Monthly Archives: April 2012

Why Mobile Commerce Is on the Rise

About 30% of mobile phone users spend an average of about 27 minutes each day text messaging, using the telephone and video chatting, according to retailer CultureLabel.com. The company put together an infographic that highlights the bright outlook for the mobile commerce industry, helped along by the massive growth of smartphone adoption. As CultureLabel looked to expand its own mobile strategy,…

How to Choose a Typeface?

Choosing a typeface can be tricky. The beauty and complexity of type, combined with an inexhaustible supply of options to evaluate, can make your head spin. But don’t be baffled — and don’t despair. While there are no easy-to-follow rules on how best to choose a typeface, there are many tried-and-true principles you can quickly learn and apply to make an appropriate typeface choice….

How to get the Featured Image or the First Image in the WordPress post?

Supposing you want to have an image aside of each post in your post list page. The WordPress function get_the_post_thumbnail is what you need. Make sure to set a  featured image inside the edit post (or custom post) page. If you forget to set the featured image inside a post, WordPress will consider as featured image the first uploaded image from…

The Power of Pinterest

Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock the past few months, you’ve probably heard about the up and coming image sharing website known as Pinterest. For those unfamiliar with Pinterest, it’s quite simple. Imagine if Flickr and Twitter had a child together that combined the image sharing of Flickr with the social functionality of Twitter. Users can upload and share…

Mobile Commerce Revolution: Smartphones & Smarter Shoppers

Smartphones are creating smarter shoppers – so how does that affect you? Check out this new infographic below to learn about the growth of mobile e-commerce, including how people are shopping on their phones, how many retailers have mobile sites (it’s astonishingly small, considering over half of smartphone users would buy something from a mobile site), and which demographic makes…

10 Things You Need to Know About Revamped Facebook Pages

Revamped Facebook Pages have gone live on the 30th March with the new timeline-based Pages redesign. We’ve found a great infographic that contains everything you need to know into a handy-dandy 10 Things You Need to Know list. Print it out and check things off while you prepare for the change.