Every year sparks a new series of trends in design, some evolving from the previous years and others forming anew. As the years progress, we see increasing improvement in user-focused applications. User Interface (UI) is the design and organization seen visually on a website. In 2024, these UI trends will aid designers in creating immersive, user-focused applications:Dark Mode Websites and applications are adopting darker color schemes to fit the new dark mode trend. Dark mode is a light-on-dark color scheme that can reduce eye fatigue and aid in usability and visual accuracy. This is mentioned in research found in “ACM Transactions...

What is Joomla? You may be asking yourself, "What is Joomla?" Joomla is an award winning, free and open source content management system (CMS) for publishing web content. The name Joomla is a phonetic spelling for the Swahili word "Jumla," which means "all together" or "as a whole". Since it's inception in 2005, Joomla has grown to be the second most widely used website platform globally, nearly 2 million active websites. A large community of developers and contributors have worked together to make Joomla flexible, user-friendly, extensible, secure, and robust. Additionally, thousands of "extensions" have been developed by the Joomla community...

In today's digital age, social media is an essential tool for businesses to connect with their target audience, build their brand, and drive sales. However, with so many different social media platforms available, it can be challenging to determine which ones are the best fit for your business. In this blog post, we'll explore which social media platforms are best for different types of businesses, based on their usage statistics and effectiveness for business marketing.

In last week's blog post, we provided an overview of online learning, or Learning Management Systems (LMS), and considerations for developing one for any organization. This week, we will focus on content methodology, choosing the right tool, and launching web-based training. Find the Right Solution Determining the best method for implementing the best method for web-based learning depends heavily on any existing website and the technical level of those creating, entering, and maintaining content.There are third-party Software as a Service (SaaS) offerings available. If deployment of the online learning solution is a critical and immediate need, SaaS may be a good...

There’s nothing like a global pandemic to change not only the way you do business, but the way you live. With the advent of COVID-19 and continued social distancing efforts, the days of teacher-led business classroom training quickly became a thing of the past. With many employees working from home, using ZOOM for meetings and training rapidly gained popularity. As an emergency measure, substituting the classroom with video conferencing connections worked well, but after 19 months, many companies are replacing emergency measures with more permanent solutions for online learning. Why Use Online Learning? When done correctly, using technology for remote online...