According to web giant Adobe, 85% of the top websites on the internet run Flash which seems like an incredibly high number. This got me wondering just how HTML 5 is shaping up against Flash and can it ever be a serious competitor?

Evan’s Data, a web statistics company recently polled 1,200 web developers about their usage or planned usage of HTML 5 and the results were quite surprising. From the looks of things HTML 5 is starting to gain big traction with more and more web design companies who are making the switch away from Adobe Flash. [Read more…]

Web development today can seem so vast and overwhelming to the novice user, and a lot of this can stem from the amount of money that web developers are spending on their software these days.

However, what many beginner web developers need to know straight from the start is that there are a whole slew of tools available for free that can take their skills and work to a whole new level.

Here are some of the best, free tools available for web developers right now:

1 – CSS3 Button Maker

With CSS3 Button Maker, you no longer have to use trial and error to find a great button. Simply use the live preview function while editing values to get that perfect button.

2 – Frame Box

Frame Box makes it easy to share frames with team members. Start by sketching your frame in your browser by dragging and dropping various elements. Once you’re finished and satisfied, you can send your link to anybody for quick and easy viewing. Pretty nifty, huh? [Read more…]

As bloggers evolve into technically savvy webmasters, they begin to outgrow their free or subsidized hosting service. They begin to crave the freedom, flexibility and status of naming their own URL and converting what was seemingly theirs into something that is truly theirs. One of the stages of this metamorphosis, is the need to transition to a web hosting service that will host the blog.

There are troves of web hosts out there and all are just a few taps and clicks away. Today’s challenge is not finding a server to host your site, it’s choosing one that can do it well and the one that gives you the things you wanted when you  began the exodus to independent hosting. [Read more…]

You may have started your website on Blogger or WordPress as a simple blog, but as your site has grown, it has become more of a website. More importantly, you’re starting to notice that the page views are increasing, but not as quickly as you would like.

One simple way you can change the numbers is to change your domain. Not only can a custom domain increase your page views, but it can be very beneficial for your website. Here are just five reasons you need to host your website on your own domain: [Read more…]

If you want your website to represent a certain brand, you need to make sure that you choose the right URL to drive as much traffic to your site as possible. The right URL can drive direct as well as organic traffic, leading to tons of visitors to your site.

Here are some excellent tips to help you choose the right URL for your company:

Make it Memorable

First things first, your URL should be simple and easy to remember. Think of the most popular sites out there that people visit on a daily basis: Google, Facebook, Reddit. All of these names are short, sweet, and to the point. If your business creates some ridiculously long name that is hard to spell and takes more than a few seconds to type out, consider something else.

Make it Unique

When choosing a domain name, it should be extremely unique. You don’t want to be lumped in with other companies, do you? Try to choose a URL with a name that will be all your own. It does not even matter if you made up the word or not, but make sure that it doesn’t relate to another popular company that is already out there. If you make that mistake, visitors may assume that both companies are related or worse. [Read more…]