Why I use WordPress as CMS?

If you think WordPress is yet another blogging platform, take a quick look at other pages of iogoos.com (right from the homepage). Do you really think we could do this with  “Just-Another-Blogging-Software”? Absolutely not!!

Custom Pages, Custom Widgets, Photo Galleries, Portfolio, eCommerce! What, out of these, and even more hasn’t been set up using WordPress.

Only recently, I updated my portfolio with more websites that I had finished, which were not under non-disclosure policy. After adding these projects in my portfolio, I realized that in accomplishing 90% of my work, WordPress plays the role of a CMS. With all the work done so far I am amazed by just how much of its capability I have discovered and how much of it is still unknown to me. Here are a few things that my clients ask when I recommend using WordPress, even for static websites, and what I’ve to say to back my recommendation.

Is it easy to use?

It is The Most Robust and Feature-Filled Platform, which is not only easy to use, but also, very much user friendly. So far all my clients are really happy with the decision to use WordPress as a backend. Moreover, WordPress.tv has made our lives much easier. I refer my clients to this website to learn the features and backend functionality while I am busy creating the best solutions for their requirements.

I need a blog as well…

I guess everyone has realized the value of blogging for their personal and professional web presence by now and most of my clients ask for a blogging platform with a unique and custom website design. It’s really easy to create a few custom pages within WordPress, rather than, creating a WordPress theme that matches the website design. And its really easy to embed WordPress features on these static web pages.

What about Search Engine Optimization?

I am pretty sure you are not new to this term and would want your website to be listed in top search results. With WordPress, you can use plugins like All in One SEO Pack, just to name some, that does most of the work without user intervention. SEO is a wide topic and there’s a lot that needs to be done to achieve good search engine rankings. However, a WordPress installation with a few plugins can help you get there without much hard work. You might want to check a few posts I have written on search engine optimization.

What all WordPress can do?

Honestly, I can’t deny that after using WordPress I haven’t even cared to search for any other CMS. WordPress is an amazing platform which can be customized to create Personal websites, Portfolio, e-Commerce, Galleries and Photo Blogs, Magazine or News websites, Article Libraries and a lot more. If you are comfortable with custom functions and template tags you can actually do wonders with just a single custom WordPress theme.

I don’t know programming?

While creating websites for my clients, I make sure they don’t have to spend their valuable time learning xHTML/CSS to update their websites. I have taken WordPress customization to next level where it provides a separate section in admin area to update the front end of our custom themes. It also has WYSIWYG capabilities where you can update and stylize the content which is not a part of WordPress post or page.

Moreover, these custom functions don’t save any data in core WordPress database tables (wp_options) so there’s no chance it won’t work with any other plugins and features.

Here’s a screenshot of Custom Theme Options I provide to make my client’s life a bit easier.

Theme settings

That’s not all, to add a few more features in the list…

  • WordPress is Free and Opensource
  • WordPress is easy to install and upgrade
  • WordPress is standard compliant
  • WordPress is Popular (CNET, Ford, ZDNET and various other popular sites has used WordPress as a CMS)
  • Free support from a vibrant and amazing community of developers and contributors
  • Huge amount of documentation is available
  • Plugins are available for almost everything you can think of

I bet no other CMS can compete with this master piece. If you are using WordPress as CMS please drop your website links in comments. Don’t try to spam as a very powerful spam protection plugin (Akismet) comes with its default installation 😀

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An easy way to create Loading Bar!

“People count up the faults of those who keep them waiting”
Seems like I kept them busy decoding this loading bar 😀

Recently, while browsing I landed on a page on StackOverflow.com where people were discussing how I implemented this loading bar on www.iogoos.com I could sense a lot of confusion in the discussion so thought I would take the mystery out as I love to share best practices. Here’s how you can create a loading bar in a few steps…

Things You’ll Need

  1. A nice loading image: If you are good at creating animated GIF images that are nice, otherwise you can create a loading image with this cool Ajax Loading Gif Generator.
  2. jQuery: We are creating this loading bar using jQuery so download the jQuery latest version here.

jQuery Code within <head>..</head> tags

<script type=text/javascript src=jquery.js></script>
<script type=text/javascript>
$(window).load(function(){
      $("#loading").hide();
})
</script>

HTML Code within <body>..</body>tags

<div id="loading">
    Loading content, please wait..
    <img src=loading.gif alt="loading.." />
</div>

Make sure you add this code just below the starting <body> tag so it should be downloaded first.

CSS Code for loading DIV

#loading {
    position:absolute;
    width:300px;
    top:50px;
    left:50%;
    margin-left:-150px;
    text-align:center;
    padding: 10px;
    font:bold 11px Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
    background: #222222;
    color: #ffffff;
}

Use your imagination and create something nice & unique.

Your comment, suggestion, and feedback are highly appreciated. There’s more to come to stay tuned…

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An easy way to create a light-box with jQuery & CSS

As you already know that I’ve been working on improving the performance of my website and I needed a simple solution to create a light-box effect for Live-Chat on this website. I had many options to choose from available jQuery plug-ins however, the idea was to optimize the code with minimal use of heavy third-party scripts and CSS. Moreover, the only thing I needed was a light-box effect without any other functionality.

So I created the light-box effect with a few lines of code using CSS and jQuery.

Let’s start coding 🙂

xHTML Code

Place this code within <body></body> tags where ever you like.

<a id="show-panel" href="#">Show Panel</a>
<div id="lightbox-panel">
<h2>Lightbox Panel</h2>
You can add any valid content here.
<p align=center><a id="close-panel" href="#">Close this window</a></p>

</div>
<!-- /lightbox-panel -->
<div id="lightbox"></div>
<!-- /lightbox -->

The first line of the above code is a link with id “show-panel” which will display the “light-box” and the “lightbox-panel” DIVs, similarly, on line 7 we have a link with ID “close-panel” to hide these DIVs. This will be handled by jQuery of course.

#lightbox-panel will hold the content to be displayed and #lightbox will add a transparent background behind our content panel. Let’s write some CSS code to stylize these two DIVs before we add the functionality to our links with jQuery.

CSS Code

You can add this code within the document’s <head></head> tag or in any linked style sheet.

* /Lightbox background */
#lightbox {
  display:none;
  background:#000000;
  opacity:0.9;
  filter:alpha(opacity=90);
  position:absolute;
  top:0px;
  left:0px;
  min-width:100%;
  min-height:100%;
  z-index:1000;
}
/* Lightbox panel with some content */
#lightbox-panel {
  display:none;
  position:fixed;
  top:100px;
  left:50%;
  margin-left:-200px;
  width:400px;
  background:#FFFFFF;
  padding:10px 15px 10px 15px;
  border:2px solid #CCCCCC;
  z-index:1001;
}

Note: The z-index value for #lightbox-panel should be greater than the z-index value of #lightbox to display it above the transparent background and both should have the property display as none so they should not show up by default or if the users have Javascript disabled in their browsers.

Let’s put some life to our code with jQuery.

jQuery Code

You can add this code within the document’s <head></head> tag and we are done.

$(document).ready(function(){
  $("a#show-panel").click(function(){
    $("#lightbox, #lightbox-panel").fadeIn(300);
  });
    $("a#close-panel").click(function(){
    $("#lightbox, #lightbox-panel").fadeOut(300);
  })
});

Pretty simple, huh!!

Could it get easier than this?

Once you click the link with ID “show-panel” it will display both the DIVs with some nice fade effect and if you click the link with ID “close-panel” it will hide these DIVs.

I hope you enjoyed this little trick to create the simple light-box effect with CSS and jQuery You are most welcome to share your inputs and code in the comments below.

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CSS3 Animation – Stylish Links and other HTML elements

Links, Links, Links!! That’s what we have all over the internet. On our website and blog posts, we have a lot of links to point a user to another page. Today I will share a small trick to stylize the links with CSS3 Animation. That’s what I’ve used on this website and you can apply the same as well to change the link color with style on hover.

CSS3 Animation

With CSS3 animation, we can add some effects when changing from one style to another without using any flash or javascript. We will use CSS animation transition to add some cool effects to the anchor tags.

How it works

CSS3 transition effects let an element gradually change from one style to another. To do this we must specify two things:

Specify the CSS property we want to add an effect too.
Specify the duration of the effect.
Optionally we can specify “transition-timing-function” which is set to “ease” by default however, we can use any of these.

 linear|ease|ease-in|ease-out|ease-in-out

Now let us play with CSS3 Animation transition

HTML Code

<a href="#" title="" > CSS3 Animation - Color </a>
<a href="#" title="" > CSS3 Animation - Background Color </a>
<div > Change Width </div>

CSS Code

.color-animation{
	color: blue;
	-webkit-transition: color 1s ease;
	-moz-transition: color 1s ease;
	-o-transition: color 1s ease;
	-ms-transition: color 1s ease;
	transition: color 1s ease;
}
.color-animation:hover{
	color: red;
	-webkit-transition: color 1s ease;
	-moz-transition: color 1s ease;
	-o-transition: color 1s ease;
	-ms-transition: color 1s ease;
	transition: color 1s ease;
}
.background-animation{
	background: blue !important;
	color: white !important;
	-webkit-transition: background 1s ease;
	-moz-transition: background 1s ease;
	-o-transition: background 1s ease;
	-ms-transition: background 1s ease;
	transition: background 1s ease;
}
.background-animation:hover{
	background: red !important;
	color: white !important;
	-webkit-transition: background 1s ease;
	-moz-transition: background 1s ease;
	-o-transition: background 1s ease;
	-ms-transition: background 1s ease;
	transition: background 1s ease;
}
.change-width{
	width: 150px;
	background: #444;
	color: #fff;
	margin: 20px auto;
	padding: 10px;
	-webkit-transition: width 1s ease;
	-moz-transition: width 1s ease;
	-o-transition: width 1s ease;
	-ms-transition: width 1s ease;
	transition: width 1s ease;
}
.change-width:hover{
	width: 350px;
	-webkit-transition: width 1s ease;
	-moz-transition: width 1s ease;
	-o-transition: width 1s ease;
	-ms-transition: width 1s ease;
	transition: width 1s ease;
}

Try this code on a blank HTML page and add the CSS either within ... tags or in your stylesheet. Play around a bit with the CSS to understand the CSS3 Animation transition and create some cool effects for your website links and other block-level elements. Feel free to discuss this further in the comments. You can also contact IOGOOS Solution to build Website Animation Services.

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Website Design Services Trend that Must be Followed

In today’s world, technological innovation happens in a short amount of time. The use of the online platform, as well as expanding visual aspects and upgrades. Today, not only SEO Experts are leading the way in terms of innovation, but website designing services appear to be providing useful high technology resources to help them enhance their businesses.

User experience has advanced considerably over the years and has risen exponentially. This industry now comprises a number of innovative tools and strategies that customers want to use to improve their industries.

Let’s check what the new web design services techniques have entered into the world of website designing:

 

Scrolling

Because no one wants to fix their attention on a casual swipe all the time, scrolling pretty damn comes with a deep understanding of a page. As a result, the trendiest and most popular style in web design is a scroll that is maintained to a minimum. A brief duration of browsing, on the other hand, is ideal for quickly capturing all of the available points. Today, many long-scrolling websites have been converted to use the short-scrolling technique!

 

Card Design

The card-styled layout is more appealing to people nowadays. Pinterest was the first to use this design. Card-styled page layouts make new waves in the online design world, and they’re also compact and convenient because they present information in little chunks. The cards appear to be content containers since they express information in the shape of a rectangle, allowing consumers to quickly grasp the idea.

 

Attractiveness

It is critical to make your page visually appealing in order to capture the attention of visitors. The use of high-definition visuals in web pages is the latest technological trend. Adding the piece of information and making use of photographs is also becoming more significant, and has been identified as the year’s fastest-rising trend. In addition, emphasizing the pattern with clearer and stronger hues in various forms such as typefaces, images, and animations substantially improves attractiveness.

Iconography

It is not new for web design companies to include icons on their websites, but it has become increasingly common in recent years. Now, site designers from website designing services are experimenting with a variety of large-sized icons in SVG formats, making the page look more appealing and inviting.

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Animation that buzzes

The majority of today’s websites are almost expressive and imaginary. It will be quite difficult until you can tell the difference between actual and animated shapes. As we all know, web design is continually evolving, making it possible to change the website’s structure according to the preferences and needs of users. In website designing services, visual also includes the task of producing graphics that appears to be real but is not.

Designs that are responsive

It has become a necessary component of making your website design responsive. Engaging web pages are thought to fulfill the objective of developing a link between users and your company in the world of website designing services. You may provide value to the end-user by using these types of sites. Small notifications, email alerts, or a light beep are all examples designed to evaluate that can help users connect not just with your brand but also with the gadget.

Font rendering

Font Typo is efficiently heading in this direction, thanks to the reduced interfaces. Vivid, strong, and massive typography is truly ruling the web design this year since its visual appeal blends in nicely with other aspects on the page. It also has the function of communicating with visitors more specifically and making the message more understandable.

Developing Design in Small Sections

Instead of developing the complete page, professional web designers are now adopting the practice of partitioning design into discrete modules and components. These little modules outline how the site’s navigation will work and how the search function will work. It has emerged as one of the year’s most popular industry trends, to which web designers are progressively reacting.

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IoT and Web Design Services: A High Performing Combination

“Change is the law of nature” …

This saying is true and applicable to all things in the current scenario. Remain up-to-date with all the new changes has become very important. Internet of Things (IoT) is one such smart technology that has become the need of every sector and every product. Moreover, IoT describes smart and well-connected devices that flawlessly operate and allow things to exchange data. As well it also facilitates people with on-demand information continuously. IoT has formed a strong bond between the real and virtual worlds. And amusingly, web design services are also being associated with the trending IoT technology. While talking about the importance of IoT for web design, there are several aspects that should be considered.

So How Do IoT and Website Design Services Are Connected?

Before understanding the connection between IoT and web design, it is a must to know about Graphical User Interface (GUI). GUI is basically a visual way of interacting with a computer using various elements. Buttons, windows, and icons are examples of such elements. These elements are specially used to make the machine more accessible to everyday users.

IoT thus plays a significant role in making web experience creative and interactive for users. It assists people with all the information they need and demand. Indeed, it helps all those who want captivating websites by entering into the realm of web development. The implications of IoT for SEO are also very vast.

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Role of IoT in Web Designing

A clean interface with more accessible communication is the need of time. Briefly, the web design should be straightforward to adapt across different smart devices. And this, in turn, has a strong connection with IoT. Here are the main peculiarities of IoT and the various ways in which it affects web designing and internet marketing services.

1.     Robust Back End Communication –

The strong and robust back-end architecture is another necessity. An excellent backend accepts & transmits data and assists users to communicate with the device flawlessly.

2.     Intuitive User Interface – 

The first and foremost important thing is to have a fast, clean, and interactive layout. Hiring experts from the best website designing company ensures the design inclusions are meaningful and maintain logical workflow.

3.     Reliability & Speed –

Connecting the requests with IoT has changed the entire scenario. It is helpful to pass the data to the cloud. And the connected devices then allow users to communicate efficiently.

4.     Privacy –

One of the risks associated with IoT is privacy attacks. With no security measures taken to protect the design, it becomes more vulnerable to attacks by hackers. Thus, it becomes essential to take all security measures.

5.     Management of the Power –

IoT devices generally run on a battery. This means the battery can exhaust whenever the communication exceeds the limit. Thus, it becomes necessary to strategize the design to make less power usage.

After knowing the role of IoT in web design services, it becomes essential to find a way to achieve this. Taking expert solutions from the best SEO Services Company and web designing agency is a profitable option. They have extensive knowledge in the development and formulation of the interactive platform for your IoT devices.

Advantages of Getting IoT in Web Designing Services –

  • Enhanced Communication – IoT enhances communication among the physical device with complete transparency.
  • Automation and Control – With the use of IoT, devices can communicate with each other in a digitally automated & controlled manner.
  • Better Decision-Making – It also provides the correct information and knowledge that helps in making the right decisions.
  • Monitoring – Furthermore, exact information also assists in monitoring the expiration of anything that improves safety as well.
  • Technical Ease – This technology offers technical comfort that increases convenience and better management.

The IoT and its association with web design services have a long way to go. One can foresee the miracles of this connection over the years to come.

How can Best Website Design help you to get More Business?

You can compare a website with the plant’s roots. As the root holds the whole plant to the ground and provides all the required nutrition and promotes the growth, in the same sense having the best-designed website work as root for your business which connects you with the world of the Internet and provides business. A successfully designed website will help to keep your business alive and establish it on the internet. This will attract more and more visitors and increase sales, visibility, and growth of your organization.

So, in simple lines, you need to have a website with a solid base and best designs so that you can open the doors of the internet for your business.  Hiring a professional website design company or custom website design company can help you to achieve this goal.

IoGoos Solution is a web design company and understands the importance of having SEO friendly website designs. A well-designed website provides benefits for your business:

Branding – With the help of good designs, your website creates a positive impression among your visitors and helps in building your brand image.

Increase in Conversation rate – It is not always possible for clients to visit your office for all deals, here your website is the platform which should be perfect to convert a visitor into a client and provide all relative information’s.

Online Marketing –  You need to not advertise yourself on TV or paper pamphlets. Your website can work as a promotion engine for your business.

Now, let us talk about how to build a website that should be perfect in all aspects:

Web Design Services in India – The Digital face of any Company

It can be compared to your drawing room which is the most important area of your home which should be perfect and well managed whenever any guest comes in. Just in the same way, the homepage of any website should be the center of the masterpiece. When any user searches for your product, they may land up on another page, but the overall look of the site is judged by the great looks of the website homepage and your web design company should focus on such things.

When the visitor comes on your website and they face trouble in finding what they need (maybe contact us section, or about the company, services, social media connections, or anything), the first thing will happen is that they will leave. Later they may say to others the same thing. Take an example of Flipkart & Amazon: Flipkart is much easier to use & well managed as compare with Amazon. We as being a creative web design company have knowledge of it. When it comes to designing a company website following things should be kept in mind:

  •  The homepage should answer “Who We Are? What We Do?  & What Can You Do Here?”.
  • It should be designed by taking the targeted customers’ groups in mind.
  • Website Homepage Design must be able to compel visitors so that they stick around.
  • The homepage should be mobile optimized.
  • Call to action feature should be there which tells the user what should be his or her next step to connect with you or buy any product.
  • It shouldn’t always be the same… The website Homepage must be in continuous change as per the specific occasion. Like in Diwali, Holi or Eid it should have some touch of that festival to make it more live and attractive
  • Your website should be up to the market standards and build trust, communicate your organization values and navigate users for the next step.
  • You must use the right colors & images, perfect layout, whitespace, and other necessary elements to make it more user-friendly & beautiful.
  • By adding a website travel guide you can help users to understand about features and sections of your website.
  • Until the market doesn’t know about your website, it is of no use. It is a must to promote your website so that you can start getting traffic. Use methods of SEO, pay per click (PPC) or social media marketing to see fast and best results. Online Promotion should be an essential part of your business from the beginning.

IoGoos Solution offers the top web design services in India & can help you to design the best website with the perfect homepage which can hold your visitors and convert them to customers.

User-Centric Website Designing

If you are looking for website designing and want to make it as per your specific targeted audience with the best looks, you should adopt the best UI/ UX designers to provide the best user experience.

UI and UX are not the same things but yes, they are interconnected and approx. same in nature. This use to check if your website is built by considering the user-centric environment. They are tools that help in designing a beautiful masterpiece, provide easy navigation to visitors & high functionality of your website. This attracts more and more visitors from your targeted market area towards your webpage and holds visitors for a longer duration by encouraging them to visit one page to another.

While creating UX designs, one should focus on sections like layout creation for menu and homepage, allocating buttons positions, providing easy navigation, shopping cart usability, and other website related tools that visitors may need. Later for more encouragement of users, UI designers provide a simple and interacting interface so that your website can easily communicate with the user. It referees to the uses of visually appealing and contains sections like buttons, links, and other tools.

IoGoos Solution is an affordable website design company that can help you to build a successful Web Design Services.

7 checklist – How to know if your website need redesign?

1. Do you like to see it fresh?

Redesigning your website at an interval of a few weeks/months makes your visitor feel more fresh and attractive. How would you feel having the same food again and again? Didn’t like, the same goes here with users. They want to see something different and unique every time when they come to your website. (Website Design Company)

2. How to make a website

With the change in technology, people are also changing their ways to use the internet. There was a time when a website was used only on desktop, but know traffic is moving to different modes. Mobile phones are playing a huge role in this change. Smartphone users are increasingly turning to their mobile devices to access the web, and without a mobile site, your business is missing out on a large consumer base

Companies should create a website that works on every device and provides a good view. Web developers and website Builders should focus on cool website designs to acetract clicks.

For your users to maneuver through your website, you need to constantly update and adapt. Top e-commerce website developers are continuously checking and making changes on their website so that whenever you come, you see something new and feel fresh…!!

3. The homepage is your first impression.

Your home page is like your drawing room which defines a complete overview of your company. What makes a good landing page is most important in order to get visitors’ attention.

The Focus should be on Simplicity on the website. Putting so much information in one place forever makes a user feel confused and bored. It is just like you are in the storeroom which has all the old stuff in an unorganized way. Asking visitors to take the pain in searching for one information on your website can make them frustrated and the last click on your page.

4. Errors and Slow Loading.

How you feel when you click on a website and it takes too long to get load? Today we do not have that much to see that loading circle. If a user encounters a slower website, they won’t stick around. Take a look at your site from your visitors’ point of view (use different browsers, as this can also be the issue). You must have heard to use some websites on Internet Explorer only or on Mozilla. If your website also needs only a specific browser to work, it means it should be redesign in proper form.

5. Affordable website design

India is growing in the IT and computing technology market. Now it has the best web development services available at a very fair price. You can easily get your website redesign on timely bases to avoid any issue or downtime of your website with a professional website design company.

Also, giving your website redesign to some company is like giving your all business data. Before such transfer, companies should verify with the web development company.

6. Always up to date with your Branding

The reason why this step is important so that everything designed will be consistent and showcase your company as envisioned. Make sure that all your brand logo, color, and language, fonts are accurate. Aligning specific button colors with particular stages gives consistency across the site that can clarify your user journey and improve their experience.

7. Important of the small business website redesign

Small business groups can use the website to enhance their chances to earn more profit. Selling goods online is easy and dose does not require a big setup. Making changes in design will make users believe that there is someone who is taking care of the webpage and will help me out in case of need. There are many best website designing companies is available in the market for such changes and provide website development services.

The Final Conclusion – In the 21st century, a good design, updated, and secure website can be an hour key to doing business. Also, it’s time to adopt a mobile-friendly website too.

It is quite possible that you don’t know even if your website needs to be updated or redesign. See all these points we have just discussed and don’t wait, before clicks on your website go down, get it fixed.

Trying something out of the box which makes the visitor feel their importance for your business. Just don’t end up making pages’ so heavy?

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