Pinterest is a pinboard-style social photo sharing website that allows users to create and manage theme-based image collections such as events, interests, hobbies and more. Users can browse other pinboards for inspiration, ‘re-pin’ images to their own collections and/or ‘like’ photos. It’s pretty amazing, but there’s some great tools and apps available that can add even more to the experience, across desktop and mobile. Below is a collection of some best pinterest tools and apps.
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13 Best Pinterest Tools And Apps
Web design: New Trends and Techniques
The Internet is a fast-changing virtual world and, as technology continues to advance from year to year, web design trends and techniques continue to change. In order to succeed with any online venture, it is essential for web designers to keep in pace with these trends. Following are some of the major current trends in the web design industry today.
Neuro Web Design: Tips and Techniques
Does your website have a stickiness factor? While most websites are built to attract customers to a business – providing the information necessary to do business with them – many may or may not contain an underlying strategy necessary to convert more sales. A recent phenomenon in human factors has emerged called ‘Neuro Web Design’.
When Is The Time Right To Redesign Your Website?
A website overhaul or update is part of the deal in a world where internet has crossed into our collective consciousness. Websites that have made a habit to stay in sync with the latest trends of the virtual world find it easier to navigate than those which crawl along with an update here and there.
There are more challenges in redesigning a website than there are in hosting a completely new one. Determining the when and how of a website redesign would swing the pendulum towards either increased business or losing out on the existing one! It is an imperative exercise that requires detailed planning and accurate execution.
A Handy Guide to Better User Experience
In simplest terms, UX, also known as user experience or user usability is the way most basic users feel about using an application, a program, a website or anything. User Experience is based on the reactions and responses the user performs and provides. While it can seem related to gaining feedback, it is actually not the same. User Experience is meant to understand and make the user reach the “final goal” which is defined by the owner of the product. Whether this goal is getting the person to subscribe to your newsletter, or make him buy your new t-shirt, the main goal of the owner is to make the user’s way as easy and hassle free as possible. There are many factors which can influence a user’s experience with your system/product. The following are some of the most important factors.
To Revamp or Not to Revamp?
I guess everybody can think of site revamps that went terribly wrong and of revamps that really improved a site. However, when you discuss somebody else’s site it is much easier than when you need to decide if your own site needs a revamp.
There are times when you need to revamp your site and times when it is best not to touch a thing. While there is no universal prescription when a site revamp is a good idea and when not, there are some factors to keep in mind when wondering what to do. Here are some ideas
20 Tutorials for Improving Your Mobile Web Designs
It’s estimated that by 2014 mobile Internet usage will outstrip desktop and laptops. That means that nearly 2 billion people, world-wide, will browse the web on a mobile device. The problem is that the web was designed for computer screens. All of the coding and web design rules were created for a big monitor, keyboards, and mice. Soon, most people will be using smaller screens and touch interfaces. It’s time to learn mobile web design so you can be prepared for the future.
How to Build a Website Meant for Children
The evolution of the Internet brought along a considerable raise in competition standards as now any mistake in a project execution can mean disaster or a first step towards bankruptcy. Theoretical capitalism, the economical model most countries use defines the idea of competition so to be competitive means to exist.
Tips for Designing a Compact Website Layout
It can take a lot of additional effort to build mobile-specific website templates. HTML and CSS have come a long way but there are still plenty of standards and loopholes to jump through. And with the mounting increase of various mobile devices there are more platforms now than ever before.
In this guide I would like to share some of the most common tips when designing for mobile screens. The web is a fluid beast constantly changing with the times. You have to limit your knowledge of building for desktop browsers in exchange for newer compact designs. The learning process is devious but after a bit of practice you’ll pickup mobile design very quickly.
15 Detailed Responsive Web Design Tutorials
In the past few years the rise of mobile devices such as iPads, iPhones and other smart phones was extremely huge and that was the reason why responsive web design started to play more and more important role in the design industry. But what is the responsive design you will ask.
The idea of responsive web design, started by Ethan Marcotte, is that our websites should respond to the device that our page is shown on by adapting their layout and design to fit any device resolution. In his book “Responsive Web Design” he outlines the three parts to a responsive website: a fluid grid, fluid images and media queries.
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