Here are the top 10 most used colour schemes from the Adobe Color CC website, up to November 2015: (my favourites are: Flat UI, Aspirin C, and 1944 Mustang)
WordPress Runs 25% Of All Websites – October 2015
The continuing survey of content management system (CMS) usage by survey site W3Techs shows that, as of October 2015, WordPress powers 25% of all the websites in the world, up from 20% two years ago. The company monitors over 300 different CMS’s and of those, WordPress has a 58.7% market share. The closest competitor – Joomla […]
Use Special Characters In The WordPress Visual Editor
Ever need the symbol for trademark or copyright, or ever wanted to throw in an omega symbol for no good reason? Ω Yes, exactly. Well, all you need to do is click this button of the visual editor’s second button bar: and you get this handy popup window with all kinds of special characters. Just click the one […]
Make Sure Credit Card Logos Are Displayed
If you accept credit cards, check that you’re displaying the logos for those cards on your website. The logos don’t need to be large or in too prominent a place, but make sure visitors can’t miss seeing them. Here’s a handy tool for generating a graphic containing virtually any credit card or payment logo. You just tell […]
This Email Is Not a Domain Renewal Notice
If you receive an email like the one below, it’s not a domain name renewal so delete it immediately and don’t click on anything. I’ve had clients asking about this and I’ve been flooded with them in fall 2015. It does everything to make it look like an official domain name renewal notice – I’ve highlighted some of […]
Making Visitors Click Too Much?
Site speed is one factor that sends visitors running, but another is having to click too many times to get what they need. Check your site to make sure the good stuff isn’t more than a click away. Here are some situations to watch for: Unnecessary “entry” pages. These are pages with no navigation except […]
Credit Card Logo Generator
Here’s a handy tool for generating a graphic containing virtually any credit card or payment logo courtesy of Merchant Equipment Store. Just tell it the height of the graphic and which logos to include. By default the image will have a transparent background, but you can specify a colour (do you really want to limit where you can […]
The List Post
Website visitors love lists. And for good reason: they make information or entertainment easy to digest. So it makes sense to write some of your blog posts as lists. Here are some titles as examples: Five Ways to Make Tax Time Easier Eight Customer Service Lessons The Walking Dead Can Teach You The Top Ten Ways To Protect […]
Check There is a Photo of Yourself On Your Website
Make sure there is at least one photo of you on key pages of your website such as: About, Home, and Contact. At the very least, have on on the About page. It’s important because people respond positively to photos in all sorts of ways and in the case of your own photo it’s part of building […]
Making Multiple Printed Coupons More Trackable
I was visiting a plumbing website the other day and on the home page I saw this offer of various printable coupons. When you click the link at the bottom you get a PDF with all the coupons, which you then print, cut out the one(s) you want, and then present when you buy a service. […]
Mention Your Domain Name On Your Voice Mail
Most of us dislike being sent to voice mail or waiting on hold, but one of the ways you can improve the experience for customers and clients is to give them your website address. Hopefully your website can provide them with the answers they need or at the very least they’ll have another way of getting […]