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Tuesday, March 27th, 2012
2:23 pm	What makes Joomla more popular among website owners? When it comes to CMS web development, Joomla is one of the most popular CMS solutions available in the market. Ever since it was introduced, Joomla has grown into a reliable and quality solution which offers cutting edge solutions. This is precisely the reason why Joomla web development has gained immense popularity. Read further to find out what makes Joomla such a popular solution among website owners. First and foremost, Joomla is an open source solution which means that it can be used by anyone without paying for it. Another important reason behind Joomla's popularity is that it offers a universal platform compatibility. What this means is that Joomla works pretty well on any type id Operating system like Windows and its versions, Linux and its derivatives, Mac OS etc. Moreover, it has a very user friendly GIU that is, Graphical user interface. As Joomla is an open source software, it guarantees complete support from the people in the open source community. This also increases the possibility of finding bugs in a shorter period of time. And if a bug or any other issue is found, it would be presented to the whole programming community where expert programmers will help you to find a solution by using their skills and experience. And most of the times, it results in the release of patch or even a new version of Joomla in order to solve the problem of users. And it is even better than buying a licensed content management system as it will take time for its development team to solve the problem. Another interesting feature of Joomla development which makes it immensely popular is that it allows you to customize your website or select a great template made by another person. With Joomla you can give the desired look and feel to your website. Moreover when it comes to managing the content on your website, Joomla provides you with a unique ability to use your creativity and come up with something really exciting. You can make a blank page become a playground of colors and images. You can also use articles, RSS feed, polls etc with superb ease. This is not all. Joomla is a very flexible solution and allows you to design a website as per your own requirements. It also allows to make the required changes very easily. When it comes to modules, Joomla has a large number of interesting modules to offer. You can download any module you want to enhance the functionality of your website. Thus there is no doubt that Joomla is one of the most efficient and quality solution available. Its useful features, customization options, interesting modules etc. make it a preferred choice of many across the world. You should always hire a reliable and professional Joomla developer to get the quality solution for your website. A professional developer can help you get a tailor made Joomla empowered website that will prove to be immensely beneficial for your business. It will also ensure that you get the quality solution within the stipulated time period. (Comment on this)
11:48 am	Is Magento a right Ecommerce choice for your store development? In today's time there is no dearth of ecommerce website development solutions. There are plenty of them available in the market and all promise a quality ecommerce store for your business. However, one name that stands out among others is Magento website development. If you are planning for ecommerce store and are confused whether Magento is a right ecommerce choice for your store development, then here is a complete lowdown about Magento that will dispel all your doubts. Magento is a highly flexible and a user friendly technology which guarantees quality results. It has a large number of interesting features to offer and it is because of this long list of features that Magento development has become a top favourite. When it comes to an ecommerce solution, a good solution promises robust functionality. So first let us talk about the core functionality offered by Magento. Magento is a user friendly application with a simple interface. It means that anyone can work easily on a Magento based website. It can prove to be an excellent solution even for those business men who are not too tech savvy. To work on a Magento based website, you need not have any technical knowledge. It has tailor made features which help a store owner to accomplish a task without any fuss. Some of its interesting features are product catalogs, report generation, analysis, users account etc. to make it easier for you, Magento offers an easy to use admin panel. All the changes, edits and updates can be made in no time using this admin panel. And all the changes are immediately reflected on the site. If your business caters to international customers, then Magento is certainly the best solution for you. It offers multiple language support which means that you will not have to worry about the problem of language barrier while catering to international customers. It also has multiple currency support which ensures that all the international transactions are completed without any hassle. Magento also allows you to create and mange multiple stores. This means that you can have different stores for your different set of products. All the stores can be managed and administered easily using a single back end panel. This allows you to run your business in a much better efficient manner. When it comes to integration with other systems. Magento is highly reliable. It offers a powerful connectivity to third party systems such as CRM, CMS, accounting etc. however, an important thing which should be remembered is that if you want to connect to a third party system which has no Magento connector, then you will have to plan for custom development. Another great thing about Magento is the wide range of extensions offered by it. With the help of these extensions you can add a desired functionality to your website. Thus it is evident that Magento can prove to be an excellent solution for your business. However, you should only hire a professional and reliable Magento developer to get the best quality solution. (Comment on this)
Monday, March 26th, 2012
2:44 pm	Ecommerce Development Solutions: How to choose the best? Ecommerce web development is on high demand these days. It allows the users to by pass all of the traditional marketing and personal selling steps and directly market and sell the products. Thus the business owners do not have to incur any infrastructure costs and unlike physical stores, the online store operates 24 X 7 in order to sell the products online. However, before stepping froward with the ecommerce website design, one must decide over which ecommerce platform to use. The choice of the platform plays an important role in owning an effective ecommerce website. The publishing platform should come laced with features and services, which will allow you to own an enviable online store and manage the same effectively. In this article we discuss the criteria, based on which you should make the decision as to which ecommerce publishing platform will be best suited for your requirements. If the same has left you conflicted and unsettled, read on to determine which ecommerce solution is best for you, among ecommerce solutions available over internet. 1. Open source Vs Premium Services - To begin with, lets talk money! If you have enough budget to own a premium ecommerce development solution, well nothing like that. However, with the advent of open source ecommerce publishing platforms, one can easily obtain all the enviable features of the online store in their own website. Open sources do not put pressure on the pocket and provide highly usable and reliable solutions. 2. Analytic tools - Google Analytics is the tool for analyzing the performance of your website. Of course there are other which are available too, but the point is to have a publishing platform solution which comprises of an in built analytical tool, or which makes it really easy to integrate the Google Analytics in. This will help you to keep a check on the performance of your online store and make the required changes. 3. Product description - This is perhaps the determining criteria which will make the choice really a cinch. The product pages of your ecommerce portal play an important role in its success. Thus you need a solution which allows you to display the products and optimize the performance of the product pages. Firstly, you should be able to manipulate the URLs and define the Meta tags, Image alt tags, etc. of the product pages, in order to gain the SEO advantage. Secondly, Images! The ecommerce solution must allow multiple images, in order to enable you to display the products the best way possible. Thirdly, there must be some in built feature to display product comparison etc. in the website as well. Along with it, the ecommerce platform should also allows you to publish the product reviews etc., in order to make the product pages popular amongst the users. Lastly, you should be able to refine the product searches. The ecommerce website development platform must allow you to refine the searches based on the categories, specifications etc. (Comment on this)
12:11 pm	WordPress Development: A very Simple and Effective Web Solution When it comes to developing a website, there is hardly a better option than WordPress development. Although this claim is quite arguable, but to state the facts correctly, WordPress offers users technically advanced and highly simple to use website. The various factors in the favor of WordPress for website development are mentioned below: 1. WordPress is available free of cost - In crude terms, WordPress as a CMS is available for free. It is an open source content management system and hence any one can easily acquire the source code of WordPress and utilize the same for the purpose of developing websites. It is a blessing for the business owners, since the initial stages of website development could be quite over bearing, all with the planning and budget issues etc. and hence WordPress web development comes as a really cost effective and highly resourceful solution for developing websites. 2. WordPress is really simple to use - Simplicity of WordPress is an attribute to kill for. It comes with a WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) editor, hence dealing with WordPress is highly straight forward and simple. 3. WordPress CMS is really easy to manage and upgrade - This is the feature any website owner particularly looks forward for. A website should be easy to manage and work with and WordPress development for your website offers the same. When it comes to managing the website, WordPress provides the users with the option of WordPress widgets. These widgets make it really easy for the website owners to add new items in the website. These are simple drag and drop options and hence if you, as the user of WordPress powered website, needs to upgrade the website with any new item, you can simply select the same and drop in the CMS web design. 4. WordPress CMS is highly scalable - Scalability is the attribute of the website which makes it flexible to contain and respond to the changing needs of time. Why we call WordPress CMS a scalable one is because it is based on a plug-in architecture. Plugins are available online and the same can be easily downloaded and included in the website. These plug-ins act like little software fragments and adds a specific functionality to the website, henceforth increasing its scope and usability. Ranging from the search engine optimization of the website, to its back up, security, ecommerce and shopping cart integration etc., you can find a wide range of WordPress plug-ins as per your requirement. 5. Search engine optimization of the website - WordPress website development is a hundred percent search engine friendly solution for the website. Search engine crawlers adore the WordPress CMS and it also offers the users a lot tools to optimize the website for the search engine crawlers. If you are really serious about getting a website, you must consider hiring WordPress developers for the same. A WordPress developer will develop the website in the most scientific and professionally cut way. Hence to gain a competitive edge in the online world, you must consider professional WordPress development. (Comment on this)
Friday, March 23rd, 2012
5:20 pm	Open Source CMS: An affordable process of Website Development A website is essential to the growth and development of the business. It acts as a round the clock marketing and promotional channel and enables the users to educate the people in general about its products and services. In the present day if rapid technical explosion, one cannot do with just having a static website. The present day users expect the website to be highly feature rich, dynamic, with an amazing design and attractive functionalities. Thus it is no longer enough to simply convert a design file into HTML and get a static website. It must be adequately powered by a content management system, in order to supplement the website with much required features and attributes. The present day need to gain a feature rich and competitive website, has given rise to the utilization of open source CMS for developing the website. Below we discuss the 3 key reasons which make CMS web development an efficient and cost effective provision for developing the websites. Open sources are free of cost! The very reason that we call them open source content management systems, means that the open source CMSs are available free of cost. The source code of these content management systems can be acquired freely from the website and the same can be customized to adequately power the websites. The starting phase of the website development is quite crucial. There is a lot of planning that goes on, and thus, open source CMS provide the much needed relief. Opting for open source CMS website development does not burns a hole in the pocket of the website solicitors. Open source CMS development is extremely scalable! Magento offers Magento Extensions, Drupal provides impressive Drupal modules, WordPress has made available a wide range of 17 thousand WordPress plugins, and Joomla has its own set of plugins and extensions. Simply put, open source CMS web development allows the website to be extremely scalable and extensible with the help of right set of plugins, extensions or modules. These plugins or extensions offer hard core functionality to the website, and help in increasing its scope and utility. With open source CMS development, help is just a click away! Yes, this is correct. If you opt for open source CMS web design, any time you are stuck up with an issue or need a help, all you have to do is go to the online community. All of the popular open sourc content management systems have their own respective online communities (WordPress community, Joomla Community, Druppalgangers is an online community for Drupal etc.) The online communities comprise of fervent and expert CMS developers, whenever you have any query or any issue, instead of calling a CMS developer, you can simply visit the online community and get the issues fixed yourself. Any update happening in the world of your preferred content management system, will be made available to you at the earliest. By subscribing to the RSS feeds, you keep yourself updated with all the latest additions in the CMS community and have the option of including the same in your own website. (Comment on this)
2:00 pm	How to decide a right Custom Web Development Service for your website? Each business is different, and so are their needs and requirements. Website customization is the way by which the users receive a website, customize as per their business specific needs and demands. How to select the right website customization development services? It might get a bit over whelming and over bearing to select the right website design and development company offering the customization services. Thus here we provide you with the criteria and the ways to select the best website customization service providers, as per your requirements. 1. Pay attention to their portfolio - Even if you perform a random search over the internet for the custom web development service provider, you would come across a wide range of companies providing the same. Most of these companies have provided their portfolio on their website itself. You must browse through the same and check if they have given customization or not. Even if they have, you must also try and check what level of customization is it - that is, just the primary level of customization where certain buttons etc. are altered or they have gone for a complete overhaul and have provided hard core customization features. 2. Check their experience - The skill set is not enough, but the service providers must be experienced and well equipped with the technology. They must also possess adequate market knowledge. The experience allows the service providers to manipulate the technology in their favor and develop highly customized and well planned web applications. 3. Check their skill set - Look out for the specific skills in which the service provider has specialization. The primary requirement for developing a customized website is the thorough understanding of HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language), PHP (Hypertext Preprocessor Language), and MySQL etc. 4. Review their testimonials - You are not just looking for website customization, but for a complete service. What makes service providers good or competent, is the way they interact with their clients. The testimonials provided by the clients is a good way to understand the competency levels of the custom website development service providers. However, do not be swayed by the same, obviously only those testimonials will be highlighted which are sugar coated and has the nicety nice things to say about the company. To address the same issue, we suggest another way, below. 5. Ask your friends and colleagues for references - There is nothing like the personal reference. Thus if you happen to have a friend or a colleagues or a business associate etc. who has opted for web application development service in the past, you must get in touch with them and ask for a reference. These were the 5 ways of getting closer to the website customization service providers of your choice. Of course cost and other issues like turn around time etc matters in your decision as well. However, these 4 guidelines will help you take the best decision about the web development company, as per the budget and the time line that you have been assigned. (Comment on this)
Wednesday, March 21st, 2012
2:52 pm	Magento Web development: Right path for business development It is a tumultuous time today, to be a businessman. With the rise in terms of technology etc, there is no dearth of opportunities available with the business owners. However the same has given rise to high expectations from the same. Their thought processes need to be out of the box and afresh, in order to attract more users. If you are a businessman who is looking out for opportunities to grow and develop the business, your must consider opting for Magento Website Development. What is Magento? With the advent of present day ecommerce website development and publishing platforms, Magento Website Development has carved a special niche for itself. It is an open source ecommerce website development and publishing platform which provides its users, a wide range of features and benefits. An ecommerce website plays a key role in making the business successful. It operates day and night, even on national holidays and of course out of the physical boundaries. You can develop your business up to greater heights if you opt for Magento web development. How Magento Development helps you grow your business: International support - Magento Development provides the users with international support. It is an entirely global ecommerce website development platform, which makes it really easy for the users to operate out of the boundaries of their own country. It supports multiple currency and language translation, inclusion of taxes of various European union countries etc. With the massive rise in globalization, Magento development helps your business grow globally. Mobile ecommerce support - Today the mobile phones are not limited to just talking. With the availability of highly features rich and sophisticated mobile phones, smart phones, tablets, hand helps etc, mobile internet browsing is being more popular with each passing day. The experts have predicted that utilization of mobile phones to access internet will overtake that of Laptops and desktops in the coming 5 years. Magento Development - being a smart and intuitive solution, automatically tracks if the user is browsing your online store through a mobile phone and offer a more optimized and customized mobile phone view. This plays a key role in converting the users browsing internet through their mobiles, into your online customers. Flexible coupon rates and marketing options - you can easily market your products and promote the same online with the help of Magento website development. The feature of flexible coupon rates offered by Magento Development allows you to restrict the same to either a product or a category, up to a certain date and a lot more. This helps you to attract more and more of online users and sell your products and offerings to the same. Search engine optimization of the online store - Magento development is completely a search engine friendly solution. It allows the users to manipulate the URLs, define the Meta tags etc. for the product pages and a lot more. Search engine optimization of the online store and product pages has better chances of survival and drawing in more users to the store. (Comment on this)
12:11 pm	Important Joomla Plugins which help in improving your web-site's functionality Joomla is an amazing open source content management system which is being vigorously used for developing the websites and backing it up with swift and effective functionalities. The main attribute of Joomla Development which makes it highly productive and useful is that it allows the users to create complex community based websites. Joomla has been a favorite of website developers if they are developing a website which is quite complex and is required to be social and networking. The architecture of Joomla promises growth and expansion with time. There are a number of Joomla extensions available which allow the users to increase the scope and functionalities of the website. The extensions or plug ins acts as simple software fragments, which when added to the bigger application adds specific and fundamental features in the complete CMS web design. In this article, we have shared with you the top 4 Joomla extensions available on the block. They can be used to increase the functionality of your website and effectively caters to a specific purpose. Below we shall discuss the various utilitarian features provided by Joomla extensions. 1. VirtueMart - Are you looking for a shoppipng cart solution along side your business website? Even if you are not, you should! The ecommerce portals are very much popular with the present day users and allow the business owners to sell their products in a cost effective way, without wasting much time. VirtueMart is an ecommerce shopping cart solution and its integration with the Joomla CMS web design takes only about a few clicks. You can get the cash counters rolling with the money, if you opt for VirtueMart integration. 2. Akeeba Backup - Backing up the content of your website is crucial and this Joomla extension helps you with just that. With in a single archive, Akeeba backup allows the users to enjoy a full back up of their Joomla based website. The same can be accessed and restored from any remotely located Joomla enabled server. 3. JCE - It is a popular Joomla extension which can be easily customized and expanded with time. It brings you the latest editor to manage the pages of your Joomla website. It offers various features like File and Image Handling, Plugin Support, and Configuration of Admin Interface etc. 4. Community Builder - The main attribute of Joomla web Development is that it is a community based content management system. If you wish to further increase the community appeal of your website, you can use this plug in. Community builder helps you to easily manage the users of your social site and allows the users to interact among themselves. In order to get the best Joomla based web applications, your safest bet lies with hiring a professional Joomla Developer, to execute the technically driven process of Joomla Development. Just a random search on the internet will reveal you a world full of Joomla enthusiasts. You may hire any Joomla Developer to handle the development project. The services of these Joomla Developers are available at highly competitive prices and you gain from their experience and expertise in the same field. (Comment on this)
Tuesday, March 20th, 2012
2:39 pm	Process of creating a Joomla Website Ever since Joomla was introduced, it has gained immense popularity and has become one of the most popular CMS web design. Joomla is an open source solution and helps in developing highly advanced and robust web applications. Consequently, the demand for Joomla development is at an all time high. Discussed in this post is the process of creating a Joomla website. Creating a Joomla based website is simple and can be done easily if you have some technical knowledge. Since Joomla is an open source technology you can download it and install it on your system. However, before installing, there are some other few important things that need to be done. First step is to get a domain name. You can either buy a new domain name or an old one. You can also create a sub domain for your new Joomla website. Next comes the hosting account. If you do not already have an hosting account, then you first need to create one. An important thing to be kept in mind is that your domain name registrar should have the DNS settings correct for your hosting company. After this you need to create a MySQL database. You should make note of the database name, the user name to login into the database and also the password. You also need to create a FTP account to use the Media Manager. This account should be associated with the root level of your website's directory. After completing these steps, you can move on to download Joomla. You can download the latest version of Joomla and then copy it to your hosting server. You should put it in the root level of where your site will be. Now un-compress the Joomla file. Open the URL in your browser and this will bring up the installation script. Then the script will start. You need to set up the FTP layer if you want to be able to use the Media Manager. You also need to answer the questions included in the installation script. Now you are ready to set up the look of your Joomla website. You can customize the color, look and feel of your Joomla website as per your own requirement and preference. You can select from a range of templates and install it on your Joomla site. After selecting a suitable template for your site, you can then add content to your site. Another great thing about Joomla is that it has plethora of extensions to offer. Extensions are programs that help in extending the functionality of the site. You can download and install any extension as per your requirement. Most of them are available for free. There is no doubt that Joomla is a great CMS solution. However, in order to create a perfect Joomla website, one needs to have the thorough knowledge of technology. Therefore, it is in your best interest to hire professional Joomla developers. A professional Joomla developer has the requisite experience and skill to provide you with a cutting edge solution. (Comment on this)
11:51 am	Magento Ecommerce development - Best Platform to cater your online store needs Even the Magento Inc (earlier Varien) might have not visualized so much popularity as an eCommerce solution when it was first launched by the organization on March 31, 2008. However, Magento Developers may have certainly believed in the significance of the tool, when it allowed store owners to build native mobile storefront apps. There must have been no other reason than the “definite future success” of this publishing platform that encouraged eBay to own the software 100 per cent on June 6, 2011. Those, who had predicted the bright future of this eCommerce Website Development platform, were right as recently Roy Rubin, Founding Chief Executive announced that Magento surpassed 4 Million downloads in the first month of 2012. Since the inception, the organization has left no stone unturned to develop the platform to newer heights. In the last six months, eBay has hired 75 fresh Magento Developers. eBay Inc rightly believes that the internal and external Magento eCommerce Development is setting new standards everyday and the software is giving a tough competition to Demandware Inc. and IBM Corp.’s WebSphere Commerce. Company policies and its approach to its software including marketing and utilization add a lot to making that software vital. Magento has been fortunate to be promoted as some of the best business modules. It is available as free and if you do want to get into the development part, you can go for the Software-As-A-Service Go Editions. Once can instantly start using the software by downloading the free version. Through applying advanced Magento eCommerce Development, the liveliness of the software can be increased. There are hundreds of organizations that offer Magento Integration and Development services at affordable cost. You just need to identify what kind of feature you need to incorporate in your site. There is nothing that you can not apply on your Magento site as far as your online business operations are concerned. Be it text, graphics, images, audio/video, etc, you can manage everything with one single dashboard. The Magento Modules which are available free with Magento help you: 1. Practice some of the best Search Engine Optimization services to promote the visibility of the site; allow you to create a brand image by converting PSD as your website theme ensuring exclusivity of your site; 2. Manage more than one Magento sites; 3. Making your operation systematic and professional by integrating Analytics and Reporting, online payments options; etc. So, Magento Development ensures: 1. Increased control as you manage everything from merchandising to promotions and marketing effectively; 2. Increased ROI as it helps you create business modules to offer products at lower cost; and 3. Increased Growth as it provides you many options to generate more revenue. Magento Development is quite interesting and useful process, which, if applied in the best possible manner, can result in a sudden growth for any enterprise. The development process is really very affordable. Even a small company can think of hosting a retail site or an online shopping store, which has become unavoidable in today’s time. (Comment on this)
Monday, March 19th, 2012
5:47 pm	What makes website design different from website development? In the field of website design and development, these two terms are often used inter changeably and more often than not they are perceived to be the same by the industry novices. However, these exist a fine line of distinction between website design and development. These two fields are as different as can be and hence the differences persist in terms of their concept, the purpose they solve, the tools and applications used for each one of them and the impact they have on the end user. Here in this article, we shall discuss the various differentiating criteria between website design and website development. The difference in terms of concept: As far as the concept goes, website design primarily deals with the ways of making the website look more impressive and user centric. The main approach here is to design a particular website, which will invite better user attention and participation. The concept of Website development revolves around the various technical requirements. It can be viewed as the back end processing of the website. It deals with efficient coding of the website, in order support the design elements and make the website fully functional. Difference between the purpose: As mentioned above, the purpose of website design is to make the website appear welcoming to the users. By taking into account human psychology and designs etc, the websites are so developed that they will retain the attention of the users. The purpose of website development is primarily to build a website which is error free, loaded quickly, and has no glitches in terms of its functioning and performance of the website. The supporting tools and applications: As far as website design is concerned, it is supported by - obviously PhotoShop and also by other design software like Coral draw etc, Adobe photoshop offers the users with great resources to design a particular website. Talking about website development, the clear understanding and practical applications of coding languages, primarily HTML, CSS are required. The support comes in the form CSS frameworks, website development plugins etc. Difference in terms of skill set: Website designer has to be an ace designer. He must have the clear cut working knowledge of various design software like Adobe PhotoShop, Coral draw etc. Besides, a designer may be involved closely with the clients, thus interpersonal skills are essential. Designing a lot of creative process, thus the designer needs to be organized, creative and must have the clear understanding of design software. The website developer is someone who undertakes the back end processing. He needs to be a technical wizard and must carry technology at the back of his hand. He needs to spend a lot of hours of his day, sitting in front of the laptop, working on the coding. Thus the developer needs to have an eye for fine detail and should be able to work tirelessly. Pixelcrayons is a professional business web design company which offers cms and custom website development solutions & web application development solutions and ecommerce development solutions to its clients all over the world. (Comment on this)
3:32 pm	Features of WordPress as a free website development platform WordPress is a freely available open source content management system. Basically it started off strictly as a blog publishing platform, but soon its simplicity and effectiveness was realized by the world and it started being used as a customized CMS for developing websites. Below, we shall discuss the various attributes of open source WordPress CMS. 1. Scalable website development via WordPress plugins - WordPress is based on the plug-in architecture, which means that different plugins can be used to increase the scope and functionality of the website. Plugins can be viewed as simple software fragments, which when added to the major broad software, contribute towards its scope. An example of the same could be Adobe flash player, which enables the users to view videos and other multimedia elements in the website. 2. Ecommerce website development with WordPress - talking about WordPress plug ins, we cannot really miss out on the ecommerce website development features being included in the latest WordPress 3.3, It has offered the users various tools for developing ecommerce websites and shopping cart integration plug ins. In todays time Ecommerce website development is vital for the business owners, and hence these plug ins make it an easy task for the corporate organizations to own a fully functional ecommerce portal. 3. Mobile support - WordPress has made available its native applications which can be availed for various mobile platforms. The native applications support Web OS and Android platform. Thus WordPress powered websites and blogs can be easily accessed and administered via various smart phones like iPhone, iPad, iPod, Samsung Tab, and BlackBerry etc. 4. Ease of use with WordPress widgets - WordPress widgets particularly are simple drag and drop modules, which make it a cinch for the WordPress developers to place a particular content in the CMS web design, and implement the same in the website. WordPress widgets enable the WordPress developers to add specific functionality in the website. Functionalities added by WordPress widgets are Facebook like box, and news slider etc, amongst the rest. 5. Multiple user and multiple blogging facility - Earlier WordPress installation would only support the development of a single blog etc. but with the arrival of WordPress 3.0, users can opt for multiple blogging every single installation. Users can also manage all of their blogs from the single WordPress dashboard. 6. Free WordPress themes - themes are required to give your website or web application a uniform and consistent look. The benefit of owning a WordPress powered website or blog is that it provides the users with a wide option of WordPress themes. These themes are available free of cost and then there is the option of premium themes as well. However, if you wish to give your website or blog a unique treatment and require a fresh look for your website, you can anytime hire a WordPress developer who would develop the website for you from the scratch. Other than that you can opt for WordPress theme customization where a particular theme is customized as per your specifications. Thus, acquire the professional services to leverage your website or blog in the virtual world, with the help of WordPress development. (Comment on this)
Friday, March 16th, 2012
6:10 pm	Magento Ecommerce: How it makes your ecommerce website more powerful? In the present day, owning an ecommerce website is a necessity. Be it a big corporate organization, or a humble small scale business looking for cost cuttings etc, ecommerce website development has caught the fancy of one and all. Magento is an open source ecommerce publishing platform, which is being used for developing ecommerce websites. The various features of Magento development which make the ecommerce website really powerful are discussed below: 1. Impressive product display - the only way you can display the products of your online store is by the help of images. Magento Development offers the users various fruitful ways of displaying the images on the online store. It permits multiple images for every single product. Thus this way the users can show their products in various different angles and views etc. Besides, with Magento Development you also avail the benefit of zoom in viewing. Thus if the product that you are selling requires fine view, the online shoppers visiting your website can view the product by zooming in. 2. Mobile ecommerce development via Magento - the mobile web browsing is only slated to grow with time. There has been an increase in the utilization of web enabled mobile devices, smart phones, hand held, tablets, iPhones etc to access the website. Giving full support to the mobile web browsing, Magento has revealed its mobile version. If a user is accessing your store through a mobile phone, he or she will be provided with an option to view the same in the mobile optimized mode. Thus, owing to this feature, you can convert the users browsing the website through mobile phones, into the customers of your store. 3. Flexible payment and shipment options - multiple payment gateways and flexible shipment options are the features which makes the online store popular amongst the users. Magento ecommerce development allows the users to integrate different payment gateways in the ecommerce website. Flexible shipment options offered by Magento Development allows the users to have a single order in multiple shipments, or a single shipment directed towards multiple addresses etc. 4. Search engine optimization of the ecommerce website - Magento development is 100 percent a search engine friendly ecommerce publishing platform. Search engine optimization is vital for your online store. If your store appear early on the search engine results, it just means you have better and more improved chances of making the sales. By allowing Meta tag description, creating customized URLs for product pages etc, one can easily make the online store search engine optimized and anticipate better results for the online store. 5. Efficient ways for marketing the product pages - Magento website development provides the users with easy ways to market their products. Owing to flexible coupon rates etc, one can market the online products really easily with the help of Magento development. And that's not all. Magento offers a lot of other features, which are beyond the scope of this write up. In order to assemble all lucrative features of the website and make your online store really effective and web optimized, hire professional Magento Developers. (Comment on this)
4:11 pm	Is WordPress a good CMS for website development? Content management systems can be accredited for contributing a great deal towards the entire world of website development. The effective technologies make it really easy for the users to develop the website and effortlessly manage the same. One of the worth mentioning open source CMS for website development is WordPress. In the article, we shall discuss the various attributes of WordPress CMS, which actually makes it a great CMS for developing websites. Easy and effective While developing a website, this is perhaps the biggest attribute one would look for. WordPress development is very easy to deal with and work on. In fact it is the simplicity of WordPress CMS which has made it so very popular amongst the users. WordPress Development is easy to deal with. Its admin panel is very easy to understand and as oppose to various other open sources like Drupal etc, the admin section of WordPress is not at all intimidating. Besides, WordPress is very much web optimized. All the major search engine crawlers adore WordPress CMS, hence you gain the in built benefit of search engine optimization. Along with this, various WordPress plugins are available which perform a particular task and can be used any time. WordPress development is highly easy to use This is yet another feather in the cap of WordPress development. Even from the development point of view, WordPress development is very easy. WordPress provides the WordPress developers with the option of WordPress Widgets. These widgets are simple drag and drop options which allow the developers to select a particular item, drag it in the CMS web design and upgrade the same. This makes it easier for the website owners to update the website later on with any new piece of content item etc. Simplicity with scalability Yes, the WordPress CMS is simple, bit at the same time it is very much scalable as well. Scalability of the website is an attribute which makes it grow with the changing needs of time. What really makes WordPress a highly scalable CMS is that it strictly follows the plugin architecture. With the help of proper plugin, the scope and functionality of the WordPress CMS can be increased manifolds. There are over 17 thousand WordPress plug ins available, hence you can only imaging the extent of scalability offered by WordPress CMS. The plug ins can be installed from the official websites, or you can also hire WordPress developers to assemble the best plug ins as per the requirements of your websites. Ecommerce website development with WordPress WordPress website development has not remained a simple blogging platform and simple website development solution. The release of WordPress version 3 has unleashed the world of WordPress users with amazing and fully functional tools for shopping cart integration and developing ecommerce portals. The ecommerce websites are very popular with the users these days and every one prefer buying online instead of stepping out of the comfort zone and go to the physical store. With the help of ecommerce integration in the WordPress powered website, the same can be achieved, effortlessly. (Comment on this)
Thursday, March 15th, 2012
2:38 pm	Create your Ecommerce website in Magento for best online store development In today's hyper competitive time, it is really very essential for a business to have an efficient and flexible online store. This helps in extending the business and customer base. It also guarantees numerous opportunities to establish the reputation and worth of a business among international customers. Although there are tons of ecommerce solutions available. But for effective and profitable ecommerce website development, it is mandatory to use a perfect ecommerce solution which is capable of providing that extra edge to your online store. Magento ecommerce development is undoubtedly one of the best solutions available. It guarantees a cutting edge solution that can make your business climb the success of ladder in a highly competitive domain. The best thing about Magento is that it is a very user friendly application: It includes a great template integration system and a rich user interface. With Magento development you can easily sell goods and services without putting in much efforts. Having a Magento based ecommerce site can bring in a lot of benefits for your business. It allows you to do things like editing, updating and maintaining the store in a very simple manner. First and foremost, Magento is an open source solution: It was specially developed to help online traders and retailers to organize their products and services, maintain business in an efficient manner. Magento is highly user friendly and comes with an amazing layout. Magento allows you to have highly customized solutions and gives the full control to optimize the store as per your requirements. It can prove to be an ideal solution for medium sized businesses as well. Some interesting features provided by Magento are: an easy to use administration panel, catalog browsing and management features, advanced product browsing, advanced shipping features, advanced reporting, one page checkout etc. It also includes multiple languages and multiple currency support. You can manage multiple stores with superb ease. It can also be connected seamlessly to external accounting systems, email list management tools etc. Magento ensures a search engine friendly solution: With its search engine friendly features, a business can rank higher on search engine results. Magento is a highly scalable, versatile and flexible solution which helps in increasing the conversion rates. With you Magento based store, you can reach to your customers anytime, anywhere. Moreover, now even its mobile source code is available for the iPhone, Android and iPad. It also allows you to use a mobile app for customers to make purchases on the go. It helps in providing more exposure to your products and thereby enhances your brand value. Magento is a highly reliable and quality solution that requires no proof: This is why it is preferred by large number of people across the world. If you want to give a new identity to your business and take it to new heights, then Magento is the solution for you. Always hire a professional Magento developer to get the best website development. It will ensure that you get a quality solution. (Comment on this)
12:14 pm	How Joomla helps in Improving the Functionality of the website Owning a website today is as tricky as can be. You can never be sure what may click with the online users and you need to have amazing features and functionalities in the website, in order to attract more and more users. You need to back your website with the power and prowess of an effective content management system. In the wake of present open source content management systems, Joomla CMS has gained a popularity of its own. In this article we shall discuss the various attributes of Joomla CMS, which makes it ideal for developing the websites. Joomla Development Supports Community Websites Community websites or the social networking sites etc. are a rage in the present day users. There is a wide spread and loud need amongst the users to belong with someone under their own niche and communicate the idea with in. The prime attribute of Joomla Development is that it supports large scale community based websites. In fact it has been used to develop the community portal for Mtv - Quizilla, which is a social networking site. The community attribute of Joomla is very advantageous for the users. Now the business owners have a chance of developing a social networking or rather an interactive website, along with their business website. Thus, with the help of Joomla development, you have the option of making a normal looking website, into a full fledged, ravishing and engrossing social network or a community based portal. Other benefits of Joomla Development 1. Joomla CMS is Simple and Effective - To begin with, it very easy for the users to work with Joomla. It is perhaps the best choice available to make a complex website with a great ease, even more so if your staff is not trained technically. You need not train your existing staff, or associates to understand and work with the Joomla CMS. It is self explanatory enough to allow the users to work on it easily. 2. Personalize the look of the websites - Joomla development provides you with the option of ipage which enables you, as a website owner, to create a new structure and design for every new site. It actually follows the features of an element technique, with the help of which you can easily make changes to the web pages as per your requirements. 3. Plug ins and extensions - To the delight of any website owner and developer, Joomla development is amazingly scalable with the help of Joomla extensions and plug ins. Joomla CMS comes with a variety of plug ins, which are basically software fragments, which when added to the entire CMS web design, increases its scope and functionalities. 4. Easy transactions with the help of vocabulary and forex - Now need to worry prior to taking the operations of your website and its functioning across the world. With the help of vocabulary and Forex, Joomla Development makes it very easy for the users to carry out business transactions. Thus you need not fret over dealing with international buyers, since there no more exists any vocabulary barrier. For web optimized Joomla applications, enriched with all the features and attributes of Joomla CMS, hire Joomla Developer. The services of Joomla Developers are available at highly competitive prices and you gain from their widespread knowledge and understanding. (Comment on this)
Wednesday, March 14th, 2012
3:35 pm	Major Elements of Drupal CMS: Keys to Improve Website's Performance In the modern era of web development, implementation of open source content management systems (CMS) has become the key source to upgrade the performance of websites in excellent manner. There are number of outstanding CMS web design tools are being put into practice by the web developers for meeting the different needs of web advancement. Drupal CMS is the finest rated amongst all these and it is generally used for large scale websites management and development. Being an open source content management platform, Drupal is vigorous yet lithe and free to access platform. It is being updated and regularly developed by thousands of zealous tech-minds across the world. Now the important point of entire discussion arises that which special elements Drupal CMS possesses to improve website's performance, below is the answer to this query: The top and distinctive elements of Drupal CMS include: Multiple language support: With the help of this particular CMS, web developers can enjoy modifying and managing the websites in multiple languages. The Drupal development system can be used for developing any sort of website including blog, personal website or official web page etc. Trouble free website organisation and development: Drupal Content Management System has multiple-level menu structure, which enables the web developers to organise the website in balanced and adequate manner. The access to features such as advanced search technique, template customization, RSS feed integration and aggregation with other web pages etc. assure trouble free website management and advancement. This CMS offers Quick design and display with advanced customization advantages to the web developers. Consolidated database support: Another important benefit that Drupal developers get is availability of support for numerous databases, which allow them to share and spread their website on the platform. The major databases contributing sustenance to Drupal are MySQL, PostgreSQL, MariaDB, and SQLite. The best thing about Drupal is that it has support of jQuery, JavaScript framework ensuring swifter performance of the website. Strong administration and oversee features: With the assistance of Drupal CMS, you can simply manage the different sections of your website and at the same time the standard registration option of this open source platform allow you to organise your users and organise them. The option of OpenID support and access control norms acts as the gateway for the website owners to allow and restrict the end users for number of activities on the website. SEO approachable URLs: A website is meaningless if it doesn’t have complete presence on the web. For having a strong presence it has to be search engine friendly and good thing about Drupal development process is that it serves Search Engine Friendly eloquent URLs. With the help of these URLs you can enjoy the popularity of your website on World Wide Web and high traffic on the web page. Easy connect with Web platforms: Drupal CMS web design has the finest element that it lets the end users to connect their website to other platforms easily. This is very important for the website owners. The platform that allows the web pages to connect easily and without any hassles is highly appreciated and preferred by the web developers. (Comment on this)
1:06 pm	What features to include in a website to attract more visitors? Developing the website is not merely an alternative but almost a necessity these days. Websites are being used actively to position, promote and market the products and services of the business and its offerings. When it comes to acquiring a good and attractive website, there are certain features, which you should make sure that your website contains. These features are discussed in detail below: Feature number 1 - Visual effects! The website has to contain certain visual effects in itself. Different users flock to the website, not just to gain the information but the role of the website is to provide with the information in an easy to understand and amusing way. Visuals has a better impact on the readers mind and cognitive learning, as opposed to the written content of the website. Think of a creative way to represent the content or the information that you wish to impart through your website. Represent it in an engrossing and lively way by using various multimedia elements and a lot more. Visual effects, certainly goes a long way in making certain that the website is lively and attractive. However, attention must be paid. Use the multimedia and Flash elements very judiciously. As, if in case you over use the same, it has a negative effect on the website and slows down its performance and working. Feature number 2 - Images! Other than the visual effects, your website must contain attractive and meaningful images. It has a further more importance if in case you are developing an ecommerce portal for your website, as you need to represent the product and its fine details through multiple images. While including various images in your website, you need to ensure that each one of it is web optimized. If you hire a professional web design company, they can work towards the search engine optimization of the images, with the help of Image ALT tag. Also, use the images of small sized with good optical resolution, so as to attract more visitors and make the website light weighed. Feature number 3 - Proper spacing of the website! The spaces that you use in your website is important. Pay attention to the left and right, top and below margins. The more compact the website appears, that better and more positive impact it has on the users. Even in displaying the information, it is important that we separate the entire piece into small chunks. Separate the same in various different paragraphs to make the entire information look compact and user friendly. Feature number 4 - Headings and Sub headings! Talking about the content of the website, one must not over shadow the importance of separating the same under various sections. Give proper headings to the content and also organize the same under various sub headings. It is a given fact that user will not read the entire chunk, if it is not properly organized. However, if you separate the content and arrange them under various sections, the user would feel motivated to go through the entire content. Also while putting up the headings and sub headings of the content, make sure each one of them is catchy and sounds interesting. Besides, using proper headings enriches with key words and key phrases has a positive SEO impact as well. While developing the website, make sure to include all these features in the website design, to make it much more interactive and interesting. Professional business web design and custom web development services by PixelCrayons, specializing in custom website development solutions & custom web application development solutions. (Comment on this)
Tuesday, March 13th, 2012
3:30 pm	Is it a wise decision to create a business website in PHP? For a business house, it is extremely important to own a website. Having a website makes it really easy for the business owner to position the business effectively and reach out to a wide number of audience at once. It adds to the entire marketing mix of the company and is actually a cost effective and lucrative way to contribute towards the success of the business. When it comes to developing the website, the users have a lot of options. One amongst the same is PHP development. Provided below are the worth considering points in the favor of PHP development for the website. Read on to know more. 1. PHP development is very cost effective - When it comes to business, we talk about money. And if you are talking money too, then PHP development is the best resource available to develop the website. It is the most cost effective solution available today for developing a fully functional and dynamic website. Besides, when it comes to getting the resources in the form of website developers, PHP development offers the most lucrative of all the options. It is almost a cinch to find out the deserving PHP developers. You can hire PHP developers really easily and by conducting just a little browsing in the industry or online you will be able to hire PHP developers at earliest. 2. PHP web development supports dynamic websites - It is the chief attribute of the PHP development. It supports server side scripting and hence the website runs dynamically at the run time. Owning a dynamic and interactive website is really beneficial for the business house as it appeals to the internet visitors more than a static website. Thus, we can say that PHP development ensures a gainful and win some website. 3. Easy CMS integration - PHP is the language powering most of the recent immensely popular content management systems like Drupal, WordPress, Joomla etc. Thus if you need to update your existing website and power it further with the capabilities of an efficient content management system, PHP development ensures easy integration of the same. 4. Developing social networking around your business portal - PHP development allows the users to develop an interactive social networking site. The social networking giant Facebook also uses the power of PHP to include the element of dynamism and interactiveness in the website. If you have a business portal, more the users talk about the website, the better it is. Developing a social networking website around your business website is a nice way ensuring customer retention. You can make the website really popular and position your business products and services in a better way with the social networking site. These were few of the many resourceful benefits of opting for PHP development. If you want to own really bespoke solutions for your website, the best possible solution would be to hire PHP programmer for the same. These PHP developers work from adequately resourced offshore IT development centers, running with the highly modern and state of the art infrastructure, and hence without bearing any infrastructure cost, you receive fully functional and dynamic website powered by PHP. Professional business web design and custom web development services by PixelCrayons, specializing in custom website development solutions & custom web application development solutions. (Comment on this)
1:05 pm	Joomla CMS Development: Most important features to know When it comes to opting for a good CMS web design, one is likely to get confused and face a rather tough situation. This is because there are a large number of CMS solutions available in the market. However, what sets apart a good CMS are its core functionality features and a user friendly interface. Joomla is one of the popular CMS solution that offers a whole range of user friendly features and promises a robust core functionality. Hence Joomla development is highly preferred by both developers as well as website owners across the world. If you are looking for CMS development, then Joomla is certainly one of the best options. Discussed in this post are some of the most important features of Joomla to know that can help to trigger the success rate of your website. 1. Open source solution: Joomla is an open source solution. What this means is that it is absolutely free. It was released under GNU general public license. Therefore, anyone can see the source of Joomla and can also modify it. It gives enough freedom to Joomla developers. 2. Search engine friendly: One of the most important features of Joomla is that it is quite search engine friendly. It has an apache module called rewrite_module. This module helps in generating search engine friendly URLS. It also allows you to use custom page title, meta description and meta keywords in every page. 3. Safe and secure: When it comes to security, Joomla scores well than most other CMS solutions. It has a team of security experts called 'Joomla Security Strike Team'. The basic purpose of this team is to find out and rectify the security issues. To accomplish this task, they run several automated tests and examine all the codes. Hence you can keep your site safe from hacking issues by updating it with latest Joomla version. 4. Multiple language support: Another interesting feature of Joomla is that it supports multiple languages. This has made Joomla a popular solution even among non-English users. Joomla offers different language packs for different languages. 5. Easy template integration: When it comes to template integration, Joomla lets you integrate any Joomla template very easily just with the help of few clicks. You just need to collect the template and copy it to Joomla template folder. 6. Community support: Joomla has a large community of Joomla developer and users. In fact, the official support forum of Joomla is one of the biggest online communities in the world. 7. Regular updates: Joomla is updated on regular basis by its developers and this ensures security and reliability. It also ensures that you get to use the latest technology. 8. Large extension gallery: The framework of Joomla makes it easier for developers to develop extensions for it. Therefore, there are plethora of Joomla extensions available online. These extensions help you to extend the functionality of the site and accomplish all types of tasks. The three types of Joomla extensions are- Component, Module, and Plug-in. (Comment on this)