Pagination is one of those little design necessities that often gets overlooked. But for blogs and other content-heavy sites, it provides an important means of navigation. A well-crafted menu can encourage users to further explore what you have to offer. Believe it or not, there are designers who dare to …
Ahh… early retirement. We all dream about it, but only a few can pull it off. Early retirement is a difficult challenge, financially and mentally. How does someone even retire early? Most workers barely save any money for retirement. They’ll be lucky to retire at 65. Well, the answer is …
This article was originally published on MongoDB. Thank you for supporting the partners who make SitePoint possible. Introduction MongoDB 4.0 adds support for multi-document ACID transactions. But wait… Does that mean MongoDB did not support transactions until now? No, actually MongoDB has always supported transactions in the form of single …
The research-driven Workplace Trends Spring Summit returns for 2019. We have two sessions with invited guest speakers, our keynote and the after lunch debate. Following a recent Call for Abstracts and a blind peer review by our two moderators for the day, Nigel Oseland (Workplace Unlimited) and Mark Eltringham (Workplace …
In spite of the government investing £1.2 billion into cycling, new research claims that it is still only a few people who are cycling to work, with many citing nervousness about cycling in traffic as the reason. A survey of more than 7,600 UK adults published by Decathlon in the …
Halloween procrastinators, you’re in luck: Many of the big Halloween costume and decoration retailers have last-minute sales going on right now. Sure, you could wait until November 1 to scoop up whatever cheap Halloween costumes and decor are left over at a steep discount and use them next year, but …
If it wasn’t hard enough to get your business started, how’s the difficulty level of keeping it going? Marketing and branding get pushed to the back burner, the website never works and people fail to pay on time. If this sounds familiar, you may want to reevaluate your business management …
Successful entrepreneurs know how important it is to keep an eye on other brands. Whether they’re in your industry or not, their efforts can offer valuable digital marketing lessons you can use for your own company. Here, we take a look at digital marketing lessons that can be learned from …
One of the worst things about spam, whether traditional email spam or today’s more prevalent social media spam is that it preys on the inexperienced and most vulnerable user. They typically don’t know what they don’t know and therefore are easily taken advantage of by others. New social media users …
CBS’ streaming plans have become even more Trek-centric with the announcement of a two-season order for a half-hour animated series called “Star Trek: Lower Decks.” Many Star Trek fans will probably recognize “Lower Decks” as the title of a popular “Next Generation” episode about four junior officers on the Enterprise, …
Our 5 week Thailand trip is starting to wind down and I left Chiang Mai a couple of days ago. I’m typing this post in a small hotel room in Phuket. It’s way too hot in the middle of the day to be at the beach so we usually hide …
Whether you’re just starting out after graduation, or you’ve been working for years, there’s one important question that you can ask yourself before you start job hunting. What is my unique selling point. Having a USP (sometimes also called a unique selling proposition) is a marketing term. It’s used to …
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, in the next ten years there will be a 15% growth rate in the number of welding jobs. If you enjoy working with your hands and the freedom of being your own boss, starting a mobile welding business is a great idea. Most companies who …
Editor’s Note: This article was originally published on Nov. 18, 2016. It was updated on Oct. 30, 2018. We’re approaching that time of year when buyers and sellers give small businesses some love in the media. If your business is based locally in a community where you live, play and work, …
For traders, one of the hot topics of discussion at the moment is cryptocurrencies. Since the massive rise and fall of Bitcoin at the end of last year and the beginning of this year, traders around the world are suddenly looking at them in a new light. There are two …
Why would we want to eat a frozen dessert during the winter months? In 2017, food resource website Spoon University made the not-so-scientific argument that winter is actually the best season to eat ice cream. The products are in stock at the grocery store, lines are nonexistent, and there’s no …
Google may one day make our virtual avatars more expressive by tracking our eyes thanks to a patent for using cameras to track eyes in VR.Read More Source: Venture Beat Republished by Blog Post Promoter
Spotify’s got a new promotion to entice users to sign up for a Premium Family plan. Commit to $15 a month for up to six members, and the streaming service will toss in a free Google Home Mini. It’s an interesting promotion from the standpoint of Spotify and Google’s growing …
Ubisoft exceeded its targets for its second fiscal quarter ended September 30. The company also said its latest Assassin’s Creed game had a strong launch.Read More Source: Venture Beat Republished by Blog Post Promoter
We are all familiar with the emoticon, the little symbol we use to strengthen whatever it is we really mean or would like to convey in a text, chat, message or email. The symbols have become more important as these forms of communication have supplanted some forms of face to …
If you’ve been around the internet for more than 10 minutes, you already know that computers find each other using unique numerical addresses, or internet protocol (IP) addresses. The domain name system (DNS) serves as the telephone directory that a computer uses to look up the IP address associated with a …
Tales of amazing customer service support calls can live in infamy. I had lunch with some store owners a couple years ago and the topic of Uline’s amazing customer service came up. One of the guys at the table gushed at how quickly they pick up the phone. He promptly …
You don’t need to spend four years getting a bachelor’s degree from a costly university in order to make a living. If you choose a college carefully, you can cut your time in school in half and still earn an impressive paycheck. That’s according to PayScale’s 2018-2019 College Salary Report, …
Part of what makes working with WordPress so much fun is that you get much more than a free, open source CMS. You also become part of a tremendously welcoming and helpful community. Information regarding just about any aspect of the software you want to learn is most likely available …
This time last week, Google employees held massive walkouts across the country to protest the company’s handling of sexual harassment in the wake of a damning New York Times piece. This morning, CEO Sundar Pichai sent a note to employees about the events that was also shared via the company’s …
It’s a hot day on the savannah, and our hero Jon picks up the tool that he uses to hunt and cut his food, and marches across the plain to complete the next big task of the day—survival. Even though Jon lived 2.5 million years before basic writing was developed, …
At the end of the 18th Century it was becoming apparent that overpopulation was something the human race would need to address for perhaps the first time. Advances in technology and the urbanisation that followed the Industrial Revolution had created a new set of challenges. These were most famously laid out …
You said “Yes!” to the love of your life. Now the hard part begins — no, not the actual marriage (yet!) — planning the perfect wedding ceremony, and somehow keeping track of all those minute details you never even considered. So, how do you keep it all together and keep …
The eCommerce industry is demanding, requiring even casual entrepreneurs to spend countless hours and significant effort polishing their websites to perfection. There are plenty of articles providing tips for how to get higher conversion rates, increase engagement, and make your products visible to your target audience. But sometimes we focus too …
This post was originally published on Jan. 28, 2015, and was updated on Feb. 20, 2019. Scam artists love preying on small businesses, but yours doesn’t have to be one of them. Here are the most prevalent tax scams targeting small businesses this tax season. Related: Understanding online security threats 6 …
