What is Payment Orchestration? Payment orchestration platforms (POPs), or payments orchestration layer (POL), are platforms that simplify the integration between websites and payment service providers (PSPs). POPs allow for your website to utilize just one platform to connect to multiple payment processors. By increasing the number of payment methods that you accept, you can increase […]
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Digital Footprint
What is a Digital Footprint? A digital footprint is a record of your online activity. Your digital footprint can show where you have been on the internet and all of the data that you have left behind. When you share something online, or when websites and applications track your activity, your digital footprint grows. Your […]
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Blog Features
What are Recommended Blog Features? Blogs are excellent platforms for offering insight into your organization. Create an excellent impression by designing blogs and blog posts with these key characteristics: Readability. Readability is one of the most important elements in blog design. Take care to ensure that background and foreground colors are selected that have sufficient […]
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Error Pages
What are Error Pages? The origin story of the 404 page goes back to the 1980s in Switzerland where scientists at CERN worked on the development of the world wide web1. They worked on the fourth floor, the same floor that held the central database in room “404”, where they were tasked with responding to […]
How are Web Applications Securely Coded? As organizations become more mindful of the critical role of cybersecurity in their business, they are increasingly interested in web application development with security at the forefront. A savvy developer with a security mindset will engage in coding practices such as the following recommendations from the Open Web Application […]
What Security Features Protect WordPress? WordPress takes security on their platform seriously, but that does not mean that your organization does not carry a heavy load of responsibility for ensuring that your WordPress site is protected from security vulnerabilities. The following are aspects of your WordPress environment that will need attention in order to ensure […]
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Web Accessibility: Typefaces and Fonts
How are Websites Designed for Web Accessibility? Guideline 3.1 of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) states that text content must be readable and understandable. 1 What this entails in terms of typefaces and fonts for your accessible website is far more nuanced than you might think. Typefaces are groups of designed text characters such […]
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WordPress Features for Business
What are Some of the Business Features of WordPress? WordPress is a state-of-the-art semantic personal publishing platform that focuses on aesthetics, web standards, and usability, and WordPress powers more than 37%1 of the top 10k websites in the United States. It’s a powerhouse. WordPress is the most well-known and most popular Content Management System (CMS) […]
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Benefits of Professional Website Design
Why hire a professional Website Designer? While there may be many web designing tools available claiming that they will save you time and money, it is worth considering why you may want to outsource this project. There are many benefits to hiring a professional website designer, whether you are looking to improve on what you […]
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Website Design Best Practices
Website Design Best Practices Thoughtful website design will help you to attract visitors and will compel them to engage with your content in a manner that purposeful and satisfying. Here are a few best practices for website designers: Consistent branding. Your brand identity is the foundation of your business, so it is important that all […]