The Web Developer (WD) toolbar is a web browser add-on created by Chris Pederick which serves as an easy to use tool for the web developers, designers and SEO Professionals alike. It can be installed as an add-on in the browsers such as Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Flock and Seamonkey. This add-on is currently supported [...]

There are a lot of content management and eCommerce systems out there. With so many available these days, it’s sometimes hard to choose which one to build your website with. Believe me I’ve been there, and as a result I’ve used a lot of them. Perhaps the one I’ve used the most, is Joomla. I [...]

It’s a tricky question. With so many options out there, how much SHOULD you pay for your website? $500? $15,000? $30,000? While every website has different requirements, which affect the time and skills required, we can at least give you some insight on what your mindset should be while looking into a new website.
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Gone are the days when people used a PC or notebook for strictly sharing information. Now people can browse the web using mobile phones while walking or traveling. You don't need to carry a heavy bag full of information because everything you need is at your fingertips. The power of Internet is here to [...]

Many business owners in the service industry understand the importance of ensuring that their time is billed out and paid for properly.  After all, in the service industry ‘time’ is our currency.  If we cannot get paid for our time then we cannot stay in business!
In our own industry we sometimes face this exact issue [...]

As many business owners and webmasters are all aware, spam leads via form mail are a regular issue in the web world. Spammers adopt a variety of novel techniques to achieve their desired aim. But spammers cannot be given a free ride either, and we need to devise adequate strategies to counter their unethical practices. [...]

Choosing an appropriate color combination in the website design process is considered one of the most important (yet often overlooked) elements in creating a successful website. Psychologists have revealed that people are susceptible on a subconcious level to color impressions and that over 60% of acceptance or rejection of a website is tied to this very [...]

I received quite a bit of interest in my post which I explained why WordPress can be used as a CMS to manage the content of your website.  As promised, I am now providing my 15 favorite plugins which will help you buid your website property!
I have lots of experience with WordPress.  So I [...]

Well everyone knows WordPress as the most clean and innovative open source blog available. It’s being used by thousands of web developers and business owners across the world. But considering it is light, flexible and user friendly, it has become a favorite tool for creating CMS based websites.
The purpose for writing this blog is to [...]

Website development is an interesting thing.  Over the many years that I have been taking calls in our Toronto based office for website design, I have seen just about everything.
People come to me with a design done in PAINT, others that have gotten through 25% of an existing nightmare only to get ignored – [...]

There are umpteen things to consider when building a Website. Each person will have his own ideas on this subject from design, build, interactivity and so on. What I wanted to share with everyone is nothing more than a thought process one should engage himself, before proceeding to create a website.
This is something that [...]

Designing a Website
Websites should be interactive and communicative. A web site design should be designed and crafted so that all categories of users – both surfers who are adept at searching websites, and those who are not Internet savvy can conveniently access them.
Design simple sites, which are easy to use and navigate. One of the [...]

Common Website Mistakes While Designing
Go ahead and build a navigable site, but do not increase the file size in doing so. The most popular and important pages should be fast and easy for the visitor to access. Having direct links to all your sub-pages from the main or Home page reduces the amount of clicking [...]

Colour plays a very important role while designing your website. It can impact your website visitor experience and your final return on investment. A website’s effectiveness as a sales tool can be greatly affected by simply changing its colours.

All of us are aware that it is more difficult to read text on a monitor than [...]

Why is it that some businesses with an online presence are so blind to how (ahem) ugly their website is? When a visitor comes to your website there is only about a 5 second window of opportunity to grasp a visitor’s attention. If you have a website that is well, lets say, less than attractive, [...]