Touted as one of the web design trends of 2018, Brutalism has been growing in popularity. So what is Brutalism and where did it come from? What is Brutalist design? The word “Brutalism” comes from the French word béton brut which translates to “raw”. ‘Brutalism web design has its roots in architectural design. In the 40s and 50s, post World War II, much of Europe was rebuilding after the great destruction that rampaged the cities.…
I’ve been a writer for over 15 years and a blogger for about 6 of those years. Yet, while it’s great to write online and share my writing with my friends and family (basically, anyone with the link), I’m aware that my content reaches only a limited audience. Mainly because: 1) My blog was not easily discoverable online 2) Without a shared link, the web address of my blog was not easily remembered Cut to…
Redesigning is a big effort. The intent of redesign could be to improve content, design, product offerings, etc. to make your website more user-friendly, all in the effort to encourage more hits. However, while the purpose of redesign is to improve traffic or user experience or both, your website could actually see a decline in traffic right after the redesign. Although traffic drops after redesign is a general trend, a drop greater than 10% is…
Google will be updating the Chrome web browser to Google Chrome 68 this July to explicitly flag websites that are secure and not secure. We’ve covered this in a blog post earlier but let’s take a deeper look. How does this impact your business? Web security has always been important and through the updated Chrome browser, Google aims to create a safer environment on the web. How? By flagging Not Secure websites. This could definitely…
.DESIGN is an nTLD that’s perfect for design professionals, interior designers, websites, UX & graphic designers, etc. For people in such professions, a domain name ending with a .DESIGN extension looks professional on a business card or a flyer. The domain extension is unique, therefore making your customers’ domain name memorable. .DESIGN is already in use by premier organizations such as Facebook (facebook.design) and Airbnb (airbnb.design) to display their design work. While these two organizations…
Influencer marketing is everywhere. Brands are using influencers on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter & all sorts of social media platforms. The original influencer marketing dates back to television ads (yes, I talk about it like I talk about dinosaurs). Influencers (back in the day) were celebrities in advertisements. Shah Rukh Khan for Lux, Saif Ali Khan for Lays, Roger Federer for Rolex, to name a few. Today, influencer marketing is not restricted to television. Neither is…
The .GLOBAL domain extension is one that transcends geographic boundaries to bring people together and take brands across borders. The .GLOBAL TLD is perfect for small businesses, start-ups and just about any brand reaching out to a global audience. Nothing says ‘Worldwide’ like a .GLOBAL! It’s limitless, borderless & non-discriminatory. For you as a domain reseller, .GLOBAL is great for your customers’ brand to be viewed as international & therefore is a fantastic investment. Today,…
Last month marked 14 years since Gmail came into existence. Funny story – when Gmail was announced to the public on 1st April, 2004 not only did it arouse skepticism from those in the industry (owing to Google’s popular April Fools’ Day pranks), but it didn’t even have the infrastructure required to provide millions of users with reliable service. However, Gmail quickly became a force to reckon with. Its popularity threw competitors Yahoo and Hotmail…
After writing about GDPR and Themes, Plugins and Logos I’m back to writing about my favourite subject – design. Today I’m excited to write about best practices for designing dialogs to improve UX. Let me first spend a little time talking about what a dialog is. What is a dialog? The dialog in design is a prompt or an overlay that requires the user to interact with it to make an action. An example of…
We’ve got some good news! We’re glad to announce the launch of Themes, Plugins and Logos on the ResellerClub platform! If you’ve been following us for a year or so, you’re probably familiar with our vision to make ResellerClub a marketplace for web professionals. In keeping with that vision, we’ve launched multiple products on our platform like branded hosting, G Suite by Google, Weebly etc. Themes, Plugins and Logos are our newest addition to the…