: W3 Total Cache, WP Super Cache.

One thing to keep in mind is that some hosts may not allow the use of this type of plugin. Be sure to check with your host, optimally before signing up for a hosting account, on their policies for caching.

Load Only What’s Visible

Part of the reason your WordPress site may be loading slowly is because it’s loading all the images on your site. If you’re site is photo-heavy, there’s a plugin that can help. Meet Lazy Load, a plugin that only loads images as they become viewable on this screen. This plugin severely reduces loading demands, and can also decrease your bandwidth.

Don’t Get Carried Away With Plugins or Widgets

Although plugins and widgets are part of what makes WordPress so great, it’s easy to use too many. Having all of those extra components can decrease load times, and cause visitors to abandon before they even see how great your website is. Avoid this by getting rid of all plugins and widgets that do not directly improve user experience. (Hint: speed is also part of user experience.)

Choose a Quality Theme

There’s a lot of beautiful WordPress themes available, but don’t sacrifice speed for beauty. Here on Gridgum, we offer WordPress themes that are both beautiful and speedy. Check out themes like BizNex or inCorp for lightning fast load times.

Final Words

For whichever theme you choose, be sure to limit excess. The secret to speed is found in simplifying your theme.

Did you implement any of these tips? And did you check out your site speed before and after? Let us know in the comments below!

WordPress.com Vs WordPress.org

Which One Makes Better Sense?

In the battle of the two WordPress versions, which side should you be on? What’s the difference between WordPress.com and WordPress.org? Hint: it all comes down to functionality. If you’re interested in using WordPress, you may already know that it’s a powerful content management system (CMS). You can use WordPress to create a blog or a full-fledged website, but it can be confusing to figure out which version to use.

Getting to Know WordPress.com

WordPress.com is the hosted version. The only thing that you will need to do is sign up for an account; WordPress will take care of all of the backend, including hosting. You will receive a domain name, such as YourBlogName.wordpress.com. If you’d like a personalized www.YourBlogName.com type of domain, you can register a new one with WordPress for $18 per year, or use one you already one for $13 per year.

There are actually three versions of WordPress.com: Beginner, Premium, and Business. The Beginner option is completely free, and supported by advertisements-- but not your advertisements because this option does not allow you to monetize your site. There is an option to split revenue with WordPress through the WordAds program, but acceptance is not guaranteed.

The Beginner option also offers 3 GB of space.

The next version of WordPress.com is Premium. Premium include 13 GB of space, a custom domain, and an ad-free blog. You’ll also have the option to upload and play HD videos from your blog. This version is not free, however. Expect to pay $99 per year for this upgrade.

The final version of WordPress.com is Business. Business has unlimited space, along with everything found in the Beginner and Premium versions. Added features include unlimited premium themes, and the ability to set up shop and sell products and services from your website. This version rings up at $299 per year.

Getting To Know WordPress.org

WordPress.org is the self-hosted version. This means, although it’s free to download, you’ll need to secure hosting for your website so that it can be viewed on the Internet.

WordPress.org is much more powerful and versatile than its .com counterpart. Although you must set up everything yourself, you have complete control over your site. The only ads on your site will be there because you put them there. You won’t be trapped into the “free,” lesser quality website designs (or themes) provided by WordPress.com. Instead, you’ll have an endless supply of premium WordPress themes to choose from, like Austin, Wedding Day, or InCorp.

Both versions of WordPress are free, but you’ll acquire additional costs with WordPress.org because you’ll need to get a domain name, so that web visitors can find you. This costs around $10 per year. You’ll also need to rent space on a web host (a company who lets you use space and bandwidth on their computers.) Prices for web hosting vary, but you can secure a decent host, like M9host.com or BlueHost, for between $3 to $15 per month.

You will also want to purchase a premium WordPress theme. Although you can go free, most free themes have shoddy coding and inferior elements. If you spend the time and effort to do WordPress.org, you definitely want the end result to have a high quality look and function.

Which One Should You Choose?

On the other hand, WordPress.org is the clear choice if you’d like to have more control over how your blog looks and interacts with your visitors. You can create the perfect website without restrictions. WordPress.org is much cheaper than WordPress.com’s premium offerings and, with WordPress.org, you have complete freedom.

Choose WordPress.com for personal blogs where you don’t expect any visitors. Choose WordPress.org if you’re planning on opening up your blog to visitors.

Which WordPress version will you start today?

WordPress and Seo. Together, they can conquer the world, or at least the first page of Google. However, SEO doesn’t come bundled up with WordPress. It requires effort and strategy to optimize your WordPress for search engines. Fortunately, we’re going to get into what you need to know to create a website that’s ready for first page.

Create Pretty Permalinks

To change the way your permalinks look, go to Settings > Permalink from your WordPress dashboard. Select the “post name” option from the list. This will show your post or page’s pretty permalink.

There’s a Plugin For That

Optimize Your Meta

You can create a killer keyword packed meta description with the use of an SEO plugin. Remember, your meta description shouldn’t be stuffed with random keywords. It should make sense and sound like an intelligible sentence.

Link to Other Posts

To extend our hot dog analogy-- if you’ve written about the history of hot dogs in one post, at the end of that post, link to another page on your blog related to hot dogs, such as the top ten hot dog brands. If you don’t have anything specifically related to hot dogs, venture out to anything remotely related, such as a broader food topic, or something about New York.

How does this improve SEO? Well, it does so in two specific ways. First, Google rates a site on its internal architecture. You want the web crawlers to easily crawl through your site-- and by linking to related posts, you make it easier for them.

Second, Google rates a site on its bounce rate. If you’ve been able to hook a visitor on your initial post-- you don’t want them to leave after they’ve read it. You want them to continue to read more content on your blog. You do this by showing the reader that there’s something else they may like to read. Not only are you helping your reader, you’re also helping your ranking. The longer you can keep a visitor on your website, the lower your bounce rate, and the higher your site value in the eyes of Google.

Bonus Tip

Conclusion

Great Bootstrap Admin Dashboard Templates

When it comes to speed and function, it’s hard to go wrong with Bootstrap. If you need an admin or dashboard template for your backend that’s intuitive, easy-to-use, and affordable - we’ve got you covered. Here’s our top eight favorite dashboard templates that use the Bootstrap framework.

DashGum

An exclusive Gridgum theme, DashGum is a beautifully designed admin dashboard theme. It was built with the Bootstrap 3.2 Framework and features 33 uniquely designed HTML pages. DashGum is fully responsive, meaning that it can be accessed on multiple viewports without distortion or pinch and zoom. You can use DashGum for multiple web applications. Use DashGum for a customized admin dashboard or panel, an application backend, customer relationship management, and a project or content management system. It comes with over 40 plugins, including Google Maps, easy pie charts, form validation, Dropzone file upload, and many more.

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Wrapkit – Responsive Admin Template

Wrapkit is a fantastic Admin template that can be used for a range of web applications. This admin template is designed with an attractive look, rich features and is very easy to customize. Works well with frontend/backend frameworks like angularjs, etc. Wrapkit has a huge collection of plugins and UI components and works well on various sizes devices (desktop, tablets, and phones).

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Srikandi

Srikandi is a responsive admin template built with Bootstrap v3.1.1. This theme is great for users who need a professional, front end page design. It uses attractive icons on the navigation for easy reference and appeal. Srikandi also uses breadcrumb and pagination so you’ll always know where you are. The Srikandi theme comes with over 40 customizable pages, including a form wizard page, a form validation page, a 404 error page, an invoice page, real estate list page, a shopping cart page, and many more. You can also add a FAQ page.

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MVP Ready

MVP Ready is both an admin template and a landing page theme two in one. For the Admin template, MVP Ready is built on the Bootstrap 3.1.1 framework. It’s sleek and quick, with three dashboard layout design choices. No matter which design you go with, MVP Ready will be a lightning fast load. You’ll be able to several different admin pages, including plans & billing, account setting, FAQs, a register form, and a user profile.

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Kentut

Built with Bootstrap 3.2.0, Kentut is a responsive admin dashboard template. It’s comes with eight different color schemes for a striking appearance. You can customize the template to match your brand. It features many different pages, including a chat room page, a timeline page, a todo list page, and a basic calendar page. If you’re looking to implement a backend for your company site, Kentut is a great option.

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NG-Admin

NG-Admin is a colorful theme using the Boostrap 3.2 framework. Exclusively found on Gridgum, NG-Admin also uses the JavaScript framework, AngularJS. Use NG-Admin for all sorts of web applications, from custom admin panel to application backend. NG-Admin features support for HTML5, CSS3, and LESS. NG-Admin features five different color schemes and over 200 UI components. NG-Admin works best for backend and admin dashboards.

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Arjuna

Built with Bootstrap 3.2.0, Arjuna is responsive and beautifully designed. This theme is multi-functional, and can be used for many different purposes. You can successfully use Arjuna for a backend control panel, a membership site, or a store. Arjuna includes a store list, a chat room, an email inbox, and a calendar of events. It includes charts, widgets, and user interface elements.

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Flatomic

Flatomic is another Gridgum exclusive that features 3 templates for only one price of $15. It features a vibrantly colored dashboard with decorative icons. It includes charts, UI elements, and forms. You have a choice of buttons, typography, sliders, and grids. You can also incorporate a form wizard to help users correctly fill in forms on your site. Preview Flatomic | View Flatomic Details

Check out all of our affordable Dashboard templates, and get your own professionally built admin theme today.

Looking for a beautiful one page Bootstrap template ?

We’ve got tons! In fact, let’s take a look at the

top 9 most beautiful single page templates

using the Bootstrap foundation.

Modern Vintage

Built with Bootstrap, Vintage is quick loading, and fully responsive. The design is mostly subtle with a very intuitive layout. Modern Vintage is a clean and elegant bootstrap theme, suitable for presenting your product, app, service or brand.

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Easy

Easy is built with Bootstrap 3.1.1. Its minimalist design makes Easy quick to load. It also includes two index pages, a single work, a single blog, and a coming soon page.

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American Dream

Outfitted with a loader, American Dream is a elegant designed one page parallax theme. It uses a striking black and white color scheme which makes the parallax background more vibrant.

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Brackets

Built with Bootstrap 3.2, the Gridgum exclusive [Brackets] is a multipurpose theme that utilizes a text carousel for an impressive first impression. It also features great parallax scrolling effects and features.

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Jessica

A one page resume template, Jessica is a simple, professional, and graceful. It’s built on the Bootstrap 3.2.0 framework. Use this template to post your resume or your personal portfolio.

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SinglePort

SinglePort is another exclusive Bootstrap theme only available on Gridgum. This bootstrap theme is a fully responsive and multi-purpose one page landing template. Created with clean, minimalistic design and packed with features that works well with many types of projects.

View Details | View Preview

Need more? – Have a look at our current selection of single page themes or view our selection of bootstrap themes.

It’s that time of the month again!

At Gridgum we are still on the lookout for the best responsive themes and templates, and feel we need to offer our authors a Christmas incentive! This month we will be giving $1000 for the best responsive theme submitted by the 31st December 2014.

Click here to submit your theme today!

In 2015, web design will trend towards storytelling in a big way. More than ever, your visitors want to be entertained as well as informed. Not only is it important to tell a story, it’s also important how you tell that story. This year, web design explores how to tell a story in big ways-- from oversized video backgrounds to delightful microcopy. Let’s take a look at the top upcoming trends in web design for 2015:

1. Video Backgrounds

maaemo.no

Video backgrounds have gained a lot of popularity in the past year, and expect this trend to continue full force ahead into 2015. Video backgrounds, like the one above for Maaemo, should match the mood of your topic. Background videos provide an immediate atmosphere for your brand message, whether it’s funny, artistic, inspiring, or some other flavor.

2. Video Tutorials

changeheroes.com

Not to be confused with Video Backgrounds, Video Tutorials serve as an introduction to your site or your product. Sometimes visitors want a quick jolt of information without wading through a lot of text. At least half of your audience would rather watch a video than read. Video tutorials show feature prominently on the first page. The trend is to put these videos above the fold (before visitors need to scroll down) to capture visitors with our compulsive desire to click play.

3. Animation

lighthousebrewing.com

After years of static images, animation is making a big come back. But it’s not the cheesy gifs of the 90s. Animation in 2015 is sophisticated, subtle, and a slave to theme. Similar to Video Backgrounds, Animation should match the topic of your site. It shouldn’t be added just for kicks and giggles. It should become part of your storytelling.

4. Large Typography

wingmen.fi

Typography is the way you design and arrange words on a page. There are so many fonts to choose from: curly, basic, retro, or modern, but whatever you choose, do make sure that it’s large. Web design is trending towards large typography for titles, logos, and content.

5. Flat Design with a Twist

diagnosite.com

Flat Design was unbelievably trendy in 2014, but with the introduction of the Google Material Design language, Flat Design will continue to dominate in 2015. But don’t expect it to look as flat as it has in the past year. Designers will use shadows to create dimension, while still maintaining the trademark stylized look of flat design.

6. White Space

getden.co.uk

White space means giving your visitor’s eyes a place to rest. Web design will combine content with spacious nothingness. In this example, Den uses large typography, oversized product images, subtle animation, and plenty of negative space to sell a modern product.

7. Delightful Microcopy

smartcookie-design.co.uk

How you interact with visitors matters. Visitors aren’t just coming to your site for information. They also want an experience. In this example from Smart Cookie Design, visitors are asked for their name, and that name is used cleverly throughout the copy. Once you see your name, it compels you to read the content more closely. Web designers will use clever content to engage personalize the experience.

8. Cinemagraphs

hixsnedeker.com/projects

A mix between gifs and videos, Cinemagraphs are still images with subtle animation set to an infinite loop. A cinemagraph is like a short story that can set the mood for a blog post or product. It’s a beautiful effect when done correctly, and will increase in popularity this year as web designers use cinemagraphs as an easy way and instant way to connect with their audience. In this example from Hix Snedeker, the designer used cinemagraph as a mouseover effect.

Now that you’ve read the top web design trends for 2015, it’s time to introduce some of these hot elements into your design. But how? Let’s take a look at two of the most popular ingredients in web design and how you can easily implement them to your own design.

Video Tutorials

If you’re looking for a great way to impress your site visitors, add a video tutorial or introduction on the homepage. As we mentioned in the web design trends for 2015 article, video tutorials are different from simply having a background video on your site. Whereas background video can set the atmosphere of your site and enhance brand identity, video tutorials or introductions should serve as your visitor’s guide. Whether you’re selling a product or welcoming visitors to your site, use a homepage video to give a rapid burst of information.

The most important considerations for video tutorials:

Make It Relevant -

Unlike background videos, video tutorials should not be gratuitous. They take up prime real estate on your website, and have the power to be the most important element on your page. Make sure that it answers your visitor’s most pressing questions.

Keep It Short -

You don’t want to bore your visitor. A video tutorial should be around two minutes in duration. Anything longer and you’ll run the risk of a visitor not only ending the video but leaving your site for fear that your product is too complicated or uninterested.

Make It Professional -

You don’t need to hire a Hollywood director to make a video for your site. Remember the key elements of a good video: good lighting, clear voice, and ruthless editing.

Delightful Microcopy

The trend last year, that’s continuing into 2015, is delightful microcopy. It’s a sentence here, a phrase there, that can make your audience feel happy and connected to your brand.

Examples of microcopy are:

Help us fight spam bots! Only you can enter this Captcha! Let’s be friends. Join our newsletter now! You totally rock. Thanks for stopping by. Hey, that’s a cool email address. We’d love to hear from you.

You can sprinkle phrases around your website to increase playfulness and personality. Instead of going with the standard “submit” text on a send button, why not try “let’s do this!” or “clickety clack,” or whatever works with your brand. Go with what works with the tone of your brand, but do remember to follow these tips:

You’re Writing to Humans -

Unlike spam-bots and web crawlers, humans can appreciate a cleverly worded phrase, or a humorous sentiment. Remember who your audience is, and speak to them directly. The more specific, the better.

Don’t Get Carried Away with the Laughs -

It’s easy to become your own favorite comedian, but resist the urge. Although you may be funny, microcopy is not about being funny, it’s about connecting with your audience.

Use it Sparingly -

Although your entire content should be written in a personal style, be careful to keep your microcopy short, snappy, and to the point. It’s called microcopy for a reason. If you force people to read too much, your content loses its punch.

Final Thoughts
Follow these tips to get started on two of the hottest trends in web design for 2015.

Flash Design is not going anywhere. If it was smoking in 2014, it’s definitely on fire now in 2015. But, what are the rules of flat design? What do you need to know about this trend to make it work for your design? And, most importantly, how do you set yourself apart from the sea of similarity?

What is Flat Design?

Flat design is the opposite of 3D. It’s also the opposite of realism. There is no depth, no texture, no gradients, or drop shadows* in flat design. It is simple, often but not necessarily cartoonish, and a Chuck Norris dropkick in the face to skeuomorphism. Skeuomorphism is design that mimics 3D on a 2D surface. Here’s an example:

Wait a Minute, I’ve Seen Flat Design with Shadows

There’s flat design, and there’s almost flat design. Almost flat design has the trademark flat appearance, but with the stylized addition of shadows for a cool effect. These shadows are not drop shadows that give the faux appearance of depth. Instead, this effect is called a long shadow. Most of the time, long shadows jet out at 45 degree angles.

Although Almost flat design is almost flat design, the following commandments will apply to both.

1.Understand Your Visitor

Instead, know who you’re marketing to, and which flat elements would be best employed. This leads us to the next point:

2.It’s Not All or Nothing

3.Colors are Important

Colors also set the mood of your design. Is it retro, is it modern, is it playful, is it serious? Colors can explain it without you having to say a word.

Color matching is trickier in flat design. Color harmony can make or break your design because there’s no skeuomorphic details to fall back on. Two good resources are Flat UI Colors and Flat UI Color Picker.

4.Less is More

5.Focus on Typography

6.Translate to Offline

7.Make it Useable

8.Shape Shift

9.Embrace Ghost Buttons

10.Be Creative

The Bottom Line

Most of us don’t have the time or resources to snap our own photos and hiring professional photographers can be time consuming and costly. Introducing the ‘stock image.

As a blogger or website owner, you can never had enough stock photo resources, but who has the money to pay for premium stock? Fortunately, you don’t need to go poor trying to beautify your website. Here’s a list of 35 free (not just royalty free) stock photos for your arsenal, conveniently listed in alphabetical order.

1. Albumarium

Albumarium allows you to search by any license, and fortunately a lot of is free to use for commercial purposes.

2. Bucketlistly

Bucketlistly freely offers a collection of travel photos for your personal and commercial use. Find images from Africa, Asia, and Australia.

3. Crow the Stone

Crow the Stone bids you to use photos any way you’d like. You can also subscribe to find to get photos directly in your inbox.

4. Cupcake

Cupcake offers completely free stock images from photographer Jonas Nilsson Lee.

5. Death to the Stock Photo

Death to the Stock Photo offers free and premium images, but that doesn’t mean that the free are inferior. Free images are downloaded directly to your inbox every month.

6. DesignersPics

DesignersPics offers high resolution images without requiring contribution.

7. Foodies Free

Foodies Free is for all the foodies out there who want beautifully styled images. And these images are delectable and high resolution.

8. Stock Image Pointake

Free Stock Image Point allows you to subscribe for free to use photos. You can also search the website for the specific image you need.

9. Gratisography

Gratisography lets you use images for commercial or personal projects. New photos are added weekly.

10. ISO Republic

 

ISO Republic provides high quality images. You can find textures here, also.

11. Jay Mantri

Jay Mantri offers 7 new photos every Thursday, no strings attached.

12. Jeshoots

Jeshoots is high resolution, free for business photos without the need to pay attribution. Also, you can sign up for photos in your inbox.

13. Kaboom Pics

 

Kaboom Pics lets you search for photos in fashion, food, architecture, and beyond.

14. Life of Pix

Life of Pix lifts copyright restrictions and offers a huge gallery of high resolution photos. 

15. Little Visuals

Little Visuals delivers 7 high resolution images to your inbox every 7 days. 

16. Lock and Stock Photos

Lock and Stock Photos has absolutely beautiful images for free.

17. Magdaleine

Magdaleine curates images from all over the web. Be sure to check permissions, because some images require attribution. 

18. MMT.li

MMT.li is brought to you by Jeffrey Betts with new photos every week. It features macro, high resolution images. 

19. MorgueFile

MorgueFile has been around for a while, but there’s a reason. It’s still one of the best options for high quality photos.

20. Moveast

Moveast offers free photos from the far east.

21. New Old Stock

New Old Stock provides vintages photos that are free of copyright.

22. Pexels

Pexels promises the best photos in one place. It sources photos from all over the world.

23. Photopin

Photopin is similar to Pexels. Use it to search for Flickr photos.

24. PicJumbo

PicJumbo provides free photos for commercial and personal use.

25. Picography

has high resolution images to use in whatever way you’d like.

26. Pixabay

Pixabay is one of my favorites. Easy to search, and with a huge inventory of images.

27. Re:Splashed

Re:Splashed offers close to 600 unparalleled photos for your web and design projects.

28. Refe

Refe offers free mobile photos from Tomas Laurinavicius.

29. Snapwire Snaps

Snapwire Snaps offers 7 photos every 7 days.

30. Startup Stock Photos

Startup Stock Photos provides photos of and for startups.

31. StockPholio

StockPholio curates images from Flickr, but offers a very easy to use interface.

32. Stokpic

Stokpic offers free high resolution photos of all categories, including tech, sports, fitness, fashion, and abstract.

33. Travel Coffee Book

Travel Coffee Book provides 10 new photos every 10 days. Images are truly coffee book worthy.

Do you have any free photo resources not listed on this page? Let us know and we’ll add it here.

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Just like the Universe, there’s an ever expanding number of websites on the Internet. With all of the competition, it’s important to find simple ways to surprise and engage your visitors, so that they continue to visit again and again.

A lot of people think content is the most important part of a website. That may be true, but it’s also true that no one wants to read a textbook over the Internet. Even if your information is valuable, readers won’t like being on your site because it’s no fun. And eventually, they’ll find a site that combines information with fun. Don’t let them leave! Here’s how to delight your readers into loyalty:

1. Good User Interface

For starters, consider your navigation icons. Will your audience understand what the icon links to without clicking on it first. A perfect example of this is the magnifying glass icon for search. Most users understand that icon will take them to a search box. However, if you get cute and put a icon that depicts a mountain there instead, it decreases your site’s usability.

Remember, you don’t have to reinvent the wheel-- just tweak it. Spend time finding, or creating, an icon set that matches your design aesthetic.

2. Get Intuitive

An example: link to related topics in the body of your posts. Don’t just wait until the end of the post. If I’m discussing where to buy WordPress themes, I can casually add that link so that if you’re interested, you can find out more about it. You can’t rely on visitors to search your site for related topics, but you can rely on them to click on links that you graciously present in front of them.

3. Delightful Microcopy

Examples: instead of saying “Your email message,” write something like, “We can’t wait to hear from you” or, “Ain’t nobody got time for spam.” Choose something that will charm your audience.

4. Start Here

5. Videos

Videos are also a fine choice for other types of posts, such as travelogues where you can expand on your written text.

6. Podcasts

7. Add Personal Photos

8. Blog in a Real Voice

9. Animate

10. Personalize Your 404 Page

The Bottom Line

When you hear the phrase, “Animation in Web Design,” do images of bouncing balls pop in your mind? You remember, the gratuitous design elements of yesteryear that had absolutely nothing to do with functionality, user experience, or site design-- animation that was only there to say, “Hey, I’m a cutting edge designer. Look at the cool tricks I can copy and paste from a clip art gallery site.” (Which is, by the way, how I found this little gem. Yes, these sites are still around.)

Let me start off by saying we are not attempting to recreate this type of animation in the scope of this article. In fact, we’re going to just scroll the page down a little bit to obscure the annoyance of a constant ball animation loop, and get to the good stuff.

The Good Stuff

First Things First

Animation for Everyone

Don’t Be Overly Gratuitous

Animation can also refer to your brand. For example, this animated text fill:

Use Loaders

Animate For User Experience

Final Thoughts

If you’ve had the opportunity to check out our article, 33 Resources for Finding Fresh, Free Stock Photos, you now have a lot of stock images for your website. But, you may not want to upload the image without adding your own personal touch.

Fortunately, you can tweak stock images without hours on Photoshop. There’s plenty of online photo editors you can use. Two popular choices are PicMonkey and Canva, both free and full of editing options. For this guide, we’ll use Canva.

This is the image we’ll be working with. Happy horses, found on Unsplash.

1. Add Text

2. Make it Black and White

3. Go Instagram

4. Add Stickers

5. Crop It!

6. Add a Bokeh

7. Add Quotes

8. Frame It

The Final Word

Now that you’ve found the perfect Wordpress theme for your website or blog, it’s time to customise it so that the design reflects your voice and your brand identity. There’s no shortage of ways to personalise your WordPress theme, but we’re going to concentrate on actions you can do within the next 30 minutes to take it from generic to exclusive.

1. Add a Tagline

2. Change Your Permalink Structure

While you’re in your dashboard’s Settings, head on down to the Permalinks option. Here, you want to change your Permalinks structure from Default to Post Name. Why? Two reasons. You want to increase your search engine optimization (SEO) by using the keywords in your post’s title. Also, and more importantly, humans are going to read your blogs, so a descriptive permalink is more user friendly. Which would you rather click: www.myblog.com/my-year-with-dragons www.myblog.com/?=p179

3. Add a Favicon

That little icon to the left of the tab title is called a favicon. It’s also what shows up when you bookmark a page. Your theme may come with a default favicon, but why not customize it for extra brand awareness? Adding a favicon is straightforward. You’ll locate a favicon you like, or create one yourself. Here’s two great resources for favicon creation: Favicon Generator and Favicon.cc. Once you have the perfect favicon, save it as an .ico and upload it with your host’s file manager. This will overwrite the current generic favicon.

4. Add Google Fonts

If you’re a font junkie like me, you should definitely explore your font options. Of course, you can’t just add any old font onto your WordPress site. Why? Because unless the browser has the font installed, it will only show the default font. Google to the rescue! Google actually contains a font library of over 650 font families. This means, when you install one of those fonts on your site, it will actually display the correct font for your visitors. Installing Google Fonts on Wordpress is dead simple. All you need is a plugin. This one, specifically. You can either download it or access it from your dashboard’s Plugin tab.

5. Change the Background Colors

Sometimes you love a theme, but the default background colors don’t match your brand. Perhaps you want it to be more feminine, or maybe more monotone. Don’t give up hope! Many of the WordPress themes here on Gridgum offer a backend customizer, but if you find one that doesn’t, you can still change the colors easily. Go to Appearances tab and select Background. Next, change the color or even upload a textured image to serve as your background. Here's a great resource for free website textures.

6. Customize Your Login Page

7. Get Social

8. Add an Opt-in Box

You need a newsletter. First of all, if you run a blog, you want subscribers to stay updated and connected to your valuable information. You can reach out personally to your readership and ask them to join you. This is called email marketing. Fortunately, there’s a lot of great email marketing solutions out there to try, but our favorite is MailChimp for WordPress because you can customize it to match your color scheme. Plus, it’s free, and it’s a plugin, so it can’t get much easier than that!

9. Leave a Comment

Final Thoughts

How to install a WP theme Easily ?

Now that you’ve found the perfect WordPress theme, what’s the easiest way to install it? If you’ve ever messed around with hosting, FTPs, or cPanels, you know that uploading your website can be a nightmare, especially for a beginner who’s not interested in becoming a web developer.

Before You Start

Installing a Theme Through WordPress

Click on Add New, then Upload Themes. Next, choose the purchased theme and press Install Now. It should remain in .zip file format. Don’t worry, WordPress will unzip it automatically.

After uploading the file, you can then activate it. And you’re ready to customize the theme to suit your needs. That was easy!

If You Need Help

And just like any home, when you invite visitors to stop by, you want them to relax and stay for a while. But what if your furniture is uncomfortable to sit in? Or you still have a Christmas tree up in August? Or, you have bugs?

Taking that metaphor over to web design:

So, what’s the solution?

Here’s a handy guide for what to look for in a website, and why these elements work:

1. Look for Simplicity

Simple doesn’t mean boring. In the Newsright WordPress template, simple means clean. Your visitors don’t feel rushed or overwhelmed. The oversized text draws you in and the exciting color scheme makes you stay for a while. The uncomplicated navigation and layout is especially useful if selling items. You don’t want the customer to be confused when trying to check out.

2. Look for Visual Storytelling

They say a picture is worth a thousand words, and the Jedkey WordPress theme proves it. Compel users at first glance with oversized photos. You don’t need to be a photographer to use this theme. You just need an audience that’s captivated by imagery-- and, that’s every audience. Use this theme, or one like it, for a fashion blog, portfolio, interactive vacation album, or storefront.

3. Look for the Single Page Websites

Unless you’re operating a huge site with lots of content, you can probably go for a simpler, single page theme like Profilrr. This theme uses an oversized background photo, which helps you convey the mood of your site. When visitors click a link, instead of going to another page, they are sent to specific location on the same page. Visitors can also scroll at their own pace. This is great if you want to publish your CV online to really impress your potential employer. The beauty of this responsive theme is the subtle animations that are sophisticated but not fussy.

4. Use Video

Short, looping videos are a popular trend in web design. You can’t see it from this still, but the inCorp WordPress theme features a video snippet that immediately captures the mood of the site. This theme also features a hideaway menu that’s easy to access. The oversized icons are playfully animated, which makes the site fun for users to interact with.

In Closing

Are you committing one of the 8 deadly mistakes with your WordPress site? These mistakes are so common that most of us are guilty of at least one. If you ignore these problems, your site could slow to a grinding halt, your search engine rankings could plummet, and your site could be hacked and stolen from you.

1. Not Hacker-Proofing Your Site

The next step is to have a strong password. If you need help coming up with a password, consider a tool like Strong Password Generator. Use it along with a password keeper, like LastPass.

2. Not Changing the Permalink Structure

3. Not Being Mobile Friendly

4. Not Backing Up Your Site

5. Not Using an SEO Plugin

6. Opting For Free or Nulled Sites over Premium

7. Not Using a Cache Plugin

8. Installing Too Many Plugins

Now that you know the most common mistakes on WordPress, it’s time to avoid them like the plague! Don’t put it on your to-do list, start right away and then come back and let us know which mistake(s) you corrected. We’d love to hear about them in the comments below!

Now that you’ve found the perfect design for your website, the next step is securing a web host for your site. Are you unsure of what a web host is and what to look for? Don’t worry. We’ve got you covered. Here’s what you need to know about choosing the right host for your Gridgum theme.

First, What’s a Host?

What’s This About Bandwidth?

Hostgator

- We recently partnered with HostGator as our preferred hosting choice. Why? Because we believe in their award-winning web hosting, quality customer service, and truly affordable prices. Web hosting shouldn’t cost a fortune, and it shouldn’t be hard to get started. With HostGator, you get a one click install for popular CMS, like WordPress. Hosting starts at $3.96 per month for the Hatching plan. This plan hosts one single domain, most common amongst. Next is the most popular plan, the Baby plan. This one is $6.36 per month, and includes unlimited disk space and bandwidth (no need to worry about a crash). The third plan is the Business plan for $10.36 per month. In addition to unlimited storage and bandwidth, users receive free SSL and IP, and a free toll free number. If all of this isn’t persuasive enough, we're offering 30% off using the Gridgum coupon code (GRIDGUM) at the checkout. Join the nearly 10 million users who have HostGator and love it. If you don’t, HostGator is backed by a 45 day money back guarantee.

BlueHost

- Next up is the popular BlueHost. Although not our preferred host, we do notice that BlueHost is one cent cheaper than HostGator and offers a decent feature list. All plans include unlimited bandwidth, but the Starter plan (at $3.95 per month) only offers 100GB of storage space. For $3 per month additionally, you can upgrade to unlimited storage. The best part of BlueHost is their generous refund and proration policy. If you’re dissatisfied with BlueHost, you can receive your money back within the first 30 days. You are also free to stop at any time and receive the prorated balance. You’re not locked into a contract with BlueHost.

A Small Orange

- A Small Orange does not provide unlimited. Users pay $35 per year for the Tiny plan, which includes 500MB of storage and 5GB of bandwidth. For $5 per month, users of the Small plan are upgraded to 5GB of storage and 50GB of bandwidth. The Medium plan is $10 per month and goes up to 15GB of storage and 150GB of bandwidth. Finally, the Large plan is a whooping $20 per month with 30GB of storage and 500GB of bandwidth. Although A Small Orange is a teeny bit expensive for what it offers, it does provide a killer guarantee. Love it within 90 days or get your money back. It gives users a full 3 months to try the product for themselves.

Forget the spreadsheets. When it comes to generating reports, creating admin panels, and sharing company information, there’s an app for that. And, where there’s apps, there’s also app templates, better known as dashboard templates, that you can install to beautify and simplify your visual data and administrative web needs.

Wait, What Exactly is an Dashboard Template Used for?

What Features are Important to You?

1. Calendar Needs - MyAdmin

Are calendars important for you and your team? Consider MyAdmin, which features a calendar you can view by day, week, or month. Easily add events to your calendar with the click of a button.

2. Responsiveness - Angular X

Need to access your admin panel on the go? If the ability to view your dashboard over your mobile phone or tablet is important to you, choose Angular X. This top seller is designed to look great on smaller screens.

3. Animation - Omega

Do you love animation and colorful design? Are you customizing this dashboard for someone who appreciates extra design? Omega has just the right bit of whimsy for page loads, flat map animations, and a few other features.

4. Ticketing System - Veneto

For those who need a support ticketing system, Veneto is a great choice. Get instant access to issues on your team profile page, and prioritize them according to urgency.

5. Chat Function - Alpha

Looking to add private chat in your dashboard? Look no further than Alpha. Users can chat with others in the main dashboard. You can also take notes, create a to-do list, and check email with Alpha.

6. Create a Store - Arjuna

Would you like to set up a store with special, exclusive prices for just your team, or your elite subscribers? With Arjuna, you can create a store behind the login curtain.

7. Free Support - DashGum

Available exclusively to Gridgum customers, DashGum offers free support when you need it. This bootstrap theme is one of our most popular, and with good reason. It offers 40 plugins, 33 HTML pages, and is responsive on any size viewport.

Have you heard of content marketing? It’s a popular marketing technique that’s taken the web by storm. Instead of the old days where sites relied on direct advertisements to sell products and services, content marketing is sophisticated, smooth, and often free.

So, What Exactly is Content Marketing?

All of this is an example of product placement and, when done effectively, it doesn’t annoy us or turn us off. In fact, it often does the opposite. It adds dimension and realism to the character. It makes the character relatable because maybe you drink the same cola or use the same computer. The keyword here is relatable. Content marketing is similar to product placement. Instead of a movie, your content may be a blog, a newsletter, or a webinar. And the product you’re marketing is typically a good or service. Maybe you’re selling t-shirts, cigars, online courses, eBooks, or one on one consultations. Instead of buying ad space, you create a blog that builds a case for your product. Let’s take the t-shirt example. Let’s say you sell funny t-shirts. Your blog will not be “buy a t-shirt, pretty please.” That’s kinda desperate. Instead, you will make a blog highlighting the most popular t-shirts for pregnant women, the best movie themed t-shirts, and t-shirts that every geek should own. You get the idea. Throughout and at the end of the posts, you link to the t-shirts relevant to your posts.

Solve a Problem

An Actionable Guide

What’s Your Ultimate Goal?

Where Will Your Audience Come From?

Where Will They Go?

When people come to your site, does it truly represent your brand?

Paid .vs Free?

What’s Your USP?

Your unique selling point, or USP, is what hooks your visitors. Is your brand about simplicity? Your website should be too. Eliminate multiple colors and go for two or three complementary tones. Have a look at Minimalist One Page for a bit of inspiration. Is your USP connected to innovation? Consider a website that uses creative, non-traditional elements, such as the Pixel WordPress theme.

Are You Using the Right Photos and Video?

A great way to convey your brand personality is to use pictures (both stationary and motion). They say a picture is worth a thousand words, and it’s true that the brain processes visuals 60,000 times faster than other content. Fortunately, there’s a wealth of resources for stock imagery. We’ve discussed it before here and here. You don’t have to go broke beautifying your site with these resources.

Are You Using the Right Colors?

Are You Advertising?

If you plan to advertise on your website, does your selected theme allow space of ads? Most ads work best in the sidebar to the right of the content. The Clay Responsive WordPress theme is one of the best options for allowing advertising on your blog, without it being obtrusive or too pushy. It’s Your Turn What your website’s color story? Does it match your brand personality?

Good news, we’ve got free themes for you

Here at Gridgum we’re proud to announce the launch of our new range of freemium themes. Every month we’ll be releasing new Bootstrap, WordPress and Admin themes free for you to download. Our free themes are developed by the same authors who develop our awesome premium themes, so you know they’re going to be good. To check them out and download them click here. Here's some examples:

Sumo - Free WordPress theme

Sumo is a a great free theme built by blacktie and gents themes. It's a great one page site perfect for the launch of a new app or to advertise the services you offer. The landing page offers a clean layout with an easy to read structure making it simple for your customer to find out exactly what your app is or what services you offer. And the best part? This WordPress theme is absolutely free! Click here to find out more information and download it now.

Dashgum Basic

Dashgum Basic is a free Admin and Dashboard theme designed to help you monitor your websites status with 15 pages for you to use. This freemium theme features charts, tables, a lot of panels, calendars, notifications, to do lists and more. Download your free theme and enjoy it now.

Flatty

Flatty, the free landing page theme is another great product and app display site. It features the latest web design trends, flat design and material design. Using the Bootstrap framework, this free theme is fully responsive and can be yours to use now. Click here to find out more information and download it. [ssba]

Are you a business or a blogger? A corporation or a creative entrepreneur? Do you work with a team or solo? Are you looking to set up shop or share your feisty opinions?

Choosing the right bootstrap theme to match the tone of your brand is vital to your success. The perfect theme lends credibility and personality to your brand. It also engages your site visitor and guides them to the right course of action. Whether you want them to buy from you and read what you have to say.

Are you looking for the right bootstrap theme? We can help! Let’s take a look at 10 incredible options.

Personal Portfolio

- Great for photographers, bloggers, designers, and creatives, the Modern Vintage One Page Portfolio Theme is effortlessly cool. If you appreciate the feel of parallax, mixing imagery with text, and oversized background photos, this bootstrap theme is perfect.

Background Video

- Do you love the look of a full screen background video? Consider Cubana - Multipurpose Template. A full screen background video instantly draws the visitor into the story. Looking for high quality stock videos that won’t break the bank (because they’re free)? Try out Pexels Videos.

Animations for User Delight

- One of the best ways to add personality to your page is with little unexpected animations that delight the user. Consider our Bootranner - Multipurpose bootstrap theme for all of its perky CSS animations and transitions. Customize the animations to suit your tastes.

Business Only

- Are you strictly corporate with no room for magic? Well, maybe a little magic? Try Carboot-Corporate Website Template for a buttoned-up, but eye-catching design that maximizes white space and minimizes the color story. The result: professional, clean, and easy to navigate.

Drum Up Excitement

- Looking for a way to capture emails pre-launch? Do you need a way for visitors to contact you even though your site isn’t ready yet? Consider the Reactia - Coming Soon parallax template. This template features a nifty animation with a countdown clock. It also includes space for a 3 demo layout.

Pizza

- If you’re planning on running a Pizzeria on your bootstrap site, go for the Pizza Responsive Bootstrap theme. This theme allows your customers to shop pizza online. You also have a dedicated shopping page where you can list your items for sell, along with a photo, title, price, and rating.

Flat Design, Here We Come

- Is your brand contemporary? Do you love flat design? If you answered yes to those questions, here’s the bootstrap theme for you: the WeFlat Bootstrap Responsive Theme. This theme is modern without losing warmth and flat without losing perspective. It’s great for any brand that embraces freshness and innovation.

2. Hero Headers: The big photos that occupy the top half (or more) of the screen are known as hero headers and if you have strong visuals, this is a must do. Users are drawn to great visuals and a hero header can work as a single image, image slider or in a video format. The only real key is that the visual has big impact.

3. Ghost Buttons: This subtle button style has quickly found its way into plenty of site outlines. Popular because it works on top of images or backgrounds while allowing the image to come through, ghost buttons are a way to create a call to action that is not a standard red box that asks users to “click here.” Ghost buttons are stylish and easy to implement. One thing to keep in mind with this trend though is that your button text needs to be for clicks and may need to be a little larger than previous button-text styles.

4. Oversized Text: Make the words big so that users can’t help but read them. Gone are the days of websites with lots of pieces of text on the home page in favor of just three to five words that grab the user. Good copywriting is key. (So is mastering the art of typography.) 

5. Sticky Navigation: If your website uses a lot of scroll, consider a navigation style that “sticks” to the top or bottom of the screen as users move through the page. Sticky navigation can lead to longer time on site because users can easily move from page to page without “getting lost” in the scroll. (For mobile, sticky navigation often folds into one of the sides of the screen.)

6. Crazy Colors: Vibrant, bright color is engaging. Try adding one fun hue for visual impact.

7.No Color: The other extreme in color can work as well, consider a black and white or no color site concept to entice users.

8. Intense Contrast: From elements that are really large to small items surrounded with plenty of open space, add layers of intense contrast to your site. Think yin and yang to create paired elements that are of different extremes – size, color, space, texture, or language and tone. 9. Minimalism: The minimal design style has made a true comeback. The less is more philosophy works well for sites with strong content and identity. Pick the one thing (or two at the most) you really want users to know about and focus on that with the design.

10. Single-Page Designs: “Scroll” is not a bad word any more. One-page websites can be a great way to introduce users to your company, brand or site. (There’s even a while website devoted to this design style – One Page Love.) While you might not be ready to completely rethink your website plan, the addition of a new landing page in this design style could be an attractive option.

10 web Design Book Of Trends

1. “Steal Like an Artist” by Austin Kleon http://www.amazon.com/Steal-Like-Artist-Things-Creative/dp/0761169253/

2. “Graphic Design: The New Basics (2^nd Edition)” by Ellen Lupton and Jennifer Cole Phillips http://www.amazon.com/Graphic-Design-Edition-Revised-Expanded/dp/161689332X/

Just released, the revised and expanded edition of this volume is impressive and packed with knowledge from some of the best in the business. Much of the book is focused on some theory and basic concepts but includes great examples and new sections on how to use color and work within grid systems.

3. “Package Design Workbook: The Art and Science of Successful Packaging” by Steven DuPuis http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1592537081/

4. “Whatever You Are, Be a Good One” by Lisa Congdon http://www.amazon.com/Whatever-You-Good-Inspirational-Hand-Lettered/dp/1452124833

5. “TM: The Untold Stories Behind 29 Classic Logos” by Mark Sinclair http://www.amazon.com/TM-Untold-Stories-Behind-Classic/dp/1780671652

6. “Designing Brand Identity” by Alina Wheeler http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1118099206/

7. “Becoming Steve Jobs: The Evolution of a Reckless Upstart unto a Visionary Leader” by Brent Schlender http://www.amazon.com/Becoming-Steve-Jobs-Evolution-Visionary/dp/0385347405/

8. “Typographic Universe” by Steven Heller http://books.wwnorton.com/books/detail.aspx?ID=4294982305

9. “Design by Nature: Using Universal Forms and Principles in Design” by Maggie Macnab http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0321747763

10. “On Writing” by Stephen King http://www.amazon.com/Writing-10th-Anniversary-Memoir-Craft/dp/1439156816/

10 Font Combinations for Design Project

Starting a new design project and baffled about font options? With so many available choices thanks to services like Google Fonts and Typekit, it can be a little overwhelming to get started with a fresh typography palette. So where do you start? Most projects use a couple of type families to ensure consistency and readability throughout a project. (So here, we’ll focus on font pairs that we love.) Then, select a font pair that fits. Select two different styles of typeface – such as a serif and a sand serif – and consider using multiple weights within the type family. Think about the shape and size of letterforms as well. A good tip is to look at the “o” for each font. Do they have a similar shape and slant? The best pairs usually do. If you don’t have time for a full font review ahead of your project, we’ve rounded up a few typeface pairs that we love for you to use in your projects, with a look at the basic emotional connection and use for each font. 1. Lustria and Lato: The serif Lustria and sans serif Lato (a quite popular web font) create an easy to read and interesting pair. Lustria, when use in big type, adds a flair to the design with a light feel and nice flourishes on the letterforms. The result is a type pair that’s easy to use in a number of ways. Lustria:

Lato:  

2. Rancho and Gudea: Have a little fun with your fonts. This pairing includes the lighthearted Rancho – perfect for headers – and the simple, medium stroke with Gudea as a body font. The combination has a nice weight to it without being overpowering and could work well in a design that put text over images or a colored background. Gudea:

3. Ostrich and Didact Gothic: If you are looking for a headline that features a simple outline style, Ostrich is a fun choice. Didact Gothic works as a simple body font to that does not get in the way. Both typefaces have a somewhat neutral feel and can work in a variety of styles. Didact Gothic:  

4. Rochester and Abadi MT Condensed Light: (http://fontsgeek.com/fonts/Abadi-MT-Condensed-Light-Regular) This fun combination pairs the script Rochester with a simple condensed sans serif for a combination that is light and has a somewhat feminine feel. The idea of the pairing is to maximize text space with the thinner Abadi while adding a lot of interest with a script used sparingly for accent.

5. Myriad Black (http://www.fontpalace.com/font-download/MyriadPro-Black/) and Minion: (http://www.fontpalace.com/font-download/Minion+Pro/) For a different take on projects, try a bold sans serif for headlines and big text and interesting serif for body text. The combination can feel a little too light for some professional applications but has a nice fit when it comes to weight and usage.

6. Georgia and Helvetica: What’s nice about this combination is you would use the fonts in almost any combination when it comes to size and placement, because each type style is fairly neutral. The result when used together is a more formal style that works for sites that want readability without a focus on the text.

7. Playfair Display and Open Sans: There’s a hint for you in the name “Playfair Display” – a typeface with display in the name is often designed for larger use, such as headlines. Playfair Display is such an option with a nice modern look for a serif style. Open Sans is a popular mid-weight typeface that is popular in website design. The combination can be used in a number of ways and tends to take on the feel of surrounding visuals.

Playfair:

8. Alfa Slab Serif (http://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/alfa-slab) and Nixie One: It’s not often in web design that designers pair two serif styles but this combination of the bold slab and thin pair make a stunning combination. The result has a more universal feel, although a bit on the masculine side, that can work for promos posters or other designs. Nixie One:

 

9. Oswald and Droid Sans: Putting together two fonts of any style can be a little tricky, but the pair of Oswald for big text and Droid Sans for smaller lettering can impress. The thick stokes of Oswald offset the simpler body typeface. The feel is quite neutral and can work for almost any project. Oswald:  

Droid Sans:

 

10. Lobster and Arimo: While some designers may argue that Lobster is overused, this is one of the easiest script-style typefaces to use because it does not have a distinctly feminine feel. The thick strokes and simple ties between letters are modern and pair well with Arimo as a body style, which is easy to read and simple. Lobster:

 

Arimo:

10 Ways to Minimalism Incorporate In Your Next Design Project

1. Limit the color palette. Minimal color can still be a lot of fun; just focus in on one hue that you like and use it throughout. Opt for something bright and fun for small accents or consider something darker and moody for a monochromatic-style look.

2. Strip out the design tricks. While your design does not have to be stripped down to the level of the flat style, you should strip out most of the tricks when thinking about a minimal framework. If you are going to use a trick such as a gradient or drop shadow or animation, stick to one such element.

3. Use plenty of space. A key concept when it comes to minimalism is space. Incorporate a little more space into the overall design than you might be comfortable with to start. Get used to the more open feeling of the design before you start to add elements back into the layout. And remember space does not have to be white, space on a background is ok too; the goal is to give each element room to stand on its own.

4. Use a single font family. Use multiple weights or sizes of a single font to emphasize the simple nature of the design. Opt for typefaces that use clean lines and strokes and are easy to read. If you use a high-drama type style for the big words on the screen, you can add a secondary font for other text elements, but use a style that is simple as possible – likely a sans serif with a uniform and medium stroke width.

5. Make your logo white. One of the things that can be tough when working with logos is all the color. Especially when you put a logo next to (or inside of) an image or with a bit of text. Take the logo back to its skeleton and use it without color. The simplified logo should still stand out when used with other elements that offer plenty of visual stimulation.

6. Use a defined grid. Minimalist frameworks are organized. Set a grid for the design and stick to it. Unlike with some other styles where you don’t want to see how the grid falls, minimalist styles often fall into distinct grid patterns. If this is not something you have done before, it can be a fun change of pace.

7. Think in geometric shapes. Think outside the box when it comes to the shapes for images and other elements. Create a site outline that uses another style of geometric shape to create interest in an open and minimal design scheme.

8. Simplify the language. The words on the screen should have the same feel as the rest of the visuals. Make sure to use simple, plain and direct language so that the visual and readable tone match.

9. Think in black and white. It may seem a little cliché but many minimal frameworks focus on black and white color outlines (with maybe one brighter accent hue). The lack of color can help emphasize the simplicity you are trying to convey and help the design come together. When in doubt with a minimal design project, strip every element away and build the design back slowly with intentional pieces.

10. Hide the navigation. Consider a hidden navigation style for minimal designs to increase the amount of whitespace available and to remove clutter from the canvas. Hamburger icon menus are a popular option as are navigation options that slide out as a sidebar or from the top or bottom of the screen.

Do This Immediately or as soon as possible:)

1. Set Up Your PayPal

2. Get an Accounting and Invoicing Tool

3. Create Your Own Website

4. Create a Blog

5. Sign Up for Social Media

6. Apply for Jobs Like it is Your Job

7. Master Your Email

• Check email at designated times during the day (99% of the time, it’s not so important that it can’t wait a few hours).
• Turn off email notifications on your smartphone. They’ll only tempt you to check in.
• Keep your email direct and to the point. No one has all day to read novels in email form.
• If scheduling a meeting, offer multiple meeting time possibilities to cut down on back and forth emails.

8. Don’t Forget About Taxes

9. Schedule Everything

10. Plan Ahead for Rainy Days

Final Thoughts

• 1. Make it pop! (I’ll pop you with my pica pole if you say that one more time.)
• 2. Something does not look right. (Fine … what is it? You won’t hurt my feelings.)
• 3. Can you just Photoshop it? (Photo editing will not make a bad photo look good, but I can make it as silly as you like.)
• 4. Can you do this real quick? (Do you want it to be any good?)
• 5. Just stretch it to fill the space. (You do understand basic branding, right? And that logo won’t actually be your logo anymore.)
• 6. It looks good on my screen. (It will not look good when we put it on a billboard … unless you really like pixels.)
• 7. Can we fill up all that white space? (Only if you don’t want focus.)
• 8. Can you make it like this thing I saw on Facebook? (Well, that would be design plagiarism.)
• 9. The images are in this Word document. (Seriously? I’m just going to bang my head on the desk now.)
• 10. It needs more fonts. (Noooooooo!)
• 11. Can you put something in all this wasted space? (Space is part of the design, without it no one is going to look at this thing.)
• 12. I got this logo for $5. (That’s why it looks so bad.)
• 13. You need, um, special software to do that? Can I have it? (Sure, but it’s not cheap and you’ll probably never actually use it.)
• 14. I’ll know it when I see it. (So what you are saying is you want five design options for the price of one?)
• 15. Make it way more creative. (What exactly is “creative?” Some idea of what you want would be nice.)
• 16. I started the design for you. (Thanks, but no thanks. I’ll have to start from scratch anyway.)
• 17. Make it bigger. (I understand proportions. Just because you paid for that logo does not mean it should be used as a dominant element. Making it bigger is not the answer.)
• 18. We’ve been working on this project for six months; can you have the website ready tomorrow? (Why are you just now coming to me? Design takes time.)
• 19. Make it unique. (I had been planning to steal something off the internet, but thanks for clarifying.)
• 20. Just make it pretty. (I’ll put a bow on it, how about that?)

Are you looking for a quick pick-me-up to help you imagine what’s possible? Bookmark this page right away and then check out these favorite design inspiration sites that are sure to stir up your own creativity.

Design Inspiration Sites

1. Designspiration

Designspiration collects killer art, photography, and design for around the web. Search is dead-simple. Just start typing anywhere. Another plus-- Designspiration is safe to pursue from your workplace because it’s nudity-free.

2. Behance

Behance has a mission to empower the creative world. On this site, by Adobe, you can take a peek inside the personal and professional portfolios of the world’s greatest creatives. It’s free to join, but the designs are premium.

3. Awwwards

Awwwards is a website that recognizes the most beautiful website designs on the web. Search by categories, tags, color, and country. Peruse nominees and winners for daily inspiration. You’ll find some unbelievable feats of web design that are sure to make your jaw drop.

4. Inspiration Grid

Inspiration Grid is a creative showcase offering up a daily serving of free inspiration. Whether you’re interested in graphic design, architecture, photography, typography, illustration, or more, Inspiration Grid has you covered.

5. 500px

Two Words: Luscious photography. 500px features some of the best photographs on the planet. With over 50 million photos to look through, it’s easy to spend hours on this well designed site. Immerse yourself in beautiful photography, some of which are available as stock images.

6. Abduzeedo

Abduzeedo has been around for almost a decade, and remains cutting edge and brilliant. Check out this site for amazing design-related tutorials you won’t find anywhere else on the web.

7. Pinterest

You’re probably familiar with Pinterest as a “chick” site, but it’s actually a great place to search for design inspiration. It excels in illustration, graphic design, and resume design.

8. Niice

Niice is like Pinterest for the design crowd. You can collect and save your inspirational imagery on your own moodboards, or simply search without creating an account. Clicking on the image takes you directly to the source.

9. UCreative

If you love reading about the creative process, definitely bookmark UCreative for an insightful, behind-the-scenes glimpse. You’ll find art here that you can’t find anywhere else.

10. From up North

Subscribe to From up North for weekly roundups delivered straight to your inbox. Inspiration here ranges from packaging to digital art to clothing. Be sure to check out the articles on From up North as well for great insight on the design process.

Do you have any favorite design inspiration sites that we missed? Let us know in the comments below. Happy bookmarking!

Are you looking for an easy way to spruce up your website? You’re in luck-- we’ve actually got 10 ways to update your website. These simple tweaks can enhance the look and feel of your site, increase your site views, and encourage first time visitors to become loyal community members. Most of these tips can be implemented right after you read this post. So, are you ready to get started? Let’s go!  

Easy Tweaks

1. Update Your Copyright Date

2. Create a Email Subscription

3. Create a Start Here Page

4. Add Images (link to the stock list)

5. Create a Style Guide

• Fonts (no more than three please)
• Photo dimensions
• Color scheme (here’s a great site to find beautiful color schemes)

6. Add Google Analytics & Use It

7. Change Font Size

8. Tweak Your Text

9. Avoid Obnoxious Pop Ups

10. Create a Stronger Contact Me Page

Final Thoughts

When you’re just starting out with a website, you may not have the money to purchase a premium. And, if that’s the case, you definitely don’t have the budget to hire a professional web designer. But, don’t worry! You can still have an amazing looking website for free (no one has to know).   We scoured the Internet for the highest rated and best quality free WordPress themes that are so awesome you may not even want to upgrade to premium. But, if you do, be sure to check out our list of premium WordPress themes that you’re sure to love. For now, let’s take a list at the top free WordPress themes.  

• 1. Accelerate is one of the most popular free WordPress themes because of its multi-purpose flexibility. Use it for personal, business, your blog, or your portfolio.
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• 2. Ascent has been downloaded over 25,000 times. It’s lightweight, easy to use (for both you and your visitors), and is highly rated.
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• 3. Customizer, as its name suggest, is easy to customize, and absolutely beautiful. That’s the reason why its been downloaded for a million times.
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• 4. Dazzling is a free theme from the folks at Colorlib. It comes with impressive support (not always possible for free themes). Lots of great features on Dazzling, such as Infinite Scroll, Featured Slider, WooCommerce Integration, and Unlimited Color Options.
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• 5. DW Timeline offers a unique timeline layout that’s great for blogs and portfolios. You can create six different types of posts, including gallery, video, audio, and quote.
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• 6. Enigma is compatible with all the major browsers and is responsive to multiple viewports, including smartphones.
• 7. Enlightenment is crisp, modern, and highly customizable. Whether you’d like one column or three, you can create the layout the best suits your tastes with Enlightenment.
• 8. Enter gives you four different layouts, including the highly coveted “background video” layout. Enter is compelling, dynamic, and lightening fast.
• 9. Focus is great for videographers or those who need to showcase videos on their websites.
• 10. Fortunato opens as a full screen image with social media icons for easy access to your different profiles. It’s a beautiful way to make a first impression.
• 11. Fullby Touch Slide Infinite Scroll (autoplay video) offers two versions-- free and premium. It includes high-end features, like video slider, popular and latest post widget, and access to hundreds of free icons with FontAwesome.
• 12. Gridsby is a Pinterest-like grid WordPress theme that’s great for showcasing images. Gridsby is responsive and a very popular theme.
• 13. Hueman is one of the most highly rated free WordPress themes of all time. It’s amazing for magazines or multi-topic blogs.
• 14. Metro CreativeX shows you that minimal doesn’t mean bland. This colorful theme is vibrant and happy, and highly customizable.
• 15. Oblique is a masonry, grid-like theme with unlimited color variations. It features an interesting, skewed layout.
• 16. OnePirate is a one-page WordPress theme that offers subtle animation and the whimsical interaction of parallax.
• 17. Optimizer is a powerful multi-purpose theme with lots of built-in features, including MailChimp, bbPress, WooCommerce, and Contact Form 7.
• 18. ProfitMag offers near endless customization. It’s great for businesses, news, and magazine layouts.
• 19. Prolog is minimalist but colorful, and definitely beautiful. This theme is responsive, and great for personal bloggers.
• 20. Receptor is a customizable grid-like theme. It is simple but modern, and looks great on all major browser.
• 21. Santa Cruz is a WooCommerce theme that’s a great option for shops. It is highly customizable and creates a slick interface for any storefront.
• 22. Spacious is clean, modern, and multipurpose. It offers support, which is a major plus for free themes.
• 23. Storefront is for shop owners who are looking to display their products. You’ll get a seamless WooCommerce integration with Storefront.
• 24. Sydney offers a full screen background image. It’s the perfect option for corporate brands.
• 25. Zerif Lite is a fantastic one-page WordPress theme that’s great for business sites.

Do you know of an excellent free WordPress theme we missed? Let us know in the comments below.

What’s the hottest trend in web design for 2015 ? There’s not just one trend, there’s five! We’ve scoured the Internet to find the freshest and favorite design elements that have made their way to the top. Here’s your retrospective of the hottest trends of 2015 and how you can add them to your own website design. Without further ado, let’s take a look:

1. Background Video

2. High Resolution Stock

3. Large Typography

4. Flat Design

5. Infinite Scroll

Final Thoughts

The Importance of Web Development and Great Design Generating business is the common goal amongst companies, especially when they utilize the Internet. In all actuality companies really need to utilize the Internet as a great marketing tool because so many people worldwide have access and can see your products/services offered within seconds; no matter their location. The Internet may very well be your initial line of communication out towards customers and potential clients, so it is imperative to make a lasting, yet, impactful – first impression. This is one of the greatest advantages of working cohesively with a web design and development company.

Knowing the Trends that Are Effective to Reach the Target Audience When it comes to web development, there are professionals who have spent countless hours perfecting their line of work. They watch the trends and know your particular demographics, what is going to be the most effective and things that are considered out of date. From awesome designs that you have dreamt about all the way to the actual programming, this is their forte. So much goes into designing a website that is not only aesthetically pleasing, but user friendly and full of all the information needed to grab a customer/potential client’s attention, keep them intrigued and draw them in to want to know more. Why exactly is your company better than the next?

What a Great Site Can Do for You Web programming services are available to assist in enhancing product knowledge, build a brand, open/maintain lines of communication, generate leads, sell goods/services. This is just a small list of what your website can do for you. Ensuring that your site is easily transferable and accessible from different devices is an integral part to the programing aspect as well – the more accessible you make yourself – the more traffic you will receive. Software can be specifically designed to accommodate and compliment your company in the best way, ensuring that everything you need your website to do – it does, with ease, sophistication and a competitive flare.

Why Professional Web Design Always Helps No matter how technologically savvy you may be, seeking professional help and guidance when it comes to web design services is always beneficial. Not only are they going to be able to guide you down the ‘right’ path, they will be fully aware of current trends, they will also be aware of what systems, designs, and colors ‘pop,’ gaining the most attention. There are many unique methods and techniques utilized by the professionals who have extensive knowledge and training at creating extraordinary designs.

Benefits Reaped While Working with Professionals Here are some of the main benefits that you can enjoy when choosing to work with professional web designers.

• Room for Development
• Reliable Partnership
• Brand Consistency
• Increased Traffic/Length of stay of Customers and Potential Clients
• That Competitive Edge and Distinction from Others
• Structure, Form, and Meaningful Content (SEO Saturation)
• Details that are Polished
• Money Savings (in the end)
• Polished and Refined Details

Before deciding if you will require professional dashboard template services, then you should know what they are and the reasoning why every business should use them. Dashboard templates are a visual diagram per se, to allow executives and upper board members to view everything important (financial information, sales, revenue…whatever) in real time. These particular kind of templates are utilized back back-end developers to help build website admin panels where everything about their website will be displayed: profit, loss, and statistics.

A System That Works for You

Depending on the particular theme and necessities of your company, will help you discern pertinent info that would be beneficial to track in real time. Instead of scrounging around and opening several different tabs and files on your computer – you can have a system that works for you effectively and in a cost effective manner. Much time can be saved – which ultimately will increase productivity and revenue. An awesome dashboard template in combination with perfectly programmed software (for accounting, customer relations, email, etc.) will put you far ahead on the success path.

More Advantages of Dashboard Templates

This is just a few advantages that you can enjoy when choosing a professional web programming and design company to work with. Additional benefits include, but are not limited to the following:

• Visibility
• Employee Performance
• Ongoing Improvement/Comparisons
• Time Savings
• Gauge Performance Against Your Business Plan
• Users can change texts, buttons, images, etc.

Today’s Business Websites Need Responsive Web Design

Interaction on different websites while on desktop PC monitors is different than on tablets and smartphones. Such factors that are critical with Responsive Design when creating websites is Pixel-resolution, Click vs Touch, Adobe Flash support, and Screen size.

With the different devices, browsers, and platforms that is needed to work with websites growing, responsive web design is a representation of how websites will be built in the next decade.

Costs for making a responsive website is not expensive. In fact, it costs little more than a conventional website with expenses for duplication needed for mobile and other such devices eliminated, bringing development costs way down.

Traffic to websites from mobile devices is growing on a daily basis. More and more people are becoming comfortable with browsing the web while on their tablet or smartphones. For any web designer to ignore this would be foolish.

When users are on responsive websites they are ensured their experience is consistent and the best they can receive from a website no matter what device they may be on. In this way, versions of a website do not need to be made for each device platform.

Using responsive web design is a way for website content to be an experience which is no longer device-specific. This offers us a way forward in web design.

Web Programming for Successful Business

To have a successful business in this day and age, they must all have an effective website. Many business owners may not always understand that web programming is important and ignore it. Due to this mistake, some online businesses have come to an end.

What is Web Programming?

Many people have confusion between web development and web design, however, the two have a huge difference. Web design pertains mainly to elements of design within websites, while web development/web programming incorporates much more. Web design is included, but there is also server and client side scripting, web content development, configurations and server security, and e-commerce application.

Why Professional Programmers are Needed

Using free or cheap templates to create websites can be very easy. It may be possible to end up with a website that looks sleek, but other factors will not be able to be customized. Even though a website looks good, it may not provide an experience which is awesome, safe, and unique to their visitors. Businesses end up being unfavourably affected by this.

Where Web Programmers are Needed

Every type of business, whether selling services or products, always has competition from other businesses. Website created for your business needs to be one where visitors choose it over others, and web programmers are one that make this happen. Web programmers create such things as tracking tools, IP getters, ordering forms, chatting software, and currency converters. Web programmers hold in their hands, how well a website performs. Not only on our computers, but on tablets and smartphones as well.

Photography This template is beautifully laid out and offers an aesthetic appeal to capture some of the most picturesque moments. With the sliding features, there isn’t anything about this template that doesn’t catch your eye. With the right pictures and written content – the theme is second to none.

Design Studio Very sleek and nicely laid out, this particular theme transitions nicely in between pages. Offering the tabs that most people are looking for when they are building a site – the design studio template is not something to overlook!  

Pure Portfolio Depending on the theme and look you are actually shooting for, the pure portfolio template makes a statement all on its own. Simple, yet elegant and professional. Make your statement in a clear and concise manner.

Personal If you are looking for a unique approach to relaying your personal message – the personal design template may be exactly what you are looking for. Available only on Gridgum, this can be your next step to your future of success!

Necessity of Choosing Responsive Website Templates

To ensure a website is responsive on all devices, all that is needed is responsive website templates. The importance of such template needs to be known by every website owner for reasons it is now a websites excellent element. This comes down to only one meaning, to have a successful website you need responsive website templates.

Time Saver

Your work can be eased by having a website with responsive templates. When using a template that is responsive, you do not need to access your PC because you are able to have access through other devices such as kindle, tablet, or smartphones. Moreover, if there is a large audience which accesses your website this is helpful.

Better Experience for Users

It is important to have responsive website because user experience is better. Users are able to gain access to websites by use of any device with no loss of any content or features of your website. Bounce rate is reduced making users of webpages engage in them. Responsive website templates are able to open quickly to any width and length, and fit any screen size, helping users to stay on webpages without quitting.

Sale Increase

There is an increase in sales with responsive websites which are well designed. When you have a website which is responsive, well designed and user friendly, targeted customers and traffic are not lost. Businesses with hi-tech advanced services earn more than their competitors. When looking for a better response for your business website, you need to have responsive website templates. Our Best responsive website templates can be seen here: https://gridgum.com/themes/tag/responsive-website-templates/

Benefits of Hiring a Professional for Web Programming

A businesses website is considered their face, therefore it is critical to have a website which is well planned that is able to provide a business with the right image they are looking for. An interactive website needs to be engaging to customers as well as professionalism exhibited which is crucial the success of a business. Websites are key in making information possible about their services and products which is the main reason why a professional for web programming is needed.

Connect With More People by Using Professional Web Programming

Professional web programming helps in establishing brand recognition so they are able to connect with a great number of people through their website. This is due to being able to add important content to their website so they have the ability to bring in more customers to their business. Therefore, efforts for creation of a website with a look of professionalism is important and can be done when hiring professional for web programming. They have knowledge and expertise needed for the creation of a website with higher rankings in search engine results. Professionals use today’s latest technology on websites, bringing businesses great success.

Strong Websites are Excellent Marketing Tools

Professional web programmers are able to get businesses results they desire in a short period of time, making it important for them to be engaged as experts in their field. A professional web programing company strives to provide a website with looks of professionalism to ensure their business ranks higher in results on search engines. The businesses identity gets a boost along with them receiving a competitive edge. When considering different marketing tools available today, using a professional web programmer to create a strong website is considered one of the best.

Top 15 Icon Set

Are you looking for the perfect icon set for your newest project? Whether you’re sprucing up your website, designing a printed material, or creating a slideshow, you need icons that bring your ideas to life. If you’ve been searching for just the right set, maybe we can help. Here’s a list of our favorite icon sets for the month of ___ . Enjoy!  

1. Flat Icons by Squid Ink - Do you need flat icons in your life? Get 50 icons for free or 2000 for a one-time fee of $45.

2. Architecture Blueprint Icon Set - Download for free or buy a regular licence of $22.45. This set of 90 high quality blueprint icons is great for construction or design projects.

3. Travel and Tourism - Part 1 Icon Set - Get a set of 30 travel related icons, including passports, credit cards, and postcards for free or buy a regular licence for $16.90.

4. Line Icons by Squid Ink - Do you love line art as much as I do? Check out this impressive set of 2000 icons by Squid Ink for only $45, or you can download the sample pack for free.

5. Wedding - Hand Drawn Icons - Whether you’re designing your own wedding invitations or sprucing up your wedding blog, check out this set of 65 hand-drawn vector icons for only $14.

6. 300 Food Line Icons - For the love of food, this set of 300 icons is sure to please. Whether you’re looking for chicken legs, Keurigs, or anything in between, you’ll find all things food related in this set for the teeny, tiny price of $11.

7. Awesome Education Icons and Logo Set - Are you a teacher or do you run an education blog? Check out this set of over 200 icons for just $10.

8. Gesture Icon Set - Do you need to add physical instructions to your design? Sometimes a picture is worth a thousand words. For just $15, check out this killer set of 70 hand gestures that will help your reader understand how to use your product better.

9. Isometric, 99 icon pack - A twist on the flat icon trend, these isometric icons are cute, imaginative, and offers a versatile range that can fit into the scope of any project for $9.

10. Pixeo Icon bundle - Simple, straightforward, and easily adaptable, this set of 400 icons are the perfect download for a variety of uses. $9

11. 210 Vector Business Icon Set - Do you need high quality icons for your business? This vector set is infinitely scalable. It’s perfect for management, business coaching, conferences, time management, and more. Plus, it’s affordable at $17.

12. Square Emoticon Vectors - 40 square emoticons that range in mood and emotion. Would you like to portray love, disdain, explosive anger? It’s all here in this $8 set.

13. Big Collection of Vintage Icons - For the hopeless hipsters in all of us, this huge set of vintage icons includes monocles, mustaches, balloons, and bicycles-- everything you need to perpetuate the hipster lifestyle in digital form. Only $5.

14. Monoline Icons Collection - Get 225 concept icons that range in topic from finance to cinema. We love the red, white, and blue color scheme. Get this set for $45.

15. 2090 icons in UniGrid set - Available in a range of file formats, including PSD, PNG, and vector, check out this set of 2090 icons covering everything from transportation to fruits and vegetables. All icons are customizable. Get if for $65.

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What should we expect in 2016 ?

2016 has started with plenty of new design techniques and trends; however, the most important themes would be the ones we started to see at the end of 2015. Sliding styles, vertical patterns and more videos will still grow in popularity.

A bigger leaning towards mobile

It seems like the design of desktop websites is moving towards the mobile website design. As smartphone has become extremely popular, people usually uses it more than computers, which makes users feel more comfortable when using mobile website. The mobile website generally consists of vertical patterns and scrolling. Designer tends to lean on the simplicity of mobile website in future computer design websites. This idea has started since late 2015, and it is expected that most website design will be following it.

Videos and live pictures

It is expected that web design would move towards videos as well as live pictures. Higher speed Internet connection and better video module reconciliation is making it more demanding for more sites to incorporate an immersive motion picture style experience. Videos or even live photos has been enormously integrated over the last year. The most popular successful live picture innovation was introduced with the new iPhone 6s and received positive feedback. As a result, moving towards live pictures and video module is to be expected in 2016.

Card layout

Site card formats were initially promoted by Pinterest a couple of years back and have subsequent to end up a pattern for substance overwhelming site pages. Free modules like jQuery Masonry can be utilized to copy this design style with enlivened cards for different statures and widths. A card format is best utilized on pages with heaps of information that ought to be scannable. The point of arrival for Google Now utilizes a card format to publicise discretionary cards for the Google Now application.

Why to work as a freelance ?

Free learning:

As education prices increase dramatically for all different study areas, the first advantage of working as a website freelancer is the free education. A person would only need a personal computer as well as a dissent internet speed. To learn how to design website, a tool such as YouTube is most commonly used. However, to work as a professional which need certification, people always subscribe to one of the credited online website such as Coursera or Code Academy.

Decide your schedule:

For some people, working nine-to-five just doesn't show their most beneficial and proficient hours. As a freelancer, if you work better in the early hours of the morning, or late into the night, you have the opportunity of modifying your work routine to suit your best beneficial working times. You additionally have the adaptability to conform your calendar for any other personal meeting outside your working schedule.

Work wherever you want:

With the expanding network of our regular world, freelancers nowadays have the choice of telecommuting, as well as out on the town in their home urban areas—in the library, at the neighborhood Starbucks, in a recreation center on a wonderful spring day. In case you're more daring and don't require a consistency in your work places, you may end up joining the little yet developing number of specialists who work from all around the world, voyaging wherever they need while as yet meeting their due dates.

Make profit at your rest:

Freelancers don’t need to continuously work in order to get paid. One successful creation is enough to guarantee a continuous income for a certain period of time. For example, creating a website template and selling it, you would have an income every single time the template was sold. If you decide to take a break for one week and the template is sold 15 times while you’re on your break, you will be earning money from a job that you have already completed.

Jobs are always available:

Since you are your own boss, job opportunities will always be available to you. There is no lack of opportunities that you may once encounter. As a freelancer, you can always work with or without instructions for customers. If you specifically design a website for some customers, then there is some criteria’s that need to be followed. However, if you are just designing a template that will be used for various websites, you can always work without demand and sell your templates to various websites that operates these businesses.

Photoshop programs for Website Designer

Website designer should consider the fact that customers are not looking for a smart website; they are looking for a beautiful one. A well organized website will not guarantee its success, but its colors, pictures, design and graphics should do. Photoshop is still the most loved among a great number of web designers, and using the right equipment make it much more effective than it is. To offer you some assistance, spare time and nerves, we have picked some important Photoshop program, modules and scripts for you. Some of them will accelerate routine errands so you can focus more on your coding work, others construct an extension in the middle of Photoshop and code so your configuration mockups can profit by the best of both universes.

HTML BLOCKS

Some people believe that code and Photoshop don't go well together? But they really do, only in the event that you have HTML Block installed. The module utilizes the WebKit motor to render HTML/CSS on the fly and place it in a unique piece in Photoshop. Convenient on the off chance that you need to utilize web text styles in your mockup, to get genuine textual style rendering like in a live program, or to make resizable controls.

RENAMY

So you have different layers that you have to rename, but you would prefer not to do it manually? That is the place Rename comes in. The module permits you to choose various layers and give them another name with only a single tick. The demo rendition is free yet accompanies a cutoff of five things for the name list.

DUPLICATOR

Duplicator is your companion with regards to cloning layers and groups. You simply need to pick the quantity of duplicates that you need to have and the level and vertical dividing of the copies. This fact makes the coding process easier since you do not need to worry about the number of rows and columns you have. Creating one column and one row and duplicate it is effectively doable with this application. This module works with Photoshop CC and CC 2014.

PAGE LAYERS

Last but not least, Page Layers is like any other program help you with the design. However, the main unique advantage of the application that you can upload an old website design on it, and work on changing the design. As a result, you will no longer need to care about the coding. The design can be changed as many times as you like using Page Layers. This Photoshop is extremely valuable while upgrading or enhancing a present page. Page Layers is perfect with Mac OS X and cost less than $40.

When it gets to choose the best programming language for your site, it's critical to recall that there is no single best program. Rather, a web designer will pick the alternative that best suits your knowledge, in light of the particular usefulness or elements you need. Which programming language are well on the way to receive some conversational attention? A prior post in this arrangement, "What is Web Development," depicted the three sections of web improvement: customer side scripting, which is a project that keeps running in a client's web program; server-side scripting, which keeps running on the web server; and database innovation, which deals with all the data on the server that backings a site. While there are two or three essential languages mostly used, different languages are utilized particularly for customer side scripting or server-side scripting. The following is a list of essential talent that you need to know in order to start you career of website designs.  

HTML, the content

HTML is the institutionalized markup language that structures and configurations content on the web. Page components like the titles, headings, content and connections are incorporated into the HTML archive. It is one of the center innovations being used on the Internet and serves as the foundation of all website pages. A tool to design your content is used next, called CSS.  

CSS, the design

CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) is a template dialect that fundamentally permits web designers to "set it and overlook it." Paired with HTML, CSS permits a developer to characterize the look and arrangement of different website pages without a moment's delay; components like shading, format and textual styles are determined in one document that is kept separate from the center code of the site page. These two dialects give the essential structure and style data used to make a static site page — a page that appears to be identical to everybody who visits it. Numerous site pages now are alert website pages, which are marginally custom-made to each new guest. To make these more intricate pages, you have to include more propelled customer side and server-side scripting.  

Java Script, application

JavaScript is the programming language that brings activity, diversions, applications, intuitiveness and other element impacts to life. After HTML and CSS, it's the most pervasive of the customer side scripts. Some JavaScript applications can even keep running without interfacing back to a web server, which implies they'll work in a program with or without an Internet association.  

PHP, the database

Once the website is created, you need a database page to save the information of users. Utilized by 75 percent of all web servers, PHP is a broadly useful server-side scripting program. The boss favorable circumstances of PHP are that it is open source, with an immense online group to bolster it, and that it's good over different stages. PHP is not needed in informative website, but it is certainly needed in website that allow you to create an account and saves your data.

You have made a great decision becoming a website designer, but what’s next? The increasing number of website designer make getting a job competitive but the learning process is easily affordable by everyone. Web designers divides into two different categories: the designer that works from home doing template or even specific website, also known as freelancers. The other website designer is full time employee in a certain company that design, develop or upgrade a website for a company. But what are the major qualifications differences between a freelancer and a full time website designer.  

Freelancers

Various website offers an online education that teach you step by step how to create a webpage. Starting from HMTL, CSS, Java and bootstrap, it teaches you how to design a website and how to upgrade an existing one. The main benefit of these learning sources such as YouTube, Khan Academy, Coursera and others, that you can go with your own speed. You can stop and re-watch a video. Once you are done with the tutorial, you can test yourself by creating an HTML page where you apply every knowledge that you captured. The main benefit of this free learning that it well prepares you to be a website designer. The material that you need for the learning process is limited to a personal computer and a dissent internet speed. Whereas, the main drawback is that you cannot work professionally since you don’t have a credible degree from a certified educational institution.  

Professional website designer

Website design is not only someone sitting at home with a cup of coffee working on a website. It might be a full time job. Some designer tend to work as a full time employee because it guarantees them a monthly salary regardless the work they produce. Despite that receiving a degree to qualify you to the job require a professional degree, it remain cheaper than any other diploma. Website developer’s professionals mostly do not physically attend college. For the vast majority, they already know the programing process, so all they need is to get tested by one of the credited online schools in order to get a certificate that they qualify for the job. There is not a single famous institution that allow leaners obtaining a degree; however, most of great computer science institution offer an online program. These certificates would allow website designer to possess a full time job in the computer science area. Whereas, the main drawback of working as a professional that you don’t get paid according to your outcome. You are simply paid a fixed monthly salary regardless your effort.   Now, you have learned two different job styles for the most uprising career in the twenty first salary. They both have their advantages and drawbacks. Meanwhile, working as a freelancer can be considered to be the first step towards being a professional website designer. So let’s start from there!

User onboarding

User onboarding is an arrangement of activities to transform first time guests into dynamic clients. It is a progressing handle and not a component that you can present once and forget about it. It's fundamentally the main involvement with an item which ends up being great to the point that you need to utilize it once more. So great user onboarding stream is not constrained to some instinctive interface and adorable walkthroughs, because that is not what takes care of the client's issue. You have to convey esteem and demonstrate your value as ahead of schedule in the process as you can. With such a large number of applications out there for all intents and purposes any assignment you may think about, your application needs to emerge right from the main dispatch.  

Walkthrough

While a few consider walkthroughs are the same as client onboarding, I believe it's an essential piece of onboarding however absolutely not the same thing. An instructional exercise is a pleasant approach to welcome the client however you ought to be mindful so as not to disturb him by showing things he definitely knows. So if there's anything in the application interface or components that may confound the client, it's unquestionably worth doing a walkthrough. You surely need to make it brisk, simple and easy. It's about demonstrating how precisely the application is going to improve the client's life. Simplify or remove signup To highlight the significance of having no registration forms, quite recently ask yourself what amount of extra time do you have and what amount do you appreciate rounding out extensive enrollment frames? Very little, I agree. So preferably a decent portable application onboarding is the one without an information exchange. Nonetheless on the off chance that you do have an enlistment structure, you can at present minimize the agony. Do your best to make it as short and exhaustive as would be prudent. Ask almost no forthright and attempt to spare client's opportunity by executing keen defaults, inline approval, fruition status bar or whatever other ease of use hacks that work for your application. Once your application is famous, you can then create a database, but not at the beginning.

Email notification

Presently when you have made an incredible early introduction, it's an ideal opportunity to hold your valuable clients. As of right now you can simply ahead and use email (on the off chance that you have already assembled that data) or push notices to remind the clients about the application. Be that as it may, recollect not to be excessively meddling. Ensure the cautions and warnings truly have value and meaning for the client.   You can likewise run email dribble battles, which are fundamentally pre composed messages that are sent to new clients with predefined interims, say on day 1, day 3 and day 7. With the assistance of these messages you can direct the clients through the application, present new elements and move them to get the most out of the application.

Customer Service

It's continually consoling to realize that there are genuine individuals behind an item, individuals who are constantly prepared to help with any issue or question with the application. Looking after your clients and making them upbeat ought to be your top need, at any rate clients need to feel that it is. Making and keeping up great associations with clients is an imperative piece of onboarding. None of your showcasing endeavors will talk louder than fulfilled clients. So make a point to have an all around prepared and sympathetic client bolster group.

Live stream Video

The most important five steps to start live streaming

Camera

Yes, you definitely can live stream using your phone camera; however, using a high quality camera would let your channel look more professional. It is beneficial to you if you use a camera that has an HDMI output, which allow you to transfer data from your camera to your cloud in an HD quality.

Internet access

Always check you are connected to the internet while you are streaming. Your connection could be wired or wireless, but when you have a chance, try always to have a wired connection because it guarantees a better access and limits the off chance of being disconnected. You should always check your internet speed before starting streaming your video; this should be about 10 Megabit/Second for upload and download speed.

Wired Connection

As stated before, wired connection is preferred when you live stream in your channel. Starting with your video camera that has a clear HDMI feed then you will need a HD recorder device that basically record data from your camera while saving its high definition quality. The record data transfer your video automatically to your computer. Your recorder is connected to your camera through an HDMI wire; your recorder will be connected through a 3.0 USB to your computer. By doing this, you have an efficient wired connection that guarantee you an HD transfer to your media from your camera to your computer.

Wireless Streaming

You will need a specific recorder to transfer your data wirelessly, for example Teradek Mini or Livestream Broadcaster Pro. Likewise wired connection, the procedure is the same; it takes data from your camera and transfer it to your computer. The main difference remains that the procedure is now wireless.

Platform

Not all platforms are for free, if sign up to USTREAM or YOUTUBE LIVE, they offer trial for 30 years and then they ask you for monthly subscription. Some platform has build live web broadcasting; others did not. As a result, you might require some other encoding software. Depending on how professional you want your channel to be, you will decide the look for professional encoding software.

Tips for web designer

Web designers are frequently worried about their unmistakable abilities, as bad-to-the- Photoshop skills or a dominance of jQuery. However, getting to be effective in the field of web design requires much more than having the right gear or a superb grasp on outline. There are some essential things that any yearning web planner ought to remember when you're building your expert collection. We'll likewise give a valuable "perusing list" for where you can get more top to bottom data.

Web originators face the same number of competitor as a forty-niner amid the gold rush... also, just the best will survive. So as to make yourself emerge from the opposition, you have to tell individuals about yourself and your abilities. Architects are typically unassuming in nature, notwithstanding, with regards to expert achievement, you'll need to elbow your way to the top and stamp your vicinity. There are various ways you can do as such. Verbal showcasing, online networking promoting and even business card advertising can function admirably. Be that as it may, on the off chance that you like to sit back in your comfortable seat and sit tight for the customers to know you and come to you, then you are damned!

The cycle of a web design project closes at assessment and investigation of your outlined work. Having the ability to acknowledge and execute input viably is an essential quality of the imaginative experts. Like all other previously stated variables, having a decent eye in indicating out mix-ups in your own particular work is a quality that achievement situated web fashioners ought to have. The web originators ought to go about as an argumentative third party and judge the accomplishment of their site being in the intended interest group's shoes.

The universe of PC innovation changes practically consistently, and to keep pace with it, a web architect should be innovatively updated with the adjustments in the business. Cut out a portion of your work-day or week and commit it to learn new things in your field. Discover what's new, what's drifting, and what's tumbling to the wayside. On the off chance that you would prefer not to see your challengers take away your business because they would be more up to date and fresher than you, pay notice to this tip.

Aside from other center outline abilities, it's critical to have full handle on subjects like, the most updated HTML coding, high quality CSS for best cross program similarity, keen essential site design improvement hones, Javascript UI systems, and to manufacture a foundational site in that you can include more pages or substance with the progression of time. Having even only a general comprehension of these numerous aptitude sets will surely get you a great job or better customers.

Keeping up a decent portfolio is pivotal to any web designer... be that as it may, web designers face an interesting issue: your work needs to stay up to date! While a poster designer can likely escape with keeping ventures from the 1980's in their portfolios in light of the fact that the plans are still pertinent, consider how dreadful your web-outline portfolio would be in the event that you kept tasks from the 1990's!

When it gets to start an online broadcast radio station, the big majority of the newcomers to that field have two issues: asking themselves if they need the experience to start the online radio station and the information sources to be prepared to start this online business. For all newcomers, by reading this articles we will not only tell you what you will need to start a radio station, but even how to receive phone calls from your station. Yes, you heard it right, by these few steps you will be steps away to start a tremendous business.  

MIXER

The first thing you need to start your radio station is a mixer. The mixer is a device that transmit audio frequency from you to your audience. As you talk with someone, or even present something on your radio station, the mixer is the main voice transmitter from your microphone to the cloud, which is then transferred to your audience. A mixer price can start as low as $80, but to ensure a good voice quality, I would say that this is where most of your primary budget should be invested in.  

MICROPHONE

Your microphone is an extremely important tool. Do not rely on your computer microphone because it does not work as if you are on a skype call. Always remember that your radio station is one out of a million radio stations, so a good voice quality is the least required feature that your channel has to have. Also, the microphone is NOT plugged into your computer, it should be plugged to your mixer because the mixer generally generates better frequency level which results a better voice quality.  

TELEPHONE CALLS

There are several ways to take telephone calls to and from your station, but the best remains using a tool called Wireless Audio Interface (WAI). Simply, plug in the WAI to your mixer. Now go to your phone and connect it to the WAI via Bluetooth. Lastly, connect the output of the WAI to the input called FX SEND in your mixer. The WAI doesn’t only connect you with the person on the phone, but it connects you with the person on the phone together with everyone who’s on your channel, just like the phone calls that you hear while driving your car and listening to the radio.  

THE VOLUME CONTROL

Once you have everything connected, you have an ultimate level of control of the volume of every connected device. So if you want to have your fan on the phone with a music background, as most radio stations do, you have only got to set your fan output volume to its maximum, and set your music volume to a background level. You can also receive as many phone calls according to how advanced your mixer is.

Website designer leaning on online radio booming

 Radio stations are currently offering the substance that they're now delivering on-air by means of an online stream. The expense is low since they've as of now got the substance and simply need to offer it newly. This allows them to amplify benefit, rival other spilling music administrations, and expansion general listenership. Sponsors and radio stations are starting to view all radio (conventional, computerized, and satellite) as a solitary spending plan thing — sound spending plan versus radio spending plan — to meet customers where they are, which as of now is on advanced and on the web. What's more, with 79% of internet listening happening while individuals are multitasking, radio station gushing applications permit station audience members to continue listening wherever they are.

 The associated auto, alongside the pervasive utilization of cell phones, has radio stations guaranteeing that drivers have the alternative to hear promotions through a portable application — not simply on their desktop. Around 66% of audience members tune in week after week to radio stations through their cell phone. As of January 2015, 35% of grown-up mobile phone clients listened to online radio in the auto — up from 21% in 2013. What's more, shopper sound listening has become exponentially as of late, with a development of 60.5% in sound streams in 2014. Web radio listening represents a normal of 14 hours and 12 minutes for each month over the listening populace, which expands the odds of individuals getting promoting messages. As indicated by an Internet Radio Trends Report distributed by XAPP Media, the normal web radio spot length is 25.88 seconds — measuring up to 88 advertisement impressions for every month, per audience. The open door for achievement is not just stretched out to radio stations giving internet gushing choices, additionally to application engineers and the promoters of the radio stations.

While most telecast organizations know the significance of having this choice, not everybody has put resources into the innovation yet. This is the place there is a tremendous open door for gushing organizations and application designers to radio stations decide the best programming for their gathering of people. Past substance that they're as of now giving, this could incorporate an augmentation of assets for their audience members, similar to movement and climate content.

 Your opportunity?

 For web designer, portable showcasing organizations, and gushing suppliers: interest for your items has never been more prominent. Radio stations are advancing and extending their substance and publicizing offerings as a result of this blasting pattern. Your organization can benefit and guarantee that the loved and admired radio station is co

In numerous site visits, your home page makes the early introduction. It promptly starts to recount your story and permits you to interface with guests. You have to ensure your home page is inviting, proficient looking, forms trust, answers questions, and gives clear purpose of the website. Alright so what's the issue? You haven't characterized anything yet. You can't simply hop to outline without first thoroughly considering your content, the answers you have to give, your capacity to fabricate trust, and the way in which you have to give guidance. Characterizing and planning your home page is the most imperative thing you can do in site improvement. Try not to bounce in and surge ahead in a rush to execute. Executing without legitimately arranging will deliver negative results. It will neglect to deliver what you need and it will make a negative initial introduction that you can't take out. Begin with a fresh start, a formal procedure, and a strong arrangement. Don't simply hop into picking a beautiful topic with 100+ choices. Appropriate promoting needs procedure and execution. How about we first begin with characterizing what achievement looks like for you and your future site. What are your objectives and destinations? What do you require your site to create? Normal samples of a fruitful visit include:  

• Brand presentation
• Supporters
• Leads
• Warm prospects
• Actual business (What your website actually do)

• Who is your objective business sector?
• What issues or issues do they have to tackle?
• In what manner would you be able to offer them some assistance with solving these issues?
• Why would it be a good idea for them to contact you versus another person?
• What substance would you be able to offer as extra data?
• By what means can guests change over into a supporter, lead or deal?

Being useful, helpful and attractive, card layout is more than only a pattern. In 2014, denoting it was the first time that mobile use for internet exceeds desktop usage, web design is currently supporting the little screen as responsive outline gets to be required. The outcome would straightforward interface styles like the new level outline, moderation, and particularly cards are more prominent than any time in recent memory. Cards are essentially little holders of every data, with every card speaking to its own particular thought. A card can hold a wide range of substance — visuals, content, joins, and so on — yet all fall under a solitary brought together subject. Filling the screen with such free compartments of data is the thing that the Guardian calls the "holder demonstrate." This gives a cleaner and in a split second understandable interface, receptive to speedy skimming so the client can go straight to what they're searching for. (On top of that, this technique fits signal controls, which we'll clarify beneath.) For example, a program called Trello gives clients a chance to make any card they need. Anybody can make "to-do" cards and sort them as required. Not just does this represent the card's adaptability, it additionally exhibits its hierarchical force. Trello succeeds in light of the fact that their card position feels less complex than customary rundown style errand chiefs. What are the future application of card layout, is it durable?

Technology

Deeper interaction

Take Away

Over all mediums and gadgets, cards are turning into a backbone for association and usefulness. Their present structure might change as they advance close by innovation, however their vicinity is guaranteed. All things considered, these digitized squares are not really the principal structure. Keep in mind that, in the relatively recent past, cards were just sheets of paper that contained bits of data for one focal thought.

University vs online, find your way of becoming a web designer

The world is evolving quickly. Exactly when we were simply getting used to seeing sites came cellular telephones, now screens have gone into our eyeglasses. With the web outline world changing verging on consistently, it's practically overwhelming to think how one learns web design. Obviously, with regards to learning, there are a ton of streets to browse, and some of the time it's not a matter of accessibility of such boulevards (or the absence of them) however one's craving to learn However, what is the most ideal approach to learn web design?

In this article, we will dive into the more prevalent courses on how one takes in the specialty of outlining sites. We will attempt to take note of the points of interest and drawback of every technique for learning and ideally, think of a final result.

University

Since the blast of the web, increasingly data innovation and PC related employments have turned out to be more pervasive. Also, with the ascent of such request of labor, requires a ton of understudies. That is the reason more colleges have financed the proliferation of outline related projects. Colleges offer advantages for web designers. Students will gain from educators the basics of shading, sort, arrangement, and possibly, few programing languages dialects. With this, and with the assistance of tasks and tight due dates, students are molded to work under pressure without giving up the value of work. This is by one means or another a hinting of what the genuine word resembles, and when the time comes where customers are managed and workloads go overwhelming, it turns into an intense however productive brunt. The main problem is that website designers are usually asked to produce the most beautiful possible design; however, college students tend to respect deadline which sometimes eliminate their ability to be creative because of the limited schedule.

Online courses

The compass and accessibility of the material stretches out into an impossible rate. Presently, everyone can find out about HTML and CSS without leaving their seats. Also, this offers chances to individuals who need to learn and become well known. Likewise, it turns out to be more down to earth to learn through the Internet. Contrasted with colleges who charge for advances, everyday costs, lodging, and, on occasion, books, online training goes less demanding and smoother. Presently, let me know, would you pay for an incredibly high costs when you have less expensive ones and still are as helpful? In the same way as other things on the planet, learning web design online introduces some malice as well. Much of the time, learning web plan through the web turns into a restricted framework. In spite of the fact that there are wealthier groups that offer assistance, frequently, you'll not get what you are searching for in light of the fact that it does not have a human component. Frequently, individuals who have moved into web outline thinks that its confounding on the grounds that there is so much accessible asset and there are numerous approaches to pipe them.

As a conclusion, there is no ultimate excellent solution of learning web design; it is either high cost education which you will get benefit of human help and other assistance, or a no-cost where you will go by your own schedule with few help offered.

5 things you should to know before creating a website on WordPress

WordPress is viewed as a magnificent stage for sprouting business people to make websites for their startup or little business. This substance administration (CMS) is utilized by a great many entrepreneurs who live in each side of the world. More than 400 million sites worldwide are fueled by WordPress, including more than 100 million in the United States. WordPress destinations around the globe distribute posts like clockwork. The majority of the main one million sites on the planet are fueled by WordPress and identified with business. These realities unmistakably demonstrate the criticalness of WordPress as a substance administration for organizations of all sizes. Straightforwardness, online networking joining and the extensive number of topic choices accessible are key reasons why new companies and little organizations incline toward WordPress. Be that as it may, you have to remember a few essential truths before you consider utilizing WordPress for your business site.  

1. The nature of topics.

2. Facilitating.

3. Pick your modules admirably.

4. Arranging your site.

5. Portable Interface.

Checking on RFP demands sounds simple right? Well in all genuineness, it sounds easier than it really is. When the web designers receive a large number of design response from various design companies, the task of revising and reviewing the design of the website is extremely hard. Designers tend to express themselves in their work; consequently, it is really hard for them to find out what can they do to improve their website. After you find out or have been told what can be improved in your design, below are few tips that you might want to consider in your updated version:  

Project plan- Your project plan should include the brief details of the updated version of your website. For example, “more animation” or “usage of card layout”, it should tell you briefly what do you have to add to the website that you are updating based on the given response.  

Function List – The usefulness is critical if the site is more than a basic leaflet site. The more complex your website design is, the more your function list should be detailed.  

Picture Usage – It is imperative to comprehend possession and task of the pictures utilized inside of the web design venture. Who is in charge of picture choice, buy, altering, and position? Understanding your picture usage will let you save time to focus on the website layout.  

Portable Responsiveness – Mobile responsiveness ought to be a piece of any advanced site venture. The main special case to this guideline is expansive sites who have a different versatile sites or applications. In the event that you don't have a different portable site, ensure your proposition incorporates language for overseeing show adjusted to telephones and tablets.  

Plan – Each site proposition reaction ought to incorporate a calendar that relates to venture points of reference. This will help you see the amount of time is apportioned to every breakthrough and if the general venture will adjust to your own particular timetable.  

Delays – Project deferrals can be an aftereffect of both the customer and the designer. It is imperative to see how these postponements will be taken care of and how they will modify the general undertaking spending plan and course of events.  

Installment Terms– Smaller site ventures will have a tendency to have a half installment to begin and half installment at consummation. Bigger site ventures will have littler installments taking into account turning points or set timing. Ensure this is unmistakably characterized inside of the proposition.  

Sample version– Make sure to expose the new website design before updating it on the website. Do not forget that you are doing the most crucial job to make the website alive, so you have to make sure that the new updated version is at least slightly better than the old one.

Tips for website designer

There are times in the lives of web designer when they need to specialty sites for new companies rather than making locales for set up names in the business. Sites for new companies are a genuine test in light of the fact that frequently a startup's online personality is their sole marking apparatus, a state of contact with their intended interest group and a business outlet all moved into one. Website designer have a gigantic obligation staring them in the face and can't stand to underestimate things. Toward one side they should ensure that the site is an impression of everything the brand remains for and at the other, they should likewise ensure that the site is worked to change over.

Here's a glance at five tips that will guarantee you can construct destinations for new companies that ensure stunning quantifiable profits:

Customer Collaboration

The customer will approach you with an undertaking brief, however fleshing it out will be your duty. You may find that your startup customers have next to no thought regarding what they need other than the way that they need a site. You'll have to work with them to discover more about their necessities and their desires from the site. It's vital to comprehend what they need on the off chance that you are to convey on their necessities.

Clarity of Purpose

Concentrate on the site's informing. Try not to permit the consideration of the guest to wader. This normally happens if the configuration doesn't concentrate on the site's motivation yet tries to inspire guests with its visuals. This is not to say the configuration mustn't be amazing, but rather the outline's first occupation is to convey the startup's motivation to the fore. In the event that this informing can be outwardly striking message well and great yet don't make a decent attempt to make a visual impression. In such cases, you are at risk to utilize a lot of configuration components on a page design that can divert the guests. So try to determine the purpose and try to show it before you get into design details.

Mobile First Strategy

New companies can't bear to lose any potential clients. What's more, this is the place a portable first plan enters the photo. Portable is good to go to overshadowing desktop; this implies there will be a considerable measure of mobile clients getting to your site. You should guarantee that the site renders adequately on their gadgets and basic data is not lost when the site opens on cellular telephones and tablets. This is the motivation behind why startup sites should be responsively intended to guarantee they make ideal utilization of a gadget's screen, regardless of its size. And for this reason, Gridgum in proud to say that one of our most important policies is to have all responsive templates, so we guarantee a better success for our valuable customers.

Points of interest

A few creators are inclined to taking the outline of startup sites gently. They take after an essential format, include a touch of substance, utilize a couple pictures and the site is finished! The issue here is that outline subtle element is not simply vital, it is basic to a site's prosperity. Your pictures must be appealing and pertinent, the outline components must be predictable over the different site pages, the typography must be intelligible and look great, all substance on the site must be connecting with and your site's route must be to a great degree easy to utilize. This and a ton more makes a fruitful site. You have to ensure your site's configuration is only the way it should be.

Take it as a Challenge and Experiment

Move yourself to plan a site that is everything that a startup needs and after that some more. Stretch the limits since it is basic that a startup site emerges from the group. Its configuration needs to yell the loudest. Try not to keep down with your planning skillsets and manufacture the certainty to accomplish something other than what's expected.

Most mistakes in web design

Website design has become a common full or part time jobs for all computer programmers. With pictures and music technology rising up, it is crazy to realize that the website designer generally do the same mistakes while designing their website; they are either having too much technology and making their website extremely jammed with useless features or putting less animation than expected and making it a non-adorable page. Below is a description of the most common mistakes that website designers do:

Super long text

First, nobody is going to read all that. Second, by putting such a great amount on one page, you pass up a great opportunity for sectioning that data on a few website pages (which implies more site pages for Google and more opportunities to be found). Third, web guests don't care to scroll. Keep every site page to a solitary thought. On the off chance that a page contains more than one subject, then split it up.

Music or Video background

Unless it is a music or radio website, don’t consider adding a video or music background to your website. Never, ever cool. Nobody needs mood melodies in light of the fact that the exact opposite thing individuals need, is astonishment music impacting through their PC speaker.

Disabling the back option

What can be more annoying than losing the data that you just reached without a possibility of getting it back without starting over. Detestable site creators long prior made sense of how to crush a program's spirit catch so that when a client pushes it, one of a few undesired things happen: There's a prompt sidetrack to an undesirable area, the program stays put on the grounds that the "back" catch has been deactivated, or another window appears and surpasses the screen. Our recommendation: Never do it. All that is refined is that viewers get irritated and don't come back to your site.

An automated opening a new page system

Some time ago, utilizing numerous new TABS to show content as a client navigated a webpage was cool- - another thing in web plan. Presently it just disturbs viewers since it ties up framework assets, moderate PC reaction and by and large muddles a guest's experience. Without a doubt, it's anything but difficult to utilize this instrument. In any case, don't. With tabbed perusing regular in programs like Firefox, clients who wish to open connections in new tabs can do as such on the off chance that they wish.

Failure to connect throw social network

Most organizations have their own particular Facebook pages, others use Pinterest with sheets loaded with photographs, while some show their most recent exercises on Twitter. The fact of the matter is that online networking is setting down deep roots and organizations are profiting from having a nearness in it. Neglecting the connection to your online networking stages is a major no-no. Individuals ought to have the capacity to go from one to the next easily. Utilizing online networking to advertise your business and drive clients to your site will just work on the off chance that you make it simple for clients to move from one to the next. In the event that done right, you can drive significantly more activity to your site.

7 radio station website templates

Our radio FM template is full of animation and HD pictures that would entertain your customers. It has a beautiful vertical menu bar, which is not common in many other websites. It also allows you the ability to connect to your pages on different social network account. Beside that, its home page directly send you to the “listen live” or the “Now on Air” which basically could take your fan to the online streaming station without getting into much details.

Our Radio WordPress theme is a unique and beautiful website template that will guarantee you a beautiful essential piece of your company. Beside its beautiful animation and HD pictures, we allow you different section to advertise about different programs that you host on your radio. It also has a different section that focus on the new programs in order to introduce it to your clients. As always, it has two direct links that automatically send you to the online streaming link.

ColoRadio responsive theme is full of exciting animation that will bump up your startup radio station. Beside, HD pictures and animation and the links to get you to the online stream, it allows you to introduce different DJ’s that play for your radio station. So if you have your own music that your make, you will be glad to know that you will have the chance to make some fans to your own music makers.

TopRadio bootstrap theme

If you run any type of music radio, Music radio joomla template is the website for you. It provides you with full HD pictures and definitely, links to your online streaming stations. It also allow you to advertise for coming and upcoming events. It let you advertise for your programs and different DJ’s that you might host or partner with. And at the end, it leaves you 1-2 paragraphs to welcome your fans and address them in any manner that you might like.

Radio & Sound Studio bootstrap templates

We are proud to present our HTML Bootstrap Radio Website Template. This template features an amazing design with vertical main menu and a slide show in the middle. Maybe some of you always wanted to have an online radio, but thought it required a lot of funds or experience. Creating an online FM radio requires only 15 minutes of your time and is easier than you thought. For more detailed instructions on how to set up a radio and every device needed please visit this Blog Post: How To Create Real and Online Radio Station

Website Design (web design) Trends Of 2016

More Image, less text

Shoppers tend to take a gander at pictures and video and less at the content. This makes an exercise in careful control amongst SEO and UX. Web crawlers lean toward content they can list. This will move content rich substance to sub-pages and the picture rich substance to the home page. In the event that content is required for the home page, attempt to place it under the symbolism. Focus on the clients first and the web indexes second.  

Title replaced with cards

We saw bunches of tile-based outlines since the internet emerged. Cards take the outline to a more profound level by including usefulness and intuitiveness. They can give more data utilizing float impacts, by flipping the cards over, growing them, and that's just the beginning. They are an incredible configuration component that places the attention on symbolism and offer a usable way and make the substance simple to see initially. They basically make matrix designs while minimizing content, and add it only when necessary.  

Mobile Layout

Some desktop components can be covered up when the site is seen on a cell phone. Different components will be balanced or adjusted relying upon the screen size and sort. This permits the message to fit the screen. Strip out the components that are less vital and fit it to the screen without losing the message. Slideshows, pictures, catches, components, menus, et cetera ought to be created on account of portable. Luckily, Material Design brings back visual components so destinations don't need to look plain on versatile. Additionally, you can render a picture at an alternate size or determination relying upon the extent of the screen. This will accelerate the page-stacking and the pictures will at present look extraordinary on cell phones.  

Greater focus on social comments

WordPress has an awesome remarking framework, however more peruses tend to leave comments inside informal communities than on sites themselves. To catch social remarks, the pattern keeps on moving toward a larger number of sites utilizing social remarking frameworks instead of the implicit WordPress remarking framework. This guarantees guests can remark utilizing their social records and/or any online networking notice are grabbed and showed right on your website.  

7 Popular WordPress Plugins for 2016

WordPress SEO

WordPress SEO is not only a SEO module; it is the complete site optimization bundle. Aside from adding titles and portrayals to your own texts, it additionally allow you to add open diagram meta information, do page examination, distribute xml sitemap, thus a great deal more.

BackupBuddy

BackupBuddy is the least demanding and most fledgling friendly WordPress backup and movement module. It permits you to rapidly setup programmed backups plan for your website. You could store your backups on the cloud and rest effortlessly, knowing all your substance is went down.

W3 total cache

Your site's speed is a vital part in web crawler rankings. W3 Total Cache helps you enhance your WordPress site for speed and execution. It permits you to effortlessly setup page and program storing, pack pages for snappier downloads, and setup a substance conveyance system for your static records

WPForms

WPForms is the most beginner friendly contact structure module for WordPress. This drag and drop online structure manufacturer permits you to effortlessly make contact shapes, email membership frames, request shapes, installment frames, and other sort of online structures with only a couple clicks.

Edit Flow

Edit Flow gives a productive publication work process administration framework for WordPress. It permits you to see your publication date-book, oversee writers, appoint posts, leave article remarks, and a great deal more. You can make your own particular custom post status and arrangement your substance system with in your WordPress dashboard.

OptinMonster

OptinMonster is the best lead era module for WordPress. It permits you to make delightful option shapes and popups for your WordPress site and change over your clients into supporters. It comes stuffed with components like page-level targeting, examination, split testing, and leave purpose innovation which permits you to show option structure when a client is going to leave your site.

Soliloquy

Soliloquy is the best responsive WordPress slider available. Most slider programs will back off your site which would hurt your SEO. Soliloquy, then again, is the speediest slider module which stacks your sliders at bursting quick speeds. It comes pressed with components and even has a free form that you can attempt on immediately.

Essential steps for creating your WordPress theme

Is it true that you are hoping to learn WordPress and create a website? One of the best parts about WordPress is its usability. Learning WordPress does not require a great deal of time or cash. In this article, we will demonstrate to you generally accepted methods to learn WordPress in few steps.  

SETUP

The main thing you have to do is to setup WordPress. This begins with a choice that you need to make between WordPress.com versus WordPress.org. For most organizations and people who're hoping to tackle the genuine force of WordPress, it bodes well to start with WordPress.org. When you pick the right stage, the following stride is to pick your area and facilitating.  

PLUGINS

The genuine force of WordPress is in the modules. WordPress modules permit you to grow your site usefulness, for example, including contact frames, make a store, and so forth. There are more than 32,000 free modules accessible in the authority WordPress module vault alone. This wealth of modules can overpower for novices. That is the reason you ought to take a gander at our tenderfoot's aide on the best way to pick the best WordPress module. Investigating modules will keep you entertained for the greater part of the day. When you return, the following thing we will cover is WordPress themes.  

THEMES

WordPress themes control the look of your website. Subjects are pre-made layouts that you can introduce and alter for your site. There are a great many free and premium ways accessible for WordPress. You can download free and premium themes using the WordPress Themes index. For premium subjects, you can go to topic shops like StudioPress, Elegant Themes, ThemeLab, and so on. An impeccable theme ought to be an equalization of wonderful configuration and intense components. Excessively numerous components are not generally a decent sign for Theme. Look at our side on picking the ideal WordPress theme for your website.  

CUSTOMIZATION

Every website has distinctive customization needs. Contingent upon what you need to do with your website, you will go over new inquiries. For instance, how to include a contact frame, or make separate home page and new page for blog entries. We strongly recommend you to watch some online tutorials on several ways on customizing your website, and always remember that there are several ways to do it and it is up to you choosing your most efficient one. You can likewise subscribe to WPBeginner's YouTube Channel for WordPress video instructional exercises. We hope that this article helped to understand the essentials criteria’s to create a website using WordPress. Keep in mind there is a lot of help accessible for WordPress, you simply need to figure out how to legitimately request WordPress bolster and get it.  

1. Your site has to function rapidly. (Since Google adores it!) Watch out for memory serious modules or clashing modules and so forth.

2. Security from programmers is essential. Luckily nowadays, most programmers will do programmed reinforcements for you. Additionally, never pick a web host that hasn't got all day live support. At the point when things turn extremely bad, you will need their assistance. I utilize HostGator.com for the majority of my online journals – awesome immediate help and five stars’ security. This is the main reason why you need a decent host; not only to prevent hackers, but to keep your site up 24/7.

3. Always utilize a .com and unless there truly is no option don't utilize a DASH/Hyphen in the middle of words in a space name.

4. Build an email list from the very first moment.

5. Websites do break! Once in a while for what will show up no reason, pages will quit showing as they ought to or even connections will get botched up. This could be a result of some contention with a portion of the Plugins. Particularly when updating for example, WordPress realize that a portion of the Plugins you have introduced will never again be functioning properly. With respect to interior and outer connections there are different Broken Link Checkers, some of them FREE that are worth looking at.

6. Facebook, Twitter and or Instagram. Pick one and dominate it, do not try to dominate the three of them because you will never be able to be really famous on various social networks. On the other hand, hire somebody to take care of your online networking and make them in charge of the result.
7. Have an arrangement for your business (site) – I mean a blocks and mortar business without a strategy for success is entirely senseless! Why would it be advisable for it to be any diverse for your site? Have an arrangement for the coming month, 3 months, 6 months, 12 months! Where do you see you and your site a long time from now? Do you have a way out arrangement? Do you have an income arrangement? You should always think about what is the next big step that you have to introduce in your website. This could be a new service, a new updated version or both of them.

8. Make it simple for customers to reach you. Besides, be interested in some feedback or not as much as positive remarks about your site. Beyond any doubt a few remarks will originate from by and large adverse individuals; however, your team must always offer assistance.

Animation

Liveliness in site configuration is one of the "it" patterns of 2015. Begin with littler energized touches as you start working with this sort of impact and proceed onward to greater liveliness after you have a decent vibe for how they function and function with your general site structure. The way to animations is not stacking a cluster of video records to your site. The littler the movement, the simpler it is to make something with a minor impression. So where do you begin? Accomplish something basic and fun, for example, make an enlivened float state. Having a catch change shading or extend is a clever impact that will help you ace the CSS and get a decent vibe for fundamental liveliness before proceeding onward to bigger components. This can be done using simple functions such as images, slideshow, live pictures or others.

Optimize images

With the quantity of HD and retina displays accessible to clients, you may be enticed to load every one of your pictures as full size at HD when you are building your site. Try not to fall into this trap. The vast majority of these pictures are likely much too huge for your site to handle proficiently. Know your document sorts. The most well-known record positions for pictures on the web are JPG, PNG, GIF and SVG.

Use code where possible

You may be enticed to make a pack of clever symbols and pictures for your site and load each as an individual component. This can bring about a few issues. Rather, utilize code to call these components when conceivable. Use CSS to load foundation pictures also. This will "drive" your site to stack everything else in front of the foundation, so clients can begin seeing different components and content on the site immediately. W3Schools online school tutorial has an incredible, and basic instructional exercise for how to use code to load pictures and videos, which takes less space and accelerate your website.

Keep Video short

Another in vogue web plan component is utilization of full-screen video on your home page. This can be another heap time trap. You will get yourself got between video quality, video substance and speed and will need to make a sacrifice some place. The best recordings are super short – just a few seconds – and circle so that the activity does not stop. You don't have to incorporate sound or different impacts either. You can attempt a couple of different traps to get your grind size down however much as could reasonably be expected.            

Think about the theme

In the event that you are utilizing WordPress or another substance administration framework with a theme, recollect that not all themes are fabricated the same. While you will probably have more fortunes with a premium choice – some of which let you "turn off" unused components – investigate the code and work to ensure that is not the thing that is hindering your site. Is your site stacking rapidly enough? If not, it's a great opportunity to change it to meet ideal burden times. Sites must be fast with the goal that clients can interface instantly. The more it takes for the page to stack, paying little respect to gadget, the more probable it is that clients will forsake the site inside and out. So take a couple of minutes today or this week and experience this rundown to guarantee that your site is performing at an ideal level.

1. Website templates:

Cheap price On the off chance that financial plan is keeping you away from getting your business up on the Internet, then perhaps a website template may be the approach.

Shorter development time. No doubt utilizing a website template would incorporate a shorter development time required for your site.

You will be constrained on the customization of the site format. Without website page coding aptitudes, you are as yet must either invest the energy and cash to figure out how to code a page or contract somebody to help you in order to make your page a custom page.  

2. Custom web design:

More adaptable to your needs In the event that you have done your site arranging, you will have a rundown of elements you wish to have. By organizing this rundown of website mechanisms, you will give the web designer a thought of what to suit for later on if your current budget doesn't permit every one of the elements to be actualized from the begin.

Price Hiring website developers can be extremely expensive as you are hiring someone to your company. They have their salary, breaks and they often require plenty of time to work on your website.

Time Time is a factor that plays against custom web page. When you want to start a business, you want to do it the fastest possible way; however, website designer can take up to months in order to work on the website of your company. It is also going to be extremely recommended if you use the same website designer every and each time you want to update or upgrade your website. As we work harder everyday on providing you with a variety of selective templates, it is our honor that now you have a quick idea about differences between web design and web template and depending on your needs and budget, now you can choose which ever suits you better.        

This tips is going to sound obvious... in any case, you'd be shocked what a limited number of website creators truly pay consideration on this tip. Without a doubt, we can continue forever about using web plan standards, in any case, at last, your design simply needs to look great. Initial impression counts, and you would prefer not to give your subject or format a chance to get tossed out of the purchaser's brain since it looks terrible.  

Create a strong visual hierarchy

The hypothesis of visual pecking order is the way to go that the most critical component is the most conspicuous. Making a solid hierarchy system is especially critical since it gets the customer’s consideration and attracts them to particular components, precisely what a business client may need when he's purchasing a template for his business. As a fashioner, you can level the substance into various levels so clients can without much of a stretch and effectively filter the substance to discover purposes of interest. Your purchasers ought to have the capacity to perceive your chain of importance effectively and distinguish their potential utilization of it. Offering them a reasonable spot to put their item, or a simple approach to perceive post titles can be a genuine preferred standpoint amid the pre-deal involvement with your subject.  

Make your product solve problems

Making your format helpful and have the capacity to tackle issues for the client is dependably an advantageous advertising focus. Your template should be effective in light of the fact that it takes care of an issue; it tackles the issue of getting a site outlined by associating a business sector of instant topics with purchasers who need them. You ought to by and large force this standard into your website.  

Add many free varieties

It is important if you add various entertaining options. For example, try to fulfil your template with many free HD pictures, or a different kind of slideshow. Try to make your website full of many excitement options instead of just tons of words where most of your clients will skip. Add all of the “words” part into the bottom of the page, because most of nowadays entrepreneurs will look for more “fun” design to look for.  

Document your theme well

A topic's documentation is truly essential when you don't know who your client is. Giving direction on the most proficient method to alter and modify your subject can be a key point in your topic, particularly as they turn out to be more intricate. Truth be told, the audit group rate your documentation and showcase it in the sidebar on your home page at your template so purchasers know precisely what they're getting.

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• A logo must be straightforward. A basic logo plan takes into account simple acknowledgment and permits the logo to be flexible and paramount. Successful logos highlight something startling or extraordinary without being overdrawn.

• A logo must be critical. Taking after firmly behind the guideline of effortlessness is that of memorability. A successful logo configuration ought to be paramount and this is accomplished by having a straightforward yet suitable logo.

• A logo must persevere. A viable logo ought to persevere through the test of time. The logo ought to be 'future confirmation', implying that it ought to in any case be powerful in 10, 20, 50+ years time.

• A logo must be flexible. A compelling logo ought to have the capacity to work over an assortment of mediums and applications.

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• Plan brief. Conduct a poll or meeting with the customer to get the configuration brief.

• Conduct research concentrated on the business itself, its history, and its rivals.

• Conduct research into logo outlines that have been fruitful and ebb and flow styles and patterns that are identified with the configuration brief.

• Drawing and conceptualizing. Build up the logo outline ideas around the brief and research.

By recognizing what different brands have succeeded in and why they have succeeded gives you awesome understanding and you can apply that accomplished learning to your own particular work. For instance, we should take a gander at the great Facebook logo. This logo was made since Facebook was created back in 2004, yet it has never changed. It's an incredible case of a solid, huge logo, being powerful without shading and effectively adaptable.

COMPUTER REPAIR WORDPRESS THEME Computer Repair service is one of our top seller WordPress templates because of its beautiful animation as well as its various HD pictures. It is ready to be directly linked to social media account as well as receiving comments from customers. Despite various graphical design such as the slideshow and the card layout, it also has its own text place where you can address your customer with your own words. It is simply beautiful.

COMPUTER REPAIR JOOMLA TEMPLATE Our computer repair Joomla responsive theme is our best seller Joomla template. Joomla is an open source platform on which Websites and applications can be created. If you prefer or have more experience with Joomla website template, here’s one of our best. A fully responsive theme, full of HD pictures, card layout, text already integrated and many cooler features that will fulfil your customer’s joy.  

REPAIR SERVICE BOOTSTRAP TEMPLATE             Our computer repair service template is also one of our favorite website template and also one of the most advanced that we are honored to offer. This template is a broader electronic repair company since it does all electronics repair such as phones, tablets, video games and others. This template is also unique by numerous moving pictures, slideshows and card design. You will always be giving that option of a text block in order for you to address your customer.  

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1. Imaginative Navigation

One of the emerging trends for 2015 that’s definitely going to make a big impression in 2016 is imaginative navigation. Simple scroll down is nowhere near as exciting as these creative options. Check it out:

The background image on Cameo by Vimeo zooms out and into a smartphone mockup. Scrolling down the page further brings subtle but delightful animation.

I love this sideways scroll navigation by Creative Cruise. It’s whimsical and it is on an infinite loop. I dare you not to loop through more than once.

OhDeer Games! is a lovely example of inventive navigation. Scrolling actually draws you deeper into the site. What a hypnotic experience!

2. Grids

Pinterest is one of the pioneers of grid design. This design will surge into 2016 full speed ahead. People gravitate to this design because of its modern lines and sleek aesthetic. It’s easy to see why this trend shows no signs of stopping. Take a look at designers who’ve done it right:

We love the alternating grid pattern on the website for Pauline Osmont. It adds visual interest to the site without being loud or obnoxious.

Mikiya Kobayashi incorporates a random grid spread that’s lightning fast and remains minimalist and easy to explore.

The grid design on JD & Co. offers subtle animation and a nod to flat design.

3. Split-Screen

Split-screen is a new, but awesome, trend that will take 2016 by surprise. Not a lot of people implement this trend in their designs yet, because it’s technically more difficult than a lot of other trends. But you’ll definitely see this trend make more noise in coming year.

Look at how Namale offers a master class on split-screen, complete with subtle animation and interesting navigation.

This seemingly simple split screen from Adidas shows off fun rollover animation.

Who says split screen has to be vertical? Check out the horizontal navigation by Fixed Group. This site is lightyears ahead of its time with creative page transition as well.

4. Immersive Storytelling

Websites often tell stories that are visually stunning. Expect to see much more of it in 2016. Here’s a few examples of the different ways websites can be storytellers:

This interactive game was inspired by the children’s book series “Where’s Waldo?” It’s impossible not to engage in this highly detailed world.

As you scroll down this magazine-style website, you’ll see snippets of videos that make you stop and take notice. The videos add mood and personality to the site.

The Boat tells a story in a beautiful and compelling way that has to be experienced first hand.

5. Interactivity

All websites feature some level of interactivity, but as we venture deeper into 2016, you’ll see increased interactivity as designers focus on user engagement. Let’s look at the interactivity of these sites:

It doesn’t get any more interactive than Lincoln Music Selfie. On this site, visitors can take a photo of themselves and transform it into a music selfie.

Go here to Nike’s site to wake up this extremely fit young lady. Watch her walk around her Ikea-furnished apartment and then choose activities for to do. You can also buy Nike products by clicking on her various clothing pieces.

Create different animation loops as you click around Truth Labs.

Final Thoughts

What’s your favorite website design trend for 2016? Let us know in the comments below!

You can have the most beautiful website, but if it doesn’t work well with and for your audience, it’s just a pretty picture. You need a website that functions almost intuitively with your audience. If I’m your target demographic, I should be able to find exactly what I need from your site without much effort. Yes, your site needs to be a mind-reader. And while you may not be a mind-reader yourself, by implementing these best practices, you can forge a near-psychic connection with your audience. Are you ready to get started? Let’s go!

1. Focus on a Call to Action

A call to action is a word, phrase, or sentence that you use to motivate the reader toward some action. Some timeless examples of calls to action include: Click here, sign up now, buy it.

Always tell your audience the next step to take. Would you like them to subscribe to your email list, or join your upcoming webinar? You’ve got to lead them down the path, and you start with a call to action. It also raises awareness about your event or offering that they may not know about unless you tell them.

Make sure that every page has a purpose by creating a clear call to action.

2. Make it Responsive

Did you know that 60% of all Internet traffic is mobile? It’s extremely likely that your site is visited from mobile devices like smartphones and tablets. Are you still forcing site visitors to pinch-to-zoom?

Your site needs to be mobile-friendly. It should immediately respond to every screen size and look just as amazing on an iPhone as it does on an iMac.

3. Increase Speed

There is a need for speed when it comes to websites. These days, the average attention span of a human is one second less than that of a goldfish. You have less than 10 seconds to make a positive first impression of your site. Way less. In fact, if your website takes longer than three seconds to load, you can expect to lose around 40% of your audience.

Make sure that your website is lighting fast. Check out these 16 ways to increase your website speed.

4. Boost Your About Page

One of the most visited pages on your site will be your About page. Your visitors want to know more about you and what motivated you to create your website. Make sure you add a friendly bio (no dry, distant, third-person write-up, please). Include your photo for a personal touch. And, last but not least, link out to your social media profiles.

5. Use Less Annoying Pop-Ups

You can use pop-ups to announce your calls to action. For example, a pop-up can be a great way to successfully grow your email list. But there’s a right and wrong way to use pop-ups. Instead of making them pop up immediately, considering adding an exit-intent one that only appears when the visitor heads for the back button.

6. Make a Clickable Logo

Can visitors click your header logo from anywhere on your site and return to home? It’s the small things that have the biggest impact on user experience.

7. Beef Up Internal Links

If you’re running a blog, don’t automatically expect your visitors to know about all of your amazing content. Never miss an opportunity to link to your other blog posts, especially if it’s relevant to the content. While some of your visitors may scour through your archives, don’t assume that everyone will. Do the heavy lifting for you.

Final Thoughts

Implement these best practices in your website design, and you’ll improve your user experience in no time.

1. Unsplash

2. Gratisography

3. ISO Republic

4. Magdeleine

5. FoodiesFeed

6. Life of Pix

7. MMT

8. Pexels

9. Startup Stock

10. Jay Mantri

Why Web Designers Love Lists ?

1. 1. To use as a conversation starter. Lists are a great way to compile a bit of design information that you can you to talk to other design professionals, from tools you use to trends to try.
2. 2. To provide information about a topic at a glance. Hot topics can be boiled down easily in list format, making it easy to learn something new in a flash.
3. 3. Because they can be turned into neat infographics. Digestible bits of information are great for turning into more visual formats. Lists, especially those with a few data points, can be converted into cool and creative infographics.
4. 4. So you can check off items you care/don’t care about. Lists make it easy to visualize information – hey, that’s what design is all about – and filter the good from the bad.
5. 5. Give you a set of comparison tools so you can see how you rank. Are you jumping on to certain design trends or have a toolkit of elements that other designers are using? Lists can be a good gauge of where you stand in the design community. Do you fall in with the pack or pave more of your own path?
6. 6. Help you think about problems and solutions in a quick and manageable way. Lists provide a set of manageable and doable solutions to help you solve problems. (Solving problems is one of the top reasons designers say the love their jobs, by the way.)
7. 7. You can use them to create nifty posters. Lists can be converted to poster-style designs, one element at a time. This is a great way to jumpstart your creativity. Not sure how to use this as a creative tool? Grab a list. (You can use this one.) Design a poster series featuring a themed design. Each poster should include one element from the list.
8. 8. Provide a sense of accomplishment. Even without visual checkboxes, lists are made to help you note completed tasks. (And nothing is better than checking items off a list, right?)
9. 9. They are easy to read on the go. Lists are perfect for reading on the go. Even while standing in the line at the grocery store or while waiting for the train during your daily commute, a list can help you learn or think about something new. (Plus, short form text is easy to read on your phone.)
10. 10. Because they are fun!

Over the last two months, Gridgum was busy renovating its website to ensure keeping customers with an updated website template that makes their browsing experience easier and faster. The best website designer and computer scientists worked collectively in order to deliver a masterpiece version that all Gridgum customer deserves. Their innovation and talent went beyond expectation. They have come you with the easiest, fastest and most fun way to deal with business website template. Either you’re customers running a small business or a multi-billion-dollar company owner, our responsive template shaped in our new design will have a positive impact on your business.

Our website now also accepts web affiliate which will permit you to link your website or social network on Gridgum account. In this video, we will show you how to make a great experience, success and profit using our affiliate program. Over the video, we will go over the top functions that are included in our new website design. These amazing functions include sales statistics, which permit you to get a precise fully graphed statistical analysis of your selling, earning and withdrawals. It also includes the generating function which allows you to generate the code from the website, without the need of switching between the browser and your programming application. It also has a very cool function to sort out your different themes based on programming language, categories or other. Let’s take a moment to see a live description of these great features that you will only find at Gridgum.com

Over the past 8 weeks, Gridgum has been dedicated its force towards renovating the website, so we become the easiest, faster and most convenient choice for all individuals looking for a website for their companies. Our designers have come up with a piece of art that will not only make your business successful, but it will make your browsing experience better and more advanced than ever before. Let’s take a moment to explain the highlights of the new tools on Gridgum website.

Affiliate program:

In our new website design, we decided to create an affiliate program, so anyone who wants to join our team by multiple themes. All you have to do is to join as an affiliate and you will be directed to your profile where you can link any website to a Facebook page that you already have. We welcome everyone in Gridgum, and we permit clients to redirect on your website once they have chosen the template that you post on your Gridgum, so you can also promote for your website when you become an affiliate with Gridgum. Oppositely, you can also sell Gridgum theme on your website. If you are an affiliate and decide to sell our theme on your own website, you can do that with a commission of 20%-40%, please visit Gridgum term of services for a detailed terms agreement policy

Author program

Our author program has always been one of the strongest part of Gridgum that we have always leaned on. Any website developer can simply create his template or sell his template and earn 60-70% commission on each sale. So if you have already a lot of templates that you have created and looking forwards to earn extra money, you have to consider uploading them into Gridgum website and in a matter of days you will earn up to 70% of each sale that you make, please visit Gridgum website and see the terms of services for a detailed terms agreement policy.

Sales statistics

In most website design templates, you are not provided an automatic database system in order to let you know your earnings, profits and more statistical data of your work. In our new website design, we provide with fully graphic results of all your earnings and withdrawals. It is going to be easy for you to visualize what was your profit, what profit did you withdraw, your commission, and your savings. All these values are presented in numerical numbers but also presented in graphs.

Types and categories

At Gridgum, we sell themes to many business ideas. They sometimes need a certain theme in a specified programming language. As a result, we did categories and types about every single programming language. So you will find types to be: Bootstrap, WordPress, HTML, CSS and much more. Categories would be Car repair templates, Electronics templates, School template and others. For example: if a customer is looking for a bootstrap car repair template, he will just need to apply two filters, type: bootstrap and category: car repair template. As a result, you can filter a lot of themes and see only the ones the best matches your interest.

Generate function

In the new version of our website, you do not need any virtual box or another tab to generate code. In our new design, you can simply generate code and let it open your page in a new tab. This feature does not only save time but it is very convenient to have all your work on the same page and you do not need anymore to have your code application running in order to change anything because now you can simply do it on Gridgum website.

For our customers, it is really important to understand how you can make a head start from other companies. First, you have to define what your target market is. We are going to explain how to succeed if you target market is an online business. Suppose that someone wants to fix his broken smartphone screen, he will open google and type: “electronic repair near me”. He will usually see the offers in the first and maybe second page of Google. In this article, we are going to give you tips on how to be in an advanced page on Google after buying templates that we provide with on Gridgum.com.

Design for all devices

It is really important that your website run for all electronics devices. So it doesn’t matter if you use a smartphone, a tablet or a computer. The website should run all over these devices with the same efficiency. So it cannot be slow on mobile or tablet, you have to create it so it is fast and efficient in every search engine the user is going to use. It is important to mention that all theme in Gridgum are responsive which qualify this feature. You only need to consider this if you are designing the page by yourself.

Identify your address

Google know where you are, but it doesn’t say it unless you ask it to do it. So it would be your so beneficial for you to specify the near me search engine. So if you are the only one or among few offering same services in a certain location, Google will bring you to the top if someone types “electronic repair in Princeton, Massachusetts. You will have the advantage if you are among few who offers that service in Princeton, Massachusetts. Similarly, with every place in the world, you can easily get on the top of Google search by this feature.

Speed of your website

Speed is very important and among top things that Google checks out. Your website should have a high speed in order to be in an advanced place at Google search. There are multiple ways to test your website speed but the easiest one is to do it throw the following link: https://tools.pingdom.com/. But how are you going to boost your website speed? Our quick tips would be: Minimizing HTTP request, put out all your CSS into header files. Google also offer you multiple options at the following link: https://developers.google.com/speed/.

Wording

You should determine keywords and include it on your website. In Google search, they filter those keywords that you have and the ones that match the search made by the customer will go at the top of the list. So include words about every detail that you have on your website and be specific especially about the ones that are directly related to the business that you run.

Have a Blog

Blog article is aimed to be short, brief and friendly, but Google loves those. If you have a blog on your website, that will give you a jump ahead of other websites. You can discuss anything in your blog, but the more it is related to your business, the more you will be in a better position in a Google search.

The above requirements are mainly for being at the top of Google search. In Gridgum, we offer you with responsive templates and always give the options for blogs. We also have some templates that have the map option. By using our template, you will save a lot of time that designers take but you will also be provided with essentials main requirements to be in the first pages of Google search.

Choosing the correct font is not easy. Some might even consider it to be challenging, while others think that it doesn’t really matter what font is used. For the texts with small characters that are dragged somewhere in the corners, they are right, but choosing the correct font for headlines and other titles is crucial for maintaining your readers. There is a variety of Google Fonts. You just have to browse through them and find the one you like, the one that suits your design, something bold, with a little detail, but clean and easy to read. If for some reason you are not able to do so, just read through this list of 5 most popular fonts of 2016.

So the 5th place goes to Oswald. It was developed by Vernon Adams. It has a classic design which is bold enough for headlines and simple enough for the body texts.  https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Oswald

The 4th most popular font according to Google is Lato. Compared to the previous font this one has wider characters. Lato has semi-rounded details, which, according to Google is “Male and female, serious but friendly”.

https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Lato

The 3rd place is occupied by Slabo 27px. This font is mainly popular in online advertising. The Slabo collection also has this font in 13px. Each of these fonts is “Fine-tuned for use at the pixel size in its name”.

https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Slabo+27px

The 2nd place goes to Open Sans. Designed by Steve Matteson, this font has not only English, but Latin(1 and CE), Greek and Cyrillic sets. Open Sans doesnt have much detail,which makes it easy to read and therefore perfect for body text. www.Shopify.com mostly uses Open Sans font.

https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Open+Sans

Finally, the most popular font is Roboto. This beautifully simple font has high legibility, which is why it will look awesome in small characters of body texts and thanks to its geometric forms and Bold, Black and italic styles, Roboto is perfect for headlines and titles.

https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Roboto

How To Create Real Radio Station & Internet Radio Station Too.

On of the most popular templates in our marketplace is Online Radio Station website templates. The reason of its popularity is that, nowadays it is not hard to open up a radio station online. On top of that the expenses are not high too. Most of our customers who buy above mentioned templates also ask about how to make an internet radio station. We told a lot of our customers about this and decided not to write a letter one by one, so we are writing one interesting article about Radio Station. In this post we want to combine two things : First: how it is possible to make a real radio station as customers requirements are divided in two parts:

• First one asks about how to make a real radio station

• How the online (internet) radio station should be made.

First of all , we will show you how the real radio station is made with the least expenses and then we will discuss how to make online internet radio station with the lowest price.

HOW TO CREATE REAL RADIO STATION

For this you will need a space where your radio will be located, the room where the broadcast will be held must be a quiet place or it must be so isolated that the outside sound could not enter inside.

The devices you need for the real radio station:

1. AUDIO MIXER

2. MICROPHONE AND MICROPHONE STAND

3. POP FILTER (Bop cover)

4. MONITOR HEADPHONE

5. FM TRANSMITTER

6. Audio Processor

In this video tutorial below will be shown how all above mentioned devices must be connected to each other and how to start-up your real radio station.

HOW TO CREATE ONLINE (internet) RADIO STATION

Now about the online radio station: First of all, for creating the internet radio station for this you need website, but it is not an ordinary website design. For this you need a specifical design which will fit this theme. On top of that we have experience in this and we are offering you our Radio Station website templates which are given in radio themes category in here: RADIO TEMPLATES

In this category you will find different kind of radio templates. If you do not have experience in HTML , we are offering you Radio CMS (Wordpress, Joomla) templates. With CMS templates are not needed any experience or knowledge in PHP or HTML by CMS templates admin page you can manage full site, easily add texts, images, create new pages with its content or delete and so on.

To sum up with CMS (CMS = Content Management System) you have the opportunity to manage full site without special knowledge. As i have mentioned above this types of templates can be found in radio themes category, but if you are programmer and have experience in HTML you can make your choise in simple bootstrap radio templates.

When you have online radio website then you need to integrate online radio script or special program. how to make this ? - For this we were searching lots to find an easy and cheapest way to show this to our customers.

Here you can see the step by step video tutorial about how the online radio station is made in internet only for $50:

If you are willing to pay from 20 to 85 euro monthly and have perfect online radio station , in this case we recommend you this site: https://radio.co/ If you can use this account for free exactly 7 days and afterwards decide if this service corresponds your requirements.

Before reading the article we recommend to watch this presentation from Microsoft about the newest Surface Studio For designers.

Microsoft launched surface just four years ago and it’s only grown the brand in that time the company’s new surface studio is evidence of its growing design expertise in a technical achievement by any measure one look at the studio is all you need to tell it’s a bit different the old school 32 aspect ratio is strange by modern standards and there’s nothing like in the studio’s. 20 inch size but it makes sense it provides a better usable workspace for draw and design and even document editing and the display looks gorgeous whatever you’re doing and our testing we found it can hit 100 percent now the SRGB spectrum and it turned in the fourth most accurate color we’ve ever seen better still the display lacks any clearer weak spot. It’s pretty much great in ever area including pixel density apples iMac with retina and Del’s 5k ultrasharp monitor are the only pc displays they crammed in more pixels per inch ... 

Everything which you read above can be seen in this step by step YOUTUBE Presentation

This article is for people who have no experience and have never published a website so far. A lot of people buying our templates, often times face challenges of not knowing how to publish the site. In this article you will learn how to share your site online.

SO LET’s START:

First of all, you need a ready-to-go site, if you don’t have one, we recommend you to purchase our responsive website templates or download one of our free website template from here:

So what is a template? It is a ready-to-go website template, where you can edit text, pictures and other media according to your needs and preferences and what your website is supposed to do. The reason why responsive website template is so good, is that it can be viewed and accessed from tablet as well as computer and mobile.

Let’s suppose you already have a ready site and have purchased template and made necessary customizations. for the next stage that is sharing this website online, so you and your users will be able to see and visit it online, you will need a name, which your users will type in their browsers and find you. This name is called domain name (www.yourname.com).

How to choose and register you domain name?

Today you can access multiple domain registrars such as:

www.godaddy.com-ი, hostagtor.com, hostmoster.com, However lately godaddy and other host providers have increased their registration fees, so we recommend you the following registrar: www.m9host.com Let’s review how you can choose and register your domain on m9host.com In order to register your domain for the first time, you will need to check if your desired domain name is not already registered for someone else. In order to do this, you will need to visit the following link: http://www.m9host.com/domains/

In the above showed shot, you can see that in the space “Enter multiple domains” you are able to type in domain names you like and want to register, however keep in mind that you should leave the extensions (for example .com and .net) out. If you for example want to own domain “web-design.com”,you need to enter “web-design” in the designated field, and then check the checkboxes with the extensions you like, it’s advisable that you check multiple checkboxes, because .com extension might be taken for that name, but chances are .net or other extensions might be available. In order to start the search process click on "Search Now"

After you click on Search Now button, page will process the information and show you the results. If you see on screen above a red circle by the domain name in the list, it means its already registered by someone else and it’s impossible for you to register it on your name. However, if there is a green circle next to the domain name, it means it’s available for registration and anyone can register it, thus you need to hurry so no one will take your name. If the domain has a green circle, you will also be able to see the registration fee on the right. As you can see in the screenshot above, all the extensions for your domain name are taken such as .com, .net, .org, .bz, .and only web-design.ws is available, which will cost you to register for $20.99 annually. Domain’s prices are given for 1 year long registration . Let’s suppose you are content with “web-design.ws”, in order to register it click on- register $20.99 - which will take you to the following page:

Here website wants to know if you already have an account on m9host.com, if you do not have an account click "I am a new client". Fill out all the required prompts, and try to give in as much details as possible. Because a lot of countries have regulations in place for registration of domain names, thus it’s viable if you fill it out completely so you won’t have any setback in registering your site.

After completing all the fields click on - Create an Account After which, your account will be created and you will be redirected to your account page; see the screen shot below:

IF you want to register your domain, the next step for you will be to pay for it, thus click on PAY, which will redirect you to the payment page, where you can pay for the registration either with paypal or your credit card, after which you will now be the owner of “web-design.ws”. Web-design.ws is of course just a name for an example for you to show clearly all the registration steps. Do not forget to fill out your profile and password for your account, you can do this by visiting your profile page here:

After you checked availability of your domain and registered it, you are now the owner of it for as long as you have paid for it be it a year, 2 years or couple more. Generally domains initially get registered only for a year, so you will be able to see how well will it work and later you will decide if you want to renew you registration and extend it.

Host Account

What is hosting and why do we need it? Imagine that you registered new company in your town to do some business. You probably would not place it on the street and would need an office, where people would do the work. Or imagine that you want to make a shop, for which you would need a place to sell the products. This is what is happening in internet too. The place where you publish your website is called hosting. Host companies, in our case www.m9host.com, rents places on the server, where people could place their websites. For this you would also need a host account. How to create host account? For this you can go here: http://www.m9host.com/hosting/

There are 9 host accounts represented, from which you could choose the one that suits you the best. You can also find button to create the account:

M9host.com offers everyone one month free hosting to make it easier for customers to understand if they like the service or not. If you want to create free hosting, please click on register button of a column, that has listed the price as $0.00. You will be redirected to a familiar page that asks you if you are a new client or not.

As you already have gone through the registration part, you have the ability to click on the button that says “I have m9host account and domain name” and type in the text field the domain name for which you need the hosting for. You will also need to type in your email and password and click login button. You will need to wait for a little bit for m9host.com to decide if they can open host account for you if you need one month free hosting. However, if you choose to pay for the hosting, then there is no waiting time for approval. Let say that you did everything as its explained in this article. Then you already have a host account and you should have received an email (welcome host information) with your hosting information.

How to login to host account ?

Please check your email for hosting information, which should look similar to this:

This email contains all the needed information to login to the host account. You would probably find something like this in your email: your Cpanel here:
https://cpanel.m9host.com:2083

This means that your hosting account’s cPanel address is:
https://cpanel.m9host.com:2083

There should be a mention of username and password also:
| UserName: limege
| PassWord: q1w2e3r4t5

In order to login to your host account, type in the following address in the browser:

and you will be redirected to a page like this:

You should enter the username and password that is mentioned in the email and click on login button, which takes you to cPanel page:

How to publish the website? How to upload a ready website on hosting? How to link the website to domain?

Please find a button File Manager in the cPanel, that is first button on the top and you will be redirected to this page:

Your website should be uploaded in public_html folder. To go to public_html, please click on it twice.

When you get there, you should see something like this:

Now is the time to upload the website on your account, for which you need to click this button:

Please click on a button Select File and choose file in your computer that you want to upload on the hosting.

After the files are uploaded, please check in the browser if you are able to see your website or not.

This is all, congratulations!!!
Publishing your website went successfully!

Please do not hesitate to let us know if you need any help or have any questions.

This article is for people who are beginners in designing and not for professionals. Generally, tutorials and assistance are for customers who have a little experience. customers who have bought templates from us have had such question: It is understandable that you sell only responsive website templates, and on your live demo preview page you have special icons for checking in 3 versions,

but the question is: How can it be checked in other devices ?

the answer is simple: browser has a new ability by which you can check responsive design how it works in other devices.

For instance: please open following website https://gridgum.com or any our bootstrap template which we have in marketplace, for checking its appearance in other devices you should click on any place, by right mouse button.

and in the popup window please choose “inspect” (in the other browser it can be named: inspect element). After click, at the end of your screen you will see:

on the full screen it looks like:

Now, discuss the inspect elements abilities. For checking the responsive, you must click in the end, on a left icon , there are two devices: mobile phones and ipads. See the picture below:

If you click above selected button you will see the following picture:

the browser changed its appearance place which is marked above, in that dropdown list can be selected any kind of devices.

If something is not clear in this article, you can see the video presentation below, there can be seen everything which was written above step-by-step.

How to Set Google Map Location in Bootstrap Themes

Nowadays, the most favoured map is google map, and in my opinion there is no alternative to this. It is used for different cases, however, one of the most popular use is to show the location of the company on the website.

We are using this service in our templates. You can find google maps in all of our template’s contact us section. We are receiving a lot of emails about: how to set google map location on contact page?

Therefore, we decided to make a blog post about how to do it. For example, let take this bootstrap template:
https://demo.gridgum.com/bootstrap/astrology/ and lets go to contact page here: https://demo.gridgum.com/bootstrap/astrology/index-5.html

As you can see, we gave google map on contact page. Lets try to change the location together. First of all, we should specify what size we want our map to be. In case of this website its 870x360.

To change the location go to this website: https://mapbuildr.com, which is Google Map builder.

Press on Start Building and you will be redirected to following page:

Left side fields should be filled. The first one is not needed. Second one asks for ID number that you can come up with. Dimensions Pixels decides the size of the google map on your website, which is 870x360 in our case. The next step is why we are writing this article. If you want to input your location, press button Add Location

and input your address and save it by clicking on button SAVE.

The next step is choosing the zoom, which you can do by clicking on the zoom buttons(showing + and – on the left side of the map).

Press on it and choose the zoom that you like. I like number 16. You can also choose how it looks and where its placed.

In order to receive Google map’s code, you will need to save it. To do that you should press green button, which says SAVE MAP and you should see a popup window with following information:

One of the good functionalities of this builder is that you can choose different layout/design/theme for the map. For this, you should choose your favorite one from the field Snazzy Mao Theme. Personally for me, I chose Cobalt and now its time to press the button Get Code to receive the code, which we will put in our contact us page. If you press on the button, you should receive the following information:

Copy this code and replace it on your website. The code looked like this before:

However, after changing it, it should look like this:

Save the page and after refreshing your contact page in the browser, it should look like this:

If you misunderstood anything, you can watch video tutorial and see everything better in the video.

All our Bootstrap themes can be seen here: Bootstrap themes, in case if you have not experience in bootstrap, we recommend you to download one of our free bootstrap template or theme and try your experience first, If you have any questions, please write in comments and we will help you immediately.

First of all to publish your site on internet you would need to have register domain and create a host account, if you do not know how to make this we are offering you a website, where you can see step-by-step tutorial on how to register domain and create host account. Please see below: https://gridgum.com/How-to-publish-your-1st-website-in-the-internet/

Now, since you have finished the above steps, we can continue on our topic of how to upload bootstrap template on your server (host account). Our example will be made on a Mac, however, if you have a Windows computer, the only difference would be the use of software – WinSPC instead of Transmit ftp software. The second option of uploading a website/bootstrap template includes no software. We are offering to you to see how both of them would work

For beginning, lets talk how you would approach uploading the website with ftp software. If you have a mac, please use the software called “Transmit”. The website you could buy it from is the following:

http://www.panic.com/transmit/

Please watch the video guide about how to upload your bootstrap template/website on the server/host account (for Mac user):

As mentioned, windows users would have to follow exact same steps, however, the software used would be WinSCP, which can be downloaded from here: https://winscp.net/eng/download.php

The second option of how to upload your bootstrap template/website on the server without any special FTP software is discussed below. Every standard cPanel has special tools using which this could be done in an easy way. Please, see the video guide below:

Top 10 Responsive Free Bootstrap Themes of 2016

In this post we would like to place together 2016’s most popular free Bootstrap templates and themes in our Marketplace.

Before starting detailed descriptions of each of the 10 templates, we’d like to note, that our free templates don’t have any restrictions, demands or terms and conditions.

Gridgum’s free Bootstrap themes can be used any kind of your or your client’s projects. There’s just one “catch”: if you place our free templates on your website for your visitors, than the Demo Preview and the Download Links should redirect to our original website. There is no other restriction regarding our free templates.

We are asked why we have free themes on our marketplace? What interest do we have in placing non-profitable product?

Well, most of our customers, before purchasing the premium bootstrap templates, are gaining a lot of experience with our free bootstrap or any other type of themes. When they make sure that their knowledge is enough to manage a pricey template, they make a decision to purchase one.

We are interested in getting our customers enough experience with the help of free products – this makes our marketplace the perfect place for “website shopping”.

Now let’s move on to the actual templates and their ratings.

10. The 10th place is occupied by Material Dashboard Lite

This free Admin Dashboard template is absolutely perfect for customers, who have the slightest idea about PHP programming and wish to create a Back-End for their website. Dark colors dominate the overall design of the template, left side is perfect for some functional buttons like:

• Profile,
• dashboard,
• maps,
• products
• and etc. (your choice).

If this specific free dashboard template doesn’t meet your needs, than you can see our Premium Admin and Dashboard templates, we are sure you will be able to find the perfect admin template for you.

9. The 9th place goes to Lumb – one page free bootstrap template

This template is designed for all kinds of businesses. It has only one page and everything that is essential for a start-up business is located on that single landing page. There is a price section, a testimonial section, where you can place your customer’s testimonials and, of course, Google Maps along with the contact form at the end of the page. Everything is up and running, fully functional – you can download and see it for yourself.

The template uses some CSS and JS animations. It is ideal for testing yourself in HTML Bootstrap on a free template before a pricey one.

8. 8th place holder is Solid – Free Bootstrap Theme

This is also a one free landing page template, that has every little detail flawlessly integrated in a singular page which is perfect for start-ups. Header is presented with a written form in a beautiful slide-show in the center. With a scroll-down you get to About Us section, where you can write a little bit about your company of business.

The next section – portfolio is a splendid photo gallery. Services is another section and this template also has prices and contact sections – To sum up, it has everything that is necessary.

7. The 7th place goes to Web studio – Free Bootstrap Template

This free Bootstrap is for all web studios and web-design companies out there. It is distinguished by CSS animations, the header has a JS slideshow of other templates as well.

6. The 6th place is occupied by Computer Service Free Bootstrap Template

With the popularization of computer(services or products) theme, templates which respond to that theme have become pretty popular. In this free responsive template you can find everything that a computer repair or electronic repair service companies require. It has Price, Services and other sections. This one page website can easily be changed to a multiple page website if desired. You can do that on your own, but just in case you don’t have the needed knowledge, our support service is here to help.

5. The 5th most popular template is Blogger – Free Bootstrap Template

Nowadays blogs are everywhere. A lot of useful information can be found exactly on blogs, written by different people. We didn’t fall back on the trend and created a free blogger template with a classic design that is excellent for starters and professionals.

4. The 4th place in the free templates rating goes to – Medical free bootstrap template

This template holds a special place in our free templates base. It originally was a premium bootstrap template and it cost 12$, because of low interest and non-commercial organizations’ appeal we have decided to make it a free one. Is obvious that this template has a medical theme and is designed especially for that. It has extra page for a blog and some great CSS3 animations.

3. 3rd place holder is – Sound studio free bootstrap template

2. Second place holder is Interior design Bootstrap Template

It is for the companies or people who have careers in this field. Nowadays, when the whole era is dependent on Internet, special attention is drawn to online business. The success of it is hugely dependent on how good of a website you have and if the content is interesting or not. We are trying to make special free templates for you as we want you to download them and try by yourself to create a website for your startup business. We do not only offer you free templates, we also offer 1 month free hosting with it too at www.m9host.com.

1. The well-deserved first place goes to Dashgum basic – Free admin dashboard template

This is the template that gets most of our customer’s attention. We don’t mean to brag but Admin Dashboard templates with this kind of high quality are very rare, because this template has everything you’ll need to create a back-end for your website. This is more popular with PHP and JAVA programmers, who create an admin area for sites which are called back-ends or cPanels for administrators. Dashgum basic is a fully responsive website. If for some reason this free version doesn’t meet your needs we have a more expanded version for only 15$, which can be viewed here: Dashgum Bootstrap Dashboard Template

We are looking forward to hearing your comments. Contact us if you need any help with any of our templates. New free Bootstrap templates are added once a week so check them out, download and enjoy.

Many of you might not know what JavaScript(JS) is, let alone know its certain animations. So, let’s just start with a little bit about this programing language. JS is a dynamic programing language, which means, this “tool” makes website content dynamic, adding certain effects and animations to it. It gives websites rather a character, which is exactly what is needed to make certain webpages stand out and make an impression. jQuery is somewhat the same, as they both accomplish the same thing, but jQuery is a sort of a toolkit of JavaScript, which, sure, does the same thing as the latter, but gets there faster and easier, since it was designed to simplify certain tasks by writing a lot less code, hence their motto – Write less, do more.

Now that you’ve become somewhat familiar with JavaScript, you should understand it’s animations easily. So, I bet you’ve entered a webpage and noticed, that when you press a “wrong” button, the button itself shakes for just a second, then goes to being perfectly still, allowing you to make a different choice. Maybe, you have also noticed, when viewing an image, for example, that it just doesn’t appear in milliseconds, but “gains” colors and lines slowly, or slides out from one side of your screen, or drops. All of these visual effects are done using animations, which are not always “random”, each coding language has its own collection.

In this article, you will read about some fairly simple animations and effects and see the finished animated examples. Every other complex animation is created using some combinations of the simpler ones.

The first animation effect I’d like to describe is a simple slide. I can guarantee most of your daily visited websites use this animation, without you even noticing it. Most of Gridgum’s templates sure do. This rather simple effect, appeals to visitor’s eyes, thus making webpages visitor-friendly. To see what slide looks like choose it from the drop-down menu above and click "run effect".

Another simple animation is Drop. Elements appear and slide slightly when using this animation and on some webpages, you can easily notice how different elements enter your visual scope from different directions. That is a perfect example of drop animation by jQuery.

The next simple animation is Fade. This animation is used to show, hide or replace one element or image with another by slowly increasing or decreasing the image’s opacity. Using this effect is a lot more appealing to the eye, than just having certain elements "pop" in a heartbeat, this way webpage elements slowly absorb silhouettes and colors and appear beautifully.

Before describing just one animation from the “not so simple” category, let’s say a little bit about Bounce effect. So, when using this animation an element appears, slides quickly and shakes for a second until stopping, much like a bouncing ball. In the white window with the example element, choose and execute "bounce" to see how it looks like. With this you can better visualize not only the animations discussed in the article, but also any other one that you would like.

Now the “not so simple” - JS carousel animation, which is one of my favorites. Here at Gridgum we use this animation a lot. With the help of this animation you get a moving display of desired elements or images. JS carousel has different designs. It usually looks like a horizontal ribbon of same sized images or elements, that is "wrapped" around the webpage.

To sum up, animations are THE tools to make a website visitor-friendly and to liven up dull and boring webpages. This article included the simplest of JS animations, in the next article, we will be talking about more complex and sophisticated ones, in the meantime, to better visualize the animations listed above, you can visit https://jqueryui.com  and read more about JS animations. 

As you might already know, websites you visit daily all use a significant amount of animations. Sure, sometimes visitors don't even notice them, but with their help websites have a more sophisticated and visitor- friendly look, they don't seem boring and most importantly they appeal to the eyes. In the last article we talked about Javascript in general and some fairly simple animations, so if you are here to find out more or just a little bit about JS and it's animations, we suggest you take a look at our last article.

To read our last post about simple JS animations click here: Simple JS animations & Their Examples

Roughly, all websites serve one purpose. They all hold information and are trying to spread it. This info can be in 3 formats: video, just audio and text. I think everyone will agree that text is the most boring of the three so, it needs to be expressed with colorful and beautiful fonts. The first animation of this article does this exact job. Letters appear like their handwritten so you can see each stroke perfectly. They have multiple strokes over each other in multiple shapes or colors. To see this animation in action click "start" below the words. I can guarantee you'll want to click it more than once, I know I did.

The second animation is for dramatic reveal of information. It is a curtain opening effect by jQuery. Similar to theaters' curtains, this one opens from the middle and goes to the sides and closes back from the sides to the center. Below you can click "Open Curtain" and "Close Curtain" to see exactly how this animation looks.

http://talkerscode.com/webtricks/demo/demo_curtain-opening-effect-using-jquery-and-css.php

The next animation is probably something you have seen before, maybe not exactly in this form, but similar. It is a mirror effect with a single un-mirrored text over the background. In Demo # 3, when moving your mouse closer to and away from the vertical center line the elements move further and closer to it, respectively. The 3rd  preview below has 4 versions, you can choose from, but they are all the same style. To see more of the mirror effect examples 

pick demos from the upper right corner.

As most people do, we saved the best for the last. This is probably my favorite animation by far. jQuery's Time Lapse Painter Plus animation is the perfect way to demonstrate paintings and photos. This genius animation can be applied to any desired image and look flawless. All images first look like a blank paper, this paper gets splashes of color and lines, which are not perfectly straight of smooth, but rather like a stain that is left behind by an invisible brush. Each stroke looks like watercolor spreading on the paper and assembles a painting slow enough to actually see the animation work it's magic, but at the same time fast enough so you don't get bored while watching. To better perceive this beautiful view choose a desired image from the dropdown menu and watch the picture get painted right before your eyes.

Animations, in general, and their creators don't necessarily need an average blogger's praise. It's very clear that they make anyone's experience on the web better. If You would like to read more about each animation presented here visit the links given below :

• 1. Letter Animation
• 2. Curtain Animation
• 3. Mirror Effect
• 4. Time Lapse Painting Effect

Professional website designers always consider these 2 things above all: First, to make templates easy to manage by their future owners and second, to make them 100% oriented on users. Some of you may ask, what exactly is a user oriented website, or how should a user oriented website look like. Some web developers and designers, even business owners who want their own website, can sometimes get so invested in details, that can be meaningless, to completely forget to consider the people who will be using the website itself.

Some studies and surveys on the internet showed that nearly half of consumers have minimal computer skills, while one-fourth have medium level skills and another one-fourth, who are mostly adults, are completely unable to use an average computer without help. These surveys serve as encouragement to website owners to check just how visitor-friendly their websites are.

Based on these studies mentioned above it would seem appropriate to make websites have certain elements to make them easy to use and navigate through. This also extends for a simple design, as complex ones take time to load, which is certainly not a feature web users tend to like.

1. 1. One way to improve your UX is to make your website easy to navigate, make every step stand out, make every page heading as descriptive as possible. While having a minimalistic and simple design serves the exact same purpose, some people don’t actually lean towards it. To be more precise, having only a few pages with drop-down menus and sub-sections can make finding something a lot harder than it would be, if that website had all section and page choices visible on the homepage.
2. 2. Ease of direct access to customer service is important. If someone enters your website, only to realize that they are completely lost, they wouldn’t want to spend some extra time trying to reach a customer service representative. So, when raving trouble in doing so, they would just give up and leave your website, rather than looking for someone that would help then look for something else. It’s just tiring to have to go through all of those steps, they would just think – “hey, why don’t I just Google it and find it somewhere else”, that would evidently end up with you losing one more visitor and/or potential customer.
3. 3. Only having an easy-to-access customer service doesn’t do the trick, your representatives have to be first and foremost, helpful, secondly eloquent, hence easy to understand and finally – dedicated. I won’t start explaining just how important customer relations is for a company, I’m sure every business owner knows that well. What they don’t seem to understand is, that having a support service department filled with representatives tasked with some other things than customer communication along with it can end up having a crucial effect on a previously positive customer experience. This is usually the case with smaller companies and businesses, when they try to make an effort to save profits and hire multitasker employees, which let me tell you doesn’t always work out. If you expect your employees to deliver, you need to give them a single job that they are qualified to do.
4. 4. Another annoying element which makes people leave your website in a heartbeat is, or are auto-play videos and audios. Other than them being annoying, there’s another reason these videos don’t work. Almost 80 % of people watch videos with the sound off, so it’s more than possible your website’s visitors will have their computers or just videos muted by default. To avoid this, try using words to make your point. I know it seems like people fear long texts and generally don’t read them, but you’ll be surprised in how many more people will get what your trying to say. To guarantee your visitors get informed, I suggest using bold fonts to make your words stand out.
5. 5. Using color the right way can affect your customers experience positively. Humans tend to have psychological reaction to colors, sometimes without even realizing it. For example, green can make people think “Go”, while red makes them think “Stop”, with that in mind, cellphone software designers made call accept button green and decline button red. Although, that was previously influenced by peoples traffic light perception, nowadays call accept and decline buttons seem to be the cause of this psychological reaction. If you have an online shop, it is a good idea to make “Add to cart” and “Checkout” buttons green.
   There are numerous studies on how colors affect human perception, I suggest you read up on what colors are associated with your industry and use them wisely. (Healthcare sites use soft green and blue, because they are associated with safety and hope, while yellow and red make you hungry.)

So, these are a few words of wisdom from us here at Gridgum. Creating a visitor-friendly website is a bit hard, because owners themselves don’t notice things, that would be hard to figure out for first-timers, since they are so familiar with it. A good way to check your websites user-friendliness is to ask an older friend or a family member who is not the most skilled computer user and who has never before seen your website, to find something on it. Whatever it may be, users shouldn’t have to figure out how to do it, it should be crystal clear.

BRIEF HISTORY OF WEB DESIGN

Everything evolves through time, as did web design. World Wide Web pages weren’t always filled with such flashy fonts and bright images, as they are today. While design and coding were always connected, it rises a question, as to, how come designers can’t write code and developers don’t know design, how did these two become separate fields in the first place?

Nowadays, it’s hard for everyone to imagine a world with no cellphones, no computers, no internet and no other modern-day gadgets. But, we know as a fact that time existed and when internet was created, it wasn’t the thing that took people’s precious time, it didn’t hold that big of a place in people’s everyday lives. Most people don’t even know what first web pages looked like.

The dark age of web design (1989)

The start of web design history is also the start of a computer, which to that time was described as a typewriter connected to a TV. It had a black screen and green symbols, so just a few monochrome pixels. The whole “design” if we can even call it that, was made by letters, symbols, punctuation marks and tabulation (tab key).

The beginning of image display (1995)

The creation of web browsers that could display images was the first step to making website designs a bit more complex, and in addition to just images, it gave web developers some space to develop something else, something like tables. The concept of tables, that already existed in HTML were the easiest option available to structure information. The main purpose of tables was to display and structure numbers, despite, it was still a common method to update webpage designs. Developers were provided with fancy designs and it was up to them to figure out how to make those designs work, so they used tables, because they could align things vertically and define them by pixels and percentages.

The time JavaScript comes to the rescue (1995)

JavaScript was the tool that helped developers to reach outside the limits of HTML. It’s original name was Mocha and was created in only 10 days. If you wanted to create popup windows and other design elements JavaScript could make that happen. Nowadays developers like to use CSS instead of JavaScript, if both of these coding languages can deliver the same features, but at that time JavaScript was the new language that could make elements, HTML couldn’t. However, it had some problems too, like JavaScript code is layered on top of the code that makes web work, so it has to be loaded separately.

The era of freedom- Flash (1996)

Flash allowed developers to break free from the limits of that time’s existing web design. After the birth of flash designers experienced a freedom of choice, that was never seen before- they could make any shapes, animations, layouts and fonts-all with the help of this one tool. Flash, however wasn’t too open to search and consumed a lot of power, which is why Apple decided to abandon it and thus, made the first steps towards Flash’s demise.

CSS emerges (1998)

Two years later, when Flash was all the rage, a better approach to structuring design came along- Cascading Style Sheets(CSS). The basic idea was to separate the content and the presentation, so the formatting was in CSS and the content in HTML. This sensation had some downfalls as well, like the time it took some web browsers to fully support it, so most of them had a hard time adapting it.

Responsive Webpages (2010)

If we fast forward through the first attempts of mobile browsing, we get a modern version of mobile-friendly responsive webpages. The time when this was first developed, other computer devices except PCs, were just starting to become popular tools for browsing. This concept still uses HTML and CSS to adjust the size of webpage content-shortly, responsive websites look good on PCs, laptops, phones, tablets, smartwatches and etc. Nowadays, devices like these mentioned above have become more popular tools for browsing than PCs ever were. Today, most of the websites are fully responsive. Please see all our Free responsive bootstrap templates here: DOWNLOAD FREE RESPONSIVE THEMES

If one overlooks the whole history of not only web design, but internet browsing in general, it becomes quite apparent that all of these developments were made during a short period of time. It’s like having whole history shrunk into a small time period, but in this case it took exactly that much time to make these advancements. If we judge by the past and consider that we are looking at a newly created industry, we should await some pretty awesome innovations in the nearest future.

The one thing that defines brand’s identity most of all is, of course, logo design. Since it is the thing that customers recognize and remember, it’s crucial to use a design that stands out and is easily remembered by visual memory. When starting a business, one weighs the cost of every aspect and tries to spare expenses where possible, so it’s pretty important to know what you’re getting, or not getting for your money.

Prices of logo designs differ greatly. Mostly they depend on who is actually doing the designing, rather than the design itself. Let’s sort everything by price and start by the lowest. Since logo designs and designers differ, prices can range from 0$ to thousands of dollars, but one thing to remember here, is that if you are a start-up company or a small business and are looking for a quality design, it should cost somewhere between 300$ - 1300$.

Low cost for logo design is considered under 100$ and the best way to get it is to make it yourself using a logo generator like Logomaker.com. These generators are the cheapest way to get what you want, since it costs 0$ to use the service and 10$-30$ to purchase your design. The disadvantage of logo generators is that they only offer limited options of icons and fonts and if you don’t have any design training at all, you may end up with something feels very off. The biggest advantage is that, if you do in fact have a little training logo makers should work just fine.

So, the first price category is 10$-100$, logo designer is an online generator, quality is basic and it’s pretty much depended on you. This design option should be used by budget and time conscious businesses that don’t mind having a generic logo design.

Average cost of logo design is from 100$ - 2000$. The reason for this range to be so large, is that mostly it’s made by freelance designers or, in some cases, design contests. Since every freelancer makes their own price considering their abilities, achievements and popularity, some charge 150$ for a certain kind of design, and others charge 2000$ for the same thing. We can divide this wide range into two: 100$-800$ and 800$-2000$. They are both designed by a freelancer or made by a design contest but differ in quality and potential clients.

Logo designs in the first price category are made by designers with limited experience or a small portfolio, but talent and promise. This category of designers subsists on businesses that have a good understanding of the whole designing process and prefer spending more time that money. The second price category is occupied by experienced designers who provide professional service and their customers are mostly businesses who have a mid-range budget provided for a logo and want a quality design.

When choosing a freelance designer from this category, it’s imperative to consider these three things above all: how much experience they have, their portfolio of previous works and how they bill (hourly or per project).

If you have a budget which puts you in this price category you should consider a design contest. Like all other choices, this one has it on pros and cons. The biggest con they have is that you won’t be able to actually dictate over the process and may get something you don’t like but design contests allow you to get multiple designs for the price of one, and have a choice in the matter. If you can clearly explain your wishes to the contestants I don’t see why you can’t neglect contests’ one disadvantage.

Finally, let’s talk about some high-end designs that cost 2000$ and up. At this price, you’re getting so much more than just a logo, you get a complete branding package, that includes conducting market research and competitor analysis to figure out how your logo can appeal to your customers’ eyes. This type of package goes well beyond freelancers and is done by design agencies. They guarantee extremely high quality designs from a full-service team of creative strategists, analysts and sometimes, even psychologists.

So, to sum up, regardless of what or who you choose to make your logo design, you should always know what exactly you are getting for your money and certainly know you are getting a:

• • final logo design in different formats (high-resolution and web-optimized formats)
• • Full legal copyright to ensure that a certain design is yours, and yours only.

• Are these two the same thing, or does “adaptive” mean something else entirely?

Responsive website design is the term we should all be familiar with by now. If there are some of you left, who still don’t know what responsiveness means, I’ll start by a brief description.

Most of the websites today are device responsive. This means that they can change their design according to the screen and browser window size, at any given moment. If you slowly start to reduce the size of your browser window you’ll see how the design elements change their location, shape and size. Everything falls to place even in the process of downsizing.

So, if responsive design adapts to the screen and window size, then what does adaptive design do? And, in addition to this, where does “fluid design” fit in ?

While browsing through the web doing some research about this title, I came across a very interesting definition and examples of the two designs. www.sitepoint.com author defines these two designs by comparing them to a selfie stick and an umbrella. Since these examples were really unclear I couldn’t wait to read more.

So, as it turns out, responsively designed website works just like a selfie stick, selfies look good and can be taken with a stick at any given length, from fully retracted to fully extended and everything in between.

Adaptive design has some resemblance to an umbrella, which has only two states: open for when it’s raining and closed for when it’s not. Adaptive design similarly has only two sizes that design adapts to, only at specific breakpoints.

There’s another definition of the two design styles, surely not everyone can agree with one opinion, so a new kind of explanation emerges on the horizon. This different description says that both of these designs have the same characteristics – they both change their appearance based on the browser size and environment, but while responsive design “responds” to a browser size at any given moment, adaptive design “waits” for a browser to be at specific width and only then it adapts the layout. So, this explains the designs’ differences as “smooth” (for responsive) and “snap” (for adaptive) changes. Responsive design can be both fluid or fixed and so can adaptive, but responsive design doesn’t care about what type of browser is used, it responds just to the size and changes layout accordingly. Adaptive design, on the other hand, adapts to the browser’s environment specifically and may not consider browser windows’ current size.

So, fluid design is responsive design first and foremost, since responsive design isn’t fixed very often. The main concept here is that fluid design and browser window size are like liquid and different sized containers respectively. Fluid design perfectly fits and fills every inch of browser space.

Turns out, there have been some arguments about this topic. Web designers debate over which is what, and which is better. I say, there’s no clear answer. This choice might be easier to make if you had certain devices your site must support or some extra precise elements your website should have.

The bottom line is that both of these designs have the same goal, reached by different methods. They are both means to fix a problem - most of the websites today are often viewed on different devices, thus different screen sizes and web design should look good on all of them.

    
• • How many times have you Googled “How to make your own website” wanting to spare money?
    
• • Have you ever wanted to buy a ready made website template but didn’t because of not being informed enough?

This article will list all the reasons why buying a template is better than hiring a freelancer. It will also give you an insight as to what you need to know when you’re template shopping.

First and foremost, there are a lot of reasons why this field became as successful as it is today – they must have done something right. So, why should you buy a template, instead of having someone make it for you? There are actually multiple answers to that question.

    
• 1. SPEED and MONEY – when you have a start-up business time is money. Buying a finished template can save you both. Hiring a freelancer and talking over every detail of the design and functionality of the website is a long and exhausting process, plus it almost always takes up more time than initially planned.
    
• 2. You can see what the finished product looks like. Even though, you might think that a freelance developer will do everything according to your wishes and readymade templates might not suit you – THINK AGAIN... There are billions of designs and themes on the market, there is no way that one of them won’t be the website you wanted.
    
• 3. Functionality - Almost all of the website templates on the market are pre-loaded with standard pages like: Home, About us, Gallery, Blog, Contact, etc. These pages are what make templates functional.
    
• 4. Freedom of Customization. So, most people think that a purchased template is fixed in its design and you just have to accept it or look for the one that suits your needs exactly. I’m here to tell all of you who think that way – YOU ARE VERY WRONG. You can modify and customize these templates as much as the developers allow- which is a lot by the way. They know that if they limit the amount of changes that future owners can make, they won’t really have future owners.

What all of you should know before purchasing a template is if it has those certain limits to customization. You don’t want to be stuck with website you don’t like.

Also, I mentioned earlier that you can see what the finished product looks like. This is where it gets a little tricky – some of the template marketplaces have found a loophole in the market, while they give you a full access to the demo preview page and try to charm you with the sophisticated design and beautiful pictures, the latter gets under a big question mark.

These marketplaces fail to mention whether the images that you see are included in the original template package. There have been cases where people buy templates expecting a full package and have ended up with just a frame. Mostly, this kind of templates are advertised because of low price, sure you can by copyrights of some images yourself, but as a result having a fully functional and image packed website will cost you a lot more than you planned, so be sure to check what exactly are you getting for your money.

So, for example, when purchasing a website that doesn't include the demonstration images, you think you're buying something, that look like this:

but instead, you end up with something that looks like this.

Another thing you should check before buying is whether it has SEO (Search Engine Optimization)- do they give you just a shell of the website or are they optimized to attract search engines. Having something without SEO means that people can only enter it directly, so attracting new customers who search for your product/service on search engines like Google, will not only be hard, but it will be nonexistent.

Last but not least, you should know if you are buying a device responsive template. Nowadays people browse through internet more on their smartphones and tablets, rather than their PCs. It is important to know that your website will fit and look flawless on a device with any screen size.

To sum up, you should know some stuff before purchasing a template. Everything that I mentioned before is what makes Gridgum an ideal template shopping store. Almost 95% of our templates have SEO, limitless customization possibility and most importantly, they include demonstration images. Template shopping can be pretty easy if you know what you’re doing – that is all we wanted to accomplish – make template shopping a pleasant experience and an easy process.

Nowadays every web-designers main aim is to create a website that is:

• • Easy to use and navigate through
• • Simple, thus doesn’t need much time to load
• • Equipped with every element a user might need.

In the 21st century, it comes as no surprise that smart devices own the majority share of the market. Mobile phones are even used to shop online, now more than ever. It seems like PCs and laptops have lost all their charm and have been replaced.

So, it becomes absolutely essential to make sure your website doesn’t let your customers down. One such factor, that usually doesn’t quite meet the user’s expectations is long-scroll websites. In this article, we will talk about 5 ways to improve long-scroll mobile websites.

Long-scroll websites are very problematic often for the majority of the customers. You may have noticed that scrolling quickly becomes boring, navigation is very unfriendly and footer elements’ absence throughout the whole length, makes it almost impossible to have users, who will scroll all the way to the end just to go to the next page.

Because most of the horizontal design elements become stalked on mobile phones, the difference between the first glance on laptops and on smartphones is, of course, different. Not seeing what they expected – is usually the reason most of them hit the “back” button.

Now that we clearly understand the problems these websites have, let’s try to come up with a few solutions. I came up with five:

• 1. PRIORITIZE WEB CONTENT – mostly the reason mobile phones have the problems mentioned above, is that they all have too much content on the website. The quantity and the quality of your website content is the main part of the design equation. More than half of users say that they will never recommend a company with a poorly designed mobile website. So, it is very important to decide what is it in your design, that attracts the visitors more? Make sure, your most important content displays at the top of the page.
• 2. CAREFULLY POSITION CTAs (Call-To-Action) – the first scroll usually decides if a visitor stays on your page or not. It is important to place all the core information and CTA buttons where they’re most accessible, but they are not blocking the view to the site’s other design elements. So, things that you feel first timers will need (like search field, main menu items, live chat service), should not have to be looked for.
• 3. STAY AWAY FROM FANCY SCROLLING – for all of you who don’t know what parallax scrolling is let’s elaborate on what I mean by “fancy scrolling”. Parallax scrolling is when a website’s background has multiple layers over each other. The further back the design elements are, the slower they move when scrolling. On one hand, you may think that beautiful design is a plus, but the less simple webpages are, the less time they need to load. Webpages that have parallax scrolling take a lot more time to load so, they are more likely to be abandoned in the loading process.
• 4. GET RID OF DUPLICATE ELEMENTS – on normal desktop websites, the navigational elements are usually repeated in the footer, so visitors won’t have to scroll back up every time. On mobile websites, you can fix the footer where most convenient and better accessible to thumbs – the top, bottom or sides.
• 5. HIDE UNNECESSARY DESKTOP ELEMENTS – When it comes to deciding what to eliminate on mobile sites one thing should come to mind is the footer navigation, that lists all contents of all main menu items. When it comes to creating an easy to use mobile webpage, these are certainly not necessary.

To sum up, to progress at the same rate as today’s mobile-first generation, you need to make certain changes to adapt. Creating a customer-friendly mobile website is only the beginning.

This article will be your guide to using different file types, it will give you an insight as to what they are and where they work best. Some of these file types, if not all, you should be familiar with, if not just sit back and enjoy.

Let’s start with JPG (or JPEG) which is a Joint Photographic Experts Group. This format can blend together red, blue and green light and display millions of different colors. These are the primary three colors that are able to create others by transitioning into each other. For example, red transitioning into blue makes all shades of pink and purple. This color scheme makes JPEG a perfect format for photography, which is why it is a standard type for most digital cameras on the market today. JPEG is not recommended if you plan on further editing a certain image, because exporting or making a photocopy of a JPEG file can result in loss of quality.

So, JPEG format is best if used for:

• Still images • Photos • Images with a large and complex color range

GIF is another popular format for displaying images. It is known as the Graphic Interchange Format. Unless this is the first time you’re exploring the depths of internet, it is very likely you already know of this format. Unlike other formats, this one has a limited color palette able to display only 256 colors and is unable to mix them to create new ones. While when drawing 256 colors may sound like a lot, professional photographers have thousands of colors they work with, this is why they avoid using GIF format for color photos. Another downfall to using some other format first, is that they lose the original color range and get limited only to those 256 colors during conversion.

So why use GIF format when all its disadvantages are so clear?

• • They take up a little bit of space – the 256-color limit keeps file sizes fairly small, which means this format is ideal for even the slowest of internet speeds.
• • Supports animations – this format allows up to 8 bits per pixel for each image, being able to separate this not-so-wide palette for each frame.



Shortly, use GIF for:

• • Simple animations
• • Images with low pixel-to-pixel variation, (i.e. with lots of flat, solid colors)
• • Small icons

A newer format than both GIF and JPEG is a PNG (Portable Network Graphics). Thanks to its two versions, it is like a unity of GIF and JPEG. PNG-8 is more similar to GIF and PNG-24 to JPEG. PNG-8 has a color limit of 256 colors, exactly like GIF, but it doesn’t have an animation function. PNG-24 has millions of different colors and unlike GIFS and PNG-8, it takes up a lot of storage space. If your priority is quality over file size, then this should work just fine for you. PNG-24 also allows you to preserve image transparency.

So, what exactly should PNG be used for:

• • Color-loaded and complex photos
• • Web graphics that need transparency
• • Images that require re-editing

As you have seen above, different formats are best suited on different kinds of images. It’s not a question of whether or not one format is better than the other, it’s a question of what your priorities are. If you have a black & white image and you want it to be animated surely a GIF is the superior choice, but if you want a color heavy photo and you don’t mind its big size, then use JPEG.

Since our marketplace has a lot of WordPress themes and we get asked about each type of content management system often, we thought It would be a good idea to make series of blogposts about each and every CMS. The first one is probably the easiest to manage and the most installed content management system that exists today. According to some statistics, WordPress occupies 28% of all websites’ systems.

Officially, WordPress is described as an “free, online and an open source website creation tool written in PHP”. It is probably the most powerful and the easiest blogging and website content management system in existence. It was first released on may 27, 2003 by its founders – Matt Mullenweg and Mike little.

You may ask, what makes WordPress so easy to manage? Why is this Content management system the first choice of so many around the world? First and foremost, it should be mentioned that this CMS is as easy to work with as Microsoft Word. Anyone with minimal computer skills should be able to manage a WordPress theme without any extra efforts.

While WordPress’s benefits well outweigh is disadvantages, some people might still choose to avoid it. Nothing happens without a reason, so in this article we will discuss those reasons, as well as most of its biggest advantages.

First, let’s list all the reasons why people tend to avoid WordPress, even today. So, the first reason is purely customary and habitual.

• • Some users say it’s not a trustworthy system, in reality they are all just looking for a reason to not use WordPress. If they prefer some other CMS more and just want to “dish” on this one there’s nothing anyone can do. Of course, the more eyes are watching something the more faults will be discovered. Sure, security concerns should be dismissed, but avoiding WordPress because you’re scared some hackers might set their eyes on your website, is rather like trying to avoid using Windows or the internet completely – it’s just absurd!
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• • Software Bloat (when successive versions of a certain computer program use more memory and disk space, more power, become slower or just have way higher hardware requirements), quite frankly this is a problem all large softwares have. WordPress developers should choose their plugins (and themes) carefully and use other optimization methods to speed up their websites.
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• • Absence of MVC pattern (Model-Video-Controller) – for all of you who have no idea what MVC is, let’s start by explaining. A model video controller is a “software pattern for implementing user interfaces on computers”, so in non-geek speak, it’s a pattern used to separate a certain applications concerns. Sure, WordPress seems to be missing this, but the question is why is that such a big deal? It still allows you to build sites effortlessly and in a time & money conserving way. If you have a problem with MVC and want to expand your site massively that WordPress isn’t really built for, then you’d be better off using some other management system to begin with.
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So, if those were its only disadvantages, I’m guessing you’re dying to know what its benefits are.

• • The biggest one is, of course it’s ease of learning – developers can learn to use WordPress as easy as learning how to ride a bike. There are thousands of resources available on the internet to help with the learning process.
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• • And ease of use – so usage and administrating is nothing even to non-developers, it allows regular people to build their own small business website and manage it without any third-party developer/contractor.
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• • Ability to expand – what you see, is not the only thing you get. This beautiful system can be extended with unbelievable amount of its little helpers – plugins, themes. Assistance is available for almost any need.
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• • Even though WordPress’s biggest charm is its managing simplicity, WordPress websites don’t fall far behind design-wise. An average internet user will have a hard time distinguishing it from any other Content Management System.
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There you have it. Now, when deciding which type of template you should choose for your small or big, start-up or existing, local or international business, you will already know certainly if WordPress is the CMS for you.

If you have very little experience with managing WordPress websites and you need to make sure you can manage a complex site, then you should take a look at our free WordPress themes here: Atrium - Free WordPress Theme

If you do have some experience, then I suggest using our Premium WordPress themes, which you can view here : WordPress Themes

If this isn’t your first time on Gridgum marketplace, you’ve probably heard of Bootstrap and know a little bit about it. According to its official website, www.getboottstrap.com - “Bootstrap is the most popular HTML, CSS, and JS framework for developing responsive, mobile first projects on the web”. The official site is where you go if you want to download and start using Bootstrap, update to the newest versions or just explore more.

It is a powerful “toolkit”, has a collection of HTML, CSS, JS tools for creating websites and web applications – a free and an open source project was created originally by twitter developers Mark Otto and Jacob Thornton, who named it “Twitter Blueprint”. After months of developing this project it was renamed to Bootstrap and released on 2011.

Bootstrap nowadays is mostly famous for its responsiveness. Most of the websites today are device responsive. This means that they can change their design according to the screen and browser window size, at any given moment. If you slowly start to reduce the size of your browser window you’ll see how the design elements change their location, shape and size. Everything falls to place even in the process of downsizing. If you want to read more upon this type of design, visit this link: adaptive vs responsive designs

Other advantages of Bootstrap include:

• that it maintains a wide browser compatibility
• easily usable
• quick to learn

www.topital.com author describes Bootstrap to be the framework that “Offers rich extensibility using JavaScript, coming with built-in support for jQuery plugins and a programmatic JavaScript API”.

The number one reason people choose Bootstrap is because of its compatibility. Every project in the 21st century needs to:

• 1. be responsive,
• 2. Work well on all major web browsers and
• 3. have a few fallbacks for older browsers.

Bootstrap works on this, so you don’t have to. These are the reasons that Bootstrap occupies 57 % of the frameworks’ market.

This framework makes working in teams super easy, has the docs which are, by the way, detailed enough and really well-written to bring new team members up to speed easily.

Bootstrap is said to have some disadvantages too. One of them is that it’s bloated – take up too much storage space and have too many lines of code. Of course, the latter is not a problem for someone who just wants to purchase a bootstrap template.

Another thing that people tend to protest a lot is the time and the energy it takes to update a Bootstrap framework. Some think that this framework’s state of being constantly under development is one of its biggest strengths. But, that also means you have to be in constant state of updating.

So, now you know all the ups and downs to using Bootstrap. Now you’ll be able to decide if you want to use Bootstrap or not. The only way you’ll know for sure, is if you try it out yourself.

This is the next blogpost about another Content Management System (a CMS). Bettered only by WordPress, Joomla! is on the second place holding nearly 10% of CMSs market share. Millions of websites today are powered by Joomla!. If this isn’t your first time on a website template marketplace, Joomla! is the term, the rough meaning of which you should already know. If there still are some of you left who have no idea what Joomla! is, you should continue reading.

It all started in summer of 2005, when Joomla! was born because of a project fork (taking copies from another source code) of Mambo (or Mambo Open Source, MOS), which was a popular CMS until 2008 when it’s last release was outshined by other newer and more popular management systems. As of November 2016, Joomla! has been downloaded more than 81 million times.

Joomla! is an award-winning CMS, so basically it is an open source platform on which applications and websites can be created. Joomla is a CMS that connects to your websites database, to make content management and content delivery easier, so Joomla! makes things better for both, the site’s visitor and the site’s manager.

• What does a CMS do?

We have mentioned CMSs before, but have never thoroughly, clearly and in non-geek speak explained, what it is and what it does. The words tell you everything themselves – a Content Management System is a software that manages all your websites content, it keeps track of everything, so you don’t have to. Your website’s content is everything from simple texts and documents, to photos, music and videos.

• Why use Joomla! ?

Joomla is designed to be easy to set up and to use, especially if you are not an advanced user. Most of the Web hosting services today offer a single click install, which allows you to get your website up and running in a few minutes.

Joomla is 100% free. This is mostly because of its non-corporate roots.

It is open source, which means that one you have started your website, no surprises will pop up. Every nook and cranny is open for you to inspect and customize to fit your website’s individual needs and your tastes.

• Who uses Joomla! ?

As of today, Joomla is used by millions. In addition to being the largest web platform for government organizations, it is also widely used for education, media, e-commerce, small business and personal websites around the world. You can see the list of companies using Joomla! on the official Joomla! Showcase Directory. So, many companies and businesses have more requirements than that available in the basic Joomla package. Because of this reason, Joomla is highly extensible. It has thousands of add-ons that are available in the Joomla! Extensions Library.

If after reading all of this Joomla! seems like the right choice for you, your first step should be reading Getting Started With Joomla! so you know all the basics of what you need to know. The next step is to download the latest version from Joomla! official website and wait just a few minutes until your Joomla! is ready to use.

There are a lot of ways you can make some extra money if you own a website, and let me tell you, making money online has never been easier than it is today. Even though it might seem like a head scratcher in the beginning, once you figure it out, you’ll be surprised. This article is for everyone, who has even once asked themselves the question given above. So, without further ado, let’s get right to the point.

• The most obvious and the most popular way to make money online, is to sell advertising space on your website. This can only work, if your site gets a fair number of visitors daily, so the company you are advertising, will actually pay you for your space. I guess I wouldn’t want my website to be crowded with ads, because let’s be honest, no one does, but if ads: 1) make you money, 2) do not cover website content, 3) can easily be removed from your user’s screen by the user itself and 4) do not get any other complaints from visitors, then why not.

• Another popular way to make money is creating and selling virtual products and/or services. Creating and selling product is actually how Gridgum gets its income. You might think it is a time and energy consuming way, but actually it’s not as hard as it looks. This digital product can be anything from texts and articles to videos and website templates. Services is a little bit different. To not completely abandon the internet’s whole purpose and deliver every service to your users, the services you offer should be able to be requested and delivered online. What this means, is that you should lean towards something like video tutorials on the requested topics, and not hire a guy to do home calls and fix someone’s hardware.

• The idea to make a chargeable membership or premium content to make extra money has become quite the winner as of late. I guess in some ways this could be similar to selling digital content, but charging users for premium memberships can be really profitable. The way premium accounts work is fairly simple. People visit your website, users love your content, they want more, so you offer them more for a small monthly payment. These small payments made by a lot of people create a stable monthly income for you. The only drawback this might have, is that it requires a lot of attention and hard work to keep your site up to date with newly trendy content that people will pay for.

• Last but not least, a simply effortless way to get money is to just sell your whole website. Of course, this is the one that pays the most, hence might be the way you all choose to make some money. So, typically websites sell for 12 to 24 months’ income, but if your site has something special, you can sell for any price you want. One thing to consider is, that the sell price should be more than what your site “earns” in a period of time.

There are many more ways to earn money. If these are the options you have already considered, just make a list of the things you would pay for. If those products/services are things you can add to your website, do it. I can guarantee you won’t be the only one willing to pay for that content or service.

The era of the internet has definitely changed the way people promote their businesses. Online marketing today has become quite a powerful tool for entrepreneurs, but many still choose to neglect it and go with the traditional ways advertising. In the 21st century we have access to way more resources, thus have far more potential than ever before. Business owners, who have used a digital marketing strategy at least once, know all about its benefits, the biggest one of which is its inexpensiveness. A good and an effective marketing strategy does not have to cost thousands, or in some cases millions of dollars, it just has to be carefully devised.

Now what does this carefully devised strategy look like, you might ask. Let me start by telling you about how Volvo, a Swedish car corporation, boosted its sales during the Super Bowl, when it didn’t buy any airtime for ads during commercial breaks. Until recently Volvo was suffering from lack of awareness, especially in the US. It couldn’t afford the 30-second commercial during the Super Bowl, which cost several million dollars, so the marketing team had to find a way that wouldn’t leave a huge hole in Volvo’s budget. The company decided to address online marketing for help and ran a Twitter contest, where they gave someone a chance to win a new car, all they had to do is tweet #volvocontest every time any car commercial was aired during Super Bowl. When other companies spent millions in ads that barely helped their sales, Volvo’s careful use of social media marketing increased their sales by nearly 70%.

It took long hours, brainstorms and a lot of open minded people to come up with that kind of a fix for Volvo’s awareness problem. But there are also these ready-made solutions, that you can try to promote your business without the need of a marketing department.

1. Search Engine Optimization (SEO) – The number one concept in online marketing is creating and generating online traffic, this is where search engines like Google play an important role. If your website has SEO, means search engines can direct thousands of users to your website. Optimizing websites’ ranking in search engines is done by knowing the key words and phrases that people search for the most and then “adjusting” your website to have those keywords.

2. Social Media Marketing – This term was nonexistent before the 21st century, as was the term “social media”. But after its introduction, social media has not only allowed people to get in touch and make friends from faraway places, it has also opened a door for business owners to reach a certain “audience”, to spread the word and to showcase their product/service to anyone. Facebook and Instagram promotion pages are very effective and cost very little money. Instagram also gives photo/video related or camera manufacturing companies a way to promote their products, by posting high quality photos. This emphasizes on the quality without actually concentrating on the product itself.

3. Affiliate marketing – This is a type of marketing, that is based on performance, the business pays one or more affiliates for each visitor/customer that they bring with their own efforts. There are two ways affiliates can make money: 1. A merchant – Where you, as a business owner get more customers and make more money by giving incentives to your affiliates who bring you customers, and 2. An affiliate marketer – where you become an affiliate for someone else’s business and get paid for the number of customers you deliver.

Digital marketing is the future, as is everything else that’s digital. Online marketing requires no extra efforts, no extra time and is very budget friendly. Taking these marketing tips to the next level is completely up to you: you can think up a smart strategy like they did at Volvo, or just use the tips above to boost your sales.

Like any other website provider, Gridgum too has a list of customers favorite Bootstrap themes. It’s fair to say that the majority of themes sold at Gridgum, are Bootstrap. If you don’t know what bootstrap is, or you just simply want to know more about it please read our Blog article: What is Bootstrap

Shortly, Bootstrap is a powerful “toolkit” for creating websites and web applications – a free and an open source project and it always was. Bootstrap is mostly famous for its responsiveness. Most of the websites today are device responsive, which means that they can change their design according to the screen and browser window size, at any given moment. If you slowly start to reduce the size of your browser window you’ll see how the design elements change their location, shape and size.

• 10. ONLINE RADIO STATION

  
  Bootstrap Radio Website Template features an amazing design with vertical main menu and a slide show in the middle. Maybe some of you always wanted to have an online radio, but thought it required a lot of funds or experience. Creating an online FM radio requires only 15 minutes of your time and is very easy. So, if some of you ever wanted to have an online radio this is the template for you.



• 9. BIKER’S CLUB

  
  This biker’s club theme has a themed design and vertically aligned, meaning when scrolling it goes through main menu pages from home to about to our services and etc. This is a super flexible theme so it can be used for almost all types of businesses.



• 8.BLACK & WHITE LABELS THEME

  
  Black label is bootstrap parallax Multipurpose responsive template. This template is created by one of the best designers on entire web. This is a clear & minimalistic design template. You can build whatever you like with this Template, be it Business or Corporate, Portfolio or freelancer, Design Agency or Magazine, Parallax, Blog or App Showcase, just everything is possible with this theme.



• 7.TRAVEL AGENCY THEME

  
  This is responsive bootstrap template for travel agencies, tourism or any travel organizations. The template was made by the best designers and they used latest framework of Bootstrap and HTML5. The travel template has multiple page and includes fully functional photo gallery page, blog page, about us page and most importantly - tour page, which is where you could insert different kinds of tours that you would be offering to your customers.



• 6. RADIO FM

  
  This RADIO FM template is created by one of our best designers. This template is for customers who are interested in creating online radio station or company for Sound Studio.

  The template package includes 2 versions of this template:

  • • Radio FM
  • • Sound Studio, which has many useful pages with different styles, but most importantly it has online music player.



• 5. NEWSPAPER

  
  This is a bootstrap responsive with drag and drop function. Template is for customers who have online newspaper, magazine business, personal or any blog websites. With this Drag and Drop script (function) you can easily create your page design before publishing.



• 4. TRANSPORT & LOGISTICS

  
  If you run a transportation trucking company or Truck service, this is the perfect theme for you. The Transportation & Logistic website template starts with the most basic 6 general tabs, these include the highlight of different services that your website offers. On this template, you can scroll to go from one main menu page to another. One of its best features is the ID tracker on homepage, where your customers easily track their shipments.



• 3. REAL ESTATE

  
  Because of its divine design and functionality this bootstrap real estate template makes it easy for realtors and clients to find desired properties. It is an easily manageable and movable search bar, that allows clients to search properties by location, sub-location, status, type, No. of bedrooms and price. In addition to the search bar, the site has design elements for displaying property listings by default, thumbnails, vertical map-less lists and with different colored maps.



• 2. PIZZERIA

  
  It should come as no surprise that the most popular food themed template made this list. Pizza bootstrap template is made for the customers who already have this kind of a business, for instance: Pizzeria, Pizza restaurant or Italian restaurant. We made this website in Bootstrap because few kinds of pizzas are popular in the world and those might be 10-20 kinds not 1000 so, it does not need a difficult structure. You have the opportunity to sell pizza online through this template and improve your business.



• 1. PHOTOGRAPHER

  
  This template is created for people or companies in photography business. It is perfect for photo studios or just freelance photographers – a perfect tool to show the world your photo gallery. It has pages for: Home, Gallery, About me, Contact, Blog and Pages. The Gallery page has very high functionality, therefore it is the most important page of this website template.

Nowadays, technology era is rising. Having website is becoming significant for any kind of business. Whether your company is small or huge, there is no doubt that you will need a web page. However, there are other requirements like loading the pages quickly, organizing the site well or having a responsive web (mobile and tablet friendly).

Many people or startup business owners think that developing a website is complicated. Although, WordPress should make all of these doubts vanish. WordPress platform is completely free for everyone and is known as Content Management System. One of the reasons why it is referred to as CMS is that it lets you easily manage the content on the website as uploading, creating, editing or deleting.

WordPress is Search Engine Friendly

As the number of websites is growing exponentially, it is becoming more and more important for search engines to find interesting websites for their users. SEO - Search Engine Optimization is helping your website appear in web search engine unpaid results. Understanding SEO can be hard and time-consuming, however, WordPress makes it easy. There are many plugins that can help you understand where you can improve your content.

2) WordPress is Secure

Many developers are working towards improving WordPress. It has been around more than a decade already. If there are any new releases, it will be automatically updated and you do not have to be attentive all the time because WordPress can do the work for you.

WordPress has Blog

There are people who have a side website to have a blog or maybe just does not have a blog at all. However, blogs are very important and if you do not have one, you should fix it right now! This is a way to keep your users updated about news of your company.

3) WordPress is Basic For Many Web Developers

Many startup businesses hire web developers, that create a website which becomes harder and harder to manage or change over time. WordPress has become so popular among people and companies that most of the developers are already ready to code for it! Therefore, if you decide to redesign your website or customize it, it will be easy for you to find a web developer that can get the job done easily.

4) WordPress is Open Source

Due to the nature of open source software, WordPress is constantly updated and there are new or update plugins available all the time, which gives room for people who are interested in developing WordPress to participate and help people by coming up with a new idea. People who do not know yet how to create plugins can use different ones if they need to and in the case of interest start developing theirs too.

It is getting easier and easier with using different strategies to raise the awareness about websites among the internet users. However having a high rate of traffic without taking the real action from visitors is actually non-profitable. Imagine having a grocery store with a lot of people visiting it but none of them buying the products you offer. Fortunately, there are various ways that help to push visitors to action which can be like participating in surveys, distributing the contact information, buying the product and etc. There are multiple strategies but this article reflects 10 the most valuable ones:

• 1. When you ask for information, state as simple questions as possible to gain little information which is actually enough. Stay away from open ended questions because visitors are not willing to spend more than 2-3 seconds on each question.


• 2. Reflect clearly on the benefits of your product but explain more clearly what problems it solves. Try to persuade visitors that problem is truly potential and has to be solved even if it is not.


• 3. Headline is the first thing that potential customer is reading therefore try to make it simple, creative, unique and laconic.


• 4. Use high quality videos (for instance animated ones) to demonstrate who you are and what you do because it is easier way to spread the word. Nowadays people are less willing to waste a lot of time on gaining the information, they would prefer watching a video than reading an article.


• 5. Do not forget to include the links of your pages of different social platforms like Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and etc. It serves as evidence that you do something real and that others are aware of you and even follow you. 21st century is all about social media so it is crucial to be a part of it.


• 6. As a good web designer you should always create incentives for visitors to make them do what you actually want. Every part of your website should have powerful calls to action (CTA), visitor should not be confused and lost but rather sure what to do next like sharing a post, reading an article or liking the page.


• 7. Think wisely how you design the CTA buttons which play a significant role in creating profitable website. For instance how you name it, “buy now” or “purchase now”, what color or what size it is, where to place it and etc. Different combinations of those distribute different results, try out as many variations possible and choose the best one.


• 8. Create simple but self explanatory main page, eliminate any distraction that might confuse the visitors like multiple or complicated CTAs. Main page has to have a content that pushes visitor to make one specific step.


• 9. Offer as many payment methods as possible because people are very annoyed when they want something but cannot get it. Try to create the payment process smooth, easy and quick to satisfy as much customer as possible who would most probably return to make another purchase.


• 10. Visualization

Design is all about visuals, images and pictures which have to be high quality and professionally done to increase reliability and validity of it. Some low-priced stock images can tell a lot about the quality of work that you do. Try to think out of box and distribute images that your target market would like.

But remember, the most important is to give a customer an opportunity to speak up and tell what was good and what was bad. No matter how good you do something there is always a way to do it better. Ask for feedback and use it to increase the amount of potential customers. The more good reviews will be about your website or product the more orders you would get.

Couple of years ago no one would care how websites were designed if they functioned properly without any lags. There was no concern about the appearance of website or the norms of constructing the acceptable design. Nowadays, digital world is like a galaxy, unending, therefore there is a harsh competition among various websites to be on the front pages of Google. Today, design matters, visitors and customers are judging the quality of website based on its appearance. It’s extremely important to construct the website that customers would like and each year new mistakes are emerging which should be avoided. Of course it is nearly impossible to take into account everybody’s criticism and create perfect design but still a short list of “Not to Do So” s will be a helping tool for creating decent design. In this article are represented 5 roughest mistakes which are usually made but must be avoided.

• 1. Fonts (Size and Color)
  Remember to avoid using different font sizes or different colors of the fonts because it will most probably infuriate the visitor of the website. Various colors and sizes cause confusion among customers and also too many blended colors make eyes itchy and all one wants to do is to shut down the website. Try to find the best match of font size and color and use only that variation because customers like simplicity and find it to be the final sophistication.


• 2. Poor Quality Images
  Using some stock images which are very poor quality and widely used is the worst thing to do during the construction of website. Copying somebody else’s image, especially when it is such a poor quality destroys your individualism in front of customers. It is always a better idea to spend a bit more but to leave better impression on your visitors.


• 3. Say No to Music Background
  Music on background is always a bad idea because it is extremely annoying and irritating. First of all it is not necessary, if somebody wants to listen to a music he or she would open up the YouTube but not some other non-music website. Also, it’s extremely complicated and impossible to find the music which would be attractive and applicable for every visitor. People are diverse and so are their tastes in everything including the music. So simply make your life easier and just eliminate the background music.


• 4. SEO
  SEO is like oxygen for the website and with which it can prosper and flourish in never ending digital world, therefore it is a must to include SEO strategies and tactics in website’s design. The common mistake is that web designers often are not too cautious about SEO tools which cause them a lot of trouble in the future.


• 5. CTA and Navigation
  First of all before designer calls customers to action he or she should construct a website which is very easily navigated. Somehow it is regarded as an art to be able to create a website which is simple and easily navigated. If the visitor is confused there is a high probability that he or she will shut down the website or switch to other website which is constructed in an easier way.



Of course there a lot more things that should be taken into account when designing the website, actually those “things” make up never ending list but these five mistakes are the core ones which must be avoided. Monitor and control your website and customers, listen to them and try to do as they say so. Making a mistake is okay but not fixing it is not.

Nowadays the number of web designers is increasing in an accelerated way and all of them have various tactics how create digital design. Every designer has the chosen strategy that is absolutely different from the other designer’s one, because we are all individuals with distinct preferences. But most commonly web designers are using two contrasting strategies:

• 1. The top to down method, when designer is starting with core elements and then gradually finishing their product by working on some little details. This strategy is most frequently employed and distributes very good results.


• 2. The bottom to top method, when designer starts with simple things and gradually moves to the basic and the most important part of the work. This method is also known as an atomic web design. Many people question the presented method, are against of it but still it has a lot of advantages that inspire web designers to use the given strategy.

Someone might ask why it is called atomic design when it is just bottom to top method but the answer is simple because it is influenced by the chemistry. Atoms are the simplest particles which cannot be broken down anymore but combining two atoms you are left with molecules which are more functional than atoms. And by combining molecules you end up with complex creatures – organisms. Atomic web designing has the same principle, you start with the simplest things and gradually create website. The benefits of atomic design

• • When designer knows every single element (atom) of the system, then it is easier to break it down and maybe reuse different parts (atoms) and mix those to create more complex website.


• • With atomic web designing it is always easier to code because the interface is more intuitive. Atomic design decreases the probability of writing the duplicate code because you are using various “atoms” to build the initial layout and it is easy to see where you are using various elements of website.


• • When one already has the list of atoms it is way easier to create pages or even prototypes. All he or she needs to do is to mix up those elements and then customize based on some specific preferences for the ultimate website.


• • Atomic design is also great for quick and frequent updates or maybe for some elimination of specific design elements. When web designer is changing one part at a time, he is certain that change will occur throughout the whole interface.

There are many other more advantages of atomic design but the most important one is that it gives ability to a web designer to understand the core principles of the design like its quality, organization and composition. Developers may work from bottom to down, by creating at first the basic concepts and then dealing with simple details but when it comes to designing simple things weigh more and need more attention. This process is methodical and needs a lot of “step-by-step” work but if you are going to work on some new project try out this method. You will be left with high quality product and with higher customer satisfaction.

There is an infinity number of websites that can be filtered through the search engines and tools. The main goal of every owner of website is to make more and more popular and make it visible at the top of the search engine results. Fortunately, there are several ways to position website on the front pages of the various search engines like Google. Of course it is not one step process, but rather ongoing system that has to be monitored very frequently to sustain the positive results.

In this article are listed four main actions to maximize the website position in search engine platforms.

• 1. First of all identify how well the website is presented for search tools or engines, like are there enough code, text and keywords that identify your site in the whole pool of other websites? Also, never forget about your competitors because it is like a yardstick to measure your success or failure. Successful competitors can teach you a lot if you analyze them in a right way. Choose competitive websites and check out their keywords of content and what engine positioning strategy they have. Not only competitors but potential customers can help you out as well, put yourself in their shoes and think what would you type into the search engine to find your website?


• 2. Choose the targeted list of keywords and phrases as soon as possible! But do not rush look through the competitive lists and other industry sources. One of the most important things is to know how many websites are competing for one word, it helps you to prioritize the selected phrases and keywords. Also users usually misspell some words you should notice that and afterwards use it. During completing these steps not forget to keep tracks of your current position. Mark every improvement that you have made on daily basis to be sure that chosen strategy is successful. And always keep in mind the goal that you have because ultimate aim creates incentives to work even harder.


• 3. Make finding your website smoother process and therefore create two versions of it HTML and XML. HTML is the beginning of the journey but XML is not standing too far away as well because it can be easily presented by Google and Bing master tools.
  You can also propose the website to the directories but unfortunately most of them are charging some fees. Of course professional marketers are not doing it but to achieve positive results faster everything can be tried out.


• 4. Last but not least is all about testing and controlling. Monitor the search engine rankings and stay tuned whether your chosen strategies are working well. Always assess every keyword performance and save all the data in one file to make the dynamics more visible. If your hard work is appreciated and the website is positioned on the front page of search engine, it does mean that work is done.

Actually the work starts because the one thing is to achieve the goal but the other and harder is to sustain the positive results. “Popularity” on search tools is tricky thing, one day you might beat the top of search results and the other day it might be impossible to find your website. Therefore monitor and double check the positioning strategies and results because you never know what can pop up.

Mobile applications are one of the best ways to advertise the products or resolve many people’s problems. But when it comes to creation of mobile app people are getting lost because they simply do not know where to start. Everyone wants something unique and interesting which will grow fast, for instance, mobile application, like Instagram. Great ideas are in simple things, that’s true but sometimes it is very hard to come up with genuinely simple and at the same time sophisticated idea. But do not worry, you are not the only one who struggles with this, therefore this article is dedicated to represent the step by step approach to create the mobile application.

• 1. The beginning is the hardest because you have to come up with an idea to create an application. If you have one then you are closer to the finish point but if not then load yourself with a bit more work. Successful ideas are always born because they are needed. In other words if you want your idea and mobile application to be demanded then it has to solve a problem. Look around see what is missing or has to be improved, what are the people’s needs and how to fulfill them. You have to be attentive, open your eyes wide and look carefully because it is all about details that make up the needs or problems.


• 2. If you came up with an idea test it whether it is really a problem and needs solution or not. There are many different ways how one can do it, it is called market research, but the most convenient one is online survey. It is fast and also cheap, so you are consuming less the most important things which are time and money.


• 3. After the market research and hopefully the successful one it is time to reflect your idea in a detailed manner on a paper. Include information about your customer segment, application, how it should be navigated, what features to be outlined and etc. You should perfectly present your vision of a product to the mobile application developer to receive the desired final product.


• 4. When one comes up with potentially successful idea, he tries to make it more and more advanced but that’s a huge mistake. On the contrary, try to exclude as many features as possible and stick to the original idea or solution. People do not like overly advanced application while it confuses them. Leave only parts of the application that are the core building blocks of it and eliminate the rest.


• 5. Balance the design of the application with its development. Do not think that if application works without any lags then it will be successful, it should look good as well. The design is sometimes underestimated but it is not true because customers are buying with their eyes and they love everything that looks neat, nice and creative. There might many other application providers who are solving the same problem, they are the competitors, so be better than them and offer a product with higher quality.


• 6. Find an application developer who is credible and has done some work already, look through the portfolio and get the idea how he or she works. If you liked his/her previous works then make a contact and start the working process as soon as possible. Also you will have to create the developer account to offer your application through them. For instance, Google’s Androids require 25 US dollars and Apple 99 US dollars annually.


• 7. Once your application is available and customers already made some purchases ask for their opinion as well. Their opinion matters a lot because there is always a space for improvement and customers are the only one who can show the lags or inconsistencies. Ask the feedback and use it, adapt your mobile application based on their wishes to make your product highly demanding.

Branding is one of the most important parts of any kind of business which can be small, medium or large. It creates a perception of the customer when he/she thinks, hears, and sees about your product. The brand is built by many different components for instance name, slogan, symbol, the design of the symbol and etc. But the most central building block of the brand especially for the websites is a logo because it is shown every time someone visits your webpage so it has to be really good.

Not really long ago web designers or simple owners of small businesses would not spend that much time or effort on designing logos they would simply use some basic tools and free fonts to create one. But nowadays it has changed into the big game, in most of cases the professional designers are hired to think through every step that is necessary to create logo. But of course not all of us have the sufficient financial resources to hire the designers to work explicitly on logos and want to use our designing skills to create one. Therefore this article is dedicated to show how the logo creation process goes step by step.

• 1. Simplicity
  In most of cases the simple logos are remembered easily and for a long period of time. When you create the logo try to avoid too much details or elements which make the eyes to remember the design of the logo very complicated. Too many details confuse the customer because he/she loses to track and does not know on which element to concentrate. Think about the great logos as are Google’s one, it is just 5 different letters represented by various colors. If you look at it once it is more than enough to remember it forever.


• 2. Avoid Trends
  During each year there are some trends which influence the designing, including the logo design but try to avoid those trends. Of course you want to fit into the requirements and frameworks of the design therefore following the trends is a good idea but actually it is not. Trends are creating the mainstream which is used over and over by various businesses and eventually all their logos look approximately the same. Stick to your own ideas and stand out from the other trend followers.


• 3. Color
  It is considered that colors are playing a very important role during the creation of a logo because they can represent the human feelings, emotions and even culture. Therefore when one chooses the color of the logo he/she has to be very cautious. In the best case scenario the designer has to have rigid understanding of the color psychology to create the logo design that fits them best. One must also know that the variation of the colors even the slightest one can influence the customer in a different way therefore it is an important to choose the right blend of the shades and colors.


• 4. Place

Try to use the logo everywhere you can, not only on the front page of the website but also everywhere it can be fit. As often the customer will see the logo the better it is for your website recognition. Therefore you might need to design not only logos but logotypes (just one symbol that represents the logo) or glyphs which are simpler reflections of the logo and also smaller in the size therefore they can fit into every available space on the website.

Your logo is the reflection of your website and the product/service that you offer so take the designing process slowly and think out of box. If you are a designer then these tips should be very helpful and you can design the desired logo by yourself but if you are not experienced with designing but want to have logo then spend a little bit of money and hire the professional. There is always needed a sacrifice (of course in financial terms) to achieve the desired and better outcome.

To have the online platform for your business is not spectacular anymore rather than an essential thing to have. And to just have a website that operates well is not enough, it has to be something that perfectly connects your business to your customers. It should tell the story about your business in a way that every other customer would be amazed and satisfied. But in many cases, there are multiple mistakes made during the construction of the website that ultimately influences the success of webpage. Of course, there are various failures that can be outlined but there are several which are most frequently made.

• Mobile Friendly
Its not a surprise, that people are now more frequently using mobile phones and tablets to surf the internet than to use the desktops of PC. So it would be very wise to have the website, which can be accessed from every existing device, especially from mobile phones. However, there are still some webpages that are not mobile friendly and cannot be opened from them, if your website is one of this kind then fix it as soon as possible.

• Simplicity
Of course when are your operating in a certain market you know every detail about it and can be said that you are the expert of it. But when it comes to explanation of who you are and what you do try to avoid some technical words or language which in most cases confuse the customers. They do not have as much knowledge as you do about specific fields so try use as simple as words as possible.

• Content
When customers are visiting your website they are looking for some solutions to their current problems. Therefore, you must always have something fresh and valuable that would be praiseworthy by customers. It will not be always only about your business activities, it might be something related to them so it is wise to have included the blog in your website where you would post interesting and useful articles.

• Information
One of the most frustrating things is to be unable to find the desired information on a website. Try to construct the website in a way that the information will be easily searchable for instance the contact information. There are multiple cases when contact information is hidden and customer has to search it for a long a time. Also add some features, for example the google map link and etc.

• Out of Date
As every other thing in life, websites need some upgrades to look and function better. Of course it does not imply that one has to alter the design or features of website every other month but keep it updated. It also matters a lot how the webpage is functioning because there are some instances where the page loads too slowly or does not load at all. Most of the customers are expecting that website will be opened in seconds not more, if it happens other way round then they are getting frustrated. If the first experience of the customer was not really pleasant then there is high probability than he will never return to that website.

Of course there are many other failures and mistakes that affect the websites but these ones are the most frequent ones. If you are not satisfied with your webpage results, then examine it maybe you are making one of these mistakes.

The Google Map location is one of the most popular and convenient tool to show the various sets all around the world. However, some people are having difficulties with setting up Google Map location and more precisely finding themselves on world map with right coordinates. But after reading this article you will never encounter such a trouble. So if you do not know how and where to find the coordinates for your location please follow these instructions.

There is a website which helps you to find the coordinates of whatever location you want and this webpage is given by this link: http://www.mapcoordinates.net/en When you open this page you will see the google map and red marker on it, drag and place it on the exact location for which you are searching the coordinates. See below:

After you point or write the address, you will receive the latitude and longitude of the place which you will use later for setting the google map location.

Now it is time to put this information in Google Map JS file which of course will be distributed by us. You can download it from here: https://gridgum.com/images/blog/googlemap.js When you open this file by any html or code editor, You will be faced with script which is already filled out with some coordinates but you just have to edit them and write your own address details like latitude and longitude. It will look something like this:

center: new google.maps.LatLng(40.7080026, -73.7212941),

You can also alter the design of the marker, for instance, instead of having the gmarker.png you can create your own based on your preferences. As you might understand the whole process will take approximately two minutes and no too much effort is needed. Everything that is necessary to set up google map location is provided by us without charging any fees. If you are also interested how to set Google Map location then feel free to visit this link: https://gridgum.com/How-to-Set-Google-Map-Location-in-Bootstrap-Template/

If you still have any questions or misunderstood something, please leave the questions in the comment section and our support team will get back to you as soon as possible with detailed explanation.

According to some recent studies and surveys, around 30% of the websites on the internet are based on WordPress, which is not surprising but rather expected. But still there are some people, who question the WordPress and do not fully understand it’s features and benefits. Well, this article will try to explain shortly what is so special about WordPress.

One of the biggest mistakes, that people make is that they still think that WordPress is just blogging platform. Maybe it was true for some part in the past but not now for sure. WordPress is Content Management System, which allows people and more precisely beginners in web development to build fully functional website, application and etc. Many powerful and worldwide known websites are using WordPress like Google, Facebook, eBay, CNN and etc.

There should be reasons why WordPress is so demanding:

• • Easy to Use
  Millions of people are using WordPress without having any prior knowledge of programming and web developing. The main reason is, that it is very easy to learn how to use it. There are no special skills needed to operate in WordPress, it is like writing something in Word document file. Everything is already constructed you just have to make some final designing decisions.


• • Templates and Themes
  Another reason why WordPress is so popular is that there are millions and millions of various WordPress template version, some of them are for free and some of them are selling for moderate price. There are templates with every kind of theme you want like filmography, online radio and various other things. And they are very easily manageable because CMS allows you to make any changes that you want like colors, logos, uploading or altering the pictures and etc. And all of this is possible without writing any code.


• • WordPress and Search Engines
  WordPress is written in a way that it is using very high quality code which makes it very attractive to search engine tools. Also WordPress is very SEO friendly which means that it can get a lot of traffic for free and naturally without putting a lot of effort. Of course there is always a space for improvement and therefore one can always use some tricks and tips to increase the traffic.


• • Multifunctional and Safe
  WordPress is not only about writing some texts but there also can be included images, audios and video contents. WordPress gives you an opportunity to enclose the material of various websites like songs from Sound Cloud, videos from YouTube or Instagram by just including the URL in your post. And what is the most important is that WordPress is highly safe and secure to manage any website. Of course we cannot assure everyone that nobody will try to hack the website since internet is very ambiguous place.

As time passes, upgrades in technology give people opportunities to do things in an easier way and WordPress is just another proof to this statement. Now, with WordPress everyone can practice its web designing skills because it’s easy to learn how to do it. Hopefully, this article gives you an insight why WordPress is so popular among people and what is so special about it.

Its getting more common for designers to work with mobile applications rather than with “desktop design” because people are using more frequently their mobile phones rather than computers. The retail apps are increasing with extremely high speed and proportionally the competition among these apps as well. Its extremely interesting how one little detail can lead to wrong design and huge losses in revenues. Therefore, in this article we try to help to build up the app with avoiding some crucial mistakes.

• • Product Details
  When you are designing the product pages try to include every aspect of your product. Customers love when they have all the information about the product that potentially will be bought. Problem with mobile application is that there is not much space so try not to waste any. Amazon app is one of the good examples how one should construct the app, they have very long-scrolling design which allows them to compromise everything about the suggested product. The details like size, color, price, quality, description, recommendations and the most importantly the reviews about the product. The customer reviews are essential part of E-commerce because people want to know others experiences and satisfactions.
• • Registration
  When it comes to requesting the registration it is always super annoying for the customers, especially when they have to do it with small screen using mobile phones. So try to avoid that part but if it is absolutely a must then try to make the registration process smoother for instance through Social Platform login with Facebook account. It is much easier and needs less time than the normal registration process.
• • Shopping Carts
  You should always give the full power to users of the app to satisfy them as much as possible. Based on Google´s retail app its always beneficial to endow your customers to alter their shopping bags or carts at any stage of shopping process. Put yourself in their shoes and imagine how annoying it would be to go back for few steps every time you would want to edit your shopping cart. And the frustration will eventually lead to low sales, conversion and revenues. One of the good examples of online shopping carts would be Walmart app because in their case you can alter the desired quantity of product even at the last step of shopping process. As a result, users can change their mind and make some changes at any time of shopping process.
• • Contact Information
  Great UX in e-commerce means excellent contact information and customer service. Users have to be sure that they can reach you anytime and ask questions about the products or ask to solve their problems. So first of all, you have to make the contact information very visible and easily accessible to not confuse customers. Second of all, you should offer different ways of communication processes like email and telephone/mobile call. Try to be there 24/7 for customer to increase your credibility and their trust in you.

You should remember that retail apps are always riskier to build that any other apps because their design explicitly affects the conversion cycles and revenues. Therefore, you should always be attentive what your UX lack in order to be perfect because there is always a space for improvement, the only thing is to detect that pitfall.

Nowadays, mobile phones are more frequently used than personal computers therefore every website must also be accessed from mobile phones. It might surprise you but accessing the website and using it through the smaller screen is not enough. The design and content of the website have to be altered as well when it is opened from mobile phone.

In most of the cases the websites are responsive meaning that they change the design based on from which devices they are opened but apparently it is not enough. The majority of new websites are responsive thanks to the easily available online templates like WordPress, Drupal and Joomla. Even though responsive design is very easy to build and afterwards work with, it still does not offer as much control as adaptive designing.

Issues with Responsive website
Representing data on a smaller screen makes it complicated to read or see the content which frustrates customers. So not only the design but the content of a website has to be changed to demonstrate your customers that you care how they are getting the information. Altering the content might mean eliminating some of the information because too much data is very hard to be handled for mobile devices. And most importantly responsive design does not give a chance to see the customer’s perspective but rather the company’s one. In other words, businesses think about what information should be displayed but no importance is given how that information will be perceived by customers.

But what can be solution to that ?
I would simply suggest an adaptive design method because it does not assume that the content and functionality should be similar across all devices. But on the contrary the main idea of adaptive designing is to match the content of website with the device it is opened through. Adaptive designing gives an opportunity to maximize the customer’s experience through shaping the design and information to the device. For instance, if the customers is accessing your website through her or his phone display your contact information to contact you easily. But what about if customer is using a personal computer to access you? Then its better to display the product or service information that is offered by your company. In other words, explore what your customers are searching for when they are using various devices and use that knowledge to maximize customers’

satisfaction.
When one is constructing the website, customers’ perspectives have to be taken into account regardless which device is used. If they are using their mobile phones then you have to be ready to present all the necessary data easily without any confusion. If you do not make this process smooth and enjoyable then eventually they will search for other businesses with similar services or products.

Of course responsive designing has its own benefits but when it comes to decision just consider what experience you want to deliver to your customers. Adaptive designing is more complicated to build and work on but the result is absolutely worthy of it.

All our responsive and adaptive designs can be seen here: Bootstrap Responsive Website Templates

An enormous number of startups are launching their online stores and exploding the internet. Online platforms are giving opportunities to various business to have ecommerce without boundaries. To have online store is very but to make is successful needs time and effort, especially in the first years. So if you just entered the business then look through this check list and make sure that you have it all.

• 1. Market Segment
  Through online store anyone can access you anytime, but they should have information about your existence. Therefore, targeting everyone at the same time is not always a good idea, one should have specific picture of potential customer. Categorize the characteristics of consumers who will be in need of the product or service that you offer and then hit them with suitable marketing strategies.


• 2. Be trusted!
  In order to be credible in the eyes of potential consumers one should have solid understanding of company’s values. You should know what are your mission and vision, where are you now and what is your desired state of being and how to achieve it. You should an ideology upon which company’s principles are created and without no doubt those have to be acceptable and likable by consumers. The elaborate representation of who you are will eliminate potential trust issues between customers and you.


• 3. CRM
  Try to personalize the experience that your customers are gaining from your website. The most successful companies like Google, Apple, Facebook and etc. are increasing the customer satisfaction through personalization and demonstration that each customer is distinctively valuable. Of course your business cannot be compared to giants like Google or Facebook but you can use some CRM software solutions which are extremely cheap even for small businesses.


• 4. Accessibility
  Make sure that you invest in mobile application as well since most of the time people are using mobile phones. Your website has to be responsive or adaptive to deliver the content in the same way as from the personal computer. Also the information about products, services, promotions, policies and some changes in them have to be available all the time (online and offline).


• 5. Logistics – SEO
  Logistics companies can be a lot of help whenever you face the large transactions all around the world. They have been operating in this market long enough, gained a huge experience and know how to reduce the costs efficiently. For online stores web speed, security and high quality content are important but logistics also play a crucial part to be successful. Logistics will affect everything including SEO, in other words effective logistics will translate to more traffic and higher number of sales.

High number of sales and rate for returns are coming with time and effort so make sure you do everything to achieve the goal and desired state of being. There can be many other check points in order to be successful but start with these ones and continue with rest gradually.

Buying already constructed website sounds very scary to almost everyone including experienced and skillful programmers. The above written statement is especially true when the websites are created through the WordPress.

WordPress has many advantages and one of them is that it can create something in a wide variety of ways. But this great feature can be the risk at the same time because it makes nearly impossible to any programmer to decode all the ins and outs of a website.

Acquiring somebody else’s creation can be time consuming because everything is already constructed but it can be challenging as well. Therefore, in this article we would like to suggest some steps that would help to conduct some “diagnostic tests” for already existing WordPress website.

To accomplish these steps, you will need some information like full access to a WordPress Dashboard, full access to template files and also any text editor.

• • First step is about checking the administration area and analyzing which theme and plugins were used by a website. Let’s start with checking the theme, to do so go to the Appearance / Theme and then click Theme Details. The detail window will pop up that will demonstrate the theme status. This is very important information because later on it will help you to diagnose some issues and lags. Another very important thing is to know if items of website should be upgraded. One should be cautious if the items are extremely old versioned then it might complicate the situation.


• • In the first step you checked the theme and now its time to look through it’s functions.php folder. If you like to alter the website based on your preferences, then this information is very important to you. Because it will show you if there are used any outside scripts or styles. You can also install the Theme Check tool to control whether there are any unverified codes being used.


• • It is well known fact that WordPress websites are constantly under vigilant attacks therefore to avoid such disturbances there are some steps that should be taken. Conduct a security scan and observe if anything pops up, you can accomplish this by downloading the free version of Wordfence. It will look for any suspicious file that might cause some risk and damage. To be highly secured, you can also look through files and identify the ones that you are not familiar with, you can do this through your hosting control panel. And lastly, even some files that look legit can be conceded therefore check for the date when it was updated for the last time.


• • To evaluate better, the existing the website it always good idea to check and analyze its performance. Some of you would have checked it by accessing a website in a browser through the navigation but believe me there are better ways. Use the tools like Pingdom which will distribute you the data that exhibits the website’s optimization level and some lags that might slow down the website.


• • If you are a new worker in a company and inherited already existing website, then gain some information from the people who surround you. When you start working they will not share information with some specific details, it has to be you to ask questions to be fully prepared. Ask them how well the website is working, if there were any issues recently, if there are any lags and etc. This step might seem a bit odd but you will gain a lot of important and worthy information.

It does not matter whether you will be the next owner or the next manager of a website, you still will have to know as much as possible about it. Of course it is very nice that you will be handed in with already created website and no effort will be demanded from you. But everything has the negative side and this is no different, therefore follow these steps to be ensured that a website is not facing major problems.

There has been a lot of noise around the term CMS (Content Management System) in web development and programming industry because of its advantages and usability. Even though we encounter this term in various blog articles and papers there has not been yet any review about exact definition and function of CMS. Therefore, in this blog we try to outline the standard definitions and functions of Content Management System.

Content Management System is array of associated programs that are employed to build and operate digital content. Generally, CMS is used for enterprise content management and also for website content management. Those two management systems have different roles but are interrelated. Both management systems have two main factors:

• 1. Content Management Application (CMA): it allows customer to manage the creation, adjustments and elimination of content from a website without any knowledge of HTML. So it facilitates the lives of people who do not have any programming background nor the experience in web development.
• 2. Content Delivery Application (CDA): Once there is created content in Content Management Application, CDA helps to support delivery by offering back-end services. Content Delivery Application is like a backbone for CMA.

CMS has a lot of features which vastly depend on the CMS suggestions but the most frequent ones are search, format management, update management, publishing and etc.

• • Under search function we mean that CMS allows users to search through publication dates, names of authors, main words and etc.
• • Format Management makes easier to transform scanned papers into electronic version of documents for instance in PDF files.
• • Update management feature helps to keep content updated whenever it is edited and altered by individuals who created that content.
• • Publishing features gives an opportunity to employ template or an array of templates and other tools to build or amend content.

Content Management System also helps to acquire one-to-one marketing, which is a skill of website to modify its content and advertisement based on specific user’s features. Website can shape features based on the information that it has gathered through customers, for example if user searched for laptops then advertising posters will promote businesses that offer laptops rather than business that offer mobile phones.

We also want to outline several other CMS features without thorough details:

• • Minimum Server Requirements
• • Admin panel supported with various languages
• • Online assistance integrated with discussion boards
• • Full theme provision and editable templates

There are various CMS platform providers that offer subscription based and sometimes free CMS offerings. We decided to outline some of them:

• • Joomla: It is an open source of web content management system written in PHP that suggest features like RSS feeds, blogs, search and etc.
• • DNN: Delivers content management instruments to marketers to make their digital assets easily reachable irrespective where they are saved.
• • WordPress: Its also free and open source web content management system based, written in PHP and MySQL. Its very demanding and popular among people without programming or web developing skills since it can be used on a personal computer and treat it as it is website server.
• • Backdrop Content Management System: Its is free and open source as well that tries to provide cost-efficient content management system for small and medium sized companies that do not want to make substantial investments. It offers the most essential web content but it can be enhanced through various modules.

As you might notice Content Management System is very broad since it has multiple different features. It is very popular and highly demanded among web users because it can offer various benefits. But according to statistics the most favored content management system is WordPress. Of course CMS also has negative sides and lags but in this section they will not be outlined. All Templates created in This CMS system can be seen on our WordPress Templates Section Here: https://goo.gl/cDo8o7

Nowadays most of the websites are managed by Content Management System (CMS) which is very easy to use and it allows people to alter website without editing any part of code. Highly functional websites are very expensive, of course costs may vary but minimum price is 3000 and more, therefore not everyone can afford that. However, there are other more affordable options on the market and from those options most widely used are WordPress, Joomla and Drupal. They offer amazing features, wide variety of customizations, strong security and etc. All of these three options are very good and that makes decision process complicated. Therefore, we offer overview of 3 CMS to make you understand which suits you the best.

WordPress

WordPress is the most popular and demanded Content Management System in the world, it has dominated the market by running more than 60 million websites today. There are couple of reasons why is that so:

• • Installation – It is very easy to install since multiple web hosting companies, for instance Bluehost offer automated installation in their hosting space. In other words, one can get a new website that will be launched and operated in a couple of minutes.
• • Features – WordPress has a lot more to offer like themes, plug-ins and etc. than any other Content Management System. Because of it’s recognition, web designers and developers are creating more and more WordPress tools to make your website look highly expensive and luxurious.
• • Price – There are thousands of free WordPress templates that are available online including our website. This is a great opportunity for amateurs to create their first website without significant expenses and costs. However, even the priced WordPress templates are charged with significantly little cost when comparing it to expenses that are necessary to build a website.

Drupal

Drupal much likely to WordPress, is also very popular Content Management System on the market, which is employed by both large and small enterprises. There are a number of reason why Drupal is so famous:

• • Performance – Pages that are powered by Drupal are most usually loaded with faster rate than those that are operated with Joomla or even WordPress. Programmers explain this by one thing that Drupal is less resource-intensive and needs not that expensive server or host set-up.
• • Technicalities – If you have experience with programming and coding then Drupal can offer a wide variety of benefits since it is the most technically innovative among these 3 CMS. But you have to know how to find those benefits and later on employ them.
• • Customization – Drupal is convenient with customization since it offers various plug-ins and themes. One can also alter directly the original files without any lags or obstacles which is highly expedient for people who want to make substantial changes.

There is no doubt that Drupal is one of the most powerful CMS but that power comes with some challenges that are faced by the website’s owner. If you want to work with Drupal you have to have knowledge of programming languages like PHP, HTML and etc. Because if your website will have high traffic then you would have to have technical skills to run website smoothly.

Joomla

Joomla is considered to be somewhere between the WordPress and Drupal because it has substantial amount of power to run websites smoothly and does not need that much technical expertise to operate as Drupal. Similar to WordPress and Drupal, Joomla also has a great number of plug-ins and templates on the market. There are couple of reasons why one would choose Joomla from these 3 CMS:

• • e-Commerce – Joomla gives an opportunity to create online commerce store very easily and with minimum effort. One would argue that same can be achieved with WordPress and Drupal but those 2 CMS require more knowledge and unique customizations.
• • Non Technical – As it was mentioned above Joomla is between WordPress and Drupal, it means that it is not as easily operated as WordPress but also does not require that much knowledge as Drupal. So the good thing is that people with no programming background can operate Joomla site without any technical support.
• • Helping Community – Joomla proposes a help portal where everyone can ask questions about various topics and get easily the answers and explanations.

As you might notice all three Content Management Systems are highly functional and alike in most of the aspects. But still they have a number of differences that should help you to make the decision which one to employ. The choice depends on what are your resources and future expectations, the combination of these two will lead you to an answer.

We decided to dedicate our blog articles to 100 the best website design tools that makes designing process a lot easier and exciting. These 100 tools can be categorized under 10 different topics which are Typography, Stock Photos, Stock Graphics, Infographics, Collaboration, Colors, Inspiration, Graphics/Pictures Editor, Logo Design, and Prototyping. Each article will describe every topic in a detailed way and outline some tools that can be employed to facilitate the designing process. The first article will cover Typography and its tools.

In simple words, typography is the way printed matter appears on the paper, billboards, computer screen and etc. In web designing typography takes an important role since it affects the communication process between website and its viewers. Typography influences how the information is distributed on a website and later on perceived by website users therefore it is critical to choose right designs fonts. To help you with web designing and more precisely with typography, we would like to present 10 best tools for fronts:

• 1. Fontface Ninja – It is one of the best font tools on the web space, Fontface Ninja is free browser extension that enables its customers to try, purchase, explore and choose any font that can be found on any website. As you might notice the given tool has various features, for instance you can try any font without leaving your website browsing. By activating this extension, you will be able to detect any font used on any website. Fontface Ninja will find the name of the font you would like to use. It will distribute the prices of more than 30 000 different fonts and offer you a link to download it. When it is about free fonts, then Fontface Ninja will offer the link for download. Fontface Ninja is absolutely free of charge, therefore download and install it on your computer. For further information, please visit their official webpage: https://fontface.ninja/
 
• 2. Google Fonts – The main goal of Google Fonts is to make websites more beautiful, attractive, fast and great through typography. They try to facilitate the web designing process by offering robust, free and open source for web designer fonts. They are inviting users to search and test fonts for use in more than 135 different languages. Google Fonts are offering various fonts based on several factors like popularity, trends, your geographic location and etc. Collections and fonts can be shared for free, ensuring by this way that typography is optimized and rationalized through designing process. Google Fonts is one of the best font tools because it makes websites to operate safely by storing fonts without sharing customers’ privacy. They use WOFF 2.0 compression when there is a possibility which makes websites to run faster for all users no matter where is their location. For broader information about Google Fonts and joining their community, please visit their official webpage: https://fonts.google.com/
 


• 3. TypeKit – With the help of TypeKit you can access huge library that is full of premium quality fonts. The fonts are very high quality, because they are all tested by TypeKit before published in the library, ensuring the excellent performance across various web browsers. TypeKit fonts are very easy to use, you will not have to deal with font files or licences when you will get new computer. You will just have to choose the fonts with which you want to work and TypeKit will distribute them in a right place. Once you choose the desired font and sync if from library using Creative Cloud, it will appear on font menu on all your programs, without needing any installation. TypeKit can be used not only through computers but through any device where the fonts will be synced using Creative Cloud. To gather more information about TypeKit and its membership and community, please visit their official website: https://typekit.com/
 


• 4. FontStruct – As you might know FontShop is one of the leading retailers of digital type in worldwide terms, which also sponsors FontStruct which is free font creating tool. FontStruct is a great tool which enables people to easily build and construct fonts using various geometrical shapes that are arranged in a specific way, like tiles/bricks. One can design FontStructions by employing FontStructor font editor. When you are finished with creating, FontStruct produces high-quality TrueType fonts which can be used in any application, for instance Mac, Windows and etc. The end products can be kept to yourself but also can be shared with other users of FontStruct. You will also be able to see other people’s creations, download or copy them and alter them based on your preferences. You can explore more things about FontStruct by visiting their official webpage: https://fontstruct.com/
 


• 5. Typecast – You can sign up for free and use Typecast to design beautiful and attractive fonts. You can design a font, using their simple visual controls and afterwards distribute end result through URL. After going though all the design process and creating HTML&CSS that follows every design decision, you can test he end result on your mobile as well. After test proofing you can share it, by just one click it will be published. If you are interested more how Typecast operates then fell free to visit their official webpage: http://typecast.com/
 


• 6. Font Squirrel – They are presenting the wide collection of free fonts that can be employed for any purpose. Even thought they are distributing the free fonts for you, they still ask to read the license on every font before using it. But they verify you that every font that can be found on Font Squirrel is free desktop license and therefore can be used in commercial images without charging any costs. But there is one important thing to consider they cannot guarantee that fonts are free and they explain this by simply stating that they are not lawyers. But if you are lucky with finding the free font without facing any legal issues, then Font Squirrel will explain how these can be used, how they can be downloaded or installed. Therefore, if you are interested in some free fonts please visit their official webpage: https://www.fontsquirrel.com/
 


• 7. 1001 Fonts – 1001 Fonts offers wide variety of fonts that can be employed for personal or commercial purposes. It can always offer some New and Fresh fonts which are categorized by style, mood, width, size and etc. After choosing the font that suits the best, you can also preview them and see how that specific font appears on desktop. In most cases fonts are free for personal uses but might cost you a couple of dollars to use them for commercial purposes. To purchase and download fonts, you just have to sign up for the website: http://www.1001fonts.com/
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• 8. What Font Is – This tool can be used in order to find which font is employed. What Font Is has different ways how fonts can be identified, for instance through the pictures, font images, text fonts and etc. This tool is designed to search various fonts using different strategies. They also offer forum where are discussed unknown fonts and different users help each other to identify those fonts. If you are interested more in this tool please visit their official website: https://www.whatfontis.com/
 


• 9. Typelight: It is highly and fully functional for editor which is absolutely free of charge. Using Typelight you can design, alter different fonts based on your preferences, tastes and desire. If you are a beginner and have never dealt with font designing and creation, then most probably Type 3.2 fond editor will suit you the best. The best thing about Typelight is that it is FREE for personal and even for commercial purposes. However, if you consider yourself as a business entity, then full version Type 3.2 should be purchased. For more details, visit their official webpage (http://www.cr8software.net/typelight.html ) and read their license.
 


• 10. Font Flame – It is like Tinder but explicitly for fonts and it tries to solve the problem that most of the typography lovers have, more precisely the font pairing. Font Flame is relatively new therefore right now it utilizes only Google’s Free Font library but later on it plans to add some other sources as well. But we would recommend to visit their website since the decision process about font is constructed in an easy way, you whether love or hate it. Their official webpage can be found here: http://app.fontflame.com/

 

We hope that this article will help you with typography problems and after reading it you will know which tools and sources to use. Of course there are many other font tools but we thought that the ones that are outlined above, are the best ones. So feel free to preview them all!

This is already the second article about 10 the best web design tools and more precisely about Stock photos. Stock photos are professional photos of various things like nature, people, countries, basically everything, which are licensed for specific uses. During the web designing process, it is essential to have stock images therefore people are buying/selling stock photos to use them for commercial purposes. In this article will be distributed ten best websites that offer robust collection of stock photos.

• 1. Pixabay – It is an active community full of people who share the copyrights for various images and videos. Since all the offered content is released under the Creative Commons (CCO) the usage of these images is absolutely free and it needs no permission even for commercial purposes. The offered images can be copied, edited, modified, shared, used for commercial and non-commercial purposes without giving any credits to creator of these images. If you want to have Pixabay photos on your website, then upload them on your server but take into account that the Pixabay image URLs are not working on external websites. As it was mentioned above the offered images are free but you can still make some small donations through PayPal to support the Pixabay community. Please visit their official website for more details: https://pixabay.com/
  

  



• 2. Unsplash – This is an online community that offers more than 30 000 high-resolutions photos that are provided by various photographers around the world. The huge library of photos is getting bigger every day, so you have all chances to find what you are looking for. The best thing about Unsplash is that it offers all these photos for absolutely free of charge, apparently there are many photographers who generously share their images. Unsplash has been very active and popular, it has been used by various companies like Apple, Nasa, Trello and etc. Moreover, Unsplash photos are also included in different WordPress themes. So if your website is lacking some photos, feel free to use this free platform which will help you to find suitable images and organize your content. For more information, you can visit their official webpage: https://unsplash.com/
  

  



• 3. Stocksy – It is the collection of huge number of high quality images and videos created by professional artists all around the world. Each offered image on Stocksy is exclusive with supreme and excellent quality. All distributed images come with standard royalty- free license, which includes not only commercial usage but also advertising, blog posts, book covers, product packers, copies in print (more than 200 000) and etc. However, there is a little price that has to be paid to access all these services and sources. They have a price range for images with different sizes and also different price packages for extended license options. They accept various payment options like PayPal, major credit cards, purchase order and etc. For more information please visit their official website: https://stocksy.com/
  

  

  
  
• 4. Pexels – It is a huge collection of Stock Photos that are all licensed under the Creative Commons (CCO) which means that it is legal to use those images for various purposes including the commercial one. You can download, edit, modify, copy and do whatever you want with these images. In return Pexels does not require anything, so all these photos are shared for free. As a contribution you can also upload some picture or even donate some money as a support through the PayPal. For more complete information, please visit their official webpage that can be found here: https://pexels.com/
  

  

  
  
• 5. Gratisopraphy – Ryan Mcguire, an artist from Grinnell, IA was inspired to create an online platform that would offer various free images so he created Gratisography. It is a collection of high-resolution pictures that person can choose for commercial or noncommercial purposes. All of the offered images are free of any copyright restrictions because the creator of them is Ryan Mcguire himself. One simply has to click on the image to download the high quality image and use afterwards how ever he/she wants. To see the online collection of pictures, please follow this link: https://gratisography.com/
  

  

  
  
• 6. Adobe Stock – it is one of the most popular online platforms that offer wide range of high quality stock photos for a very decent price. It gives a chance to a web designer to find the image that will be perfectly suitable to the website. You can preview the images which are watermarked within your website design and then acquire access and license to modify them based on your preferences. Adobe Stock offers different price packages which can be one time and annual (monthly paid fee). The price packages also vary based on the number of assets you will acquire but they also offer the first month free trial. For more information, please visit their official website: https://stock.adobe.com/
  

  

  
  
• 7. Zoomy – Zoomy app helps web designers to find free high quality images for their creative products and projects. It offers more than 80 000 photos that are licensed under Creative Commons (COO) and Public domain from more than 50 sources. It means that there are no legal restrictions to use these images for commercial or non-commercial purposes. It offers new version 3.1 that can be installed for Windows, macOS and Linux just for 4.99$. After acquiring Zoomy app one can download, copy, edit, modify and distribute various chosen images without asking any permission. To look through their photo collection, please visit their official website: https://zoommyapp.com/
  

  

  
  
• 8. New Old Stock – It offers vintage images from different public archives that are free of copyright restrictions. It means that provided photos can be downloaded, used and shared for various purposes without any legal restrictions. By employing these photos many different moments of history can be recaptured. All you have to do to gain the access to these pictures is to sign up and via that account proceed with usage of images. To create an account, please visit this page: https://nos.twnsnd.co/
  

  

  
  
• 9. SplitShire - It is an online platform created by an artist who has accumulated more than 900 images over some period of time and decided to share them with other people. Its mission is to help customers the suitable images for their websites, projects, blogs, book covers and etc. But there are some legal restrictions as well, for instance no third-party stock websites, no selling of the photo to third parties and no usage of images in projects that have inappropriate content (anything that promotes violence, discrimination, racism and etc.). To look through the image collection please follow this link that redirects you to the official website of SplitShire: https://splitshire.com/
  

  

  
  
• 10. Death to Stock Photo – It is an online platform that offers free and premium stock images. By acquiring premium membership, one is gaining an access to premium quality stock photos. This tool will assist you to explore vast variety pictures that can be helpful to make your websites and projects look perfect. Premium membership has many benefits it includes: more than 20 photos added monthly, no limits to downloads, photo filtering and search, feedback on projects, access to web application with more than 1500 images. Death to Stock Photo offers two price packets for gaining membership: 15$ per month or 145$ on annual basis. For more thorough information, please visit their official webpage: https://deathtothestockphoto.com/
  

  

  
  

As you might see, there are many tools that help you to find images for your website either for free or for a little price. You can scan all the provided websites and find the one that suits the best but we are sure that all of the tools provide high resolution photos. We hope, after reading this article you will not have any difficulties with finding perfect Stock photos.

We are happy to introduce our third article about 100 the best web designing tool and more precisely about Stock Graphics. Stick Graphics are computer generated images, graphics, vectors and etc. For web designers, it is very critical to find wide collection of high quality Stock graphics, to find what exactly what they are looking for. Therefore, in this article we share ten best websites, that offer various Stock Graphics:

1. Vecteezy – It is the largest vector graphics community in an entire world that helps to explore the works of various artists and find suitable match for your future project. By employing Vecteezy you will easily access the wide collection of graphics created by professionals. Most of the offered products are free of charge and depending on the license, free to use in commercial and noncommercial projects. Vecteezy’s primary goal is to offer fresh designs to the customers, therefore new vector files are added on frequent basis. Veectazy also helps artists to share and promote their works on online space, without incurring any incurring costs. Vecteezy is open for feedback and discussions so it gives chance to viewers to chat with artists. For more additional information please visit their official website: https://www.vecteezy.com/

2. The Noun Project – It is online community that offers wide variety of icons that have high quality and simple design. Their collection is tremendous; they offer more than one million icons. However, to access and download icons one has to pay a small price. They offer paid and free accounts but of course paid members gain a lot more benefits than free ones. If you get paid membership, then you can download icons in any color and get access to all the apps to operate quicker. All the icons come with royalty-free license which means that buyer is granted to use each icon as many times as he or she wants. Even after you cancel the account, you are still legally eligible to use purchased icons perpetually. For more thorough information, please visit their webpage: https://thenounproject.com/

3. Flaticon – It is the world’s largest search engine that compromises all the free icons. It facilitates the search processes for users’ by listing majority of vectors in one unique website. In other words, Flaticon has already done the work for customers and combined all vector graphics in one unique platform. Even though they offer the free vector icons, the quality, standards and utility is significantly high. Flaticon is becoming very popular on the market so more designers are uploading their fresh and original works. As it was mentioned before, all the resources can be used for free but customers have to attribute the illustration to Flaticon. To better understand their terms and policies please follow this link: https://www.flaticon.com/

4. RoundIcons – It is a collection of premium icon packages compromising all styles, formats, designs and layouts that updated on regular basis. RoundIcon provides the customers with high quality design assets that are manufactured explicitly based on your needs with a commercial license. Using RoundIcon your website or applications design will look distinct and original. It offers various Icon packs with different price levels but the price range is very moderate. But by paying the money, customers are not getting only the icon but also some other benefits, for instance free updates, fast and reliable customer support and etc. RoundIcon products are for everyone because they are in various file formats which makes them easily usable. To look through their icon collection please follow this link: https://roundicons.com/

5. Illustrio – It is a very useful resource for artists to design and create the icons and share them with other people who are in need of them. The offered icons are absolutely free of charge and can be downloaded and accessed by everyone. The icons come with standard licenses that makes customers eligible to use the products for personal or commercial reasons. One can also edit, crop and change the already existing product based on his or her preferences. But there are also some specific restrictions as well, for instance, the icons can be used on T-Shirts on any other product but those products with printed icon cannot be sold. For more detailed information about Illustrio and restrictions please follow this link: https://illustrio.com/

6. The ispot – It is the place where people can discover the world’s one of the best illustrators and artists. It is the place where you can find the suitable and original artwork for the project or simply share the work that you have done to as many people as possible. Customers are searching among thousands of illustrators by employing some keywords and are getting results that are related to those keywords. The Ispot currently offers more that 35000 illustrations, making it impossible for customers to find exactly what they were looking for. The Ispot is the strongest illustration online resource that offers Porfolios and Stock Graphics collection since 1996. Their accumulated experience is reflected on the quality of the offered products. To look their collections and portfolios, please visit their official website: https://www.theispot.com/

7. Webalys – The project is dating from 2002 but at that time the main specialization was interface design. Currently, Webalys exclusively creates the best quality icon packs for developers, startups and designers. It offers perfect Vector icons for applications, web interfaces that would make the design totally distinctive and outstanding. Webalys offer more than 5000 vectors, that are organized based on 97 different categories. By using the Webalys icons you will improve conversion rates of your website or application. If you are interested, check out their collection by following this link: http://webalys.com/

8. Iconfinder – It is an online platform that offers high quality icons to millions of customers. Icofinder offers icons and logos on free basis if you are referring to its service. The logos are available in both formats, vector (SVG) and raster (PNG). The icon and logo collection can be viewed and downloaded through the account creation. Icofinder also offers the premium account for a small price, that offers many more benefits that the free one. For more information, please visit their official webpage: https://www.iconfinder.com/

9. Brusheezy – It is an online platform where can be explored Vector graphics and also discussed the creations of various artists from all around the world. Customers can easily find the perfect matchers for their projects, application and websites for free of charge. Since the collection of stock graphics is very rich, designers can explore thousands of creations and find exactly what they are looking for. All of the provided products and resources are free to download, use and alter based on the customer’s preferences, wishes and desires. Brusheezy is very popular online tool and is visited by more then 1.2 million people per month. The Brusheezy community is very active because all of the artists are discussing their and other’s works to receive a thorough feedback. If you are interested in Brusheezy’s products, please follow this link that will forward you to the official website: https://www.brusheezy.com/

10. Icon Jar – It is an efficient tool that gives an opportunity to store all the icons in one place by just one click. Icon Jar’s search tool has been designed and developed with speed and efficiency in mind. It is even compatible with applications that do not support SVGs and makes possible to drag and drop icons in various sizes, colors and different file formats. The goal of this great tool is to make lives of designers easy and productive. These great features and many more are offered for moderate price, only for 24.99, that makes IconJar ever more attractive. The only lag of this tool is that it is designed explicitly for macOS and not any other operating system. To get more information please visit their official website: https://geticonjar.com/

As you might notice all of these Stock Graphics tools have a lot to offer and we hope that after reading this article you will never face a Stock Graphic finding problem.

We are happy to introduce our fourth article about 100 the best web designing tool and more precisely about Infographics. Infographics is a visual representation of complex and complicated information in a simple and clear manner. For web designers, it is very important to have proper graphic software to create the desired content. In this articles will be covered ten different Infographics tools that would facilitate the designing process.

1. Canva – It is a free tool for graphic-design founded in 2012, Australia. It quickly became popular and currently is used by thousands of people, professional and amateur designers. Canva’s infographic tool compromises various free design elements that allow customers to experiment with data representation like a professional. The end product, designed via Canva’s tool, can be used for presentation, website, blog, printed flyers, brochures and etc. Customers can also save and share the infographic design multiple times in Canva, which enable them to reuse it online. The most of the elements in the Canva’s library are free of charge but some of them are also premium elements that do not cost more than 1$. For more thorough information please visit their official webpage: https://www.canva.com/

2. Easel.ly – It is a website that provides thousands of free infographic themes and design objects that can be employed by customers to create their own visual ideas online. Creating the infographics through Easl.ly is very easy because it has drag and drop function, so customers just have to choose the design. Customers can also upload their own background image and begin from scratch. Easel.ly was officially founded in 2012 and since then it is getting more and more popular, more than 300 000 registered users are using the benefits of website each month. It has made possible for anyone to design their own infographics within couple of minutes. To try out the tool, please follow thins that will direct you to the official website: https://www.easel.ly/

3. Infogram – It is a tool that helps people and businesses to create infographics to present and share data in a simple, clear and engaging way. The Infogram was also launched in 2012, as the two above mentioned tools, and rapidly became popular on the market due to its functionality and simplicity. The tool can be used by various people like professional or amateur designers, marketers, journalists, students, companies and etc. Basically anyone who wans to present their information in a nice and neat way. Infogram is already employed by thousands of users who have created more than 4.5 million infographics that can be viewed by everyone. Infogram can be used for free but it also offers different price packages for more features and benefits. To check out the details please follow this link: https://infogram.com/

4. Visage – It is a tool that provides a simple interface that can be applied by customers to create any kind of content they want. Nowadays, high quality infographics is a vital part of effective communication. The design agencies are way too expensive, therefore Visage and tools like Visage solve this important problem of web designers and not only. However, to use Visage and its features there is a price that has to be paid. It offers different price packages but the basic (minimum) price is 50$. If you are interested in the provided tool, please visit their official webpage for more thorough information. The website can be found here: https://visage.co/

5. Vizualize.me – It is a tool that is employed to transfer boring resumes (CVs) into interesting and original ones via infographics. Vizualize.me wants to eliminate the traditional text resume and replace it with online resume format which is beautiful, relevant and distinctive. This tool enables people to express their educational background and professional accomplishments in a simple but personal way. Customers can subscribe and register for free and use all the benefit of Vizualize.me. For more information, please visit the official website which can be found here: http://vizualize.me/

6. Venngage – The tool enables people to tell their stories and present their data with infographics. With Venngage, it is extremely simple to create infographics, there are just three steps: 1. Choose the template 2. Visualize and fill it out with desired data and information, enhance infographic by adding icons and images from the library offered by Venngage 3. Customize your infographic design by altering the fonts and colors and use your own style to make the infographic look original. For students the tool can be used for free but for businesses and individuals there is a small price that has to be paid. For more detailed information, please visit the official website: https://venngage.com/

7. Draw io – It is an online tool that can be used to create flowcharts suitable for both external and internal projects. The tool is offered for absolutely free of charge and can be used by everyone, professional and amateurs as well. The steps that have to be taken to create a flowchart are outlined and by followed those steps the outcome can be reached within minutes. To design the flowchart, please follow this link which will direct you to the official website: https://www.draw.io/

8. Piktochart – It is a simplified tool for infographics, it has functions like drag-and-drop and point-and-click. Therefore, there is no more need for complex design softwares or expensive designing agencies. It offers more than 600 premium quality templates from which can be chosen one that suits you the most. You will also have the access for icons, images, charts, maps, high resolution downloads, and ready-to-use graphics. All of these benefits can be gained by paying a little price, 15$ or 29$ monthly, depending what features you are searching. For more thorough information, please visit their official website which can be found here: https://piktochart.com/

9. Visme – It is an online infographic tool that helps to transform your thoughts and information into visual representation. The infographic creation process is extremely easy and includes only three steps. First you either have to choose the infographic template or create your own layout. Then you have to fill it out with desired information and data using graphs, tables, maps, images, icons and etc. And the last step is to customize and edit everything like fonts colors, backgrounds and etc. For more information please visit their official webpage: https://www.visme.co/

10. Gliffy – It is online diagramming tool that has a lot of benefits to offer to its customers, for instance it runs on an HTML5 editor which is twice as fast as flash. Therefore, you can create and edit huge diagrams without wasting a lot of time. It is easy to use since it has drag-and-drop function and point-to-click way to format, therefore there is no special knowledge or experience is needed to. You can also collaborate instantly with anyone who can view and edit your diagram and also give some comments and feedback. So if you have to create diagrams, then do not miss chance and employ this tool that can be found here: https://www.gliffy.com/

As you might notice all of these Infographics tools have a lot to offer and we hope that after reading this article you will know when to apply each of these tools.

Web designers who are working on the same project, might not always be in the same office, city or country therefore collaboration tools are very important to facilitate the creation process. Collaboration tools make designing easier, faster and more efficient because in this way, designers are exchanging their knowledge, experience, thoughts and feedback. In this article are gathered the most popular and high quality collaboration tools that can be used by web designers and not only.

1. Invision – Its mission statement tells a lot about the tool itself: "Design Better. Faster. Together. “. It is the digital product design online platform that helps different users to work together and share their works. It is a tool that one employees when he or she needs to gather whole team together to cooperate on a project and present designs and not only. The application is successfully used by various startups, corporations and design agencies. Many of the Invision’s customers are very popular like Yahoo, PayPal, LinkedIn, SONY and etc. If you are searching for a tool that will help to make every digital experience great, then you should consider downloading the application. For more thorough information, please visit their official webpage: https://www.invisionapp.com/

2. GoVisually – It is a tool that helps people to share their creative ideas, projects with team and customers. It makes possible to involve everyone, facilitate the review process and deliver end-result more efficiently. GoVisually is successfully working with more than 1000 companies across 600 cities all around the world. There are various famous companies in its customer list like, Mazda, Coca-Cola, Fuji Film and etc. If offers free trial accounts and afterwards charges different prices for individuals and agencies. There are annually and monthly charged bills, the packages can be chosen by potential customers. For mote detailed information please visit their official website: https://govisually.com/

3. Red Pen – The goal of this tool is to make the collaboration among different team members the fastest. With the help of Red Pen, the location of your colleagues does not matter since you can cooperate and work together online. You will be able to invite colleagues or clients for feedback by just sending them the private link through email. There is no restriction on the number of participants who can work on one specific project, tool user is free to get everyone involved. Red Pen offers 14-day free trial period to users, to make them try whole thing that tool can offer. After 14 days, customers should pay a decent price to use the tool, the charged bill depends on the number of projects. For more detailed information, please visit their official website: https://redpen.io/

4. Zeplin – It is a perfect place where designers and developers can collaborate and work simultaneously on different projects. The collaboration is not only between the designers and developers but also with the rest of team members. Customers should connect Zeplin project to a Slack channel and every member of the team will be informed whenever the design, feature or resource is edited. All of these benefits can be acquired by paying a little price which varies based on number of project and on frequency of payments which can be monthly or annual. For more detailed information, please visit their official webpage: https://zeplin.io/

5. Wake – It is an online platform that helps people to share their works with their team in a very fast and efficient way. When people are sharing ideas and thoughts more collaboration happens and more productively the groups are working. The working process is very critical to achieve all of the business and corporate goals. Wake helps to bring whole design team together and give them space to work together. They can quickly upload their works, observe and control how the team is working and have the conversations within the team. It also offers free trial period and afterwards charges just 16$ annually. For having more information about pricing and other details, please visit their official website: https://wake.com/

6. Cage – The application is used to organize and track on-going project and team members. Compromising all tasks, files, discussions and deadlines can help to review the project and also identity its status. Cage offers tools that make different processes like gathering, discussing more time efficient. Customers can attach annotations on different files like images, videos, pdfs, audios and many more. It has flexible sharing options which guarantees you that clients will never see you unfinished work, internal discussions or anything that you do not want to share. It charges different fees for individuals, studios, agencies and corporations. For more information about acquiring the application, please visit their official website: https://cageapp.com/

7. Bounce – It is fun and easy way to share the ideas on website by grabbing the screenshot or uploading the image. Users can click and drag to make notes, write some feedback and afterwards share it with different people all around the world. Bounce was created by ZURB, which is a team of product designers who help companies and people to design better applications, projects, website, online products and etc. ZURB created Bounce because sharing the feedback is very important part of design process and there is always a room for improvement. To use Bounce please follow this link: https://www.bounceapp.com/

8. Proofhub – It is a tool that facilitates the communication processes between team members. By employing the tool one can minimize the project delivery time and get better control over projects and team communications. Moreover, Proofhub make teams more responsible, productive and they achieve higher work satisfactions. It has a lot of features to offer for instance, Proofing, Custom roles, Task Management, Workflows and boards, Gantt Charts, White-labeling and many more. Proofhub also has very good customer service, they are always helpful and answer the posted questions very quickly regarding any topic. It offers two different price packages and price varies based on the benefits you are interested in. For more thorough information, please visit their official webpage: https://www.proofhub.com/

9. Lingo – It is an online space for your entire team to design the website, application, online service and etc. It can be employed not only by designers but also developers, marketers, managers and etc. It is a great tool because it helps to store colors, fonts illustrations and many more other things in one place and location. By using this application, you can always control who can access exactly what materials, information and sources. It is extremely easy to use because it has functions like Drag & Drop, copy & paste or simply choose whatever design language you want and feel comfortable to work with. It has various price packages that will be suitable to everyone based on the number of team members and future projects. For more detailed information, please follow the provided link: https://www.lingoapp.com/

All of the above mentioned tools have a lot of features and benefits that can be used by designers, developers and basically everyone, in order to facilitate the designing process. We hope that after reading this article, you will not encounter difficulties with finding the right collaboration tools for your projects.

We are happy to introduce our sixth article about 100 the best web designing tool and more precisely about colors. It is very important to choose the right colors in order to create an authentic website design. We hope that after reading this article you will not face any challenges with finding the suitable colors for your various projects.

1. Adobe Color CC – It is created to assist designers with color palette selection by using various distinct colors that are based on color theory rules. But customers are also able to create colors based on their taste and preferences without following any kind of rules. In a few easy clicks designers will be able to get the desired color by choosing the base color and color wheel that created multiple color combinations. It is also possible to get the Adobe Color CC tool on your iOS and Android devices. The color themes that designers create are automatically saved to creative cloud libraries. The colors designed via this tool can be used in Photoshop CC, Illustrator CC, Flash Professional CC and many more. It does not matter what you design like logos, websites, posters you can always rely on Adobe Color CC. If you are interested in this tool and want to gain more information about it please visit their official webpage by clicking on this link: https://color.adobe.com/create/color-wheel/

2. Color Hunt – It is a public collection of authentic color palettes created by a designer and art director Gal Shir. In the beginning Color Hunt was a small project to share colors between a couple of designer and then it grew into this beautiful tool. The collection of colors is growing everyday since the colors are created by the Color Hunt users themselves and are offered for free. Color Hunt is used by designers, web designers, illustrators, digital artists and by many more. It is a very popular tool among these people because it is easy to use, has a rich collection of colors, provides an opportunity to create your own color palette and it is free of charge. If you are searching for a right color palettes or are willing to create you own one, then this is definitely the tool you should employ. If you want to create an account and use Color Hunt, then please visit their official website which can be founded here: http://colorhunt.co/

3. Coolors – This great tool was created in 2016 by only one guy, Fabrizio Bianchi, and became popular very quickly, it already has more than 320 thousand users, more than 640 thousand color palettes and above 50 thousand downloads.
By employing this tool, you will gain an access to one of the richest library of colors. It is very easy and fast to use it, just by pressing the spacebar. You can also create your own color palettes and share those with other users as well. Users can also choose base color from images and receive the perfect combination automatically. Afterwards users can adjust the base color by changing brightness, saturation, temperature and etc. The created palettes can be exported in various formats for instance, PDF, PNG, SVG and etc. In your profile all the created palettes will be saved and you will be able to access it from anywhere at any time. For more information, please visit their official website: https://coolors.co/

4. TinEye – It is a tool for picture recognition and search. They position themselves as professionals in computer vision, pattern recognition, machine learning and etc. The creators of TinyEye do a lot of work to make the users’ images searchable. The tool is already employed by millions of people and runs billions of searches in various industries all around the world. It uses Multicolor Engine to make more than 20 million images on Flick possible to search by color. In other words, users will be able to create color palettes from any image with the help of Multicolor Engine. It is functional with JPG, GIF and PNG. TinyEye makes the searching process extremely easy and efficient search images via colors and create colors via images. To give it a try, please visit their official website: http://labs.tineye.com/

5. ColorZilla – it is an extension for Google Chrome, that helps website developers, website designers, graphic designers and etc. with color related tasks that can be either elementary or advanced. Colorzilla compromises various color tools, for instance Eye Dropper, Gradient Generator, Color picker and etc. which help to overcome the obstacles related to colors. With Colorzilla users have a lot of opportunities like to analyze the page and find a palette of the colors. Customers can also design advanced CSS gradients and many more. It is also possible to use ColoZilla as an add-on in Firefox. For more thorough information, please visit the official website: http://www.colorzilla.com/chrome/

6. Colicious - The tool is amazingly easy to use and it needs substantially little amount of time to generate and find the desired color. One just has to click the space bar on the keyboard and new color will be generated. There are many other tools that offer color palettes but some of them have limited number of colors. And Colicious tries to fix that problem by offering the fountain of colors. If you are looking for a super quick color palette generator, then please follow this link: http://colicious.ga/

7. PaletterGenerator – With the help of this tool, people can easily find inspired design with image palettes created using the k-means algorithm. The provided tool will design a color palette using the base colors found in your image. PaletteGenerator is used by web designers, graphic designer, developers, interior designers and by many more. Nowadays, it is the only online tool that enables its users to choose an area of interest and whole image simultaneously. The best thing about PaletteGenerator is that it also can be accessed through mobile phones. The recent updates of k-means algorithm improved the performance and made the searching process very efficient and productive. For additional information, please visit their official website: http://palettegenerator.com/

8. Pictaculous – It is an online that can be employed very easily. Customer has to upload the chosen image and color palette will be generated automatically. Images should be in PNG, GIF and JPG formats only and files larger than 500k cannot be uploaded. So if you have ever wondered which colors were used in a concrete image than you just have to visit this online tool. To employ Pictaculous and embrace its benefits, please follow the provided link: http://pictaculous.com/

9. The Color App – The application makes extremely easy to find colors. Moreover, it does not provide a circle which compromises all the colors together but instead draws a solid line between distinct colors. In this way, users are able to easily identify colors and choose the desired color. The Color App has a very rich library of colors which will utilize your color hunt. For more information, please visit iTunes since it’s the only place where Color App is offered.

10. UncIrd – It is an browser extension which can turn any website in black and white colors. UncIrd can be used via Google Chrome or Firefox and only. It is very easily manageable, you just have to download and afterwards install it. In other words, UncIrd is a browse plugin that deletes all color data of a specific website and turns it into entirely black and white color. If you are interested, please follow this link and download the tool: http://www.unclrd.com/

We are happy to introduce our seventh article about 100 the best web designing tool and more precisely about Inspiration. Inspiration is vital part of designing process since creative ideas shape the website’s design. Sometimes web designers lack inspiration, therefore, in this article we decided to share ten best websites, that deliver great design ideas, resources and motivation.

1. Dribbble – It is an online community of designers who discuss various topics and daily respond to hundreds of questions. Logo, graphic and web designers, artists, illustrators unite and inspire each other. They share the images of their past and current projects to motivate community members and increase the interest in designing. The online platform was created in 2009 to help designers all around the world to become more popular and compatible. Dribbble is more social network platform where designers keep in touch, follow each other and compose different groups to work on various projects. To become the part of community, one simply has to sign up to create an account on Dribbble. For more thorough information, please follow this link that will direct you to the official webpage of Dirbbble: https://dribbble.com/

2. Design You Trust – It is one of the most famous design blogs in entire web space which is updated very frequently with engaging and interesting information. It compromises new design trends, events, images, articles, advertisements, news and various inspirations from all around the world. It was founded in 2007 and is now followed by thousands of people. By visiting Design You Trust, one simply will never be disappointed and find the source of inspiration for new and unique project. They have creative group who searches the design news all over the internet, choose the most interesting and engaging ones and share it with its viewers. To check out latest design trends and many more interesting things, please visit their official webpage: https://designyoutrust.com/

3. Really Good Emails – It is an online platform that provides one of the best email template designs and resources. The collection consists of more than 2750 templates that are hand-picked and represent the best email examples. Really Good Emails is open to creative and unique concepts so if you have design ideas, then feel free to send it to the creative group. The carefully and well selected catalog of emails helps to inspire web designer when they start creating newsletters. To check out the collection and get motivated please follow this link and visit the official webpage: https://reallygoodemails.com/

4. Awwwards – This is the place where the good and successful deeds of web designers and developers are recognized and appraised. Awwwards help to spread the word about recent developments in the designing industry and show how it evolves and changes. It is a meeting point where various types of designers come together all around the world and are inspired by their colleagues’ knowledge, experience and success. It is the place where designers are discussing various topics and are open to respectful critiques which will help them to be even better. Each year Awwwards organizes the conference in various countries like Spain, Netherlands, US and etc. to unite the most competitive and successful agencies from all over the world. If you are more interested in Awwwards, feel free to visit its official website: https://www.awwwards.com/

5. One Page Love – The website was created in 2008, Cape town by Rob Hope and it runs through WordPress using the WordPress templates. It is an online collection of One Page websites, themes and resources which has already more than ten thousand visitors per day. One page websites are pretty popular nowadays on the market since it provides the minimum information which is sufficient to help customers to make right decisions. In other words, One Page websites do not have additional pages like About Us, Contact Us and etc. to eliminate additional information as much as possible. One Page websites are one of the best ways to focus users’ attention on the most important and relevant information. To get more thorough information please visit their official website: https://onepagelove.com/

6. Designspiration - It is an online tool for designers to search, collect and share creative ideas. The board design reminds of Pinterest-style board which is fool of high level design idea inspirations. It already has thousands of users who share daily their ideas and feedbacks to each other. By signing up for Designinspiration, one will be able to find the suitable design inspiration and save it in his or her account. If you are interested in finding some fresh, unique and creative design ideas, then feel free to visit their official webpage: https://www.designspiration.net/

7. Site See – It is an online platform that provides collection of high level design, modern and sophisticated websites from all over the world. One can explore the Site See gallery and get inspired by various collections and resources. The users of the website are also able to create collections and share it with customers, friends, co-workers or simply with all the other users. The tool also has the filer which helps to utilize the search process and finding the suitable match. There are various collections of website for instance the Shops that pop up most frequently, agency favorites, websites with pink backgrounds, grey portfolios and etc. Site See is also available as a Google Chrome extension which can be installed very easily in just couple of steps. https://sitesee.co

8. Muzli – It is an online tool that delivers design news, inspirations, trends, recent developments or changes and etc. Muzli keeps its viewers updated with latest design projects and news on a daily basis. By employing Muzli one can discover various innovative illustrations, design themes, design features, creative projects and opinions of many different designers all around the world. Muzli helps designers to receive respectful critique and feedback in order to develop and improve the performance (since there is always a room for improvement). Muzli uses various popular websites like Dribbble, Techcrunch and etc. to deliver the best designing inspirations and news. If are interested and want to gain more information or to explore Muzli tool, then feel free to follow this link: https://muz.li/

9. Material Up – It is an online platform for developers and designers to search, find and share the resources to build high quality applications and websites. On daily basis, Material Up compromises the best resources for iOs, and macOs like open-source applications, interfaces, inspirations, experiments, and etc. By signing up for the Material Up, one automatically becomes the member of community and is able to find and collect the design ideas and inspirations. One can also showcase his or her work or someone else’s work which is useful and motivating. The members can also sell and buy the end products through Material Store. If you like to experience all these benefits, then feel free to click on this link and visit their official webpage: https://www.uplabs.com/android

10. Mobile Patterns – It was created in 2003 and since then it gained the popularity very quickly. It is an online collection of design ideas and inspirations which are shared by various designers all around the world. People are uploading the screenshots of their website, application or project design to assist and give some design ideas to other as well. It is a platform where various designers can discuss different topics, ask questions, receive critique and feedback. If you are interested more and want to gain more thorough information, then feel free to click on this link and visit their official website: http://www.mobile-patterns.com/

We are every excited to publish our eighth article about 100 the best web designing tool and more precisely about Graphics/Pictures editor. Graphics and picture editing is one of the most important part of designing process since visualizations, logos, icons and images are creating the whole website design. Nowadays, it is difficult to find a high quality and sophisticated software for image editing and graphics since there are so many of them on the market. Therefore, in this article we decided to share nice best software that deliver high quality and authentic packages of tools.

1. Illustrator – Adobe Illustrator, created by Adobe systems, is an editor which is for vector graphics. Thousands of people all around the world are using Illustrator to design all kinds of things like billboard advertisements, magazine or book cover pages, web icons and many more. By getting Illustrator you will automatically gain drawing tools that will assist to create authentic graphics, logos, icons and etc. The best thing about Illustrator is that it is vector-based so the design will always look flawless no matter the size it is displayed on. The created illustrations can be used everywhere, for example in presentations, websites, social media platforms, magazine and etc. All of these benefits can be gained by paying a little price, to be more precise 29.99$ on monthly basis. But before that there is also a trial period during which you can use Illustrator for free. If you are interested, feel free to visit their official website which can be found here: https://www.adobe.com/products/illustrator.html

2. Photoshop – Adobe Photoshop, created by Adobe Systems, is a raster graphics editor that can be employed by different software packages like Windows, macOS and etc. With the help of this tool, millions of photographers and designers from various countries create the incredible and sophisticated things. Adobe Photoshop can be used to make the authentic design for websites, logos, billboards, books, magazines and etc. The tool can be used very easily, it has very straight forward instructions how to use it. Therefore, even people with no prior experience and knowledge can use it very easily. Even the simplest pictures can be transformed into professional ones with the help of Adobe Photoshop tools. All of these benefits can be achieved through paying a decent price, 29.99$ per month. If you are interested in this tool we we encourage you to visit the official website: https://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop.html#x

3. Daz Studio – It is a software for 3D animation and design which is compatible with various other design design softwares. The first version was released in 2005 and in 2012 they announced that Daz Studio pro version will be available for free. The software can be used by anyone through going the simple registration process. The Daz Studio tool is used by various designers all around the world to create high quality video commercial and animated advertisements. If you are interested in acquiring supreme quality software, then please follow this link and visit their official website: https://www.daz3d.com/

4. DrawPlus – It is a high quality graphic design software and professional photo editor for designers all around the world. Currently, it is one of the fastest vector based graphic design software available on the market. It was created five years ago and since then has developed a lot of new features and benefits. Because of the continuous innovation and development, it is one on of the most compatible softwares in the whole online space. With the help of its tools one can have colors with great intensity, control over the curves and many more to achieve the excellent end result. All of these benefits can be achieved through paying a little price. To get more detailed information about software and price ranges, then feel free to visit their official website: http://www.serif.com/

5. PixIr – It is a very rich browser for photo editing and designing that would fulfil all of your needs. With the help of PixIr editor one will have precise control over all the images and photos that would be liked to altered. It can be installed as a Google Chrome extension which comes with motivating quotes, weather forecast and etc. It also offers the free vector based editor, fonts and graphics. The software itself can be used also for free without any registration but simply by downloading. If you are interested in the benefits of PixIr, then feel free to follow this link and visit the official webpage: https://pixlr.com/

6. Inkspace – It is a very high quality and sophisticated vector based graphics software which can be employed on macOS, Windows and Linux. The Inkspace tool is used by various professional designer all over the world. It can be used to create illustrations, advertisements, logos, icons, web graphics and many more. The best thing about this software is that it can be downloaded and used free of charge since it is an open-source. It has thousands of users and most of them compare its tools to the ones from Adobe illustrator or Xara Xtreme which are famous for their quality. The Inkspace has also has online community which provides various learning materials that will help to start with Inskpace software. If you are interested in this tool, feel free to follow this link and visit the official website: https://inkscape.org/en/

7. Aviary – It is an application for image editing that provides various tools and features to make your images look very professional and authentic. The application can be easily downloaded form App Store and Google play. In In couple of taps you can apply unique effects on photos and make them outstanding among many others. Aviary also compromises different stickers, frames, overlays and etc. which are created by various designers all over the world. You can also sign in with Adobe account and get connected to Aviary to access the Aviary tool pack from any device. The aviary application is offered for free of charge and therefore can be employed by anyone. To gain more detailed information please visit their official website which can be found here: https://www.aviary.com/

8. Blender – It is an open source 3D creation software that is traded for absolutely free of charge. It compromises whole package of 3D creation like animation, modelling, composition, video editing, motion monitoring, game editing and many more. The Blender is public tool created by many different people like designers, developers, researchers, scientists, students who are from all around the world. If you are interested in developing the Blender and creating some new features, you are free to become part of the community and get involved. Blender has a very high quality and comprehensive system of modelling that will deliver unique results. If you are interested in Blender, then feel free to visit their official website to get more information: https://www.blender.org/

9. Gimp – It is a comprehensive and sophisticated image editor that can be employed on various operating systems, for example Windows, macOS, Linux and many more. It is offered for free of charge and one can alter its source code and allocate the changes. The high quality package of tools is helping many designers, illustrators, photographers and students to create high resolution images with decent effects. Gimp users can also increase their productivity with the help of customization options and arbiter plug ins. Gimp can also be used to transform the images into smooth and unique piece of art. To employ the graphic design tools and learn more about Gimp please visit the official website: https://www.gimp.org/

We hope that after reading this article, you will easily find the software that matches and fulfills your needs.

We are happy to introduce our ninth article about 100 the best web designing tool and more precisely about Logo Design. The logo of the company or website is its face therefore the logo designing process is very important. We decided to share with you the 10 great tools and online platforms for logo creation. Hopefully, after this article you will never encounter a problem to find suitable tool for logo design.

1. Designmantic – It is an online platform that will help to design design logo for anything for example, business card, company, or even a website. The tool can be very easily employed, in the official description of product is written that even “your grandmother could use it” without having any difficulties. By using the above mentioned tool there no more will be a need to have a graphic designer because you can design anything without a deep knowledge or experience. The Designmatic also provides various templates that can be employed to design T-Shirts, bulletins, brochures, advertisements and etc. They also provide to their viewers five simple steps to design a company logo without incurring any costs. The Designmantic is available to everyone, it offers to different packages which varies with price and features. There is starter pack which is for free and standard pack which costs 9.99$ per month and it of course includes way more benefits than starter pack. For more thorough information, please visit their official website: https://www.designmantic.com/

2. Square Space – It is an online tool which helps web designer, graphic designer and many other to design unique and sophisticated logos. The Square Space is very easy to use since it is created for people who do not have that deep knowledge of design or coding. You simply have to enter the name of your company and the tool will automatically offer you the design and list of icons that can be used. To facilitate the searching process of icons you can type in the name of symbol that are looking for. The creation of logo design with the help of Square space is very easy, time and money consuming. If you are done with designing and want to download the end product you face two options: First, you can download it for free but it will be watermarked, low resolution and only for non-commercial use. The second option is to pay 10$ and receive the logo in high resolution format and use it however you want. If you want to gain more information, please follow this link: https://logo.squarespace.com/

3. Graphics Spring - It is an online tool for logo making which is absolutely free of charge. Graphics Spring is a very simple way to create high quality and resolution logos for various businesses, startups, magazines, online companies, newspapers, book publishers and etc. To work with Graphics Spring is very easy and straight-forward, the process can be explained in three easy steps: First, choose the logo template which will be categorized by market or industry. Second, alter the design and text of logo template based on your preferences, tastes and wishes. It is a click-and-drag format which is very easy to use. Third, when you are done the logo creation process, save it and download it in high resolution format. All of these can be achieved by paying 19.99$ once for unlimited use. For more thorough information, please follow this link: https://www.graphicsprings.com/

4. Logo Genie – It is an online tool for logo designing which is very easy to employ. If you need the logo for company or business there is no need to contact web agency any more, you can simply use Logo Genie tool and create your unique logo. The logo creation process will last approximately five minutes since the process is very easy. There are three simple steps that have to be taken: First, you should enter the company name, then you should choose the icon from the icon collection and then edit the logo through the multiple tools and effects. With Logo Genie you can alter anything, for example, colors, fonts, icons and etc. All of these benefits can be achieved by paying a little price, to gain the information about available packages, please follow this link: https://www.logogenie.net/

5. Logo Makr – It is an online platform that can be used to design and create logos. When you visit the official website of Logo Makr there will be presented the short video description about how to use this tool. The video is vey helpful to people who do not have a rich experience with logo designing. The Logo Makr tool is very easy to use there are just couple of simple steps to be followed. With Logo Makr one can choose the icon and later on edit it based on their preferences. One can change everything like size, color, font or even the icon itself. All of these benefits can be gained by paying a very decent price. To have more thorough information please follow this link and visit their official webpage: https://logomakr.com/

6. Logo Type Makr – It is an online tool that will help you to create authentic, sophisticated and stunning logos for your company. The Logo Type Makr offers to its customers the all inclusive premium package with everything that is necessary to design and create the logo. By purchasing the premium package one will have the access to more than 200 different fonts, more than million icons, unlimited support, high resolution images, free changes and many more. Logo Type Makr also offers the application for Logo making which has very easy interface that gives you an opportunity to design, edit and download the logo design from your mobile phone. Logo Type Makr helps you to create distinctive, unique and beautiful logo design for your company and brand. For more detailed information, please follow this link and visit their official website: https://logotypemaker.com/

7. Logo Garden – It is a free online logo creator with wide variety of design tools, colors, fonts and many other beneficial features. The Logo Garden tool can be employed very easily without have a special knowledge of designing and the end result can be achieved in less than ten minutes. However, if you are interested in more professional logo creation then Logo Garden also offers a service that will provide a graphic designer. If you do not know how and where to start, Logo Garden tool has some design tips, video tutorials and advices that will guide you to designing process. If you are interested in this tool, please click on this link and visit their official webpage: https://www.logogarden.com/

8. Logoshi – It is an online platform that will help you to design a logo for the company in a moderately cheap way. Generally, the graphic designers are very expensive and deliver the end product very slowly therefore the solution to that problem is Logoshi tool. By using Logoshi you can save money, time, effort and etc. Logoshi tool can be used to design logos for companies, brands, businesses, Youtube Channels, applications, blogs, T-Shirts, Startups, business cards and many other. If you are interested in Logoshi, feel free to visit their official website to get more detailed information about it. The webpage can be found here: https://www.logoshi.com/

9. Logaster – It is a logo creation wizard which delivers high quality logos in a very short period of time. The Logaster is very easy to use, there are just couple of steps that have to be followed. The first trial is free of charge and you will get an idea whether you like the tool or not. When you go to the website you can click on the button “Create a logo”, you will be redirected to a page where you will put your company name. Afterwards, you will choose the logo concept, which can be edited and afterwards the final product can be saved and downloaded. To see the process by yourself, please follow this link and visit their official website: https://www.logaster.com/

10. Logo Maker - It is an online tool that was created in 2004 as a side project for a logo design company. Logomaker design team will create more 100000 unique and authentic logo concepts for companies but many of them would be left unused. Therefore, they decided to create an application and give an opportunity to people to create sophisticated logos online. The main principle and idea of Logomaker is to make the logo design affordable to everyone. Previously, one had to search some design agencies waste a lot of time, energy and money to design simple logo but with Logomaker you will not face that kind of problems. Logomaker is a software that is very to use, anyone can run it without special knowledge or experience. Before logo creator apps, the designing process could have lasted days but now its just couple of minutes. If you are interested in Logomaker and want to know a bit more about it, please follow this link and visit their official webpage: https://www.logomaker.com/

We are happy to introduce our tenth article about 100 the best web designing tool and more precisely about Prototyping. Prototyping is important part of web designing process since it facilitates the process itself and enables designers to save some financial resources and time. Therefore, we decided to present you the ten best prototyping tool that will your lives easier and designing process pleasant, quick and fun.

1. Sketch - It is a tool for authentic and unique design creation, suitable only for mac. Sketch has a lot of features which are very important and useful for designers during working process. It also provides simple and perceptive interface which is accompanied with prevailing plugins. Sketch will allow you non-destructive editing, vector editing, export presets, code export, grid guides and iOS Mirroring. But the best thing about Sketch is that you can create the design once and then re-use it as many times as you want. It also allows you to work with other designer and produce some collaborations by sharing some of your stuff with other people. As it was mentioned above Sketch is compatible with mac and can be downloaded only for 99$ but it also offers the free trial. If you are interested and want to know more about Sketch, then please feel free to visit their official website: https://sketchapp.com/

2. Napkin – It an extremely online tool that helps you to create or edit some design patters within a couple of minutes. Napkin has layer controls that allows its customers to include various layer to every Artboard and monitor their appearance. Napkin has different artboards to give a chance to customers to visualize multiple ideas simultaneously and quickly. It also provides some editing controls for any type of layer, you just have to double tap on it. One can also alter the layer sequence or simply eliminate them. The best thing about Napkin is that it can be employed through the cell phone, so get the application on the app store and start designing on your phone. For more detailed information, please follow thins link: http://designwithnapkin.com/

3. Flinto – It is an application employed by designers all over the work to create authentic, interesting and unique animated prototypes of their own built application designs. Flinto is only compatible with mac and can be downloaded from the app store. It offers a lot of features and benefits, for example Animated and Micro Transitions, drawing tools, Scrolling, Video Layers, Sound Effects, Viewer app, 10+ Gestures and many more. It also provides a free trial period which lasts for fourteen days and afterwards if you still want to use Flinto, you will be charged with a fee. To get the one-year license one has to pay 99$ and will receive all the new and updated features during the course of a year. For more detailed information, please visit their official website: https://www.flinto.com/

4. ProtoIO – It is a tool that builds fully-interactive high resolution prototypes that function and appear exactly as your application should and there is no necessity for coding. ProtoIO helps people to transform the ideas into a real application with user experience and make them see how it will work in the real life. After you will design the prototype it can also be previewed on any kind of device, in any browser and any software. One can also share the works with other people to get the feedback from other designers or simply to collaborate with them. There are more than 500 000 people who are using the ProtoIO so join them and embrace its benefits. The first fifteen days are free of charge and serve as a trial period and afterwards the license should be purchased. If you want to get more information, please follow this link: https://proto.io/

5. Weld – It is a tool that helps to create animated, visual, interactive design on your already existing website or platform. By employing Weld there will be no more needed agencies or developers which means money and time saving. Its like working in InDesign but for the web and also you are not locked to templates framework therefore you can create whatever you want. After design creation process, one can publish the end product embedded in the already existing website or as a separate website. Weld is for Enterprises and therefore the price is descriptive to them, it starts at 3000 per month. For more detailed information, please follow the link and visit their official website: https://www.weld.io

6. Balsamiq – It is a quick Wireframing software that helps people to work faster and smarter. It creates the feeling and experience of drawing and sketching on the white board but using a computer. Wireframes are very useful and important since they help you to generate more ideas and quickly distinguish which ones are bad to eliminate them. You will also receive the adequate feedback which help you to improve, develop and get better since there is always a space for improvement. Since it facilitates the designing and planning process it also leaves more time for coding and writing algorithms. So if got interested and want to gain more information, then follow this link and visit the official webpage: https://balsamiq.com/

7. App Cooker – It is a tool for Apple Watch, iPhone and iPad applications in other words it can be used only for apple product and can be downloaded from app store. It offers prototyping on these gadgets which delivers authentic, high quality and unique results. You will be able to receive the professional feedback and see what can be improved or altered. Since the application can be used on three different devices and it is extremely comfortable and convenient. Of course to get the application and its benefit there are some costs that have to be incurred. For more detailed information, please follow this link which will redirect you to the official website: http://www.appcooker.com/

8. Atomic – it is an online tool that provides sophisticated interactive design features, for example data, variables and logic which helps every designer to create better products. With the help of atomic one can employ amazing realism to their design contents within the seconds and develop them to highly functional prototypes very easily. The best thing about Atomic is that is free to use to all the designer all around the world in other words unlimited prototypes and unlimited projects. Start with their free account use the crash course that contains all the necessary information for you to start prototyping. Atomic is quite famous on the market and is used by many known companies like SHARP, UBER, pwc and etc. If you are interested and want to gain more information, please follow this link and visit Atomic’s official website: https://atomic.io/

9. HTML5 Up – By employing HTML5 Up tool you can design classy, authentic, responsive and highly editable HTML 5 templates. On the official webpage one would be able to find various HTML 5 templates with different design content based on some different categories. All the templates can be downloaded absolutely for free without incurring any additional costs. All you have to do is to choose the suitable HTML 5 design, look through the demo, download it and afterwards employ it. If you want to be informed when the new design contents are uploaded, then follow this account on twitter @ajlkn. To get more information and look through the product the HTML 5 is offering, feel free to visit their official website that can be found here: https://html5up.net/

10. Axure – It is a tool that offers sophisticated prototypes without coding like dynamic content, adaptive news, data driven by some categories, animations and many more. The best thing about Axure is that all of these can be achieved without writing any single line of code. Moreover, it is very easy to share the works generated by Axure, just by clicking the button and Axure RP will do all the work for you. If you want to share the work with other people, then just send the link and other will easily see it in their browsers. Axure is an industry leader and has been developing projects with prototyping already for sixteen years. In other words, it is a very popular on the market and it employed by 87 percent of FORTUNE 100. For more detailed information, please follow this link and visit their official website: https://www.axure.com/

You have probably seen the word Bootstrap or bootstrap template a lot of times on the internet because it is very popular these days. The most of the websites in entire web space are powered by Bootstrap templates and work very efficiently. Even though Bootstrap templates are so demanded and popular on the market there are still some vagueness around this term.

In simple words Bootstrap is a template that is CSS3&HTML5 framework that was developed primarily by twitter. Bootstrap is an amazing tool that makes website creation and designing process way more simple. It is basically a tool that compromises HTML, JavaScript and CSS and already existed content that can be altered based on your wishes, desire and taste. If you are interested in Bootstrap and how it functions, then please follow this link that will provide you with detailed articles about it: https://gridgum.com/blog/category/bootstrap/

On our website you will observe a huge variety of website templates that differ based on design and content. We also a rich collection of Free Bootstrap templates that can be found here: https://gridgum.com/themes/category/free/ The free Bootstrap templates are very high quality products that can be used to easily lunch a very functional website but they also can be used to get some experience with HTML templates without incurring any costs. If you like any Free template, feel free to download it and in return we will not require anything for example some links in favor to us as some other websites do. Moreover, they can be used as for non-commercial and commercial purposes. However, there is one condition that has to be fulfilled, if you share this template in any other place, then please include our URL address, it will guarantee us that customers will visit us for official preview.

After getting some experience with FREE HTML Bootstrap templates and confidence, then you can also try our Premium Bootstrap website templates that have more benefits to offer.

We decided to share with you the 5 best Bootstrap templates of 2017 based on customer’s and our reviews.

5. Architex Free Bootstrap website template – The provided template can be employed by businesses, companies and corporations that participate in construction, civil engineering and architectural industry. By civil engineering is meant activities like planning, designing, monitoring and constructing the buildings. The provided Bootstrap template has six different sections that can be used to present all the important information and persuade potential customers that they are the best problems solvers among all its competitors. If you are interested in download this free Bootstrap theme, then please follow this link: https://gridgum.com/themes/architex-free-bootstrap-template/

4. Altus - Free Responsive Bootstrap theme – The suggested free Bootstrap theme has a very simple but modern design which can be used by anyone who wants to launch a website without incurring any costs, in a very short period of time. The theme can also be used by people who want to practice their programming skills and get some experience in working with Bootstrap templates. The provided free theme has six different sections that can be used to reflect on important information in a meticulous way. The home page compromises the slideshow where one will be able to upload pictures accompanied with text. If you are interested in acquiring above mentioned Bootstrap template, please follow this link: https://gridgum.com/themes/altus-corporate-bootstrap/

3. Financial Service - Free Bootstrap Website Template – This Bootstrap theme can be used by various companies, corporations, businesses and startups that offer different financial services. The suggested Bootstrap theme is a perfect match for companies that would like to promote themselves and increase their recognition among their customer segment. The Bootstrap template provides a perfect opportunity to launch a highly functional website which will increase the validity of a company in customer’s eyes. The template provides six different section which creates more than enough space to compromise all the important and relevant information about your company. https://gridgum.com/themes/financial-free-html/

2. Travel Free Bootstrap Template – This free Bootstrap theme can be used for travel companies and agencies that try to present their important information online. The design of the Bootstrap template is very authentic and modern since it was created by one of the best website designers. It has seven different sections that can be used to present your company in a decent way. There are separate pages for services that are provided, special offers, destinations, gallery with pictures of destination countries, contact information and etc. In other words, customers will be able to find all the relevant information even without coming to your office which is very convenient and efficient for potential customers. If you are interested in download this travel free Bootstrap template, then please follow this link that will direct you to the theme: https://gridgum.com/themes/travel-free-bootstrap-template/

1. Interior Design Free Bootstrap theme – This template can be used by companies and people who operate in this industry and want to promote themselves. In this decade, every successful and competitive company has a website in order to communicate with as wide audience as possible and also to advertise itself online. The website will have eight different sections that can be employed to present all the information in a very detailed way. The website will be available for customers 24/7 so they will be able to search and find all the relevant data. The suggested Free Bootstrap template can be found here: https://gridgum.com/themes/interior-design-free-bootstrap-template/

The best thing about above mentioned Bootstrap templates is that they will never have accessibility problems since they are compatible with various browsers like Opera, Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and etc. They also have a responsive design which means that they can be accessed from any device like mobile phones, laptops, computer, tablets and etc. Moreover, the design of the website will be altered depending on which gadget is used, so in other words the design will always look flawless.

If you have any questions, please leave them in comment section and our support group will get back to them as soon as possible. We will provide video tutorial to answer all the questions in a full manner and to facilitate the explanation process.

Nowadays, WordPress is extremely popular on the market and most of the websites are powered and run by it. There are multiple reasons why WordPress is so demanded among people but the most important one is that it has Content Management System (CMS) which makes peoples lives a lot easier. If you are interested in WordPress templates, feel free to follow this link and preview our rich collection of WordPress themes: https://gridgum.com/themes/category/wordpress/

Even though WordPress templates deliver high quality websites that operate smoothly and flawlessly there is always a space for improvement, for instance by applying some plug-ins. There are thousand different plug-ins which help to improve the performance of a website in various ways. However, not all of the plug-ins are high quality and compatible with WordPress templates, some of them might be defected and cause some harm to your already existing website. But since we know very well how WordPress templates operate, we would like to recommend top 10 plug-ins which will make the management of website a lot easier, leaving the website viewers highly satisfied.

These top 10 plug-ins are:

1. WordPress SEO from Yoast
The Yoast plug-in will make sure that the traffic of your website will increase, in other words more customers will visit your website, they will be informed about the webpage from social media as well. By using Yoast you will be able to enhance your visitors’ interest and engagement. The technical support of Yoast will help you with every step of installation process and make sure that it is done successfully. If you are interested in Yoast, feel free to visit their official website for additional information: https://yoast.com/wordpress/plugins/seo/#features

2. Back Up Buddy
This is one of the most essential WordPress plug-ins that you will need after the launch of a website. The Back Up Buddy plug-in ensures that your data will never be lost and always protected. Originally, WordPress templates do not compromise the backups which could act as an insurance during the server crashes. There might occur various issues like user errors, hack-ins, operating bad commands, deleted files and etc. but with Back Up Buddy your website will always be protected from these kind of problems. If you are interested in Back Up Buddy, feel free to visit their official website to get the plugin: https://ithemes.com/purchase/backupbuddy/

3. W3 Total Cache
Customer love when the website is loading very fast without any obstacles and to achieve that, sometimes good web-hosting and nicely coded plug-ins are not enough. One has to use right caching and have nicely operating content delivery network (CDN). If you want to have website without any loading problems, then you have to download and install the W3 Total Cache plug in. Do not worry, the installation process is very easy even for customers who do not have coding background or programming experience. The official website of W3 Total cache also provides the step-by-step instruction to finish the installation process successfully. The official website of the suggested plug-in can be found here: http://www.wpbeginner.com/plugins/how-to-install-and-setup-w3-total-cache-for-beginners/

4. Captain Form
The market research and generally any type of research is very essential and important part for any business and company. In order to conduct the research, there has to be created survey and distributed among the chosen audience. The Captain Form will help you to produce and publish any kind of form and survey using your WordPress template. It has very intuitive and easily managed editor which the the drag-and-drop function. After receiving the desired, you will manage it very efficiently by creating some reports and various charts based on the received results. Moreover, the data will be highly secured with SSL encryption and password protection. For additional information, please follow this link: https://www.captainform.com/

5. Optin Monster
The above mentioned plug-in will help you to convert the website visitors into your subscribers and followers. Optin Monster can deliver optin forms like Exti-Intent popups and scroll boxes which will enhance the number of subscribers and increase your mail list. It will also increase the website’s page views by redirecting the customers to your most popular and interesting pages. Optin Monster can also integrate multiple website and e-Commerce pages in couple of seconds without consuming too much time and energy. If you are interested in this plug-in, feel free to visit their official webpage: https://optinmonster.com/

6. Soliloquy
It is a WordPress slider plug in that exhibits the slider deck on the website without causing any issues and lowering the website’s speed. Soliloquy can be easily integrated into your website without consuming too much time and money. It has very beneficial features, for instance it has drag-and-drop function and is responsive and mobile friendly. You will be able increase the number of sales by employing the collaborative product sliders in your E-commerce platform. To download the plug-in and install it on your website, please click on this link which will redirect you to the official website of Soliloquy: https://soliloquywp.com/

7. Sucuri
It is a security plug-in that can be employed by any website including the websites powered by WordPress. Sucuri plug in can protect from any external intrusion that might cause harm to the website. Sucuri uses the Website Application Firwall (WAF) and Intrusion Prevnetion System (IPS) for the website protection. It will not only protect the website but also control all security related issues and quickly identify some potential problems and lags that website has or might have in future. You can get the Sucuri plug in for your website within the seconds without any installation processes. But if have some questions, then technical support team of Sucuri will always be there for you. For additional information, please follow this link: https://sucuri.net/

8. Envira Gallery
The Envira plug in is very beneficial for the photography or online gallery websites for which the digital images are crucial part of the webpages. Envira Gallery is the best, advice friendly, responsive WordPress gallery plugin. Customers are very annoyed when they cannot open the desired image because of the loading problems but Envira can fix that problem permanently. It has beneficial features that make the plug in very desirable to acquire, for example it has drag-and-drop builder with which you can create flawless images and video galleries. You can organize the images in categories and create names or tags for those categories, you can also integrate the social media and add share buttons. If you are interested and want to get additional information, please follow this link: https://enviragallery.com/

9. WP Touch
The WP touch plugin enables you to convert the website into a mobile application, enabling the viewers and customers to access the website through mobile application. WP touch pro will transform the content on the same URL address that you have been using before. In other words, customers will not use the various application stores to access the website by using the mobile. WP touch gives a perfect opportunity to increase the customer satisfaction via offering them easier and nicer ways for accessing the website: https://www.wptouch.com/

10. Compact Archives
The Compact Archives plugin is perfect match for the bloggers who have a lot of data and information that have to be stored somewhere. Blogger update their websites very frequently by adding more and more information and therefore the old content has to be archived. The above mentioned plugin distributes the archive of posts, on monthly basis, in a very compact form that looks way better than the usual long list. The installation of the plugin might seem a bit difficult but the official webpage of Compact Archive offers various tutorial and articles that would help to achieve successful results. For additional information please click on this link and visit their webpage: https://wordpress.org/plugins/compact-archives/

In the current decade most of the companies and businesses have purchased or built their own websites to communicate better with their customer segment. But in order to be visible and noticeable website, search tool like Google has to award you with giving you the space on the front page. There were many articles written about search engine optimization and about steps to create a Google-friendly website. But all of the tricks and techniques that you know might become outdated since Google introduced Google voice search which is becoming very popular way of searching the desired information or website.

Ten years ago, people were just using their computers and laptops to search the data but currently sixty percent of searching process is done through the mobile phone. The extremely popular usage of cell phones changed the course of searching process and therefore Google introduced the voice search tool. The voice search tool is a tool created by Google that enables people to conduct Google search by using their voice on a mobile phone or on any device. In other words, instead of typing the words and sentences in Google search one simply has to speak out loud what he or she wants to find.

The voice search gained immediately the recognition among the Google users and according to Internet Trends Report it will become more and more popular with extremely high speed. Therefore, there is emerging the new necessity, the website optimization for the Google voice search. There are many different ways how the search optimization can be achieved but in this article we would like to outline the 5 most important ones:

1. Put yourself in your customers’ shoes
You should always consider the way your potential customers are thinking, what words and sentences they will use to find you. Your website content should be optimized for the keywords that will be employed the most frequently. This strategy is relatively easy to implement because you can try out on yourself, for example recall what words you are using during the searching process. For example, if you have hotels in New York your content should compromise the sentences like: Affordable accommodation in New York, decently priced hotels in New York, nicely located hotels in New York and etc. In other words, use the wording that most probably will be used by people who want to find the best deals.

2. Usage of interrogative words
During the search process most of the people use the interrogative words like Who, What, When, Where, How and etc. Think about based on your content what are questions that your potential customers might ask the Google Voice search. Compromise the questions that are taken from common conversations among people. According to search Engine Watch the most frequently asked question starts with the word Who, so try to construct the sentence that will include the word Who, since it will help to optimize your website.

3. Outline the Semantics
It is absolutely a must to use the latent semantic indexing keywords in order to increase the chances of being present on the first pages of Google. You might wonder what is latent semantic indexing? Well, it is an algorithm used by Google to build a bridge between words and concept in the website’s content. For instance, the algorithm would help to differentiate between Windows (Microsoft) and the windows that we have in the houses. The whole process of Google voice search depends on how well it understands the customer’s intent and how well it matches with search results.

4. The Local Listing
Sometimes, when people are traveling they want to explore and search the things that are near to their location. Therefore, by optimizing the local listing of your company, you are increasing the possibilities of getting noticed and chosen by Google Voice search. All you have to do is to fill out the USPS approved address in Google My Business listing. It is also helpful to include the phrases and keywords that your potential customers would use in the introductory part of Google My Business.

5. Mobile Focus
Even though the Google Voice search can be conducted by using any device, still the most commonly used device for voice searching is mobile phone. According to the article which was published on Search Engine Journal, approximately more than 50% of mobile users are employing the Google Voice search. The statistics and other data prove one more time, how important it is to have a mobile friendly website. We would actually recommend to go through the Google’s Mobile-Friendly test which would evaluate your website’s position in the internet.

6. Website’s Speed
If you give a thought, you will realize that people who are using the Google Voice search are most probably in a hurry or occupied by other activity as well. Therefore, for them it is extremely important to get the desired information in a very quick manner because they do not have time to wait. To leave your customers satisfied, make sure that the website is working with a very high speed and loads very quickly. If you want improve your website’s speed, try to run the Google’s page speed insight test which will let you know how to solve the problem and make your website operate faster.

We can be more than assured that the Google Voice search will become more popular and be eventually be the dominant strategies for finding the desired information or website. We hope that the ways that were outlined above, for website optimization, will be helpful for you and your website.

We decided to offer you an article about the best five wireframe tools that will make your life a lot easier! Wireframe tools play an important role in designing since it makes the app or website creation process fundamentally simpler. The customers to whom you would offer the application or website should know how they function and simply explaining verbally or in written worm will not be very useful. Therefore, wireframe tool will act as a helping hand and will summarize explanatory part in an understandable and illustrative way.

The problem with wireframe tools is that there are hundreds of them and it is difficult to distinguish which one is good and which is bad. However, we did the selection process for you and offer you the best ones.

1. WireFrame.cc
The WireFrame.cc tool offers a very simple but at the same time sophisticated interface for creating and sketching your wireframes. It looks like a normal drawing application that compromises various toolbars and icons but its usage is extremely simple. WireFrame.cc provides color palette that can be used to create better illustrations and authentic content and it only appears when you need it. As it was mentioned above the WireFrame.cc is extremely easy to use since it has drag-and-draw function, in other words rectangular shaped canvas with pencil. However, to employ the tool and experience its benefits there has to be paid a price for it. It offers different price packages which vary based on the functions you are looking for but the price range is 16$-99$. For additional information, feel free to visit the official website which can be found here: https://wireframe.cc/

2. Moqups
The Moqups tool will help you to visualize your concept, test and make your ideas real with swift wireframes and meticulous mockups. With Moqups you can work from anywhere and always be in touch with other team members. It can be connected to Cloud which enables working remotely from any device without causing any problems with uploading, sharing and downloading the various files. The Moqups interface is very simple and intuitive there is no necessity of having any prior experience to cope with it. Moqups will increase the speed of creation process since all the team members will work using one single tool in which can be built flowcharts, maps, scheduels, study charts and many more things. The Moqups tool is offered for a decent price, the price varies based on how many people are using it, from 13$-149$. If you are interested in this tool and want to acquire it, please follow this link: https://moqups.com/

3. UXPin
The UXPin tool can be employed to combine all the wireframes at very high speed with the drag-and-drop function. The collections for Bootstrap, iOS, Android and Foundation are updated on a regular basis and therefore your wireframes can be easily changed to mockups. Moreover, you can already start creation process in Photoshop or Sketch and afterwards, forward it to UXPin for prototyping processes. The UXPin users are also able to create the guidelines for developers, documentation for the prototypes and mane more things. The UXPin tool is website based platform and can be installed on various operating systems. It is traded for a fixed price for everyone, 26.10$ for per used on a monthly basis. If you are eager to get more detailed information about this tool, please click on the provided link which will redirect you to the official website: https://www.uxpin.com/

4. Fluid UI
The Fluid UI is a very intuitive, adaptive and prevailing tool that can be used for prototyping. To employ UI Fluid requires no prior knowledge since its very easy and fun to use it. It offers various features that makes it extremely attractive to the potential customers. With Fluid UI one can create nicely illustrated prototypes within the minutes without spending a lot of time and money. Fluid UI is very fast since everything is streamlined only in one place. If you already have the graphical assets that you want to use, you can easily add them to the prototypes or save them in online library for later use. It also offers the sophisticated and high quality animations that can enrich the visual of your prototype. Fluid UI as many other wireframe tools is online prototyping which means that you can work from anywhere and still be in touch with other team members. The team members will be able to see each other’s changes all the time without even having a meeting. As you might understand the Fluid UI makes the whole prototyping process a lot easier therefore if you got interested in this tool, feel free to visit the official website: https://www.fluidui.com/

5. Balsamiq Mockups
The Balsamiq Mockups tool comes with three different versions, a website application, a desktop application and Google Drive Add-On application. All of these three versions have different features, benefits and prices. For example, the Web application is s web-based and all of the data is saved in the cloud. It is a prefect match for teams that are not sharing the same location but are working on the same project. It is priced for each project but there can be unlimited users and the two project plan is charged only for 9$. The desktop application is compatible with Windows or macOS and all of the files will be saved on the hard drive. In this case it will be priced for each user and single license costs around 89$. And finally Google Drive Add-on, which is also web based but the data is uploaded and saved in Google drive. It is priced per user and fee is charged on a monthly basis in the amount of 5$. https://balsamiq.com/products/

From our viewpoint, these five wireframes are currently the best ones on an entire market. Even though none of them is offered for free, still the wireframe tools are very important since they are making the planning for a website’s structure and functionality a lot easier and illustrative.

Many people who do not have the knowledge of programming or experience with website creation, often ask the question what is the domain name and why we need that? Many of the beginner website designers interchangeably use the two terms domain name and hosting, but those two words are absolutely different.

Domain name is the address that your website viewers would type in the browser to access your page. To explain it in simple words, imagine that the website that you own is your house and domain in this case would be the street address of that house. Therefore, it is logical that you will need the domain name to avoid the confusion of website viewers.

Internet is a huge space and network of zillions of computers that are connected to each other through a global chain of cables. To differentiate computers from each other, an IP address is given to each one of them which is the combination of numbers.

However, the IP addresses are difficult to recall and therefore the Domain Names were created because they are more simple to use and remember. Now, instead of remembering and typing different number combinations we are using the words that are associated to the websites that we would like to visit for instance www.gridgum.com .

Many of you would ask a question, but what exactly happens when we type in the domain name? Well, the browser sends a request to global chain of servers that shape the Domain Name System. Afterwards, these servers search for the name servers that are connected to a domain and transfer the request to those name servers.

These names servers are actually computers that are owned and monitored by your website hosting company. And therefore, your company will forward the request to the computer where your website is kept. The computer that was mentioned above is actually a web server which has a special server installed in it like Apache or Nginx.

Now you would have another question arising, what’s the difference between Domain Name and website hosting? Well, as it was mentioned above the domain name is your house address and web hosting is a house where your website inhabits. That is a place where your website data and files are kept and these “places” (servers) are suggested as a service by various companies.

Even thought Domain Name and web hosting and two different things, you still need both to launch a website. Because of this reason, we suggest you to have both, Domain Name and web hosting, from the same company because you will manage settings easier by using only one account. But of course if you decide to choose two different companies, then you just have to alter the name settings and enter the Name Server information provided by the hosting company.

The domain names are available in various extensions but the most frequently used one is .com. However, there are many other options, like .net, .org, .info and many more. There are some country domain names as well for instance in Germany all of the websites are using .de and in United Kingdom .uk and etc. However, we recommend to use .com since it is very popular all around the world and is easier to remember.

But how to acquire the domain name? You can purchase them from various companies! Generally, these companies are regarded as name registers. And normally, the domain name costs approximately 15 dollars on annual basis. One of the most popular name register companies are:

• Godaddy
• Namecheap
• M9host

As it was mentioned above, the domain name does not give the web hosting and for that you need separate account and service company. And for that reason we recommend you either On Linux based hosting company that offers domain name and web hosting services simultaneously or the m9Host.com that offers the same services. However, working with M9Host can be money efficient because they offer different price packages and the price range starts from 0.99 dollars. M9Host also differs from other companies because it helps you to find multiple available domain names. You just have to enter the names that you would like to have and choose the extensions and it will automatically check the availability of domain names. The ones with green dots are available and the ones with red dots are already occupied, see the image below:

We hope that after reading this article, you will have better idea what is domain name, why it is needed and how to acquire one.

It might seem that designing simple login page will not require too much time and effort, yet there are so many login form pages that it might be difficult to choose the suitable one. Therefore, we decided to dedicate this article to 6 Best Open Source Login pages that are created through HTML5 and CSS. If you have little experience with coding and programming, then you will easily build the login form pages from the provided sources and samples. Each Login Page form is accompanied with coding script which will help to replicate the chosen login page form.

1. Login Page UI
The Login page UI was created by the web designer and developer Khaled Mneimneh, using the fundamental CSSS3 features and properties. The Login Page form can be easily installed and will be compatible with any website. The input fields that are circle shaped can be easily replicated and the shadow effect does not take too much time and of code either. The style and colors can be altered based on your taste, preferences and desire. If you are interested in Login Page UI and would like to use it, then feel free to click on this link which will redirect you to the official page of it: https://codepen.io/Devel0per95/pen/rjOpdx

2. Gradient Form by / Tyler Fry pro
A sophisticated and dark colored login page form was created and developed by web designer Tyler Fry. The design is very authentic because of the dark background and light colored text in the form. Of course if you want to alter the color and font, you are free to do that. The coding part for the login page is already distributed, is it just HTML and CSS but it uses the WordPress’s login system. If you are interested in the suggested Login Page form, please follow this link: https://codepen.io/frytyler/pen/EGdtg

3. Pure HTML5 by Vladimir Banduristov
This is paper stack login form which was very common technique for designers but currently we do not see them that often because nowadays flat design is trending more. However, this Login Page form still deserves the praise, it works fully in HTML and CSS and it is compatible with any type of website. It was created by web developer Vladimir Banduristov and it is very useful because it is open source and also because it can even work as a template for custom WordPress login page. If you are interested more in this Login Page form, please click on the provided link: https://codepen.io/vtboren/pen/Lguyo

4. Show/Hide Password Field
The offered login form page provides simple and dark design that can be replicated very easily. But the best feature of this login page form is that it has a password field with a feature of show/hide button. This feature is extremely useful for people who are using their mobile phones to enter the password, since the screen and keyboard are smaller than the ones from computer. But you can this feature to all the login fields, not only for mobile applications, to eliminate the customer irritation that can be caused by writing incorrect password because of the spelling mistakes. If you got interested please, follow the provided link: https://codepen.io/geoffreyrose/pen/HKDkB

5. Animated Form
It is very important to create interesting and remembering login page form and one of the options is to add some animation. That is exactly what this login page form offers, animation that is powered by jQuery. It is extremely easy to convert the given login page from into working for field, however you can also handle the customer inputs via jQuery. It should be easy to replicate the form since there are provide some insight how to do the coding part. If you are interested in the animated login form page, then feel free to click on this link: https://codepen.io/opensoorce/pen/KQmvdL

6. Login with Register Modal
The login page from was created by Andy Tran and is powered by Javascript which can be considered as an example of nice design accompanied with great customer experience. The design of background is clean and the form fields are very large so it grabs the attention automatically. Moreover, by clicking on the small blue sidebar at the right corner you will be able to see the registration window, which will pop up momentarily. But the best thing about the given login page from is that it just requires 25 lines of Javascript and that’s it. Therefore, if you want to have simple but at the same time sophisticated login page from, then please click on this link: https://codepen.io/andytran/pen/GpyKLM

After reading this article, you will know where to go when you will like to have a login page form. We want to outline that each of the login page forms provide above are open source and can be replicated without any difficulties. We hope that the blog was useful and it helped you to solve the issues with creating and building the login page form.

Nowadays, there are so many examples of well designed User Interfaces that most of the people think that it is very easy to create simple and at the same time sophisticated UI. But if you ask any experienced website designer he would answer that it is one of the most challenging tasks during the website creation. Therefore, we decided to offer the 6 best UI kits that will make the UI building process a lot easier.

Generally, UI kits have a lot to offer, for example they compromise the framework to create basis for your layout and also UI elements that help to increase website functionality and viewer interaction. You might have a lot experience with building and running the websites but it does not mean that with each new project your start from the beginning and create frameworks by yourself. As a result, the UI kit comes in to make your workload less.

UI kits will provide a set of tools that can be used to develop the user interface of the application regardless with what you are working, iOS, Android or web. UI kit compromises various parts of the user interface like buttons, design, fonts, interactions, widgets and etc. Here you will be able to find the 6 great UI kits that are CSS-based which will the website layout highly functional and easy to use.

1. GET SHIT DONE
This free UI kit was developed by the Creative Tim and was called very catchy and creative name Get Shit Done. It can be used for boundless customization over Bootstrap and it is very easy to use. It can be easily employed even by people who do not have that deep knowledge of programming nor the experience with coding. Get Shit Done can be used to create “clean, functional interfaces for great products” as they explain. If you are interested in this FREE UI kit, then please follow this link: http://demos.creative-tim.com/get-shit-done/index.html

The website itself very easy to navigate and all the desired information can be found within the seconds.

2. Almost Flat UI
This is Free UI kit that is based on Foundation Framework 5.2.2 therefore there is no surprise, that it offers advanced functionality without the SASS implementation. You can even develop your own aesthetic approach to use the suggested free UI kit. Almost Flat UI offers a lot of useful widgets, for instance CSS panels, tabs, tooltips, alerts and many more other things. If you are interested in Almost Flat UI, please click on the provided link: http://websymphony.net/almost-flat-ui/ You will be redirected to their official website where you can find detailed information about the project.

3. UIKIT
The free UIKIT is a frivolous modular framework that is created in LESS which is the compatible extension of CSS. The UIKIT is favorite product for many website designers since it compromises various buttons, tooltips, navigation bars, modals, alerts and many more other things. There will also be provided a rigid system that creates foundation for the website layout. You will also be able to find various of pre-set themes and customizer tools that are very similar to the jQuery UI theme editor. If you want to gain more detailed information about the suggested free UI kit, then please follow this link: https://getuikit.com/

4. BRICK
Brick was originally created and developed by Mozilla and it provides the UI components for Modern websites and applications. It covers a wide range of uses interface components that increases the functionality of website and created sophisticated website layout. It suggests a robust cross-platform framework that is very interesting and code-light to all of its users. Brick makes use of Website components: the next W3C specification to define new DOM elements in an HTML document. To review some feedbacks from Brick’s users and get more detailed information about the suggested UI kit, please click on the following link: http://brick.mozilla.io/

5. Flatby UI
Flatby UI kit was created by Dennis Schipper and it offers clean and a very simple approach for developing the websites. The Flatby UI resembles a lot Bootstrap since it uses the same model, so if you have used Twitter’s kit you will be familiar with it. There are many different variations of UI kit like Flatby because there is increasing popularity of codepen,io as a demo and downloading platform. The Flatby UI is a great UI kit for designers since you can squeeze the content and afterwards observe how the might work other distinct kits. If you go interested in the suggested UI kit, then please click on this link and visit it’s official webpage: https://codepen.io/dennisschipper/details/EFwah

6. INK v2
UI kit, INKv2, focuses on responsive design and layout and therefore compromises a set of useful toll that automatically alter the website design to suit the user’s screen size without your any intervention. It also employees a convenient unconventional strategy to grid the layout. The only obstacle that might emerge is that you should be comfortable to work with LESS to fully utilize INK v2 features. If you want to gain more detailed information about INK v2 and how it works, please follow the suggested link and visit their official website: http://ink.sapo.pt/

Website forms are a vital part of web designing and creation since it is used for data collection. The data can be various, for instance email addresses, viewers’ information, member registrations, survey results, feedbacks and etc. Therefore, you would also find at least the simplest version of contact form on every website.

There are thousands versions of contact form plugins for WordPress templates and it is a huge headache to find the good and suitable one. To assist you and decrease the number of available options, we decided to present you the the most popular contact forms that are updated on regular basis. The article will help you to spend not only the less time on searching good quality plugins but also less money since all the presented plugins are for free.

1. Jetpack
Jetpack is highly demanded WordPress plugin that is popular because of its various features and more than thirty different modules. Using these distinct modules, you will be able to add multiple features to your WordPress website or template based on your needs and preferences. One of the most commonly used features is Contact Form module, which offers simple but at the same time elegant form creator. Jetpack will send a message for every contact form answer and you can customize the email address to which the notifications will be directed. Moreover, if you are a user of Askinet plugin, then each submission will be monitored for spam as well. If you are interested in Jetpack and would like to gain more information, please follow this link and visit their official website: https://wordpress.org/plugins/jetpack/

2. Contact Form 7
It is one of the most frequently downloaded, popular and adaptive Contact Form plugins which are offered for free. Based on some research and statistical data, Contact Form 7 is the most widely used WordPress plugin in existence. Therefore, there might emerge logical question, why it is so popular? The core answer lays in a fact that it has highly user-friendly interface. Moreover, you can build and monitor various form simultaneously. It is available in more than 60 different languages and supports CAPTCHA, Akismet and Ajax-powered submission. However the utmost advantage of having Contact Form 7 is the amount of extensions that exists to bring extra features to the initial form of plugin. If you want to gain more information about Contact Form 7, please click on this link and view the official website: https://wordpress.org/plugins/contact-form-7/

3. Ninja
Ninja Form is also very popular plugin for creating the contact forms. It is highly favored among the website designers because of tis drag and drop feature. You can easily create contact forms, database of email addresses and many other things in couple of minutes. Using the Ninja Form, you can create whatever you want with a drag and drop interface and WordPress dashboard. Ninja Form is also popular among developers since it provides a lot of hooks and filters with which you can do absolutely anything. There are number of premium Nina Form extensions that are also offered for free. For instance, features like file uploads, editing, posting, PayPal integration, email marketing support and etc. Nina Form requires WordPress 4.6 version or more recent one. If you want to gain more information about Ninja Form and installation processes, please click on this link: https://wordpress.org/plugins/ninja-forms/

4. Fast Secure
Fast Secure Contact Form is also highly demanded on the market, offers plugins which are updated on regular basis with more than 400 000 active installations. The Fast Secure plugin helps you to build multiple forms and modifies confirmation emails. It compromises the CAPTCHA and Askinet plugins to monitor and block spam. It also has a feature of redirecting viewers to a certain URL address after the the form submission is finished.

All the main form fields are supported, for instance checkbox, radio, date and time, attachments, text, text area and etc. Because this plugin is very user-friendly if offers rich form of creation experience. Forms can be inserted wherever you want using a very simple short code. To install this plugin, you will need WordPress 3.4.5 or higher. Please follow this link to learn more about Fast Secure: https://wordpress.org/plugins/si-contact-form/

5. Contact Form
Contact Form has more than 200 000 active installations is rate on average somewhere between 4.5 and 5. Contact Form is another great option for website designers since it is updated very often. Another huge benefit of the given plugin is that is it provided in more than fifteen different languages. The simple version of Contact Form is offered for free but it also has premium version (which is traded for a fee) with more benefits and features. However, for a simple contact form, the free version is absolutely enough and as time will pass can be upgraded to a premium version. The Contact Form plugin version 4.07 needs WordPress 3.9 or newer. For more detailed information, please click on the provided link and visit their official webpage: https://wordpress.org/plugins/contact-form-plugin/

Even though this is a small collection of free Contact Form plugins for WordPress we think that covered plugins are the best ones on current market. Moreover, we included in this article the plugins that are offered only for free to optimize your budget. We hope that the post is helpful and will assist you in choosing the suitable plugins for your website.

Web designers are always searching some ways to make their websites look and function as good as possible. There are various plugins that help them to accomplish their goals and one of those are Testimonial plugins. Testimonials are the feedback from your customers that can be displayed on your webpage. They help to increase the social proof of your website and create trustworthy relationship with customers and website viewers. Therefore, we decided to dedicate this article to one of the best Testimonial plugins for the WordPress websites.

1. Testimonial Rotator
Testimonial rotator plugin can be easily added to your website and effortlessly managed. It gives an opportunity to build testimonial carousel where can be included rotating testimonial on whatever part of your website. One can create a number of different rotators and manually insert customer data, for instance feedback, work position, picture and etc. It also offers detailed, step-by-step instruction of how to use and install the plugin. If you got interested, then please click on this link and you will be redirected to the official page: https://wordpress.org/plugins/testimonial-rotator/

2. Easy Testimonials
If you want to allow customers to upload feedback and publish them on your webpage, then you should get Easy Testimonials plugin as soon as possible! The above mentioned plugin, allows you to complement customer review form on your webpage to store the testimonials afterwards. The good think about Easy Testimonials is that you can use the WordPress administration area to enter the customer testimonials. After accomplishing these steps, you will be able to publish desired testimonials by using a very simple short code. If you want to gain more detailed information about the offered plugin, then please follow this link: https://wordpress.org/plugins/easy-testimonials/

3. Strong Testimonials
Strong Testimonials is one of the most demanded plugin on the market since can be easily customized. It is offered with various display options, for example grid layout, single column layout, slider for testimonial and many other things. Strong Testimonials also compromises the Customer Form, which helps customers to publish their feedbacks, reviews and testimonials. You will also be able to receive the feedback through the social media platforms since the offered plugin compromises Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and etc. If you are interested in Strong Testimonials plugin, please click on the provided link: https://wordpress.org/plugins/strong-testimonials/

4. WP Testimonials, Rotator Widget
Even though WP Testimonials is simple plugin still is very customizable. WP Testimonials provides you with a chance to add testimonials easily and differentiate them based on some categories and tags. When you be finished with creating the testimonials you will be able to publish them using a very simple short code. The short code comes along with various parameters that can be used to edit the appearance of testimonials based on your preferences. WP Testimonials plugin is also offered with widget that has the exact same options as the short code one. If you want to gain more detailed information about WP Testimonials and how it functions, please click on this link and you will be redirected to the official webpage: https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-testimonial-with-widget/

5. Testimonial Slider
Testimonial Slider plugin suggests up-to-date WordPress Testimonial slider that has an upgraded and value-added customer experience. The offered plugin comes with a slider and also with plain list blueprint. If you want, you can also include the front-end Contact Form to accumulate customer reviews and feedbacks. One can publish testimonials anywhere on the website using a simple shot code or a sidebar widget. The best thing about Testimonial Slider is that it works perfectly with every kind of screen size and is mobile friendly. If you got interested in the suggested testimonial plugin, please follow the link which will redirect you to the official webpage, where you can find detailed info: https://wordpress.org/plugins/testimonial-builder/

6. Testimonial
The Testimonial plugin is a very intuitive WordPress plugin with very simple options where customers can choose the colors by themselves. The Testimonial plugin provides a draggable box items which provides you with an option to choose various fonts, text colors, font sizes and included images. The down side of the offed plugin is that it does not compromise a rotator or slider therefore the testimonials will be presented in the form of list or grid. If you want to gain more detailed information about the suggested plugin, then please follow the provided link and visit the official website: https://wordpress.org/plugins/testimonial-add/

We hope that you liked the provided article and it would be useful in the future during the Testimonial plugin selection for WordPress websites. Since the Website creation process requires various plugins to have the high quality end-product, we will continue to offer the articles with similar content.

We would like to offer an article about the best Calendar plugins for WordPress websites. Nowadays, there are many calendar plugins that come with a wide variety features therefore it is hard to choose the right one. Therefore, we decided to show you some of the best ones, starting from the simple ones and ending with ones with booking, scheduling and etc. features. It is entirely up to you what kind of plugin to choose, the advanced one or simple. Below you will find the best 5 plugins with short descriptions so that you can easily choose from them.

1. The Events Calendar
The Events Calendar plugin is a very potent event management system for all of the WordPress websites. It provides a wide variety features and is easy to use since it has a very intuitive layout that goes smoothly with WordPress administrative area. The suggested plugin allows you to include the events very easily and monitor them. Moreover, you can present Google Maps for your site locations. The Events Calendar’s settings page allows you to have a full control on managing and controlling events that are included in the calendar. The best thing about above mentioned plugin is that it is integrated with WooCommerce so you can sell some tickets online as well. If you got interested in the Events Calendar, please click on the link and visit the official website: https://wordpress.org/plugins/the-events-calendar/

2. All in One Event Calendar
The suggested plugin is a highly influential event management plugin for WordPress websites. It can be easily employed even by the people who do not have any coding or programming background. Since it has clean and neat interface you can easily add desired events and differentiate them into categories or tags. All in One Event Calendar also offers the Google Map tool to present the site location of the events, so you will also know where and when is the event. You can also alter the calendar theme color based on your preferences. Moreover, you can add events from other calendars as well which support iCal format. Unfortunately, it does not have ticket selling option but you can include the URLs to third party what offer the ticket selling services. If you want to gain more information about the provided plugin, please click on the following link: https://wordpress.org/plugins/all-in-one-event-calendar/

3. My Calendar
My Calendar is a great plugin for WordPress websites which is offered for FREE. It keeps up with various calendars, locations, event groups and etc. My Calendar plugin is also accompanied with a short code generator by which you can easily add calendars to your posts, pages, sidebars and etc. The suggested plugin is very easy to use and has a very wide-ranging settings page. You will be able to monitor every part of the calendar on the front-end. It compromises six different built in skins for calendar exhibit. If you are an advanced user, then there is also a style editor where you can upload your custom CSS. My Calendar plugin works well also with Google Map in every event page and event pop-up. If you got interested in the suggested plugin, then please click on the provided link and gain more information about it: https://wordpress.org/plugins/my-calendar/

4. Simple Calendar
The Simple Calendar is Google Calendar plugin that can be used for WordPress websites. One will be able to manage and control the events by using Google Calendar. The suggested plugin will display chosen events on your website very easily, you will just have to deliver the URL of Google Calendar feed. My Calendar comes with a wide-ranging set of features that help to control calendar in a very easy way. You can publish calendar events on your website by using very simple short codes. Moreover, you can edit the calendar appearance through custom style sheets. Simple Calendar does not include the ticketing system but if you want to sell the tickets just include the URLs of the third parties which offers the ticket selling services. If you want to acquire the given Google Calendar plugin, please click on the provided link: https://wordpress.org/plugins/google-calendar-events/

5. Booking Calendar
Because of the plugin name it is highly intuitive that it can be used as a booking management plugin for WordPress websites. It enables you to supplement a calendar on the front-end of the website where viewers can propose their booking requests. Afterwards, it is up to you whether to accept the offer or decline it. By using the suggested plugin, you will be able to avoid the spam since it compromises the CAPTCHA support. Moreover, you can manage who can add a booking in the administrative area and who cannot. The con of the Booking Calendar plugin is that in the free version of the plugin you cannot supplement new input fields for the booking form. If you got interested in the offered plugin, please click on the following and visit it’s official page: https://wordpress.org/plugins/booking/

We hope that the provided article will help you to choose the calendar plugins wisely. There is a wide variety of the calendar plugins therefore you have to be careful during the selection process. We would like to assure that the above suggested plugins are one of the best on the current market.

In this article we decided to explain the importance of the trademark of your blog’s logo and name and show how to actually copyright it. Trademark and copyright are the tools that help to protect your brand name and company activities against various legal issues. The issues compromise the use of your blog name or logo by other entities.

We think that it is extremely important to preserve the uniqueness and have the distinct name and representative logo so that customers will recognize you, as a company, easily.

Even though the registering a trademark is not required to have an official business website, it is beneficial to actually have one. If you go through the registration processes your products, ideas and innovations will always be protected by law and in case of someone steals or copies them. Trademark and copyright give you the exclusiveness which stops other to use the similar business name or logo.

Many people use the terms Trademark and Copyright interchangeably but they deal with different challenges. Copyright explicitly deals with creative works which compromise texts, pictures, written words, illustrations and etc. Once the is presented in the tangible form it will be automatically protected by the copyright laws. In other words, whatever content you publish on your website it will be hedged by the law without you putting any extra effort.

On the other hand, the trademark deals with logos, symbols, business names, colors that makes your products and services distinct from your competitors or other companies. However, you cannot register the business name or logo as a personal brand except if the company is widely recognized and exists for already a long time on the market, for instance like Calvin Klein, Armani or Gucci.

However, you should know that the copyright does not cover the same protections as Trademark, for example some features or characteristics of your product or work can be employed under the Fair Use standard. The good thing about Trademark is that after registration processes it prohibits others to use the similar names and confuse the potential customers. However, you should take into account that if you register your business in a country or a state it does not mean that your logo or business name is automatically protected as trademark. Unfortunately, someone can actually be faster and register the same name as yours as a trademark and stop you form using it.

So the big question here is how to get a Trademark?

First of all, you should know a couple of important bullet points before you request a trademark for the business.

• • You are not allowed to propose a name that is already used by other company or entity.
• • Moreover, the name should not be close to the already existing ones.
• • Its better if it is exclusive and concrete.

Afterwards, you should search thoroughly the existing trademarks via various search systems like TESS, Trademark Electronic Search System and etc. If the chosen Trademark is not registered by anyone, then you are free to use and register it for yourself via TEAS. There are a couple of different application forms with distinct charged fees. The application forms are offered with descriptions that are very well written and easily understandable. All the relevant information about the registration process and application forms can be found here: https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks-application-process/filing-online Once you submit the form you will get the email notification whether the request is approved or not.

As for the copyright registration process, it is relatively easy to go through compared to Trademark registration process. However, it really depends in which country you want to register, because there are different laws and procedures in various places. As for an example to serve, if your company is located in the United States then you should go to United States Copyright office webpage, which can be found here: https://copyright.gov/ The only thing you have to do is to choose the appropriate category for the creative work you want to gain the copyright. For instance, if you are applying to copyright your logo, then you should choose the category of visual arts. Afterwards, you will be able to download the suitable application form and submit it.

We hope that the offered article would be useful guide for Trademark and Copyright registration processes and dispersed vagueness surrounded around these two terms.

In our previous article, we tried to explain what is the Copyright and Trademark and how can we benefit from having them. In the current article, we want to present you the DMCA (the Digital Millennium Copyright Act)Takedown services, which will help you to get back your stolen content. The content can be anything like images, texts, video, products, audio and etc.We want to explain what is DMCA and what it can do for you in a very detailed way.

The main question is what DMCA can eliminate for you?

Basically, anything that is generated by you and is used by someone else, without your permission. For DMCA, it does not matter from what part of the world is the website hosted, it can get them down anywhere or if not return your money back.

You would ask why to choose explicitly DMCA and not any other Takedown service?

Because DMCA is the best in the industry, most experienced, qualified and offers very fast services for a very affordable price.

Starting from the case managers and ending with customer service teams, DMCA is full of the most qualified and experienced group members. The DMCA’s professional team of experts are best at taking down the stolen content very fast since they have done that multiple times. The most appealing about services of DMCA is that if they will not succeed in getting back the stolen content the 100% of money will be redeemed.

The most important factor in getting down the stolen website is TIME. The quicker you shut down the stolen content the easier and better for you. Therefore the DMCA form fir takedown needs 3 minutes to be completed to get the case started. DMCA will have the stolen content take down even before you will find a lawyer and explain the case to him. Taking down the stolen contents needs experience and knowledge of fastest way of doing it. DMCA has chosen the efficient process and case managing strategies.

When people notice that their content is stolen they immediately want the thieves to be punished. From their perspective they have two options, hiring the lawyer or passing the case to DMCA however that kind of approach is wrong. DMCA is never against of hiring lawyers and getting the help from them, it just points out that DMCA services are much quicker and cheaper. There are many case when hiring a lawyer is even beneficial for handling the situation. The legal entities, more precisely lawyers are important in fighting against copyright infringement and content protection. Therefore DMCA often works with lawyers and together they take down the content thieves from all around the world.

If you are interested in how they cooperate with lawyers and how their work goes, please click on this link: http://www.dmca.com/Lawyers.aspx?ref=tkdn2

To find a lawyer is always a complicated process but it gets even more complicated when the thieves are in another country than lawyer and yourself. It will take a lot of time to find the experienced lawyer in DMCA get downs. Then, you have to negotiate the charges for a lawyer in order to receive all the available data, to make the law firm start working on the case. However, with DMCA you just need 3 minutes to fullfil the form, pay the fee and DMCA will automatically start working on your case.

But of course all of the above mentioned services that are offered by DMCA come with a price. DMCA has two different price packages, protection basic which is for free and protection pro for 10$ on monthly basis. The Basic Protection package is created for small personal websites and owners who would like to have solution which effectively eliminates the robbery of content. As for Protection Pro, it is designed more for professional websites and businesses that need the optimal protections to secure their property. Of course the Protection Pro package has more benefits to offer, for instance unlimited real time image watermarking or unlimited website copy scanner and etc. But the free version of protection has also a lot to offer so in both cases the content will be optimally protected from potential thieves.

If you go interested in DMCA and would like to assure the security of your website content, then please click on this link, visit the DMCA official website and find the desired information: http://www.dmca.com/

We would like to introduce the best Bootstrap Plugins of 2018 which will help your website to work better and more efficiently. Bootstrap compromises various important Javascript components but there is always a space for improvement.Therefore the provided article will cover the third party Bootstrap plugins which are for various purposes like navigations, component packages, buttons and etc.

1. Fuel UX
Fuel UX is a Bootstrap plugin that controls the website applications with more lightweight Javascript. If you include the above mentioned plugin, the website project will be smoothly optimised and upgraded. Fuel UX compromises date picker, check box, loader, combo box, search button, schedule, radio, pillbox, select list and man more features. Fuel UX is part of the Salesforce Marketing Cloud and therefore is upgraded frequently by the engineers of UX Design Studio. The Fuel UX control panel is constructed based on Module Definition patter and therefore is compatible with Common Javascript, AMD and many other browser globals. If you would like to gain more information about downloading and installations processes, then please click on the provided link: http://getfuelux.com/index.html

2. Jasny Bootstrap
The Jason Bootstrap plugins is useful to fulfil the missing components of the front end framework. The main goal of suggested plugin is to provide all the important and useful features for creating highly interactive website application for computers and mobile phones. The Jason Bootstrap component package includes many useful things like off-canvas menu, labelled buttons, input masks, text inputs and fixed-top alerts. To download above mentioned plugin is very simple and can be done in different ways. The way of downloading depends on yours level skills and use case. On the official website of Jasny Bootstrap template can be found the detailed guide book with simple examples that show the way it should be installed and used. If you want to get the offered plugin, please click on the following link and visit the official website: http://www.jasny.net/bootstrap/

3. EkkoLightbox
The Lightbox plugin for Bootstrap templates can be used to optimise the Bootstrap modal plugin to create and compromise the Lightbox gallery. In other words, the Ekkolightbox is module for Bootstrap templates that supports YouTube videos, pictures, galleries and etc. The most convenient thing about the suggested plugin is that it can be edited and styled very easily similarly as Bootstrap modal. There are available many feedbacks about the above mentioned plugin from website developers and designers and all of them are positive. On the official website you will find the detailed description of the plugin with images that help to install it easily. If you want to gain more information about EkkoLightbox, please click on the following link and visit the official webpage of plugin: http://ashleydw.github.io/lightbox/

4. Bootsrap Image Gallery
Bootstrap Image Gallery, also called BlueImp Gallery is one of the most functional Bootstap plugins on the current market. The suggested plugin is responsive, touch-enabled and has customisable image/video gallery. Moreover, it provides the Lightbox that can be used for both mobile and computer website browsers. It compromises the features like mouse and keyboard navigation, swipe, slideshow, transition effects and etc. It can also be used to extend the display for additional content variations. To cut it shorty, it is must have Bootstrap plugin for your website. Therefore if you are interested in acquiring the BlueImp Gallery, then please click on the following link and visit the official website: https://bootstrapious.com/p/best-bootstrap-plugins

5. YAMM
The YAMM plugin for Bootstrap three was created by Twitter. It provides the lightweight and pure CSS menu/panel that employees the standard navigation bar and the grid system classed from Bootstrap three. It is compatible as for fixed and responsive layout and moreover, can include any Bootstrap elements. The YAMM project is currently held on GitHub and is the newer version of the Bootstrap 2 YAMM. Many website developers and designers are using the YAMM plugin in their Universal Corporate Bootstrap themes which demonstrates the high functionality of the suggested plugin. http://geedmo.github.io/yamm/

6. Bootstrap Sidebar
The last but not least plugin that we want to introduce is the Bootstrap sidebar which is applicable for Bootstrap three. It is a responsive sidebar plugin that can be used to fit the big menus into the horizontal menu bar. Sometimes, it is highly inconvenient the big menus and therefore you need to have the responsive sidebar that can be supported by the Bootstrap. If you face the same problem as it is stated above then Bootstrap Sidebar plugin is the solution for you. If you want gain more information about above mentioned plugin, then please click on the provided link and visit the official webpage: https://github.com/asyraf9/bootstrap-sidebar

We hope that the provided article will help you to identify the useful and functional Bootstrap plugins that can extend the features of your website. The above suggested plugins with optimize and make your website look better.

This plugins can be used for testing in our free bootstrap templates which can be downloaded free from here: https://gridgum.com/themes/category/free/

Nowadays Joomla templates are very popular because of their high-quality performance but there are always ways to improve the functionality of website. For Joomla templates there are thousands of various extensions that make the website to function and process smoother and gain additional features. However, searching for right extension might take you a very long time since Joomla Extension Directory (JED) already compromises more than 7900 Joomla extensions. Therefore, we decided to create an article for you with a short-list of Joomla extensions that are important part of Joomla websites and should be included there.

1. Joomla Page Builder
It is the most advanced responsive the first website builder for Joomla, in an entire world. It was always time-consuming for Joomla users to customize the layout of a website based on the clients’ preferences and taste. With the help of Quix 1.3 you can forget all these problems and easily create complex website looks even without coding. The Quix 1.3 is considered to be the best page builder for Joomla because it delivers Drag and Drop layout system, boosts the page load speeds by nearly 300 percent, works with every framework out of the box and offer more than 60 different elements. As you might already understand, the Joomla page builder Quix 1.3 is a must have extension for Joomla templates. If you got interested please, click on the provided link and visit the official webpage: https://www.themexpert.com/quix-pagebuilder

2. Admin Tools for Security (Akeeba)
Administrative tools is one of the most diverse Joomla extension that have ever existed. It is multifunctional and solves several problems together, for instance it easily simplifies the website’s administrative task and security. It has many different features which help to utilize the website and make it function even better. For example, it can optimize the databases, clean the temporary directory and many more daily administrative tasks. It can also easily change the permission of your files without using the FTP or SSH. And the most importantly it protects the website against the multiple common attacks and you would never be able to find more secure tool than Akeeba. If you got interested and want to acquire the suggested Joomla extension, then please follow the link: https://www.akeebabackup.com/products/admin-tools.html

3. Content Editor – RoKPad
The Joomla extension RokPad is a very powerful extension for building and altering the Joomla contents without putting a lot of effort. RokPad has been considered to be one of the most advanced code editors. It has a range of settings which start from stylistic options like font size, theme and end with some functions like autosave time intervals. It also provides a wide range of theme options which include various theme colors for code highlighting. RoKPad comes with a huge package which include Ajax Saving, 29 themes, Short-codes, Drag and Drop from other applications, Multiple Code Languages, Code Folding, Print Margin, Font size, Full Screen, Vertical selection and many more other features. Moreover, it is compatible with various browsers like Safari, IE, Google Chrome, Opera, Firefox and etc. If you are interested in gaining more information about RoKPad, then please follow the provided link and visit the official webpage: http://www.rockettheme.com/joomla/extensions/rokpad

4. Increase Performance – RoKBooster
When the website has loading problem, it makes the website viewers highly unsatisfied and the most probably they will switch to another site. The Joomla extension RoKBooster can be used to raise the speed of a website to a great extent. Moreover, it provides the extensive system of control options, to set all the variables via single interface. Advanced options compromise the ability to ignore some specific files, pages and compatibility problems. As the ending result we have the high functionality, increased performance speed and decreased number of HTTP calls which all together help the Joomla website to load within the minutes. If you visit their official website, everything is well written and explained therefore you will not face any challenges during downloading or installation processes. If you want to visit the official website of RoKBooster, then please click on the following link: http://www.rockettheme.com/joomla/extensions/rokbooster

5. Site Management – JSN Power Admin
The JSN Power Admin is the most demanded product that were created by Joomla Shine. The extension is considered as one of the most innovative extensions that are available today which save a lot of time and effort for advanced Jooma users. The JSN Power Admin is a great Joomla extension which makes the Joomla administration assignments very easy and enjoyable. It allows you to have full access over the Joomla website in one single screen. You can variate with elements via employing GUI with drag and drop operations. If you got interested and would like to acquire the suggested Joomla extension, then please click on the following link and visit its official webpage: https://www.joomlashine.com/joomla-extensions/jsn-poweradmin.html

We hope that after reading this article you will have more or less clear understanding of which are the best Joomla extensions and why. We hope that after going through this article you will be confused when choosing the right Joomla extension for your website.

Which is better to use WordPress plugin or to add code in functions.php file?

Quite often users are asking the same exact question, what is better to install WordPress plugin or to add code in template’s function’s PHP file. Well, there is no unique and right answer to that question therefore we want to discuss with you pros and cons of both methods.

What we know for sure is that there are two the most widely used techniques to add functionality in your WordPress website, either to install a WordPress plugin or to add a code in the functions.php file. Both ways will deliver the same result however the process itself is quite different which creates the confusion among users. Many users are afraid that by adding too much plugins in their WordPress template, they will lower the speed of website.

Others are concerned that by adding codes they might break down the website which cannot be fixed that easily. Therefore, in this case, the best solution is to compare both methods so that everyone will decide which way suits them best.

Functions.php file

Functions file of WordPress enables website developers to describe the functionality of their template. The file itself acts like a huge WordPress plugin which can be used to include various other code scripts that you desire to have in your website. The advantages of the adding code in the function code is that you can very easily create theme editor in the administration area to alter the functions.php file. The best advantage of code adding is that you can easily copy and paste all the code scripts in a single file. Moreover, you can also get an opportunity to learn the code and see actually how it works in practice.

However, the code adding also have the downsides, for instance the specific custom code will not work anymore if you change templates. And sometimes, many users complain that it is getting very complicated to understand where your custom code starts and template code ends. It is also true, that when you update the template, the functions.php file will also be altered, and it may cause the website breakdown. Furthermore, in some cases the code scripts are too big and therefore need extra scripts and styles.

WordPress plugins

The WordPress plugins resemble the apps for WordPress websites because they include a code that connects itself to the heart of WordPress software to deliver a wide variety of features and functionality. The best part of the WordPress plugins is that they can be very easily updated, re-installed and disabled without wasting a lot of time and effort. Also, the WordPress plugin does not depend on your theme and will be compatible with various templates unlike the functions.php file. What’s the most important, you can handle WordPress plugin very clearly since you know how each plugin functions from their descriptions. However, everything has disadvantages and WordPress plugin is not different, for example you will have to install the updates for another plugin which can be very annoying. Also, there are some cases when author disable the plugin, after some time, especially when it was for free and therefore you urgently have to search for the substitute. And finally, with WordPress plugins, users are not practicing their coding skills and therefore are not widening their knowledge and experience.

In terms of performance and functionality, it does not matter if the code loads from the functions file or as a separate plugin (of course if it is the same code). However, we think that using a plugin is a better choice since managing plugins is much easier that altering the PHP function file. Imagine how complicated it is to add some code scripts in a file where some codes are not even related, and some are dependent on each other. Moreover, when you use WordPress plugin, then you can also benefit from future updates since it will increase the performance of a website. However, of course if there is no plugin that delivers the features you are looking for, then you should add the code script in the functions file.

We hope that the provided article helped you to differentiate between WordPress plugins and functions.php file. Of course, it is again up to you, which method you will use but it is always better to know the pros and cons of both methods. As it was mentioned above, there is no exact answer to the question which is better because there is always a trade-off.

Affiliate marketing is one of the most often used ways to have the cash inflow from the blog. Therefore, we decided to explain in this article who affiliate marketing works and from where to start. To explain simply, affiliate marketing is business arrangement between two parties (online retailer and you) from which you get the commission whenever users are buying retailer’s products from your link. It is somehow similar to other advertisement types which pays based on clicks and views, but affiliate marketing functions on cost-per-acquisition or cost-per-lead basis. In more simple terms, you will receive money whenever user takes an action and really buys the product. Since, there is a lower risk rate associated with affiliate marketing, it generates much more cash inflow than for instance Google AdSense or various other ads.

But of course, affiliate marketing also requires more research since you have to identify which products and services are needed by your users and readers.

From where to start?

First of all, you have to find the company, product or service that you want to promote and advertise. Basically, products that are related to your website or blog and are useful for your online audience. The chosen company will be entitled as Merchant. Afterwards, you have to go through the negotiations and partner-up with the company, agree on terms and sign the contract. You will automatically become their Affiliate, partner or associate. The minute you will join their partnership program, you will receive the special affiliate ID. The affiliate ID will be used in all affiliated links and included in your website or blog.

There are multiple ways how you can promote the product for instance by writing articles, including the ads, email newsletters and etc. Once the users start purchasing the products, you will get the right amount of commission. The payment system is different for every company, however generally you will receive it in every 40-60 days.

The big question is how you can find the Affiliate companies, products or services?

There are various ways to search for products or companies with which you can partner up and become the affiliate. However, we just highlighted the most popular ones:

1. You can become an affiliate of a product or service that you actually use and find it useful. Then, it becomes very simple for you to convince others why the product is needed and so beneficial. Afterwards, you have to check their official websites and search for the words like Affiliate, partner, partnership programs and etc. Statistically, many companies are searching for affiliates to increase their awareness among the online audience.

2. You can also look through and visit the blogs that are similar to yours. You will easily spot that many websites are using affiliate marketing in order to make easy money.

Look at their ads, banners which are the first things that pop-up when you visit the website. Then to check whether it is affiliate or not just take the courser to the banner and see the link in your status bar. When you push on them you will be redirected to the official website of a product. We also have the affiliate marketing program and to become one is a very easy process. All we require from you is the PayPal email address and the URL of your website. The affiliate program that we offer id quite generous, the affiliates will receive around 30-40% from each sale. To find the Gridgum Affiliate information please click on the following link: https://gridgum.com/new-gridgum-design-what-make-us-the-best/
Moreover, we have the video tutorial which shows how to become affiliate step-by-step, to watch the video please click on the provided link below:

3. You can also join the affiliate marketing networks which act as a middleman between you and Merchants. There are some famous affiliate networks like:

• • ShareSale – http://www.shareasale.com/
• • CJ Affiliate – http://www.cj.com/
• • ClickBank – https://www.clickbank.com/
• • Amazon Associates - https://affiliate-program.amazon.com/

4. Or if you cannot find any information about company’s affiliate program, then you can reach them simply by sending them an email. Some of the companies are not publicly promoting their partnership programs therefore you have to contact them privately and ask for the desired information.

As your blog or website will expand it will get more and more complicated to control and handle all the affiliate links, banners and ads that will be distributed on your blog. However, there are great affiliate marketing plugins for WordPress templates that can smoothen the managing process. We would like to outline two of them:

1. ThirstyAffiliates
As it was mentioned above, adding hundreds of affiliate links manually to your website content will become very difficult. Because, you will have to copy every URL along with affiliate ID whenever you reference the product and publish in into WordPress. Fortunately, ThirstyAffiliate can solve the problem easily. It is known as a management plugin for affiliate marketing links and it also allows you to convert the long URLs into short pretty links that look more user friendly. The suggested plugin can also swap keywords automatically with affiliate links that will help you to boom the affiliate revenue. If you want to gain more information, please follow the provided link: https://thirstyaffiliates.com/

2. AdSanity
It is known as one of the best WordPress advertisement management plugin that should be in every affiliate’s tool box. It has a single dashboard that can be used to create and manage the advertisement banners. AdSanity plugin can be used to easily publish the ads in your WordPress pages, blogs, sidebars, posts and etc. One can also use the plugin to monitor the third-party advertisements like Google AdSense ads. If you want to get the suggested plugin, please click on the following link: https://adsanityplugin.com/syedbalkhi/125x125

We hope that, our article helped you to understand what the affiliate marketing is, how it can be used and what benefits it brings. After going through the article, you know from where to start and how to generate the easy money.

Website designers are constantly trying to create simple, modern and user-friendly layout to boost up the customers satisfaction. They perfectionate the web design through bunch of plugins, tools and etc. In this article, we decided to present you nine absolutely free flipping clock designs with various styles and coding strategies. The Flipping Clock design can be used for “Coming Soon” pages to show exactly in how many hours will website start functioning. There are hundreds of clocks design in PSD format but not so many flip-style clocks that work in code. Therefore, we did the research for you and now would like to present the results:

1. Flip Clock and Countdown
This is very interesting and free of charge project that offers the flipping countdown that works through the Java Script. You would notice some elements of CSS for style but the whole animation setup and array of systems are supported by JavaScript. Moreover, even the HTML can be embedded via JavaScript. If you observe the provided pen, you would notice that there is a lot that can be learned from it. For example, you would find pleasant snippets that can be used multiple times which creates a nice ground for conducting experiments in JS. If you got interested in the provided pen, please click on the following which will redirect to the official webpage: https://codepen.io/shshaw/pen/vKzoLL

2. React Flip Clock
Many front-end developers recommend the React Flip clock since it has a huge power and massive community. With React you can create incredibly fast website applications and the provided clock designs is just one of many examples. The front-end Developer, namely Libor Gabrhel built is as a simple and small project to test the React. It turned out, that it works very smoothly and delivers authentic, sophisticated design. We all know that the JavaScript sometimes can get complicated therefore if you a beginner then this is the best place to start from. If you are interested in the provided free source React Flip Clock, then feel free to click on the following link: https://codepen.io/Libor_G/pen/JyJzjb

3. Flip Down JavaScript Example
The website developer, Peter Butcher, created this neat and organized project by employing the simple custom plugin and presented it as FlipDown.js. The Flip Down has no dependencies and therefore runs smoothly on vanilla JavaScript. Moreover, it is a very easy plugin to work with, you can alter it and expand it based on your preferences and desired features. The provided plugin is pretty simple but works without any flows and lags. If you want to have more sophisticated one, you can upgrade it on the desired level. If you want to acquire the suggested FREE plugin, then please follow the provided link and visit the official webpage: https://codepen.io/PButcher/pen/dzvMzZ

4. Pomodoro Timer
The Pomodoro Timer is one of the most favorite clock designs of every website designer. There are not enough positive words to describe the above-mentioned timer application. It is created around the Pomodoro Technique and its operates quickly and smoothly in your website browser. All you have to do is set the timer and afterwards click “START”. From that point the Pomodoro Timer will start counting until your first pause. It also gives an opportunity to edit the total break time and the total period of work time. Because it delivers unusual and interesting design the user inexperience is phenomenal and extremely positive. We would definitely recommend getting FREE Pomodoro Timer: https://codepen.io/yoongtilee/pen/EgAbVb

5. Countdown Clock
There are many programmers who are not fans of basic JavaScript for their projects. They would prefer the jQuery and to work with plugins for them we have the special Countdown Clock. It already provides the jQuery script that should be used to implement the given clock in your website. As we noticed, the animations styles are extremely smooth and easy regardless which website browser is employed. Each of the flipping effect looks like a 3D transformation because the items that are flipping are like really moving. The script is not written in a complicated way, but it needs some time and effort to get in a right way. If you want something, clean, smooth and effective for your main page then definitely keep this snippet in your mind. The snipped can be found on the following link: https://codepen.io/nirlodsn/pen/yFeCv

All of the provided clocks are high quality end-products and are highly recommended to use. Of course, the choice of the clock depends on various factors, for instance the format, style, design and etc. However, we truly believe that from the provided list you can find the one that is suitable to your website. Also, keep in mind that all of them are free source which also eliminates the cost factor that you will not incur. You can try out the suggested Flipping Clock designs on our FREE website templates which can be found here: https://gridgum.com/themes/category/free/

Our gallery is very rich, it covers various templates, like WordPress, HTML, Bootstrap and Joomla, feel free to go through them all. We hope that provided article was helpful and now you will know where to find the good clock designs.

There is an increased interest about website’s security and one of the most popular question is which one is better to use Sucuri or ClouFlare. Therefore, we decided to fulfil our readers’ interest and provide brief analysis of above mentioned online services. Sucuri and CloudFlare provide the website firewall, DDOS protection and CDV services. So, let’s find out their features, benefits and lags to understand which one is better. If you would be interested in the above mentioned services then please click on the following links:
Sucuri: https://sucuri.net/
CloudFlare: https://www.cloudflare.com/

Features of Sucuri:

It is one of the most reliable website security and controlling service. Sucuri offers meticulous website monitoring, DDOS protection, scanning for errors and error elimination services. Moreover, it provides the CloudProxy, load balancing and website firewall service. It eliminates the suspicious traffic to reach your website, code injections, DDOS attacks, bad bots and many other potential website threats. Sucuri, on regular basis, scans your website for file edits, malwares and code injections. It also cleans up the hacked websites which are can be supported by various CMS softwares like WordPress, Drupal, Joomla and many more.

Sucuri as Malware Removal

Since Sucuri is focused on security they are the best in monitoring the websites and protecting them against various attacks. The application firewall that is offered by Sucuri can protect you from DDOS, XSS and SQL injections, contact form and comment spam. Even if something will cross over the provided security barriers they will clean them up for you.

Pricing of Sucuri

Unfortunately, it does not provide any free plans. The website security stack plan starts from 200 hundred US dollars per year. The most basic plan compromises whole website monitoring, DDOS protection, error and malware removal, website application firewall and FREE SSL certificate.

CloudFlare Features:

CloudFlare is focused on defeating the DDOS attacks through their product of website application firewall. Therefore, it is very popular because of its FREE CDN service. CloudFlare makes available your website to users even when it is under attack or heavy traffic. It provides very high-quality website application firewall because it blocks the suspicious attack even before it reaches your website. Moreover, firewall even covers the form submission which protects the website from registration and comment spam. CloudFlare offers a free and also paid plan for custom SSL certificates. If you want to have the custom certificate, then you have to upgrade the plan to Enterprise or Business one. Even though the CloudFlare offers the CDN as a free option, the rest of the features need the paid plan. Unfortunately, the CloudFlare does not provide the server scanning or malware detection or removal services.

CloudFlare – Malware Removal

The free version of the CloudFlare is a network for content delivery that helps the website to work better and faster. Of course, if you get the paid plan, then you will automatically receive the website application security firewall. However, it does not provide, file editing detection, control of blacklist, error scanning and removal and many other features. You will be able to add the third-party applications for malware controlling however you will incur the additional costs. Pricing

As it was mentioned above CloudFlare offers the CDN service for free and even if you traffic volume is very high, you will not be charged extra for that. Yet, this free plan does not cover the website application firewall. Even though the website will benefit from CDN, it will not be fully protected from DDOS attacks, various spam and malfunctional traffic. Therefore, to get the website application firewall you will need their paid plan which is up to 20 US dollars on a monthly basis. The suggested plan does not cover the DDOS mitigation and custom SSL therefore to get these features, you will need the Business plan which is 200 US dollars per year.

When you compare these two services you will notice easily that both of them do good jobs in protecting website against DDOS attacks. However, CloudFlare provides better results in the area of content delivery network. On the other hand, Sucuri paid plans are better because they cover more features and offer better security scanning. Therefore, if you have a website which is supported by CMS like WordPress, then you will need the Sucuri. If you are fine with adding the third-party applications of malware monitoring for extra cost, then you can also go for CloudFlare. In conclusion, we can say that Sucuri is winning of all fronts, in regard to offered features and prices.

We hope that our article will be helpful for you to make the right choice and protect your website fully!

Bootstrap is the most demanded front-end framework that can assist anyone to create sophisticated website without wasting a lot of time and financial resources. Moreover, Bootstrap can be customized, and the framework can be extended based on your preferences and wishes. Since Bootstrap is a very popular framework there are various FREE resources that can be found online and used to make the Bootstrap website more functional. Therefore, today we decided to present you some of the most popular FREE source extensions for Bootstrap developers.

1. Owl Carousel
The Owl Carousel is fully editable FREE carousel plugin which comes with touch and drag feature. The suggested extension is fully responsive and works smoothly with any website browser. The Owl Carousel extension comes with a very detailed instructions which will help you to install, implement and develop it very easily. The demo version of this extension offers various types of carousels that can be used via Owl Carousel. The provided extension is compatible with Bootstrap 4 and the features of it covers responsiveness, RTL support and infinity loop. If you got interested in the FREE Owl Carousel Bootstrap extension please click on the following link: https://owlcarousel2.github.io/OwlCarousel2/

2. Bootstrap Maxlength
The free Bootstrap Maxlength extension assists you to limit the number of characters that can be used typed in the text box. The text box area will show sign of warning when the threshold value of input characters will be reached. Moreover, as soon as the threshold value will be reached the text box will take no words and characters anymore. Of course, the threshold value can be altered based on our preferences and needs. The Bootstrap Maxlength can be used for feedback or complaint boxes where website viewers will have some specific space to express their attitudes and thoughts. If you want to get the Bootstrap Maxlength, then please click of the provided link and visit their official website: http://mimo84.github.io/bootstrap-maxlength/

3. Bootstrap Slider
The provided FREE Bootstrap Slider extension assists you to supplement some simple sliders into your website. If you want for the website very simple sliders, then this is the extension you should choose. First of all, it is free-source, so you can use it without incurring any costs. And the extension provides you with more than twenty different sliders that can be implemented via Bootstrap slider extension. Those twenty different sliders include a slider with tooltips, a vertical one, slider with various colors and styles, disabled one, single or double slider and many more. If you want to explore the world of sliders and include them all in your website, then you should visit the provided extension’s official website, which can be found here: https://seiyria.com/bootstrap-slider/

4. Ion Range
ION range sliders is a fully responsive, very easily editable slider extension that you can download without paying any price or free. The extension is a cross-browser compatible and compromises various features embracing the support for events and public methods, two slider types, support for negative and fractional values, prefixes for numbers and etc. The best thing about ION slider is that it comes with four different skins like FLAT UI skin, HTML5 skin, Modern Skin and Simple dark skin. The guide book that comes with the suggested extension is very detailed and will assist you to install and set up the extension in a correct way. If you are interested in ION range, then please click on the following link and you will be redirected to their official webpage: http://ionden.com/a/plugins/ion.rangeSlider/en.html

5. jQuery File Upload
The above-mentioned extension has five distinct versions from which you can choose. These versions are Basic, Plus, Basic Plus UI, jQuery UI, AngularJS. All of these different versions have different features. For instance, with basic you can upload multiple files and the uploading process will be designated by a progress bar. But if you take for instance, the Basic Plus version, then you can upload various file, progress will be indicated the progress bar and images can be previewed before uploading them. So, the better versions it is the more features it has. But it is entirely up to you and your need which one to choose. If you are interested in the above suggested extension, then please click on the following link and will be redirected to their official website where you can find more detailed information: https://blueimp.github.io/jQuery-File-Upload/

There are highly useful FREE Bootstrap extensions that will help you to have fully functional website. We promise that we will be adding more information about other FREE source Bootstrap plugins anytime soon. But meanwhile you can check the ones that were provided in this article via our Bootstrap templates. We have a huge library of FREE Bootstrap templates, but if you are interested in Premium Bootstrap themes, then please follow this link: https://gridgum.com/themes/category/bootstrap-themes/

In this article we decided to present you one of the best HTML editors which are so demanded on a current market. There are so many of them that it is difficult to find good ones. Here you would be able to find of the high-quality jQuery and HTML5 plugins:

1. Froala
Froala HTML editor is very simple to use and integrate with original website. You don’t have to have a very deep knowledge in programming to handle it. However, it requires jQuery 1.11.0 or newer ones and Font Awesome 4.4.0 which the iconic font. Froala compromises every feature of UI and UX plus a durable defense system for any XSS attacks. One of the Froala’s highlight is that can be used via 34 languages and it MS-Word Friendly. It is promised for mobile phones as well and its Keyboard shortcuts are also available. Therefore, if you want HTML editor with so many features and requires such little knowledge of JavaScript knowledge, then you should choose Froala. If you got interested and want to learn more about Froala, please following link: https://www.froala.com/wysiwyg-editor

2. Content Tools
The above-mentioned plugin is a small and unique content editor. Content tools does not employ any JavaScript framework but its works perfectly with it. The Content Tool includes five different libraries which can be used independently. The suggested plugin is created a new that it can be straightforwardly extended. The Content Tools editor can be added in any HTML page within a couple of steps. The whole process is explained on their website via video tutorials. Content Tools also has some highlights for instance, it supports the undo/redo and is also able to resize the images and videos. It is 49 KB g-zipped and supports Inline editing. As you understand it a great editor with various benefits, therefore if you got interested, then please click on the provided link: http://getcontenttools.com/

3. Raptor Editor
The above-mentioned HTML editor is a free-source editor which is designed to be highly user-friendly, easily customizable and straightforwardly integrable. The raptor editor supports inline editing and also is perfect for complicated multi-block layouts. The Raptor editor employees the newest technologies HTML5 Content Editable and also jQuery benefits like built-in tests and extensible code base. It also can be characterized with some highlights like it has a very flexible docking options and is extremely well documented. The Raptor editor, as previous two editors also supports inline editing which is highly practical. If you would like to gain more information about the suggested HTML editor, then please click on the following link which will redirect on the official website: https://www.openhub.net/p/Raptor-Editor

4. Aloha
The above-suggested editor is highly-efficient content editing library. Aloha will allow you to build the editing practices inserted flawlessly in your website application. One of the biggest disadvantages of Aloha is that it still does not support the image adding. However, it is not a huge down turn and therefore it is highly popular and demanded editor on a current market. It also has some highlights, for instance it is a cross browser compatible and MS-Word friendly. It is only 142KB in size and is extremely easily customizable. It also offers the demo version where you can try out Aloha and work with it to better understand the functionality. If you are interested in Aloha or want to gain the demo version, please click on the following link and visit their official website: http://www.alohaeditor.org/

5. TinyMCE
The TinyMCE is an independent platform which is based on JavaScript HTML. It gives you a chance to change HTML text fields or any other HTML elements. You would be able to upload and monitor files on Google Drive, Amazon S3, Dropbox, Microsoft Azure and many more others. TinyMCE obeys the WAI-ARIA requirements therefore is compatible with screen readers like NVDA and JAWS. You would also get selected support if you belong enterprise or own it. It supports more than 40 languages, checks spelling and is MS-Word friendly. It includes the built-in photo editing, live media appending and also shows the robust Cross Browser performance. If you would like to gain more information about the suggested plugin, then please click on the provided link and visit their official website: https://www.tinymce.com/

All of the above-mentioned editors are highly efficient, functional and user friendly. The editors can be used to make your website look and perform better. You can try out the suggested editors with our Free HTML templates and see how they actually function. If you are interested in out Free HTML templates, please visit the following library: https://gridgum.com/themes/category/free/

In this article we decided to present you the 6 best Joomla template extensions. There has been a high interest and demand for them, so we decided to help you out. There are many Joomla extensions on a current market, however not all of them are high quality. Below we will distribute the 5 chosen best Joomla extensions:

1. SP Cookie Consent
The following Joomla plugin is for displaying a legal notice on your website and updating the viewers that the website uses cookies. The HTML tags can be used in the provided text area field. The SP Cookie Consent presents the website cookie and privacy while the viewers visit the website. The user is also able to set a text, links to documents and the custom their colors for notification field. SP Cookie will be updated and will compromise more and more features connected to GDPR law. If you got interested and would like to download it, then please click on the following link: https://www.joomshaper.com/joomla-extensions/cookieconsent

2. SP Medical
The above-mentioned Joomla plugin is a full medical management solution with various features and benefits. The provided powerful Joomla plugin will help you to create a great website for different types of clinics, hospitals, rehabilitation centers, and etc. The SP Medical includes the doctor profiling, cost calculation, search appointment and many other important benefits that are related to medical institutes. In April 2018, the very first SP Medical component was released with JOOMshaper template, but it can also be used independently for your website. Its benefits include department lists with various services and costs, dynamic weekly schedule page of specialist, unique dashboard with brief statistics and overview. If you got interested and would like to see their official website, then please click on the following link: https://www.joomshaper.com/joomla-extensions/sp-medical

3. SP Easy Image Gallery
The suggested Joomla extension which can be used to have a great image gallery slideshow in your website with various functions. It also builds the beautiful albums and provides various systems of SP Easy Image Gallery. In the end it will provide you great experience with stunning image layout and design. The SP Easy Image Gallery Joomla extensions also compromises a lot of options liked Gutter and column managements, thumbnails editing and many more other, responsiveness and multiple album categorizing. If you would like to download the very handful Joomla extension, then please on the provided link: https://www.joomshaper.com/joomla-extensions/sp-easyimagegallery

4. SP Property
The SP Property Joomla extensions will help you to launch a website for the real estate agency by providing the complete system to manage the property related things like property visit timing, agents, the costs and etc. With the suggested plugin you can easily publish and monitor various property data like property locations, property features, neighborhood and etc. There was also released, and Empire Joomla template based on the above-mentioned property. The SP property can be used for any Joomla 3 + website because it fits to any kind of real estate business or agency. If you got interested in the provided Joomla extension, please click on the following link and visit the official website of it: https://www.joomshaper.com/joomla-extensions/sp-property

5. SP Kindergarten
If you plan to have or already have school or kindergarten related website, then it requires a high functional system to monitor and manage the institution specific data. Using the above suggested plugin, one can easily manage all the information like subjects, classes, students, teachers, activities and etc. Managing these data effectively will save you a lot of time and other resources. Even though the SP Kindergarten was originally issued with the specific template it can be used to any of the Joomla theme. The SP Kindergarten has a lot of benefits some of which are the career timeline of different teachers, showcase courses with meticulous information about the school, subjects, teachers and etc. As you have noticed it has a lot of features so if you got interested, please click on the following link: https://www.joomshaper.com/joomla-extensions/sp-kindergarten

6. SP Movie Database
With the SP Movie Database, you can easily create the website which resembles the most popular ones like Rotten Tomato, IMDb, Metacritic, Rolling Stone and many more. The SP Movie Database will also compromise the data for games, advertising campaigns, audiobooks, animations, TV shows, movies and etc. The user will be able to build and monitor the database for the content that is related to actors, directors, movies, media and etc. If you have the commercial website, SP movie Database fits you perfectly because you will be able to add the URL of each provided product. If you got interested in the suggested Joomla Extension, then please click on the following link: https://www.joomshaper.com/joomla-extensions/sp-movie-database

All of These plugins which were mentioned above can be checked and tested in one of our free joomla template which can be downloaded for free from our free website collection here:

We hope that published article will help you to find the best and suitable Joomla template extensions for your websites. Meanwhile we will continue updating you with the newly released Joomla plugins.

Web designers are always searching for photoshop alternatives to edit various images and create authentic layouts. Therefore, we decided to suggest different ways to make perfect website design using different programs or even online free sources. Below one would be able to find five different tools and each of them have distinct purposes and features.

1. Affinity Photo
The above-mentioned tool is the winner of the Apple Mac application of the year and provides the minimum functions that a high-quality image editing product must have. It can be used to alter and retouch the pictures and to create multi-layer parts. The Affinity Photo outperforms all other competitors since it has professional corrections, perfect noise-contraction filter and adjustment tools. Moreover, the retouching options compromise burn, clone, red eye tool, patch, dodge, blemish, liquidity feature and etc. It also includes the HDR emerge, bath processing and panorama snitching. If you got interested in this multifunctional tool, then please click on the following link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/Affinity_Photo/id824183456?mt=12&ign-mpt=uo%3D4

2. GIMP
The GIMP tool provides a powerful image manipulation and the editing can be done online without incurring any costs. One can download the GIMP source code and make it more functional through the other available plugins. The suggested tool is created for high quality image editing which compromises restoration and image retouching. GIMP can also be used to create unique artwork, which is a benefit that is not provided by many other tools. The above-mentioned tool includes various features like color management like Inkscape, Scribus and SwatchBooker. Moreover, GIMP has an ability to build icons and various elements and has tutorial library for easy learning purposes. As you might notice, GIMP has a lot to offer therefore if you are interested, then please click on the provided link: https://www.gimp.org/

3. Pixelmator Pro
The above provided tool is a nondestructive editor which helps you to alter various images and draw them in the application itself. The Pixelmator Pro compromises an auto color adjustments management tool which helps the color changes very simple. The best thing about Pixelmator Pro is that user can export the image for the website without making them shrink. The suggested tool compromises different workflow tools that optimizes your work and makes it more efficient. One of the Pixelmator Pro’s key features is text editing feature, SVG editing and exporting. Moreover, it includes painting tools which make users able to draw anything by hand. The Pixelmator Pro costs approximately 60 US dollars but it also offers the free demo version which can be found here: https://www.pixelmator.com/pro/

4. PicMonkey
The above-mentioned tool is a very popular and demanded online photo editor and re-toucher. Picmonkey provides one of the most complicated structure of features. It has different packages which varies with the benefits and prices. If you would like to have features like export, save, effects, premium retouching, then most probably you will need the pro level package. Moreover, the free version includes the advertisements and premium ones do not. The Pic Monkey is very easy to use to create pictures for social media platforms and applications. It provides user with various features like watermark to make projects fast, simple interface with buttons in browser, filters, overlays and text tools. It also has an ability to build up a great photo collage. As one can notice, PicMonkey has a lot of benefits to offer therefore if you got interested, then please click on the following link: https://www.picmonkey.com/pricing

5. Acorn
Acorn is a nondestructive photo editing software that provides a wide set of tools. The tool creators assure you that the tool includes everything that is needed for professional image editing with power to enhance layer masks and touch up pictures. The Acorn user can get rid of backgrounds, change color patterns, combine images, crop, transform, resize and etc. Even though the Acorn is known as an image editor it also compromises the vector tools and text-on-a-path tool. The suggested tool includes more than hundred effects like drop shadow, sharpening, blurs, vignette, color correction, distortions and etc. Moreover, it can also be used for web exporting and scaling and also for importing the Photoshop brushes. Acorn can also be used for camera RAW image importing and editing. In other words, Acorn has a lot benefits to offer therefore if you are interested in the suggested tool, please click on the following link: https://flyingmeat.com/store/

We hope that the above suggested Photoshop alternatives will help you to create perfect images and design layouts for your website. The visual part of website is the crucial part therefore you will need different tools to achieve desirable results. Each of the provided tools have unique benefits so you just have to choose the suitable one for your needs.

If you create authentic, sophisticated and interesting designs through these editors, then feel free to upload and publish them in the PSD template section which can be found here: https://gridgum.com/themes/category/psd-templates/

UX designers have various responsibilities however there are some obligatory ones like product search, usage of wireframes, product testing, creating of prototypes and etc. As you have noticed, UX designers are loaded with different tasks and therefore are in need of right tools and instruments. In this article, we decided to present to present the 5 most useful tools for UX designers:

1. Woopra
Woopra is UX analytics tools what would help UX designers to understand what functions properly and what is not by employing the benchmarks and clear-cut metrics. The result that Woopra delivers can be extremely helpful since it can easily determine if altering of design would be effective or not before the implementation. Woopra delivers a real time data drive analytics which will allow the user to monitor various segments and channels of the website. Woopra creates the customer segments that are automatically altered as occur the user behavior changes. By employing the created profiles and segments, Woopra users would be able to construct customer, funnel and retention reports. Woopra has different price packages that can be equivalently suitable as to small businesses and huge enterprises. If you are interested in the Woopra tool, then please click on the following link and visit the official website: https://www.woopra.com/

2. SmartLook
The above-mentioned tool can be used for session recordings and heatmapping. The SmartLook tool will assist you to track the whole user sessions like the full customer recordings and also to recognize the user patters with mouse move movements, clicks and activity. In other words, the SmartLook is a tool that will record every movement of the website and application user. It presents how long the viewers have stayed on a page, where they have clicked, the information that they have filled in. SmartLook can also show you what are the reasons of customer dissatisfaction, the problems that they are facing and what purchases they have made. The SmartLook offers different packages and the most expensive one costs 80 euros per month. The fee varies based on the measure of recordings that you would like to have. If you are interested in purchasing the suggested tool, then please follow the provided link and visit the official webpage: https://www.smartlook.com/

3. Helio
The Helio is a visual feedback tool that can be employed to improve the webpage usability. By acquiring the Helio you will be able to have the quick insights about the performance of specific elements, for instance buttons, forms, pictures and etc. UX designers would also be able to identify the errors, bugs and lagged content. Helio, also known as Verify, is a high-quality tool that can be used to gathering and analyzing the website user feedback from screen shots or any other test versions. It works very simply and quickly: it collects the information, observes what people remember the most about design and distributes the brief conclusions. In more simple words, the above-mentioned tool is a perfect way to test the ideas before they are implemented. The pricing of the Helio is very different and customer oriented so everyone can find the suitable package. If you are interested in Helio ad would like to know more about it, then please click on the following link and visit their official website: https://helio.app/

4. Mockplus
It can be very complicated to publish the ideas and opinions correctly as a UX designer and that’s when the Mockplus can be used to facilitate the processes. The Mockplus is a prototyping and Wireframing tool that makes simpler for you to advertise the ideas and reduce the project expenses. Even though Mockplus is computer-based application it can be still used for various platforms which are mobile applications, desktop applications and webpages. The above-mentioned tool is a very easy to use and therefore you will not need any data or technical experience to manage it. The Mockplus offers various price packages, for instance you can one that charges on annual basis 129 US dollars or the unlimited version for 399 US dollars. If you got interested in the suggested tool, then please click on the following link and visit their official website: https://www.mockplus.com/

5. Mopinion
The suggested tool is a feedback analytics software that monitors and analysis the user data in a very meticulous way. Mopinion uses the real-time data visualization via charts and dashboards which assists you to accumulate and analyze the immerse amount of data. Mopinion offers Side-In surveys, Visual and modal feedback and action management capabilities. Moreover, it provides the advanced data visualization with chart filters and editable dashboards. However, the best thing about Mopinion is that it analyzes in depth the text analytics, smart labeling and sentiments. As you have noticed Mopinion has a lot to offer so if you are interested, please click on the following link: https://mopinion.com/

All of the above-mentioned tools can help you to increase the customer satisfaction and make the design more user friendly. If you are interested in the suggested UX design tools, then feel free to try out them with our templates. We have a huge library of various templates that can fit all your needs. If you are interested in free ones, then please follow the provided link: https://gridgum.com/themes/category/free/

But if you are looking for premium website themes, then please visit the following page: https://gridgum.com/themes/

We hope that the provided article would be helpful for you and your website.

We decided to create a series of articles about high quality free stock images. Images are one of the most important part of a website and also social media platforms. Images are always highly demanded because they exhibit more than texts. In other words, every website designer is desperately in need of high quality images all the time. Therefore, we decided to distribute 10 Free Stock Image providers.

1. Foter
Foter is a website where a person can register himself and gain an access to a huge image library. As you are becoming the part of Foter community, you automatically are eligible to access premium royalty-free Stock images. The image library is decomposed by categories which makes search process easier. Moreover, Foter website provides the search button in case you are interested in specifically something. The registration process is extremely easy, you can either Signup with Facebook or by providing the e-mail address. If you got interested in Foter and want to see more, then please click on the following link: https://foter.com

2. Free Range
Free Range Stock was created in order to provide quality stock images for free for non-commercial and commercial use. Free Range receives support through the advertising revenues. The photographers are also receiving the part of the income. The images are from photographer friends or from the community of unique and skilled photographers. In the image library of Free Range, one would always see the high-quality photos. Because after acquiring the image, it is color corrected, sharpened, key-worded and etc. Free Range put a lot of work and therefore delivers the best free stock images. If you would like to see the Free Range stock images, then please follow the provided link: https://freerangestock.com/about_us.php

3. Gratisogaphy
Gratisogprahy provides a wide collection of free stock photos which are created by the world’s best photographers. At the suggested website, one can find creative, full of life, sophisticated and authentic images. The managers of Gratisogprahy are very peaky when it comes about the publishing of images. They only choose ones that are interesting, fresh, original and never seen before. If you want to get the part of Gratisography and acquire the access to the image library, then you should them an email and will get in touch soon. If you are interested in Gratisography, then please click on the following link: https://gratisography.com/about/

4. Magdeleine
Madgeleine is a Free Stock image provider with a huge and wide collection. You can easily get the access to Magdeleine’s library through the online registration that takes up to 3 minutes. After that you are eligible in using various high-quality stock images. You can contribute in the community by submitting your works and they will review them. By visiting the webpage of Magdeleine you will get acquainted to different photographers and their works. If you are interested in Magdeleine, then please click on the provided link: https://magdeleine.co/browse/

5. New Old Stock
The New Old Stock is an amazing website which publishes the vintage images from the public archives and are free of known restrictions. The images at New Old Stock are extremely vivid, lively and recapturing the history. Its operates on various platforms like twitter and tumblr, where you can follow New Old Stock and get the newest captions. The community of suggested provides is huge and covers highly professional photographers. By registering yourself on New Old Stock you automatically gain the access to a diverse and vast image collection. If you would like to look through the New Old Stock images, then please click on the provided link and visit their official webpage: https://nos.twnsnd.co/

6. Bucket Listy
Bucket Listy is a free collection of more than seven thousand images from all around the world which can be employed by anyone. All of the pictures that are provided by the Bucket Listy are taken by the creator of a website therefore in case you need higher definition versions of images, then contact him. The founder of the website it Pete who has been more than seventy countries traveled. He uses Bucket Listy as a blog for his images and helping hand to his users. The distributed pictures are interesting and exotic which can never be found in other places. He keeps traveling and exploring the new places and capturing the new experiences through the images. If you are interested in visiting Pete’s blog, then please click on the following link: https://www.bucketlistly.blog/about-us

7. Pic Jumbo
The Pic Jumbo provides the best of best free images that can be used by anyone. One just has to register himself via providing the e-mail address and personal information. After the registration process one would have the access to a huge library of professional stock images. By providing the email you would be informed about the new FREE Stock images and premium image collections. You will not miss any new thing about Pic Jumbo. The above-mentioned website also provides the Premium Membership package which’s cost is charged on monthly basis. The founder of the website is Viktor, traveler and photographer, who shares the pieces of his experiences and trips. If you are interested in his blog, then please click on the following link: https://picjumbo.com/premium-membership/

8. Picography
The Picography is the online library of gorgeous free stock images which can be used for various purposes. The provided images are presented through the categories which makes the searching process much easier. If you are searching something particular and did not notice something similar in categories, then feel free to use the provided search button. Picography has been sharing the beautiful, sophisticated and interesting images already for more than 3 years. They also accept the submission of the images in case you want to contribute the library of Picography. If you are interested in Picography, then please click on the following link: https://picography.co/

9. Pixabay
Pixabay is an online platform that provides more than 1.4 million free royalty stock images and videos which are shared by the generous community. Pixabay is a lively community of creative artists who share copyright free images and videos. All of the published content is under the CCO (Creative Commons), which means that it is safe to use the image without asking the permission of author. The Pixabay images can be used on any of the social media platforms for instance, Facebook, Instagram and etc. They are also willing to accept the submission and after the review process will notify you about the acceptance. If you got interested in Pixabay, then please click on the following link: https://pixabay.com/

10. Unsplash
Unsplash is another great community of photographers who are willing to share their works with other people for free. Anyone is able to join the community of Unsplash and automatically gain the access to image library. If you visit the website of Unsplash you will be able to look through the various works of different artists. You can search for desired images by using different keywords and hashtags. One would be able to explore the world through the collections of free amazing HD images. If you are interested in Unsplash, then please click on the following link: https://unsplash.com/collections

We hope that the provided article will assist you in finding the right stock images with minimizing the costs. We will provide the second part of the article as well so stay tuned!

We decided to share with you our second part of the article about FREE Stock Photos. In the previous article, we posted the ten best providers of high-quality stock images that are free. In the current one, we would like to share with you 10 more free stock images website in order to broaden your possible options.

Morgue File
The MorgueFile is the place you can get the free images which are created by the best creative photographers. They a post-production file which has more than 350 000 free stock photos which can be used for commercial and non-commercial purposes. To find there the right image is very easy since the catalogue is categorized by hast tags. All you have to is to type in a word which is related to the desired image. In order to gain the access to the wide image library of Morgue File one has to sign up for it. The joining process is simple and very quick, you just have to provide the name, e-mail and location. After successfully finishing the registration process you will gain the confirmation letter through your e-mail. If you are searching the Stock Images, then this is the place to give a visit: https://morguefile.com/quest/1

Pexels
The above-mentioned website provides free stock images which are licensed under the Pexel itself. The searching process for the images is extremely easy since everything is tagged and categorized. Pexel offers thousands of various free high-resolution stock images. All of the images are chosen from the photos are uploaded by users, photographers or other free sources. The Pexel’s mission is to assist thousands of designers, artists, poets, programmers, and others to get the access to such an amazing library. Images will help them to better present their works like books, websites, projects because images are more empowering than words. Anyone can become the part of Pexel’s community and also contribute to the growing image library. So if you want to use their high-quality images for different purposes, then please click on the following link and visit the official website: https://www.pexels.com/

Public Domain Pictures
Public Domain Pictures provides free stock images to use for various purposes which can be commercial or non-commercial. It also provides various products like icons, vectors, textures, mockups and etc. All of the above-mentioned items are provided for free. To gain the access to their libraries one has to go through the registration process. After signing up you will have your own account and be able to upload images as well. You will have also an option to buy the premium stock images which are not traded for free. Your account will have the initial balance of 100 dollars and after wasting it can be refilled anytime by your own financial resources. If you got interested in the suggested website, please click on the following link and visit the official website: https://www.publicdomainpictures.net/en/index.php

SplitShire
SplitShite offers the wide variety of Free Stock Images for commercial and non-commercial uses. Since the SplitShire project has recently launched it just has 988 in their library. However, every image from there is handpicked and posted by the project managers. The offered images were donated by a photographer who for more than 10 years was accumulating images that were taken by him. All of the provided images can be used for commercial purposes since they are licensed under the Splitshire. Anyone who wants to contribute to the beautiful Splitshire library can upload the images. Their only mission is to help the people who are in need of images to share their emotions and stories. If you got interested in the SplitShire, then feel free to visit their official website which can be found here: https://www.splitshire.com/

Stock Photos for Fee
If you are in need of a perfect image for the post, advertisement, website or any other thing, then this is the right place to go. It provides more than 100 000 free stock images which can be used for commercial and non-commercial purposes. The Stock Photos for Free is the best source for stock images and most of it comes from parent websites which are Storyblocks and VideoBlocks. The stock images that will be downloaded come with a royalty-free license that enables users to use them for any time of projects. The license provides the international distribution for an unlimited period of time. If you got interested in Stock Photos for Free, then please click on the provided link: https://www.stockphotosforfree.com/

Stockvault
This is a stock image community where creative photographers and artists post their own artworks from various parts of the world. Stockvault offers hundreds of stock images which are illustrations of places, people, buildings, animals, nature, technology and etc. They also provide the library of free textures like paint, rock, wood, plastic, grunge, dirt, metallic surfaces and backgrounds. Their users can easily download and use Stockvaults wide and eclectic library for one hundred percent free. To search the right image is extremely since everything is categorized and tagged. If you got interested in Stockvault and want to visit the official website, then please click on the following link: https://www.stockvault.net/

Getrefe
The Getrefe offers the real-life images which are royalty-free, high-quality and natural looking images. Its mission is to assist organizations and individual persons to present the ideas in an interesting and creative way. Getrefe also provides the high-resolution photos of people interacting with technology for your project. The image library of Getrefe will help you to easily demonstrate emotions, boost up revenue and conversion rate. High-quality images are always recognized and remembered by customers. Most of the customers are purchasing products for emotional reasons, therefore, you will need the best ones. The Getrefe images are taken by amazing photographers and handpicked by Getrefe’s team. If you got interested in this project, then follow the provided link: http://getrefe.com/

PhotoPin
Photopin assists bloggers to choose the right images for the blog and post them quickly and easily. The process of getting the image is very simple: Search the image, choose one and click the “get photo” and download the image with proper attribution link. PhotoPin uses the Flick API and finds the creative commons images to make people use them for free. Photopin offers not only the FREE Stock Images but also icons, vectors, textures, mockups and all of these without charging anything. All of their rights are reserved and therefore their images can be used for commercial and non-commercial purposes. If you got interested in Photopin, then please click on the following link: http://photopin.com/

Startup Stock Photos
It is a project which has started as an outlet for images that were taken by the photographers regularly. However, after a while, it became more important since many worldwide organizations used their images. The creators of Startup Stock Photo aim to spend time on finding and sharing the interesting and unique images. Everyone can show some support and contribute to their image collection. The project is growing fast and acquiring hundreds of high-resolution images. If you go interested in the Startup Stock Photos, then please click on the following link: http://startupstockphotos.com/

Every Stock Photo
Every Stock Photo is an online search engine for free stock images. Their images come from various sources and are licensed under their terms and can be used for commercial and non-commercial purposes. If you want to know more about the image’s license, then you can click on the license and icon below and read about it. Currently, Every Stock Photo provides more than thirty million free stock images, therefore, one can find everything there. The image search is very easy since everything is categorized and tagged. Since the library that huge it is impossible to not to find the desired image. If you want to see the free stock images, then please click on the provided link and visit the official website: http://www.everystockphoto.com/

We hope that the provided article will be helpful in your current and future choices. Next time we will publish the third and last part of the FREE Stock Image article.

We are getting more and more request about publishing useful information about Bootstrap templates. Therefore, in this article, we decided to publish about Bootstrap extensions which are offered for free and are an absolute must. By using a Bootstrap template, one can launch a highly functional website but there is always a room for improvement. Therefore, Bootstrap users can employ different extensions to make the websites more functional by which making the customers highly satisfied. In this Blog Post, you will see 5 Bootstrap Extensions which will be highly useful to you and your website:

1. Bootstrap Drag and Drop Builder
The bootstrap studio is a very powerful extension which can be used as a builder for the Bootstrap framework. It offers a wide collection of components and tools which can be used for creating responsive layouts. Via Bootstrap Studio one can accelerate website development and check various devices simultaneously. For a month the application is used for free, it is like a trial period but after that, it charges some fees. However, the amount of money that spent on it is totally worthy. Bootstrap Studio can be perceived as a great investment for website developers who use Bootstrap. If you are interested in the provided product, then please click on the following link: https://bootstrapstudio.io/

2. Jasny
There are many collections of Bootstrap plugins that extend the framework with various useful functions. One of those collections is Jasny which is full of valuable interface components that can be used for Bootstrap. It compromises features like input masks, icons, various style forms, file upload buttons and many more other things. Moreover, one has an option either to get the full version of Bootstrap with all the edits included or to get the plugins separately. It is absolutely up to and your needs which option to choose but both of them will deliver the desired outcome. If you got interested in the suggested Bootstrap extension, then please click on the provided link and visit their official website: https://www.jasny.net/bootstrap/index.html

3. Bootstrap LightBox
One can use any jQuery plugin with the Bootstrap template which means that any gallery can work perfectly fine. Bootstrap LightBox is one of those plugins that can be utilized in order to show an image in a lightbox. Moreover, Bootstrap Lightbox includes the carousel as well which makes everything way easier. To get the Bootstrap Lightbox, one has to add the required HTML to the webpage and in the end, you will get a responsive lightbox with an optional caption. Because Bootstrap Lightbox is that simple to use, it is highly demanded on a current market. If you are interested in the suggested Bootstrap Lightbox, then please click on the provide link and visit the official website: http://jbutz.github.io/bootstrap-lightbox/

4. Bootstrap Image Gallery
The above-mentioned Bootstrap extensions is a full pack gallery solution for a website which is powered by Bootstrap. Once you will add the required files in the page, then you automatically receive a grid of images that will open in modal windows. The gallery can also go to the full-screen mode which is absolutely optional. Since Bootstrap Image Gallery has been created quite a while ago, they are offering updates very often. For instance, you can get now the improved version of these extensions that can be used not only in Bootstrap but also for any project that you want. If you are interested in bootstrap Image Gallery and want to acquire more information, then please click on the following link and visit the official website of it: https://blueimp.github.io/Gallery/

5. Bootbox.js
Generally, Bootstrap templates are having a great modal window implementation but those can get better with different Bootstrap extensions. One of those extensions is Bootbox.js, a small JavaScript collection that makes the process of creating Bootstrap dialogs automatic. It builds the required markup for you, therefore, all you have to do is to trigger a bootstrap dialog and by calling a function. Bootbox.js simulates the already built-in dialogs like confirm, prompt and alert. Moreover, the provided Bootstrap extension is free source so everyone can use it without incurring any costs. Therefore, if you got interested in the suggested Bootstrap template, then please click on the following link and get more information about it: http://bootboxjs.com/

We hope that the provided article will assist you in finding the right and high-quality extensions for your websites which are powered by Bootstrap. We know that the current market is full of suggestions and it gets difficult to make a right choice. In the upcoming articles, we will post more information to make your websites highly optimized. So stay tuned!

Meanwhile, you can try out the suggested extensions with our FREE Bootstrap templates which can be found here:

You can try out ever extension, without incurring any cost, to make the right choice.

In this article, we would like to present the best free online courses for Bootstrap learning. Nowadays, most of the websites are powered via Bootstrap and it's extremely crucial to know how to operate it. Bootstrap can deliver various benefits and create a highly functional website. Therefore, if you plan to launch a website through a Bootstrap template, then the provided article is for you. Gridgum has a huge library of Bootstrap templates with authentic, simple and sophisticated design, if you are interested, please click on the following link and visit our library:

We provide Premium and Free Bootstrap templates, one can always begin with free ones to see how they work. They can be found here: https://goo.gl/QC1xQw

After getting decent experience and knowledge, you can switch to Premium ones that have more features and functions.

There are many free online sources that assist people with Bootstrap learning however not all of them are good. When a person is a beginner, it is difficult to understand the technical terminology, so we hand-picked the most explanatory ones.

1. Official Bootstrap 4 Documentation
The official Bootstrap 4 Documentation does not have video tutorial however, we truly believe that is the best source to learn Bootstrap 4. Since the course was generated by the Bootstrap creators, it delivers the most important information and techniques. It is always a good idea to receive the information from the primary source. The course itself is very well written and easily understandable even for people who do not have a solid background in coding or programming. It is the best place to get started with Bootstrap, which is the most popular framework for creating responsive and functional websites. If you got interested in Official Bootstrap 4 Documentation, then please click on the following link and read a detailed article about it: https://getbootstrap.com/docs/4.1/getting-started/introduction/?ref=designrevision.com

2. Neil Rowe’s Bootstrap 4 Course on Scrimba
If you would like to attend the more interactive course, where you can code during the explanation process, then you should check out the above-mentioned online course. It provides various video tutorial and online chat room where a person can ask questions anytime they want. Neil Rowe’s Bootstrap 4 offers four different courses which cover various topics. The course compromise interactive videos which can be watched in less than forty minutes. Even though the course is short, it efficiently covers all of the important details of Bootstrap that web-designers should know. The course structure covers the topics like Navbars, Forms, Cards, Grid System and many other things. If you got interested in Neil Rowe’s Bootstrap 4 Course, then please click on the provided link and visit the official webpage of it: https://scrimba.com/g/gbootstrap4?ref=designrevision.com

3. Brad Hussey’s Bootstrap 4 Course
The course created by Brad Hussey is three-hour long but covers every important step in a meticulous way. The course provides the solid foundation through covering the new elements of Bootstrap 4 and its rudimentary concepts. The best part about the above-mentioned course is that in the end, you would be able to create the custom pages. The course will cover the entire building process of custom pages with detailed explanation and step-by-step guide. The only disadvantage of Brad Hussey’s course is that it uses the Alpha version during the whole process, however, most of the material explained is still valid and widely used. If you are interested in Brad Hussey’s Bootstrap 4 course, please click on the following link and visit the official webpage of it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69nEzHLy_tM&list=PLUoqTnNH-2XyNhhLuYrrmrmV46jVw6RHF

4. Drew Ryan’s Bootstrap 4 course
The course of Drew Ryan offers the process for recreating a simple agency styled page theme from the scratches. The course itself is simple, easily understandable and well organized. It begins with creating the structure of the page and afterward applying all the styles which are needed to edit the appearance and improve the responsiveness. The course provided by Drew Ryan does a great job at explaining how every Bootstrap 4 utility operates. Moreover, he also explains his every action and decision in a very detailed way to justify his actions. If you are interested in Drew Ryan’s courses for Bootstrap, then please click on the following link and visit the official YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cKsq14Kfsw

5. Gary Simon’s Bootstrap 4 course
Gary Simon provides an hour-long crash course for Bootstrap 4 which is designed for beginners who do not have a deep knowledge of programming. Gary Simons begins by covering the set-up process for the basic development environment. The process starts with scratches and moves towards creating a simple but responsive template page. The best part about Gary Simon’s course is the attention and dedication to details of project structure. Th end-product is not focused on visual appearance however it offers the best development practices and great code structure. If you are interested in the above-mentioned course, then please click on the following link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnCmSXCZEpU

We hope that the provided article will help you to start learning the specifics of Bootstrap. The suggested courses are all free so all you need is interest, motivation, and enthusiasm!

Bootstrap templates are very demanded on a current market since they deliver a lot of benefits. One does not have to be a programmer to launch a website through Bootstrap because they are easy to manage. This is the most important reason why most of the websites are powered by Bootstrap. However, if you are a beginner and have never worked with Bootstrap, you will need a guide to learn how it operates. Therefore, we decided to share with one of the best Bootstrap learning video tutorials. There are many free sources from which can be learned the basics of Bootstrap however not all of them are equally good. In this article, we will outline the handpicked 5 best Bootstrap video tutorials.

1. Brad Hussey
With the help of Bad Hussey’s video tutorials, one can easily start learning the basics of Bootstrap. Video tutorial explains how to download and install the Bootstrap and how to start using a SASS CSS extension. Brad Hussey explains how to build a responsive website within couples of steps with three different template examples. The videos are short (only 15 minutes) and easy to watch. Brad Hussey offers thirteen different videos which are very detailed and easily understandable. If you are interested in Brad Hussey free Bootstrap video tutorials, then please click on the following link: https://www.bradhussey.ca/learn-bootstrap-4-free-coding-tutorial/

2. Sam Norton
Sam Norton started with various articles and blog posts which were explaining the basics of Bootstrap in a detailed manner. However, recently he launched a video tutorial that covers the same topics however in a more meticulous way. Video tutorials better for explaining and teaching especially when it is about how to build a website via Bootstrap. Sam Norton’s videos are about basic markups, grids, jumbotron, typography and many other things that are necessary to create a one-page template. One can use both, articles and video tutorials to enhance the knowledge about Bootstrap. Video tutorials can be watched after reading the articles so that the process of creation makes more sense. If you are interested in Sam Norton’s teaching method, then please click on the following link: https://designmodo.com/bootstrap-4-tutorial/

3. Michael Szymanski
The video tutorial from Michael Scymanski covers examples of practical use of Bootstrap 4 on various projects like a landing page, admin dashboard, corporate website, automated website application and etc. He also explains in depth many other useful things like Git, Gulp, PHP, and SASS. The video tutorials will assist you to get familiar with the project layout, various website elements, features, and benefits. He will also teach you how to add some useful functionalities to a website, for instance, advanced navigations design, push notifications, the creation of scoring algorithm, components initialization, Bootstrap modals and etc. As you might notice the video tutorials cover almost every important aspect of Bootstrap, therefore if you are interested in it, please click on the given link: https://mdbootstrap.com/bootstrap-tutorial/

4. Free Code Camp
The video tutorials of Free Code Camp were created with the help of the Bootstrap itself. Free Code Camp provides a thorough list of written lessons with various examples on how to start with Bootstrap and how to build a landing page. The video tutorials cover many different aspects of Bootstrap, like typography, markups, grids, jumbotron and etc. They also provide examples that are highly interactive to you can try them as well during the learning process. If you want to take a look at Free Code Camp video tutorials, then please click on the provided link and visit their official website: https://medium.freecodecamp.org/learn-bootstrap-4-in-30-minute-by-building-a-landing-page-website-guide-for-beginners-f64e03833f33

5. Microsoft
Microsoft offers a free course which can be extremely useful for those who want to enrich their CVs with certificates as it offers one however not for free. If you want to start the online course, you have to register online and create an account. The video tutorials are covering many important aspects of Bootstrap. At the end of the course, you can take a test to check the acquired knowledge. All of the provide modules are for free and there are no lags that can slow down the learning process. If you want to attend the Microsoft course and get the certificate, then please click on the provided link: https://www.edx.org/course/introduction-to-bootstrap-a-tutorial-0

6. Alison (also provided by Microsoft)
The above-mentioned online course is quite packed and needs at least 2 hours of studying per week. If you are up for this course, then be prepared for online lectures, readings, and written assignments. However, at the end of the course, you will be able to implement Bootstrap, its components, and themes, on existing websites. You will also have the written assessments, live discussions with the teacher and other students which will create the studying environment. If you are interested in Alison, please click on the following link and visit the official website: https://alison.com/course/introduction-to-responsive-design-using-bootstrap

As you understand, there are many online video tutorials that can help you to master the Bootstrap. Therefore, if you want to build a website that is powered by the Bootstrap, you know where to start. We hope that the provided article will help you to answer your questions!

With help of internet and free online courses people can learn anything including how to code. There are many free video tutorials that show you step by step how to build a website with various programs. In this article, we decided to present you five free online courses that teach the basic level of HTML. Of course, the online courses cannot give the thorough and ultimate knowledge of HTML coding, but it can create the solid foundation of basic level knowledge. The Internet is burdened with different HTML courses but of course not all of them equally good, therefore we handpicked for you the best of best. The five HTML courses are:

1. CodeAcademy
It is one of the most popular online platforms that offer HTML courses and teaches it step-by-step. The screen of your computer is divided into two parts, one of it reflects the results of your coding process. Everything in it is automated and therefore it is very easy to enhance the knowledge through the learning process. However, Code Academy cannot provide you with a certificate that proves the course accomplishment. In our opinion, the Code Academy is a good place to start but not enough if you want to pursue the career of a programmer. The most, of the teachings provided by Code Academy, is theoretical however in coding the practical part has equal significance. If you are interested in Code Academy, then feel free to click on the provided link and visit their official webpage: https://www.codecademy.com/

2. General Assembly Dash
The above-mentioned platform offers the free HTML projects for beginners. The best thing about General Assembly Dash is that it is based on a real-world application and makes you build websites with the real application rather than with theoretical concepts. Moreover, once you will accomplish all the levels and tasks provided by the GAD, you will receive the certificate that acknowledges your skills and knowledge. However, the projects provided by GAD are still simple and elementary level and the higher levels are offered for a fee. As for the starter, the General Assembly Dash is the best place to give a visit. If you are interested in GAD, then please click on the following link: https://dash.generalassemb.ly/

3. Lynda
The online platform Lynda offers hundreds of courses on different topics. It provides a couple of FREE HTML video tutorial, however, If you sign up for them you will receive a full access to their video tutorial gallery. One can also sign up for a premium membership in order to acquire an access to the project files. Moreover, Lynda has also a mobile application which makes the learning process more practical and comfortable. Unfortunately. Lynda’s premium membership can be granted through the payment of a small fee. However, once you purchase the membership, you will get the whole access to their videos and projects. If you are interested in Lynda, please click on the following link and visit their official website: https://www.lynda.com/

4. Team TreeHouse
Team TreeHouse resembles a lot the online platform Lynda. They provide some HTML courses for free but for the whole package, there is a small fee. However, it also differs from Lynda, in a way that it provides quizzes, test, online workspace and delivered content is more focused on website development. Team TreeHouse also has its own forum where students can ask questions about any matter. Unfortunately, by accomplishing the Team Tree House one will not get any certificate except the gained experience and knowledge. And some students also complain that provided quizzes and tests are far too complicated. If you want to learn more about Team TreeHouse, then please click on the following link: Team TreeHouse

5. W3Schools
The above mentioned online platform is a free source open book, so all of the lessons are available for free. Moreover, if you want to get a certificate after successfully accomplishing the courses you can get one, by incurring a small cost of 95 US dollars. W3Schools is always upgrading their content and try to keep up with technological developments in coding and programming. Therefore, the new content is added at a very high pace. However, the W3 School is also for beginners, if you want to get professional, then you should search for other courses. If you are interested in W3Schools, then please click on the provided link and visit their official webpage: https://www.w3schools.com/

We hope that the provided article will help you to start learning the basics of HTML. After gaining some experience and knowledge, you can test the acquired skills through our HTML templates which can be found here: https://gridgum.com/themes/category/bootstrap-themes/

If you do not want to incur any costs, visit our library of FREE HTML themes, which can be found here: https://gridgum.com/themes/category/free/

More than 15 years Java is one of the best programming languages and creates tough competition for the other languages. Programmers who have a deep knowledge of Java never face the unemployment issues since they are highly demanded. Moreover, most of the current applications are created through it which increases the demand even more. Java is extremely flexible, extensible and system modular programming language, therefore in this article will be presented the several free sources for mastering the Java. Nowadays, there are various sources that can be used to learn Java, however, not all of them are equally good. In this article is outlined the 5 best Java online courses which are available for free:

1. Coursera
Coursera is one of the most popular online platforms for free online courses in which the Java programming is also included. The best thing about Coursera is that the videos are available in various languages like English, German, Russian, French, Spanish, Chinese and etc. If none of the provided languages is your native, then one can also use the subtitles. There you can find various courses like Java for Android, Java Fundamentals, Java for advanced levels and etc. The video content is created in a very meticulous way and covers all of the important aspects. If you are interested in Java and want to learn it from Coursera, then please click on the provided link: Java Programming

2. Code Academy
If you have never learned Java before and are on a beginner level, then the Code Academy is the best place to start from. Code Academy offers free Java programming courses where one can learn the basic and fundamental elements of it. During the study process, you will work on seven different projects which also compromises the process of creating a calculator. As it was mentioned above, the syllabus covers various aspects like data structures, object-oriented programming, control flow, and conditionals. Code Academy offers a lot without requiring anything in return, therefore it is one of the best study platforms for Java. If you are interested in Code Academy, then please click on the following link and visit the official webpage: CodeAcademy

3. Learn Java
Learn Java is an online learning platform that can be accessed without installing anything on your computer but rather by directly opening the website through the browser. Learn Java offers the various interactive tutorial that compromises short and efficient exercises to learn Java from scratch. The offered video tutorials have very detailed content and cover the basics of Java. The language that is used in video tutorials is very easy to understand since they are designed for beginners. However, if you already have some knowledge of Java and want to deepen it, Learn Java also offers the advanced courses. If you want to learn more about Learn Java and its content, then feel free to visit the official website which can be found here: https://www.learnjavaonline.org/

4. Udemy
The above mentioned online platform is one of the biggest ones that cover various programming languages including Java. Udemy offers more than fifty different Java programming online courses. If you are willing to incur a small cost of 10 US dollars, then the number of available courses will increase up to seven hundred. Udemy has an extremely user-friendly layout which allows it’s users to organize courses based on various criteria like languages, level of difficulty, test availabilities and etc. The video provided video tutorials are in various languages like English, Russian, Spanish, Turkish, German, French and etc. Moreover, videos come with subtitles so that it is easier to understand the content. If you are interested in Udemy, please click on the provided link which will redirect you to the official website: https://www.udemy.com/

5. Skillshare
With Skillshare one can learn Java programming for free and acquire new skills through classes that are provided by professional coders. If you have a time constraint, you can organize courses by length and choose the ones that are shortest in duration. Each course comes with users’ feedback and therefore it is easy to distinguish which is good quality and which not. In Skillshare you can watch not only videos but also do the practical exercises which will develop your Java programming skills. If you want to gain more information about Skillshare, then please click on the provided link and visit its official website: https://www.skillshare.com/

We hope that offered article will help you to choose the right Java programming course that covers all of the relevant and useful information. By learning the Java language, one can generate various interesting products like applications and become more competitive on the job market. So if you want to start with Java, then check out the provided free source learning platforms.

In this article, we decided to share with you the very functional WordPress plugin that can be used to create websites very easily. It does not matter whether you are a programmer or beginner, you will be able to create an amazing website with the help of this tool. You would be able to create web pages within the minutes without writing any code.

The WP page builder is offered for free and is fully front-end based tool with various interesting options.

For example, with WP page builder one, can go beyond the imagination and create some stunning designs, creative layouts and a lot of design elements like design blocks, shape dividers and etc. Moreover, WP Page is very fast and takes much less time than all the other counterpart tools to build very authentic and functional website. It does not take any time for a command to be executed and to build web pages in it. WP Page builder also grants you with an independence since you do not have to hire any designer or developer to create a professional website. All you have to do is to use all the available functions of a tool and utilize them in an efficient way.

With the help of WP Page builder, one can edit the website on the front end and examine the output in reality. One can easily use the ready elements, build complex layouts and offer various styles to a website within the short period of time. It is extremely easy to edit any website design with the drag and drop feature which is incorporated in WP Page builder.

As it was mentioned above when one uses the WP Page builder there is no need to write any line of the code. The brad and drop function will relieve anyone from writing the codes because all of the instruments are already incorporated in the tool.

The best thing about WP Page builder is that it can be employed by anyone with any educational background. In other words, it does not matter whether you are a developer, programmer, beginner, WP Page builder can be helpful for anyone.

The pages that are created through the above-mentioned tool can be accessed by any device like mobile phones, personal computers, laptops, tablets and etc. WP Page builder offers 100 percent responsive layout and mesmerizing webpage design. No matter what quantity of rows and columns one will use on each page, it will still not cause any problems with responsiveness.

With the help of WP Page builder, you can also easily create the typography of a website and edit the colors within the minutes. The tool compromises more than 350 IconFont line icons and more than 650 Font Awesome icons that are available to create authentic, modern and simple typography for a website. Moreover, the WP Page builder includes hundreds of amazingly designed ready to use template pages. In other words, using the WP Page builder you do not have to start from your scratch to build the website page. You simply have to choose the already built template page and edit it in your own way. The WordPress tool will not only help you to edit and create web pages easily, but it will also help you to use various section elements. The WP Page builder offers a wide range of ready elements which will help to accelerate the website building process. One can save time by dragging and dropping the ready elements instead of creating them through coding. WP Page builder also offers a huge collection of add-ons which are needed for designing text boxes, contact areas, images, icons, buttons, pricing tables and many other things.

As you might have recognized, the WP Page builder has a lot of benefits to offer and it an absolute must have it. Acquiring the WP Page builder should not also create a problem since it comes at free of cost. The basic elements of the suggested tool come for free however additional functions like ready blocks, add-ons, library system, predesigned templates come usually with a price. However, by acquiring the WP Page builder you will also be able to place the WordPress widgets on any section of a website. The above-mentioned tool makes real every opportunity to have a successful, functional and high-quality website. If you are interested in and want to get more information, please click on the provided link: https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-pagebuilder/

The installation process of the WP Page builder has minimum requirements which are:

• PHP version 5.4.0. or greater

• MySQL version 5.0. or greater

If you fulfill the requirements, then automatic installation will do the work. One can start the automatic installation of WP Page Builder through securely logging in the WordPress Dashboard. This will open up a page which shows all the available plugins for WordPress including the WP Page Builder.

If you want to test the WP Page builder and see how it works, then please use our free WordPress templates that can be found here: https://gridgum.com/themes/category/free/wordpress-templates/

We have a very rich collection of WordPress templates, some of which are free for download and some of which are Premium (Professional). In case you are interested in premium WordPress templates which can deliver more benefits, then please click on the provided link and visit our library of premium WordPress themes: https://gridgum.com/themes/category/wordpress/

In case of a huge interest, we will also offer the video tutorial on how to install the plugin and how it can be used and what benefits it brings. Therefore, if you got interested, write a comment about this article!

This article is dedicated to a very popular WordPress Plugin Gutenberg which is employed by most of the web designer. Gutenberg is the editor that can build a new-page and post-building experience that makes the post writing less complicated and more exciting. Gutenberg is more than just an editor, it can revise the layouts that were not changed for more than ten years or to create a modern editing experience and set up a foundation for future plans. Most of the other editors just take into consideration the content field, however, Gutenberg looks at the whole editing screen. Below are stared a couple of the most important reasons to choose Gutenberg:

• 1. Gutenberg assists to unify various interfaces and adding on top of that the existing interface then we would get more complexity and thoroughness.
• 2. By revising the existing interface, one can modernize the writing style, publishing strategies, editing and etc. The changes can bring more usable and simple content to both new and long-term users.
• 3. If single block interface takes the center page, then it will demonstrate a vivid path for web designers to build the premium blocks which will be superior to both the short-codes and widgets.
• 4. Taking into a full screen gives us a chance to drastically develop the foundation and be more eager to get the JavaScript-powered future that wholly leverages the WordPress REST API.

You might have a question what blocks are? Well, Blocks are the unified version of what now is covered in various ways, via shot codes, widgets, post formats, theme options, embeds, custom post types, formatting elements, meta boxes and etc. Blocks demonstrate how functional WordPress is and what it is capable of with consistent customer experience.

As an example, imagine an employee block that a user can move to the About Us section to present automatically name, image and a short biography. So, in other words, the block is like a huge universe that covers various WordPress plugins altogether. Blocks compromise different menus and widgets which are extremely simplified. The blocks can assist people to create authentic, beautiful, interesting and modern posts.

The posts that are edited through Gutenberg are backward compatible and with functioning shortcodes. Web developers are trying to explore how widely created meta boxes can be accommodated in order to extend the functionality of various blocks. They want to resume writing and publishing user-friendly and also to find a good solution for highly tailored websites.

Gutenberg has three different planned stages:

• 1. The first one is created for inclusion in WordPress 5.0 and concentrates on the implementation of blocks and post editing experience. In other words, the initial phase focuses on the content first.
• 2. In the second stage, there is a use of blocks which will allow its users to focus more on how the content will look like without eliminating other configuration possibilities.
• 3. The first two stages are essential to make the third one successful. The two above-mentioned stages will page the pathway for the third and final one.

Gutenberg is a huge change because it delivers the insurance that existing meta boxes and shortcodes will always work. Ultimately, Gutenberg will open up some new interesting opportunities for plugin and template developers to better serve the users.

Gutenberg is a free source which means that everyone can get it without incurring any costs. Moreover, it has been translated into more than 30 locales, thanks to contributions of translators. If you are also interested in browsing the code, then you should check out the SVN repository or through RSS subscribe to the development log.

As it was mentioned previously, Gutenberg is more than an editor because the project ultimately will affect the whole publishing style including the customization. Therefore, if you are interested in Gutenberg and want to learn more about, then please click on the following link: https://wordpress.org/plugins/gutenberg/

Acquiring Gutenberg is pretty easy, one just has to click on the Download button and install it on a personal computer. You can explore Gutenberg by using our WordPress templates which can be found here: https://gridgum.com/themes/category/wordpress/ Our WordPress catalog is divided into FREE and Premium themes and it is entirely up to you which one you will choose.

We think that the Gutenberg is one the best -functioning WordPress plugins and therefore do not hesitate to use it!

Bootstrap 3 and Bootstrap 4?

Bootstrap has been very popular since its date of creation (August 2011) because of its distinctive features and benefits. It has a loyal audience who has been using it since the very first release of all times. It has been the highly simplified syntax that can be understood by anyone who has a basic knowledge of HTML and CSS.

The most recent release was in the year of 2016, July with Bootstrap version of 3.3.7, however, its only preview was released as a beta version of beta 4.0 in August 2017. Publishing of new version shows that Bootstrap has been putting a lot of effort into developing its product and delivering the best outcomes. The best thing about Bootstrap is that it has not eliminated its older product (Bootstrap 3) from the market, however, there are more intense developments for Bootstrap 4.

Many people have the most repetitive questions, for example, which version is better and what are the differences between them. Most of the stakeholders are interested in how to employ these versions and which one to learn. Therefore, in this article, we decided to share with the most important differences between these two versions.

What really has changed?

Navigation and Appearance:

The navigation component of Bootstrap 4 has been extremely simplified. It only requires creating a fresh list of elements with the help of nav base class. Moreover, there are some new extensions like nav-item class, navigation bar with various styles, nav-link class and etc.

Even though the appearance of Bootstrap has not changed that much still there are significant changes in the font size, background color, and primary context color. Additionally, it has become more lightweight since it has stopped cooperation with Glyphicons. However, this change now requires the manual integration with some new alternative. Furthermore, Bootstrap 4 has been using the enhanced version of Normalize.css so-called Reboot, to give all the HTML elements the consistent appearance.

Grid System:

Compared to Bootstrap 3, the new version puts much more emphasis on customization, for instance, it has a new grid system which made possible to enjoy the presence of up to five grid tiers. Therefore, users can easily say that Bootstrap 4 grants an access to an upgraded grid system.

Flexbox and Form Control

The major change that has to be underlined is the appearance of Flexbox: the layout model that creates the complex layouts very easily. Flexbox can be employed to scale various elements and operate sophisticated alignment capabilities, not only horizontal but also vertical. Moreover, Bootstrap 4 also provides an upgrade form of control. It makes possible to deal with shifting input controls and their presence on various browsers. The newer version of form control provides custom forms as well, for example, radio inputs, and custom checkboxes.

Pagination and Plugins:

In Bootstrap 3, the so-called pagination component was built through the pagination class to any existing UL element. However, the newer version requires from its users to indicate pagination and link the items via page-item and page-link classes.

As for plugins in Bootstrap 3, the extensions were categorized into file including style rules and JavaScript files. Even though there are no major changes in Bootstrap 4 regarding that matter, there are new rules which are created through SASS. The plugins are available via global jQuery object since the javascript files compromise the jQuery part.

Browser Support and Utility Classes:

The best thing about Bootstrap 4 is that it is compatible with various browsers like Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Opera, Safari and etc.

Furthermore, in Bootstrap 4 the new utility classes have been added without damaging any functionality. The new utility classes are responsive floats, responsive embedding, and responsive text alignment classes. The newly included additions allow the users to change the alignment of text, flotation of elements and measurement of the aspect ratio of embedded media.

From our point of view, the newer version of Bootstrap (Bootstrap 4) has better features and can deliver more benefits. One of the biggest achievements of Bootstrap 4 is that it has moved to flexbox. The latter change has to be underlined since it has brought many other benefits like new XLI grid tier, navbar customization options, new spacing utilities, responsive sizing, auto margins, vertical centering, responsive floats and etc.

If you are interested in how the Bootstrap actually works, feel free to visit our rich collection of Bootstrap templates, that can be found here: https://gridgum.com/themes/category/bootstrap-themes/

Some of the provided templates are offered for free of charge which gives you a chance to try the new product without incurring any costs. If you still have not tried the Bootstrap template, then this is your chance and do not miss it!

In this article, we would like to present you the brand-new tool on the current market, HAIKU which is the designed instrument for the animated user interfaces which are created for the real applications. To put it simply you can imagine HAIKU to build creative UI components, snap them into existing codebases like Android, iOS, Web and etc. The design can always be edited through your design tools and with the help of developers.

For HAIKU it does not matter what you are using the existing tools, text editor or both, it still can be able to assist you in building the product in a right way.

HAIKU team is constantly developing the product and trying to make suitable for various software. Recently, they have launched the HAIKU for Mac, motion design and UI-building and to make the HAIKU core the free-source. Moreover, the HAIKU render, and design code component format is available for free public preview as well. The HAIKU has solid corporate principles and culture which is guided through one unique sentence: Sharing is Caring. Therefore, they try to make their products free source and assist web designers with the creation of unique and sophisticated designs.

So, the question of why animation?

HAIKU’s core services are designing and building the applications, however, they decided to integrate the motion designing as well. The animation is one of the most important building blocks of web or app design, customers are used to it and easily notice if it’s missing. Even though the animation is universal, it was only created (for software) only twenty-five years ago.

There is no shortage of prototyping tools and designers can easily communicate toe developers to make the code the “genuine thing”. HAIKU can generate the code that will give the starting point to developers, however, we should take into consideration that none of the designing tools can make it till the finish line.

HAIKU also believes that to be an independent UI designer one has to know the hot code. However, approximately eighteen months ago they decided to create a platform where designers and developers would be able to collaborate easily. Unfortunately, the platform is not perfectly functional and is still under the development, but customers can still use the HAIKU and preview it which is completely free.

Today, you can use HAIKU to create animations, interactive components and afterward integrate them in any website or application. Moreover, using LOTTIE, one can also build animations for iOS and Android applications. HAIKU creates an opportunity for designers to monitor their creations with Git which is powered by GitLab and afterward deliver the design components to developers via the HAIKU CLI.

These are the features that one would be able to find in HAIKU:

• • Multi-nested components
• • Richer animation features
• • Layouts
• • Checkboxes, text boxes and etc.
• • Team collaboration features
• • Drawing tools, support for Illustrator and Photoshop

AS it was mentioned above HAIKU is free however they also offer the premium version. If you employ the FREE version, then you would be able to:

• • To access the unlimited Public Projects that are posted on HAIKU
• • Code Export (Angular, Vue, iOS, Android, React)
• • Project files while being offline
• • GIF Export (Medium Quality)
• • Open Source core (File Format)
• • Drawing tool integration (Adobe Illustrator, Figma, Sketch)

As you might notice there are various features that FREE HAIKU deliver and there are more which are not listed here. Therefore, if you are looking for sophisticated tools for creating the animations, then the HAIKU should definitely be your choice.

However, HAIKU also has the premium package which is even richer and delivers more benefits and better quality. For instance, one can access the unlimited private projects on the cloud which is shared and stored. Moreover, HAIKU pro delivers the full offline support for the users and also GIF export which is very high quality. The price for HAIKU pro is pretty moderate, it is 19 US dollars on monthly basis. However, if you want to pay annually, you can contact HAIKU and negotiate the price.

Even though HAIKU is the new product on a market, it is still popular among the designers and most of them are highly satisfied by provided services. We hope that the provided article will help you to create unique, sophisticated and modern animations and interesting website or application layouts.

If you are interested in HAIKU and want to learn more about how it works, please click on the following link and visit their official website: https://www.haiku.ai/

WordPress template is the best strategy to build a sophisticated, highly functional and modern website without incurring a lot of resources which can be financial and non-financial. WordPress has been very popular on a current market because it can deliver various features with requirement small investment. Therefore, many users are interested in above-mentioned templates and want to learn more about it. Since the internet has unlimited space there are emerging more and more providers of WordPress themes. On the one hand, it seems that tougher the competition better will be the delivered product. However, it makes more difficult to distinguish from these providers, the high quality and trustworthy ones. So, we decided to share with you through this article the 6 best WordPress themes providers on a current market:

1. Gridgum

It is the marketplace for various responsive and high-quality templates which can be used to launch a website within a short period of time. Gridgum’s main goal is to create and deliver the best collection of various themes like WordPress, Bootstrap, Admin templates and many more. Gridgum offers different packages of templates, for example, they have the FREE templates which can be downloaded without incurring any costs and also the premium version which is traded for a decent price. Moreover, Gridgum is very user-friendly and therefore offers various video tutorial to answer the customers’ questions fully. Pricing of templates vary a lot (depends on the functionality of template) and starts from 7 US dollars. The grid has a very rich library and anyone can find the best matching template. If you are interested in Gridgum and want to learn more about its WordPress templates, then please click on the following link: https://gridgum.com/

2. Themify

Themify has been existing for a quite long time and has earned a place among the best-established WordPress templates providers. More than 70 000 customers trust Themify and use its services to create beautiful and sophisticated websites. The above-mentioned website offers various templates which have simple but authentic design and can be used for different purposes. Moreover, Themify also offers the Themify Builder which is an intuitive Drag&Drop WordPress page creator. The best thing about Themify Builder is that It is integrated with most of Themify’s WordPress templates. The pricing packages are very flexible so that anyone’s expectations can be met. For example, one can buy one theme (additionally one FREE theme) for 49 US dollar or access all the themes and various plugins with one-year support for 79 US dollars. Moreover, for 249 US dollars, one can access the Themify template library with unlimited time. If you are interested in Themify, please click on the provided link and visit their official website: https://themify.me/

3. Elegant Themes

It is one of the older and popular WordPress template providers. Elegant Themes has been operating in a market for more than a decade and definitely know their job. Elegant themes have a wide library of templates that can be employed by a various business which operate in different industries. Moreover, if you purchase the WordPress template from Elegant Themes, you will gain an access to Divi Builder, which is one of the best WordPress Drag&Drop page builders on an entire market. If the users are not fully satisfied with the functions of WordPress themes, then the provider will also offer the wide range of plugins that will create additional features. Elegant Themes offers two different price packages: 1. For 89 US dollars, you will acquire one-year access to the template library and support of updates. 2. For 249 US dollars, you will get the unlimited access to the template library and plugins as well. If you got interested in Elegant Themes, then please click on the following link and learn more about it: https://www.elegantthemes.com/

4. StudioPress

It is one of the most popular commercial WordPress templates providers on a current market. All their products are created through the Genesis theme framework, which is appreciated by most of the WordPress developers because it delivers rock-solid performance high-quality code script. Moreover, StudioPress compromises Genesis child templates which are built by third-party developers. However, the quality is the same since they hand-picked by the creators of StudioPress. StudioPress is the most expensive template provide when compared to other ones. The packages start from 129 US Dollars which grants its users the aces to detailed tutorials and unlimited updates. One can also purchase the Plus Membership which costs around 500 US dollars and grants the full and unlimited access to the WordPress templates. If you are interested in StudioPress, then please click on the following link and visit their official website: https://my.studiopress.com/themes/

5. Array Themes

Array Themes provides a sophisticated library of WordPress templates. The most distinctive feature of Array Themes’ WordPress templates is that all of them come with beautiful typography which looks equally great on various devices and screen sizes. The portfolio templates have a detailed design and are also available for WooCommerce as well, enabling you to handle the products by yourself. Array Themes is more or less a new member of WordPress template providers, however already proved itself and gained the place on a current market.

You can purchase a single template for 49 US dollars or join their template club for only 89 US dollars gain access for one year with the support of updates. If you are interested in Array themes and want to learn more about it, please click on the following link and visit their official website: https://arraythemes.com/?ref=30

Designing the website or application is not only about creating the right layout but also the quality of the platform itself. One should make sure that website functions fast, processes information delinquently and operate without any bugs. Therefore, in this article, we decided to share with you the four best platforms with various developer tools which will help you to build a high -quality website that would be liked by any user.

1. GITHUB

GitHub has been the most popular place for developers and people who are in constant search for improving their product. Therefore, GitHub tries to stay at the top and spends a lot of effort in improving and developing their offerings. For instance, lately, their introduced Topics which allows people to tag the reports based on type or technology. Moreover, they also announced the option to limit the review dismissals with secure branches. GITHUB also has its own platform where thousands of developers, all over the world, gather and work together on various projects. Most of the tools that are used nowadays by many developers and designers were created or originated with the help of GITHUB. There is no doubt that GITHUB will continue to dominate the current market and act as the glue for many of the tools. If you are in a search of various plugins, then GITHUB is definitely a place to give the visit. If you want to learn more about GITHUB, please click on the following and take a look at the official webpage: https://github.com/?ref=stackshare

2. DOCKER

Approximately four years ago was created DOCKER and since then it has been gaining more and more recognition among the developer and web designers. Recently, in March of 2017, there was the introduction of DOCKER Enterprise Edition and DOCKER 17.06 Community Edition. DOCKER provides its users with freedom of choice, agile operations, and integrated container security for legacy and cloud-based applications. DOCKER assists its users to exploit their potential via granting the developers and IT the freedom to create, operate and secure the business-critical applications without the risk of infrastructure lock-in. DOCKER combines its container engine technology with world-class services and enables the users to bring the classic and cloud-based applications into the more automated and safe supply chain. DOCKER is very popular on the current market since it boosts up the productivity and decreases the need of various resources which can be financial and non-financial. If you are interested in DOCKER and want to learn more about it, please click on the provided link: https://www.docker.com/

3. JENKINS

There has been the continuous integration and deployment of this continuity and JENKINS is one of the leaders of the following movement. It is one of the most popular open-source automated server, which provides various of the plugin to support the development and creation of any project. Because JENKINS is an extendable automated server, it can be used as a simple CI server or transformed into the delivery hub for various projects. To install JENKINS is extremely easy since it is self-contained, a Java-based program with packages for Mac OS X, Windows and for other operating systems. JENKINS can be set up also very easily and configured without facing any problems. Since it has thousands of plugins in the Update Center, it can be integrated within minutes to any tool in the continuous integration and continuous delivery toolchain. Moreover, JENKINS can be extended through its plugin architecture, giving almost infinite options of JENKINS abilities. As you might have noticed, JENKINS provides a lot of benefits and definitely is worthy of a visit. If you want to learn more about JENKINS, then please click on the following and visit the official website: https://jenkins.io/

4. GITLAB

GITLAB is the most direct competitor to GITHUB and tries to use most of its resources the bit the latter. For instance, GITLAB announced a twenty million US Dollar Series C round in October to position itself as a stronger player than GITHUB and to climb the top of a mountain. Its main motto is to spend more time writing the code and less time maintaining the toolchain. GITLAB offers project planning, code management, and process monitoring. GITLAB is a single application for the whole Development lifecycle and makes the software lifecycle two hundred percent faster. By employing the GITLAB, one can be highly efficient, by working concurrently and without having any handoffs. GITLAB makes its users highly confident with developing and operating via simplified user management, secure compliance and expedite auditing. It really is a single application, which compromises all the stages and steps of the development lifecycle for various products, QA Security, Development, Security and etc.

If you are interested in GITLAB and want to learn more about it, then please click on the following link and visit the official website: https://about.gitlab.com/

We hope that provided article will be helpful in your decision-making process and you will find useful the suggested platforms. Meanwhile, we will keep sharing important information for web designing and development!

In this article, we would like to present you one of the best WordPress templates that can be used for various reasons. All of them are hand-picked by the Gridgum team and exhibit a sophisticated design. The list covers five different WordPress themes that cover various business industries. All of them are pretty popular among the Gridgum users and therefore we decided to present you as well:

5. WordPress Driving School Theme
The following template can be used for the companies and businesses which own the Driving Schools. The suggested WordPress template can be acquired in order to launch a highly modern and sophisticated website. The provided template has a responsive background slideshow with HD images which are also included in the package. The design of the website will be fully responsive and will be adjusted to any screen size. Moreover, it has an animated menu, various Social network logos like Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and etc. Moreover, the template is created in such a way that enables to add plugins and widgets. In other words, by buying this template you will have a high-quality website with a potential for frequent updates. If you are interested in the following WordPress theme, then please follow the provided link: https://gridgum.com/themes/driving-school-wordpress-template/

4. Internet Radio Station WordPress theme
The provided template is the Black and White Radio theme which is quite popular in our marketplace. The template can be purchased by people who would like to share their music, thought and news to anyone who is online. It amazingly surprising how easily one can launch an online radio station by just acquiring WordPress template. This is one of the biggest reasons why WordPress themes are these popular because they are easy to use. They come with Content Management System which can be used to manage the template and its design. Employing CMS is extremely since it does not require any knowledge of coding. The suggested template has a very modern and cool design that would be appreciated by the website users. Therefore, if you got interested in the following template, then please click on the provided link: https://gridgum.com/themes/wordpress-radio-theme/

3. Black and White WordPress Template
The above-mentioned WordPress theme is extremely popular among WordPress users because of its neat, modern and simple design. Moreover, the design of the WordPress template is provided with two different background colors: black and white versions. The template can be used by companies, individuals, businesses, and enterprises who operate in various industries. The Black and White template comes with CMS which makes extremely easy to manage the website. Through CMS can be altered design based on your preferences, taste, and wishes. Managing the CMS can be done by anyone who knows how to use a computer. However, if you have never worked with WordPress theme and would like to have some kind of assistance, then we would like to offer an installation service for only 10 US dollars. The template would be compatible with various browsers like Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Mozilla, Safari, Opera and etc. Therefore, if you got interested, then please click on the following link: https://gridgum.com/themes/black-and-white-labels-wordpress-themes/