6 Great Reasons to choose Magento for your next e-Commerce website
At ITC, Magento based websites make up the bulk of our e-Commerce projects. Being WordPress and Drupal specialists, we could go for other options – WooCommerce and Drupal Commerce for example – but...
View ArticleTales of Heartbleed and What We Can Do About It
If you haven’t heard of “Heartbleed” (where have you been?!) it is a serious bug in the popular OpenSSL cryptographic software library. OpenSSL allows websites to provide encrypted information, so that...
View ArticleWeb Design | Why You Shouldn’t Be Afraid of Colors
It used to be that color was one element in a website design that should never be messed around with. Using too many hues and the wrong combination can strain viewers’ eyes and even emotions, confuse...
View ArticleCreating the Perfect Homepage Design
Today’s generation of Internet users are lucky. With a previously unseen level of emphasis on web design, coupled with better knowledge of how websites should work, neither you, me or anyone will ever...
View ArticleWhat is Scrum and why do we live by it?
There’s lots of things to love about the scrum method! Here at IT Consultis, we swear by this agile approach as it provides the most flexibility, ease, effectiveness, and dare we say even fun, into our...
View ArticleIntroducing Magento Community Edition 1.9
Magento has just released Magento Community Edition 1.9 and we’re excited! Why, you ask?Well, there are three major improvements in store for all Magento sites. First is the new default responsive...
View ArticleMake Your Keyword Strategy Work In Today’s SEO Minefield
Over the years, a lot has changed about the way SEO handles keywords.Back in the day, keywords were precious gems that websites religiously maintained. SEO specialists targeted specific keywords...
View ArticleThe 10 Ultimate Redmine Tips
For managing tasks and projects at IT Consultis, we use Redmine. And being as addicted as we are to it for managing our projects, we think it would be very helpful to share few tips on how to use...
View ArticleHow to adapt your website to China | The Design Edition
Welcome to part 2 of our “How to adapt your website to China” series. If you missed the part 1 and want to know all about the technical details—hosting, licenses, browser compatibility—check it out...
View ArticleStarting an E-Commerce Website | 4 Tips for SMEs
As the saying goes, great things start from humble beginnings. That’s especially true for the big, established websites of today. Once upon a time, they were fledgling SMEs too, in search of a customer...
View ArticleWeb Design For Retina Display
When Apple debuted its Retina display back in 2010, everything looked absolutely stunning on screen – better than we had ever seen before. How did they do it? Well, here’s how it works: Apple...
View ArticleSocial Networks: China vs The World
If you have ever heard of Weibo or WeChat, you will know that the social networking landscape in China is vastly different to what we are used to on the Western side of the world. It’s also no secret...
View ArticleChina’s Love-Hate Relationship with Windows 8 and IE
A couple of weeks ago, in what can be seen as a bit of a hizzy fit, China announced it would be banning Windows 8 from all its government computers. The reason? Microsoft’s refusal to extend the life...
View ArticleThe Inbox 0 Culture
Four years of working as an entrepreneur and project manager in Shanghai has taught me a lot of things—most importantly that you have to faithfully adhere to some kind of ritual if you want to start...
View ArticleThe Simple Glorious Beauty of Single Page Websites
Single page websites have been popping up everywhere on the web these days. Web designers are showing us that navigating a website doesn’t have to be clumsy and confusing. Remember how traditional...
View ArticleE-commerce in China | A Social and Mobile Future
Everything is social these days—we play games with total strangers online, we post vacation photos on every social media platform under the sun so that our friends can comment, and we check forums and...
View ArticleContact Forms – They Matter More Than You Think | Part 1
Contact pages—one of the staples of navigation menus far and wide. On them, you will usually find something along the lines of “We’d love to hear from you” as a welcoming message meant to encourage you...
View ArticleContact Forms – They Matter More Than You Think | Part 2
Welcome to part 2 of our 2 part contact form master series! Yesterday we went over contact form design 101 and looked at some pretty cool trends and effects you could use on your own forms. As...
View Article10 Small Tips That Will Make A Big Difference To Your E-commerce Website
Great e-commerce websites don’t happen overnight. There’s a lot of details and features that need to be considered, which make the difference between a website that converts visitors into consumers and...
View ArticleUsing Video in Web Design – Make it Count!
Kids today have no idea, but anyone born before the 90s remembers a time when watching videos online was a feat of patience—videos were slow to load, prone to lag, and just a frustrating experience....
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