Post pobrano z: Volta Pasta Makes Creative Use of Typography

It’s not so often that you find some truly well designed packaging, so I was delighted to stumble upon this wonderful work done for Volta by Stamp.

Focused on typography and elements around it, the design uses lines, waves, and simple shapes to suggest the pasta rather than placing photos on it. The choice of colors and simplicity, along with simple line-based illustrations, are an amazing publicity for this Italian restaurant located in the heart of Osaka, Japan.

Post pobrano z: How to be productive as a designer and not waste time procrastinating

Being more productive and avoiding procrastination are the biggest challenges everybody wants to overcome.

The designer profession requires you to be a creative person. For someone who is always brainstorming there’s no other way to stay competitive.

All this sounds easy. Here is when frustration will come up because staying productive as a designer is super tough.

This world has been designed to distract you. You can easily put off things for later or jump from one thing to another.

Productivity can make the difference between two designers. You should be able to brainstorm and troubleshoot problems. At the same time, you will need to handle other tasks.

Here are some productivity tips for designers to stay focused, creative, and avoid procrastination.

Plan your day ahead

Planning is everything. If you don’t know where you are and where you go, anything will be the best choice.

Productivity comes from a well-organized agenda. Having clarity which is the next step and marked things done. It seems simple but most people don’t do it. There’s no point to pretend to be productive without a plan ahead.

This is not related to the field you are in, it is something that depends on you. Schedules and due dates are overwhelming.

Build a to-do List

Planning will give you the list of tasks you need to get done. Yet if you want to prioritize and organize your day a to-do list should be your weapon.

Without it is overwhelming to accomplish your daily goals. You have a lot of things on your plate but you don’t know where to start.

Once you create a to-do list and if you refer to it several times a day you have high chances to get things done easier and faster.

Build habits and stick to them

Building good habits will help you be more productive. Yet this is not as easy as it sounds; it requires commitment and patience to stick to them.

Your task is to build and stick to habits that work for you. They should make your life easier.

They will allow you to focus on creative activities having a positive impact at the end of the day.

Find peace in your environment

If you don’t feel peace and good vibes from your current environment, it could be a good idea to make a change.

Believe it or not, a few changes in your behavior are enough to recover and get inspired.

From hanging a picture of your family to a piece of art or even re-design completely your work environment are the changes you need to be more productive.

It’s not only about software high-quality tools it is also about all around you. Pens, board, notebooks, paper, or anything else that make your job easier.  This generates emotions and creativity.

Figure Out the Best Time

Your optimal time slots are different than anyone else out there. If you figure out which time fits with which tasks you will have better results at the end of the day.

You already know yourself. You probably enjoy getting up early and start the day ahead of the rest of the world. Or on the contrary, you are a night owl and you feel you get more focus and creativity at nights.

Once you find the ideal time to work and that works for you, you will see the positive effects on your productivity.

Workout to Reset Your Mind

Working out creates emotions and they are the booster to productivity.

As a designer no doubt you will spend 90% of the day in front of your computer. This means you will not have the chance to give your body the movements it needs.

Exercise will reset the state of mind. It will disconnect from any work-related thing. You don’t need to go to the gym. You only need commitment and start to exercise from 20 to 30 minutes during the day.

Choose the Right Tools

I bet to say that you have heard this popular advice. Work smart, not hard.

Choose the right tools that will increase your productivity. You will deliver more with them.

No matter if you are designing a website, a mobile app, or a logo. There is one thing you need to make sure you have in place: the right tools and also they set up to make part of the job.

You have the freedom to get a freemium or premium tool. That depends on your possibilities. Either of them should help you to be more productive.

Tracking your time

Do you know how much time a task demanded you during the day?  How do you know you are being faster than yesterday on the same task?

You will not have the answer to those questions if you aren’t tracking your tasks time.

If you follow the creation of a to-do list and if you make it achievable and realistic then it is a good opportunity to start to track each task. How can you do it?

There are plenty of tools out there that allows you to track your tasks. Basically, their usage is pretty straightforward. You decide which tasks tracking and to which project they belong to.

Tracking your tasks will give you more than productivity.  It also helps you to keep the focus on tasks and allows you to evaluate where you could be faster.

Have effective and strong communication

Having strong communication skills should be a must for everybody. It’s not only about your technical skills, but also your abilities to communicate and handle the relationship with clients.

Sometimes there’s a barrier between you and your client due the client doesn’t know the topic and jargon of your field. You can fall into the mistake of using design words like wireframes, mock-up, and the client will feel lost.

If you can have effective and clear communication you can easily and as a result fulfill what exactly clients want.

Divide and you will conquer

If you are working on a big task you should break it down into smaller chunks to make it more achievable and manageable.

When trying to complete a big task without dividing it up it is probably you will end up not finishing it on time or poor quality. You don’t need to overwhelm yourself and be snowed with the big picture instead see the small goals.

Break down the general goal into specific ones. Once you have granular tasks you can think about the priority.

Breaking down the tasks will not be worth it if you decide to assign yourself many of them at the same time. At this point, you should assign them based on the complexity, effort, and if you have worked on similar tasks before.

Use shortcuts

Sometimes we underestimate the power that keyboard shortcuts give us. No doubt once you use them you save a lot of time giving you the chance to spend that time on other tasks during the day.

You don’t need to memorize them, as soon as you start to know and use them the faster you will be. This is a simple way to gain extra time at the end of the day.

Repeated tasks like taking a screenshot are a real case scenario to leverage shortcuts.

Finally, the better thing is that you also can add your keyboard shortcuts, those you feel more comfortable with.

Breathe and take a break

No matter how busy you are or how many tasks you need to get complete. You need a way to disconnect completely from what you are working on – you need to take a break.

As a designer, you spend many hours a day sitting down in front of your computer as much time you stay there the less productive you will be.

Set aside time for a break every single day. It shouldn’t be a long time, five minutes will be enough to reset your mind and fill it out with energy to continue doing your job.

Give yourself rewards

One of the biggest mistakes everyone makes is to underestimate the act of rewarding yourself. When you get a kudos, clap, or even a material gift you feel important and rewarded.

Why not give the same to yourself when you have worked hard to get things done?

No need to buy something, it could be to stand up and go for a good coffee, see the sky for a while or prepare a great tea. Then sit down in front of your television and watch for a moment something that makes you laugh. By doing this you change your state of mind.

Avoid Distraction and finish what you start

This world is designed to distract you. Avoid falling into the distractions trap.

There are high chances that push notifications, email, or WhatsApp conversion comes up and distracts you.

If you jump to any of them you will waste your time, focus, and energy. Build the habits of sticking to what you are working on and force yourself to stay there until you finish it.

Find focus and motivation by listening to music

Music can have an incredible impact on the way you work. Find music that keeps you working at a steady pace, the genre will be different for everyone so try out different styles to see what works for you. Music relaxes your mind and soul. It gives you peace, focus, and inspiration.

Listening to music is a good decision while you are working since it keeps you motivated. No doubt, listing music will have a positive impact and effects on your productivity.

Share your Thoughts and Opinions

Sharing your doubts and thoughts early will save you a lot of time. Ask questions for clarification when you are not completely clear on your tasks.

This should be an often task during the creative process. Share your point of view based on your experience and hear other ones too.

A successful design team is the result of flexibility and an open mind. So don’t worry to try to spread your voice.

Keep Up the Momentum

Momentum makes you believe in the impossible. The battle is how you keep it up.

Every single day ask this question: what do I need to do today to get closer to my goal? This will get you quickly momentum and focus on what you are trying to achieve.

Your productivity will soar once you keep the momentum up.

Post pobrano z: A’ Design Award Winners for Graphic Design and Visual Communication

As you know if you have been reading Designer Daily for a while, A’ Design Award & Competition is the world’s leading international annual juried competition for design. In a wide range of creative fields, designers compete for awards that are judged by an international jury panel of experienced academics, prominent press members, and established professionals. As a designer or agency, you can register on this page.

The Graphic Design and Visual Communication Awards

Most readers of Designer Daily will probably be particularly interested in the Graphic Design and Visual Communication Awards. Some of the type of designs that can be sent for this category include: Symbols, Logos, Typography, Posters, Books and Page Layouts, 2D Packaging and More. Graphic Awards Sub-categories and their descriptions are available on this page. The deadline

Previous winners of a Graphics and Visual Communication Award

The best way to understand what type of designs are accepted and appreciated, just check the previous years’ winners in this category.

See more winning designs on designmag.org.

Ready to submit your work?

If the work you have seen above inspires you, do not hesitate to submit your own work and compete with the world’s best designers for recognition. Register here.

Post pobrano z: 10+ Examples of Responsive Websites That Show Us How to Get It Right

Making sure your website will look good on every browser and device needn’t be an insurmountable challenge. These responsive designs show you how it’s done.

When, according to data from StatCounter, more than half of today’s website traffic is viewed on mobile devices, a web designer is left with three options: (1) stick with desktop browsers, (2) go mobile, or (3) maximize traffic by going with both.

Going with Option 3 requires extra effort, but not all that much, and the rewards are great (if roughly twice the amount of traffic appeals to you).

There’s a list of specs and requirements that must be satisfied in designing a responsive website; but given today’s tools and techniques those specs and requirements needn’t be difficult to satisfy.

High-quality WordPress themes like those BeTheme provides do most of the heavy lifting for you to make designing a responsive website just like taking the proverbial walk in the park.

Both desktop and mobile users have easy access to your site, and Google will reward your responsive, mobile-friendly site with better search rankings

Which is why Responsive web design is a must.

It’s simply not true that responsive design takes desktop users out of the picture. Prioritize the mobile experience, and if you do it well everyone will be happy.

Let’s look at some examples of what “doing it well” involves.

How responsive web designs can encourage leaner yet highly engaging desktop experiences

One advantage of designing for desktop users is having more space, and therefore more pixels to work with. Trying to get the most out of “every pixel” is not only impractical but a poor design approach as well.

Consider the popularity of sites featuring minimalist design techniques or exhibit a generous use of white space.

Designers have in fact learned to create leaner and more efficient desktop experiences in their drive to create effective mobile experiences.

Take designer/developer Rob Grabowski’s website as an example.

On a mobile screen it looks like this:

Website visitors have no problem focusing on the welcoming message and the photo behind it.

Desktop visitors encounter virtually the sameexperience:

This is a great example of seamless transitioning between desktop and mobile displays. With the proper design techniques,it’s not hard to accomplish.

Mobile web designs that simplify and enhance the decision-making process

One of the pitfalls of an over-busy website is that it can present an overabundance of choices or options to the user, which in turn can make choosing between similar options more difficult.

Responsive design techniques force web designers to take a modular approach to designing a site, creating levels of website sections which in turn makes it easier to review one option at a time.

BeRepair, one of the 500+ pre-built sites in BeTheme’s library, does an excellent job of demonstrating this design approach.

This responsive layout makes it easy for the viewer to focus on the message without being distracted by an overabundance of information.

Let’s take a look at a completely different websitetype, in this case the BeRestaurant pre-built desktop site:

Great looking, right? The mobile version is every bit as attractive while featuring fewer details that could prove to be distracting.

Note how the menu has been placed on a separate but readily accessible level by incorporating it into the hamburger menu, allowing the visitor to proceed one step at a time.

Responsive designs that excludeexcessive information

Consider paintings you might encounter in an art museum.

You’ll see landscape murals that are rich in beautiful details yet still tend to have a central focus.

That central focus is generally more clearly defined in portraits, even when surrounded by intricate details.

Responsive websites offer the best of both worlds. When you think of landscape, think desktop, where there is an abundance of space to work with. When you think of portrait, think mobile, there’s less space to work with but more than enough to focus on the message.

To get from one to the other, it’s a matter of knowing what details can be trimmed away as excess in such a way as to ensure the mobile experience remains worthwhile.

BeITService is a good example of this. First, the desktop version:

This is a great looking home page. Plenty of detail, and plenty of space as well in this responsive image. Note how easy it is to remove some of the detail to create the mobile version: 

While some of the image has been trimmed away, it’s fair to say that nothing has really been lost in the transition and the message is still front and center.

Culturally Connected, while involving some rearranging to make the transition, takes a very similar approach.

The desktop version:

The desktop version features a rather elaborate background graphic. Much of the graphic can however be looked upon as excess, giving you this on mobile:

Again, nothing has been lost. The secondary text has been placed in a different section where it will not serve as a distraction.

BeTutor is another great example of this technique. The desktop version looks like this:

To get to the mobile version, the designer simply omits the smaller text. The primary message remains intact.

None of the subject matter that reveals the type of service offered has been removed.The graphic is unchanged, and the design as a whole remains uncluttered.

Responsive websites that leverage their space

The previous two examples removed secondary textin the mobile versions. In the following example, by leveraging space web designers can sometimes take advantage of different screen size ratios.

As  the 1987 Masters demonstrates:

The mobile version on the other hand takes advantage of the vertical space to show additional content that will be of value to the viewer.

While mobile designs are sometimes forced to show less content to work effectively, it doesn’t always have to be that way. BeCosmetics is a good example of this.

The desktop view:

The mobile view leverages the added vertical space to provide the viewer with some useful introductory content plus a button that invites the visitor to check out the product line:

While it may sound counterintuitive, having less space doesn’t always limit the amount of comment if you are able to leverage that space.

Responsive websites that heighten readability

Internet users tend to be an impatient lot to begin with, and even when they find a site to their liking, they’re not apt to put up with text that, for whatever reason, is difficult to read.

It’s not only font type that matters. Too many words on a line or cramped lettering can be enough to cause a reader to bail out.

One helpful hint is to use visual elements to even out the text, as has been done in the BeDanceSchool site.

While it’s easy for visitors to focus on the content on the desktop version, thanks to the eye-catching graphics, the same design won’t work on mobile. By taking advantage of both the strengths and weaknesses of mobile screen size, the problem can be handled like this:

Significantly paring back the graphic designelements enables visitors to easily read the content. The text itself is beautifully styled to support readability.

The choice of font size and type also matters of course. See what Base Coat has done to ensure the text is both readable and engaging:

Be mindful of the fact that, while a vertical format can often be used to advantage with respect to text, lengthy text that requires scrolling can prove to be daunting for mobile users.

Mobile sites that highlightvisual content

Turning from how best to deal with lots of text on mobile sites, let us now take a look athow storytelling elements can contribute to a highly positive mobile experience.

Starting with what visitors experience on BeBand on the desktop:

A mobile screen doesn’t provide nearly as many options to play with design balance as on a desktop, but it can nevertheless highlight whatever image you’ve chosen:

It’s not only website static images that work well on mobile. The Scott Resort, for example, invites its first-time mobile visitors to watch a brief video:

Regardless of the device a visitor is using, a responsive video will automatically conform to the width of the screen.

The video as seen on desktop:

The video on mobile looks like this:

A mobile responsive design gives the maximum number of users the experience you want them to enjoy by allowing your content to adapt to the devices they happen to be using.

Mobile responsive sites that do a great job of accumulating leads

It needs to be emphasized at this point that, while responsive websites will typically generate more traffic, mobile conversion rates are not as high as they are on desktop; a situation that is expected to improve over time.

Given than, a responsive site should be designed to capture as many leads as possible to help achieve an acceptable conversion rate.

The BeClub pre-built website illustrates how this can work:

Note how effectively “Newsletter” is highlighted on the home page, and how it immediately precedes an invitation to subscribe.

The result? A ton of subscribers.

Here’s how the same page appears on mobile:

Not only is it very well done, but the mobile version may be even more effective in engaging potential subscribers due to its smaller,more dedicated space.

As is the case here, and with all the previous examples, website owners receive an extra benefit whenever a visitor uses both desktop and mobile devices.

Responsive web designs for the win

What do WordPress users look for in a theme to base their website design on? Most certainly, they look for many if not all of the following qualities:

• Easy to work with
• Cost effectiveness
• Key features
• Customizability
• Overall design quality, including performance

Yet another quality must be added, and that is responsiveness. Not every WordPress theme has been designed with mobile users in mind.

That’s not the case with BeTheme. Each of its more than 500 pre-built websites has mobile responsiveness baked right in. With BeTheme, you won’t have to agonize over how you think your pages might show up on mobile screens. You can spend the time you would have otherwise spent stressing yourself out with worry to getting your site online and building your business.

Post pobrano z: Hilarious Medieval Paintings of Animals Never Seen by the Artists

As you already know, photography wasn’t a thing in the Middle-Ages. This made reporting on wildlife from other continents much less accurate, as it was impossible to bring back a direct depiction of the animals observed.

In this post, you will see some drawings and paintings created by artists based on the oral or written description made by travellers. As one could expect, the results are not very precise and often hilarious.

Post pobrano z: How to Choose the Best Website Builder for Business in 2020

If you own a business, you need a website – that is stating the obvious.

But what is the site about? Do you have a brick and mortar business (e.g., an interior design studio) or an ecommerce venture or perhaps a hybrid of the two?

Each of these would have different requirements. That is why you need to have a solid idea about what you are looking for before going shopping for the best website builder.

Are Website Builders Different?

There are a huge number of website builders out there –

• WordPress
• Wix
• Weebly
• Squarespace
• Shopify
• Duda

and tons more.

Each of them has pros and cons that you will not be able to realize unless you have created the website, launched it, and gone through the experience of interacting with customers.

Some would provide you simplicity (Strikingly), some multilingual support (Webnode), some access to thousands of plugins (WordPress), and yet others an excellent, seamless shopping platform (Shopify).

The point is you cannot build a site using Duda and then decide that you would like to invest more and transfer it somehow to fit into Magento. Of course, you could, but that would mean building a new site from scratch.

How to Choose The Best Website Builder?

1. Editor Interface

Over the past decade, every website builder has moved to drag and drop functionality. However, all WYSIWYG editors are not created equal.

You need one that is simple and intuitive. But it is not so simple.

The critical point here is the menu arrangement that appears simple to you might seem tricky to another. A website editor needs to fit your personality much like the UI of a phone.

The other important factor is if the editor allows you a preview pane that modifies as you make changes. If the editor has to save and fetch from the backend, the task becomes cumbersome.

2. Plugins

Plugins are software modules that can be added to a website platform to increase its functionality.

A plugin can allow you to send automated emails to clients regarding delivery tracking, manage inventory, generate reports, tweak SEO, and even automate purchases from Alibaba.

The richness and diversity of plugins can allow you to add new utility to your site, reduce your hands-on time, and provide you an opportunity to develop your business.

Obviously, if we use this one criterion alone, WordPress, with its famed 50,000 plugin library, is the automatic winner. It is the front runner and head and shoulders above other editors in the number of installs.

The problem is that WordPress is open-source, and getting customer support for an arcane issue is tricky.

The same reason you choose Windows over Linux is the reason to choose Wix or Squarespace over WordPress. Your site is down, and it needs to be up and running within at most 3 hours. Unless you have a dedicated IT team, that is not going to happen with WP.

With mere 300 plugins, Wix is a distant second, but your site would be up and running quickly.

3. Mobile Rendering

The use of the internet on the go means that your site has to be small-screen capable. The device might not be running a full-sized browser on top of macOS or Windows.

The significant differences are single content columns, lack of wide elements, and sandwich bar-based navigation instead of nice big menu bars.

The complete lack of Flash and seamless switching between portrait and landscape mode without reloading the page make mobile browsing different.

In this respect, Wix, Weebly and Squarespace are slightly ahead of WordPress. The problem with free open license platforms like WP is it endures – that is good and bad. WP is taking considerable time to change over to be fully mobile-friendly.

Of course, if you have a development team to assist you and edit the standard WP theme libraries’ codes, it is different. But for off-the-shelf use, WP is probably not best suited for mobile till now.

Why did we choose Wix, Weebly, and Squarespace out for mention? These editors give you real-time updates about how your site looks on a mobile screen. This alone makes them the best website builder for small business.

4. Superior Content Management System

A business website may be a dynamic website depending on its use. Ecommerce sites would be exclusively dynamic.

What does it mean? If a customer writes a review and uploads an image, the site will incorporate it immediately. Also, each user will get a slightly different view of the site. If you are buying a phone from Amazon while your wife is buying a pair of scissors, you are viewing very different content apart from the basic template.

Blogspot is the best example of static website builder software. Information is published through the editor, and the same content is visible to all the viewers.

WordPress is undoubtedly the best website builder for business as far as dynamic scripting goes.

 Its shopping extension, known as WooCommerce, uses very little processor power on both server and client-side. The extensive use of PHP 7.0 allows the browser to fetch images, reviews, product information quickly from the database.

This does not mean other editors are bad at creating dynamic sites. Just that every business site has a distinct requirement, and yours might be better suited to Duda than Site123. Only WP has an all-embracing performance in this regard.

5. SEO Capability

Let’s be honest – SEO is mostly a matter of brute force changes. The more you spend, the higher you rank for familiar keywords. But that does not mean you should neglect SEO hygiene.

You have to be able to manage titles and meta descriptions without hassle. Since a business website could have hundreds of product pages, it helps if the website builder allows a degree of automation in this regard.

Better use of keywords and the consistent application of Alt-Tag to images allows a search engine crawler to index a page faster.

Another essential part is an XML sitemap. A well-executed sitemap tells the search engine how many pages the site has, the categories, and changes made to each page. The last feature allows the crawler to understand which age has been changed since it last visited the site and if there is new information to be indexed.

6. Support

WordPress gives you community-based support. Weebly and Wix provide phone support. Squarespace provides chat support. Duda, Site123, Shopify, BigCommerce provide a combination of chat and phone but mostly the former.

Obviously, phone support is the best and failing that support through chat. Email support is the least responsive.

This is the principal reason why business websites tend to lean towards Wix. Their plugins are developed in-house and not by independent third parties. In the case of a problem, you can receive rapid support.

7. Price

Almost all website builders are free (Squarespace has a free trial). But to access any feature, you need to pay.

These might be simple requirements such as self-hosting, removing third-party advertisements, SEO, adding basic plugins, access to Google Analytics integration, access to SEO control panels, and metrics.

When you put together the cost of hosting, SSL, payment gateway, plugins, themes, it adds up quickly.

If you are really counting your pennies, then WordPress would allow you to build a website affordably.

With other players, the end cost may add up to almost $200 monthly.

But then again, this is a matter of personal preference. Your business site is, after all, a store. The monthly expense is the rent that you pay. Instead of paying rent for space, you are paying for plugins, hosting, etc.

Keep Your Eyes Open…

At the end of the day, you are looking for versatility at an affordable price. You would also need a website builder to be simple enough for you to operate and modify it.

There is no real answer to what is the best website builder.

Modern editors are well designed and provide several tools that let you create the perfect site. Some have a steep learning curve, and others are more intuitive.

But one fact is the same – you can’t migrate from one to another without a lot of headaches and expenses. Therefore study the website builder comparison charts minutely and choose wisely.

Post pobrano z: How to Choose the Best Website Builder for Business in 2020

If you own a business, you need a website – that is stating the obvious.

But what is the site about? Do you have a brick and mortar business (e.g., an interior design studio) or an ecommerce venture or perhaps a hybrid of the two?

Each of these would have different requirements. That is why you need to have a solid idea about what you are looking for before going shopping for the best website builder.

Are Website Builders Different?

There are a huge number of website builders out there –

• WordPress
• Wix
• Weebly
• Squarespace
• Shopify
• Duda

and tons more.

Each of them has pros and cons that you will not be able to realize unless you have created the website, launched it, and gone through the experience of interacting with customers.

Some would provide you simplicity (Strikingly), some multilingual support (Webnode), some access to thousands of plugins (WordPress), and yet others an excellent, seamless shopping platform (Shopify).

The point is you cannot build a site using Duda and then decide that you would like to invest more and transfer it somehow to fit into Magento. Of course, you could, but that would mean building a new site from scratch.

How to Choose The Best Website Builder?

1. Editor Interface

Over the past decade, every website builder has moved to drag and drop functionality. However, all WYSIWYG editors are not created equal.

You need one that is simple and intuitive. But it is not so simple.

The critical point here is the menu arrangement that appears simple to you might seem tricky to another. A website editor needs to fit your personality much like the UI of a phone.

The other important factor is if the editor allows you a preview pane that modifies as you make changes. If the editor has to save and fetch from the backend, the task becomes cumbersome.

2. Plugins

Plugins are software modules that can be added to a website platform to increase its functionality.

A plugin can allow you to send automated emails to clients regarding delivery tracking, manage inventory, generate reports, tweak SEO, and even automate purchases from Alibaba.

The richness and diversity of plugins can allow you to add new utility to your site, reduce your hands-on time, and provide you an opportunity to develop your business.

Obviously, if we use this one criterion alone, WordPress, with its famed 50,000 plugin library, is the automatic winner. It is the front runner and head and shoulders above other editors in the number of installs.

The problem is that WordPress is open-source, and getting customer support for an arcane issue is tricky.

The same reason you choose Windows over Linux is the reason to choose Wix or Squarespace over WordPress. Your site is down, and it needs to be up and running within at most 3 hours. Unless you have a dedicated IT team, that is not going to happen with WP.

With mere 300 plugins, Wix is a distant second, but your site would be up and running quickly.

3. Mobile Rendering

The use of the internet on the go means that your site has to be small-screen capable. The device might not be running a full-sized browser on top of macOS or Windows.

The significant differences are single content columns, lack of wide elements, and sandwich bar-based navigation instead of nice big menu bars.

The complete lack of Flash and seamless switching between portrait and landscape mode without reloading the page make mobile browsing different.

In this respect, Wix, Weebly and Squarespace are slightly ahead of WordPress. The problem with free open license platforms like WP is it endures – that is good and bad. WP is taking considerable time to change over to be fully mobile-friendly.

Of course, if you have a development team to assist you and edit the standard WP theme libraries’ codes, it is different. But for off-the-shelf use, WP is probably not best suited for mobile till now.

Why did we choose Wix, Weebly, and Squarespace out for mention? These editors give you real-time updates about how your site looks on a mobile screen. This alone makes them the best website builder for small business.

4. Superior Content Management System

A business website may be a dynamic website depending on its use. Ecommerce sites would be exclusively dynamic.

What does it mean? If a customer writes a review and uploads an image, the site will incorporate it immediately. Also, each user will get a slightly different view of the site. If you are buying a phone from Amazon while your wife is buying a pair of scissors, you are viewing very different content apart from the basic template.

Blogspot is the best example of static website builder software. Information is published through the editor, and the same content is visible to all the viewers.

WordPress is undoubtedly the best website builder for business as far as dynamic scripting goes.

 Its shopping extension, known as WooCommerce, uses very little processor power on both server and client-side. The extensive use of PHP 7.0 allows the browser to fetch images, reviews, product information quickly from the database.

This does not mean other editors are bad at creating dynamic sites. Just that every business site has a distinct requirement, and yours might be better suited to Duda than Site123. Only WP has an all-embracing performance in this regard.

5. SEO Capability

Let’s be honest – SEO is mostly a matter of brute force changes. The more you spend, the higher you rank for familiar keywords. But that does not mean you should neglect SEO hygiene.

You have to be able to manage titles and meta descriptions without hassle. Since a business website could have hundreds of product pages, it helps if the website builder allows a degree of automation in this regard.

Better use of keywords and the consistent application of Alt-Tag to images allows a search engine crawler to index a page faster.

Another essential part is an XML sitemap. A well-executed sitemap tells the search engine how many pages the site has, the categories, and changes made to each page. The last feature allows the crawler to understand which age has been changed since it last visited the site and if there is new information to be indexed.

6. Support

WordPress gives you community-based support. Weebly and Wix provide phone support. Squarespace provides chat support. Duda, Site123, Shopify, BigCommerce provide a combination of chat and phone but mostly the former.

Obviously, phone support is the best and failing that support through chat. Email support is the least responsive.

This is the principal reason why business websites tend to lean towards Wix. Their plugins are developed in-house and not by independent third parties. In the case of a problem, you can receive rapid support.

7. Price

Almost all website builders are free (Squarespace has a free trial). But to access any feature, you need to pay.

These might be simple requirements such as self-hosting, removing third-party advertisements, SEO, adding basic plugins, access to Google Analytics integration, access to SEO control panels, and metrics.

When you put together the cost of hosting, SSL, payment gateway, plugins, themes, it adds up quickly.

If you are really counting your pennies, then WordPress would allow you to build a website affordably.

With other players, the end cost may add up to almost $200 monthly.

But then again, this is a matter of personal preference. Your business site is, after all, a store. The monthly expense is the rent that you pay. Instead of paying rent for space, you are paying for plugins, hosting, etc.

Keep Your Eyes Open…

At the end of the day, you are looking for versatility at an affordable price. You would also need a website builder to be simple enough for you to operate and modify it.

There is no real answer to what is the best website builder.

Modern editors are well designed and provide several tools that let you create the perfect site. Some have a steep learning curve, and others are more intuitive.

But one fact is the same – you can’t migrate from one to another without a lot of headaches and expenses. Therefore study the website builder comparison charts minutely and choose wisely.

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Doug Liddle is a guitar instructor who had the good idea to hire a creative graphic design to do his business cards. The design, Rory O’Sullivan, actually designed more than one card, as he used one side to teach Liddle’s contacts how to position their fingers to plays chords.

As a result, on one side of the cards, you have a pretty standard business card, with just the necessary data. On the other side, you get a different design every time, with the little dots positioned in a way that shows you where to put your fingers.

Once again, this is a brilliant display of creativity that proves that having good ideas is sometimes better than having a big budget for marketing.

Post pobrano z: This Guitar Teacher’s Business Card Teaches You Chords

Doug Liddle is a guitar instructor who had the good idea to hire a creative graphic design to do his business cards. The design, Rory O’Sullivan, actually designed more than one card, as he used one side to teach Liddle’s contacts how to position their fingers to plays chords.

As a result, on one side of the cards, you have a pretty standard business card, with just the necessary data. On the other side, you get a different design every time, with the little dots positioned in a way that shows you where to put your fingers.

Once again, this is a brilliant display of creativity that proves that having good ideas is sometimes better than having a big budget for marketing.

Post pobrano z: David Pearson’s Creative Covers For Penguin’s Great Ideas Series

For its Great Ideas series, Penguin worked with book cover expert David Pearson, a graphic designer based in the UK. The designer took a type-based approach to nail the covers of these non-fiction books that feature no less than authors like George Orwell, Virginia Woolf, or Karl Marx.

Pearson’s collaboration started early in the branding of the series, and he even coined the series name. He then worked on the design of most of the 20 new books of the series.