Customer reviews are essential to any business. In today's modern world, where information about anything and everything is available online, consumers and businesses alike are likely to look for reviews of products or services they're considering before buying. Lack of feedback – or even worse, negative feedback – can spell disaster for an app or SaaS company. Not only does it make potential customers think twice before buying, but it also casts doubt on the quality of products or services...
Material design is a popular visual design system created by Google. It aims to enable designers and developers to create applications that have a unified look on all platforms. Apps that follow material design principles look beautiful and professional on all operating systems and devices. Google's official material design toolkit supplies you with many assets such as guidelines, components, color palettes, themes, and icons. However, that's just the beginning. As material design is an open-source...
As many of you are aware, it’s tough to keep up with what’s new in web development. Even from a front-end perspective alone, it can be easy to fall behind and allow our skills to become a little stale. I’m certainly guilty of this. So every once in a while it’s good to take a few minutes, or even a few hours, to sharpen your coding skills by learning a new technology, API, or library. Or maybe there’s an area you’re already familiar with but want a more in-depth refresher. To help you out in this regard,...
WooCommerce is one of the most popular eCommerce plugins available on WordPress. With over 30 million downloads, this free software now powers more than 28% of all online stores. It provides everything you need to build a fully-functioning store and has many great features, but third party plugins really help bring out the best of WooCommerce. If you’re building an online shop from scratch or you’re interested in adding some extra features to your existing store, you can use WooCommerce plugins...
Classic desktop coding programs aren’t going anywhere. But there is a surge of cloud-based coding with many free IDEs you can run in your browser. These little webapps are great for practice projects or testing demos online. You can edit the code from any computer and even share links with others to get their feedback. If you’re not sure where to start in the world of cloud coding then these apps should get you started. We’ve listed 9 of the best free options to get you writing code in the cloud: 1. CodePen...
Do you get a lot of emails from different customers each asking the same question? Having an FAQ section on your website can help you address your visitors’ frequently asked questions proactively. While you can always create a simple page on your site and begin listing down your FAQs in it, using an FAQ plugin will help you deliver a much better user experience. Not to mention it'll give you a ton of features and customization options that would otherwise take up a lot of time to custom code. With this in...
A CMS, or Content Management System, is one of the most common ways to run a website nowadays. Nearly 50% of websites use a CMS, according to W3Techs.com. These expansive programs provide an easy way for you to control every aspect of your site, from broad page design down to individual images. There are dozens of CMS options available on the market. Every one of their home pages tend to make broad, generic assurances and avoid talking about their pitfalls like they’re trying to impress on a first date....
Having a solid customer support system in place plays a huge role in helping you deliver value to your customers and improving their user experience with your brand. And if that customer support system gives your customers a way to reach you instantly (live chat), communicate complex problems to you in detail and be able to track them (ticket support), and look for answers themselves (searchable FAQs page) then you’re all set to make a lasting impact. The good news is that there are a number of high-quality...