Designing for the internet, crafting user interfaces, interaction and the entire gamut of User Experience is a rapidly evolving set of skills that a select few have mastery over. Through our web design articles here, we aim to give you inputs from experts, analysis of the latest UI/UX trends, tips and hacks, web design news articles,videos from web design events, how-to’s, tools & more to help you deliver outstanding design to your customers.
The aim of our web design blogs is to equip you with design know-how and derive inspiration from fantastic execution of the basic principles to tackle challenges you may face in your everyday work.
If you’ve been spending time comparing your website to the sleek, new designs of your competitors, you might be wondering if it’s time for a complete website do-over of your own. It sometimes seems easier to completely redo a site than to spend weeks altering the small details for an overall improvement. Web designers and developers might even encourage you to start from scratch with a whole new design, but don’t immediately drop thousands of…
Einstein quoted, “If I had one hour to save the world, I would spend 55 minutes to define the problem and only 5 minutes to find a solution.” The above quote very much states the difficulty a customer service agent goes through a typical day. Most agents lack the necessary skills to interpret a customer’s problem, and as a result, end up giving suggestions and solutions that the customer is not looking for in the…
Muriel Rukeyser was right when she said – “The universe is made of stories, not of atoms”. In our day-to-day lives, we consume a steady stream of stories – be it while reading a book, listening to a colleague explain a business concept, or even while watching an advertisement. There’s a reason why humankind chose to use stories and illustrations to pass on knowledge; even during times before language made its debut. But why build…
Do you have a highly trafficked site but aren’t getting enough sales of your web development services? Are customers clicking through your emails but failing to commit to your service? Identifying problems in your customer acquisition starts with analyzing your sales funnel and redesigning it based on what strategies are most effective. Having a well-designed sales funnel means taking a holistic view of each stage of the process, not putting all of your energy into…
In the highly competitive digital sphere, providing the best user experiences is the key to building lasting relationships with customers. And a big part of doing so has to do with interaction design. Below, we will discuss the concept of interaction design, the value it brings to businesses, and tips on how to implement good interaction design. What is Interaction Design? Interaction Design refers to the relationship between a user and a product or service.…
Creating a blog which one can use for affiliate marketing is a simple way to make money right at home. No specific experience is needed, but there are several rules one should follow to improve the chances of success. Affiliate Marketing to Make Your Writing More Profitable Sharing your experiences and thoughts is now easier than ever. You might think that a blog is just a way to tell people about your interests and maybe…
Wireframes and flowcharts are often the first things UX designers use when spinning their magic. When designing web pages, a wireframe is used to convey the basic layout of the page, with clear demarcations for what goes where. Flowcharts are immensely useful at describing user task flows and back-end processes, depicting the detailed path the web page will take depending on the user input. Together, these deliverables map the user experience journey in terms of…
WordPress really is the Holy Grail of the internet. Over 32% of websites are powered by the script. The downside or really, the upside to WordPress is that it allows customization to the T. Web professionals can use thousands of plugins to customize their WordPress experience to fit exactly what they need and want from the script. For e-commerce website owners, one of the most popular plugins to do this on WordPress is WooCommerce. Read…
For the last few decades, design in all its types and forms made a fantastic twist. Traditionally, it was about beauty and aesthetics. But somewhere around the 2000s, design started to become a primary motor of innovation. Today, it’s not only about making things look nice, but also about the way of thinking and working. In fact, design principles became so appealing that people started to use them as guiding points for transforming organizations. This…
Back in 2015, an Ericsson study forecasted that by 2020 70 per cent of the world’s population will be smartphone users. Three years later, it appears the study’s findings still ring true, as 51 per cent of the total global internet traffic now comes from mobile devices. It may seem like a natural progression for users, but for designers, this further highlights the importance of embracing a mobile-first website design. And although there is an…
