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1. Responsive Design
The number of users accessing your website through tablets, iPhones and Android smart- phones is
going to increase further.
It is absolutely necessary to have a responsive web design so that your web page adjusts
to all screen dimensions or else do not expect visitors to come back after a bad experience.
This overcomes both readability and usability issues. Furthermore, all the features should be smoothly
functional as on a desktop.03
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Top Trends to Follow in 2015
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2.Flat Design
Flat design refers to the simplicity of the website and quickness of its response.
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Get rid of textures, shadows, styles and bevels & you are left with flat design, which is quick to load.
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Simple website with clean lines and dynamic colors makes it highly recommended.03
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3.Scrolling
The scrolling site with a number of pages allows you to maximize your SEO tactics
effectively.01
On the contrary, with increasing number of mobile and tablet users, usual scrolling
is not a good idea. Instead, using single page or panels that can be scrolled is a better bet for mobile
users.
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Understand the audience that you are building for. Your audience might use different kinds of screen,
requiring different styles of scrolling.03
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4.Typography
Typography is the ability to be elegant and add refinement to the fonts.01
There are various styles of fonts available that can be used effectively to showcase rich typography.
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Focus on style and usability even when it comes to typography.03
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5.Large Images on the Homepage
Use of large and prominent images that explicitly express the idea is on the rise.
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A good picture makes more sense for mobile users as the tendency to read content is limited on
mobiles.02
Large image does not mean high file size in terms of resolution and pixels as it lowers the
page upload speed.03
Images need not distract the readability of content, rather enhance the experience only when required.
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6.Webpage Background
Background is likely to be dominated by HTML5 videos.
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Use of animation, instead of static images in the background, is also gaining a lot of popularity among
the experts.
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Many brands have already adopted this design method, which will bloom further in 2015.03
11. April 21 Is Your Last Chance for Mobile
Optimization Before 'Mobilegeddon'
For years now, mobile usability has been a factor in
Google’s search algorithm. Sites that are optimized
suitably for use on mobile devices rank higher than
their non-optimized counterparts, even on desktop
devices.
19. 10 December 2014 : Good Bye Joomla! 2.5.28.
What does this mean?
End of support refers to when Joomla! no longer provides bug fixes, features, or security
updates for a release.
This is the time to make sure you have the latest available update of Joomla.
Your website will continue to work as normal.
31. NoCaptcha Buil-in Plugin
In Joomla 2.5 and Joomla 3.3 there were ReCaptcha plugin (service) used to
prevent spammers. And now in Joomla 3.4 you will get NoCaptcha plugin.
34. Joomla 3.4 robots.txt Update
A change to the default robots.txt files was made in
Joomla! 3.3 to allow Google to access templates and
media files by default to improve SEO.
This change is not applied automatically on upgrades
and users are recommended to review the changes in
the robots.txt.dist file and implement these change in
their own robots.txt file.
36. Joomla 3.4 - Change
- Weblinks Component Removed from New Installs
- Continued Microdata Implementation in other
Joomla’s core component
- Composer Integration
http://magazine.joomla.org/issues/issue-july-2014/item/2161-practical-use-of-microdata-in-joomla-3-and-2-5