The Artificial Intelligence market will expectedly be worth $153 billion in the near future. We are talking about digital revolution here. We are talking about path breaking technological ideas and implementation here. It is going to redefine the way in which humans are going to interact with machines.

Artificial Intelligence in Web Development: Is it even possible?

The stakes are high. The figures are impressive – to say the least. We have got engineers and marketers embarking on diverse plans with AI at the core. Why should developers be left behind? No credentialed web development company would ideally be unaware of the scope of Artificial Intelligence as far as web development is concerned. The consultants should not be unaware of the fact that developers around the world are looking at the possible integration of Intelligence and web development to bolster user experience.

Imagine sitting in front of one of those template designers that you have just signed up for. Expect your “AI designer” to ask you about your preferences with regard to branding, colors, content and layout. Once you have fed the answers to those questions, the template designer, based on the pre-programmed algorithms will automatically go on to create a website, which is the perfect combination of aesthetic and professional appeal.

How will Artificial intelligence go on to facilitate “communication”?

This is what AI can do for web development. Using the AI elements, a developer becomes better adept at catering to users’ needs. Since It is known for understanding customer moods and preferences better, web developers will be in a better position to integrate elements that are going to append to the user experience – of course, so that they are more convincingly persuaded to make purchases.

Now, how does this Technique do this? How does it ensure that developers are better adept at catering to buyer needs? It does this with the help of cognitive analysis and situations. Chatbots, for example, have made it possible for web professionals to predict customer reactions. They facilitate better communication with the customers by making the whole (communication) process very simple and hassle-free. The next-generation internet users will actually find it easier to communicate with the website itself. There will be no communication barrier to contend with as such.

With the help of the statistical analysis marketers and other web professionals can actually minimize errors. Processing a large amount of information also becomes easier when communication is facilitated at such level.

So, which web development company are you consulting at the present moment? Are they duly aware of the immense opportunities that Artificial Intelligence has in store for the next generation web users? Do find out so that you can make an informed choice.

There is a strong dependence between hiring a good web development company and succeeding online. It’s not very easy to define the right web development company, but one thing is for sure an essential feature of it – it’s more than just a company you hire and pay for some services, it’s a true partner of its client.

Partnership has more meaning than just a business collaboration, as it reflects your partner’s wish to do things for you, just the way he would have done them for himself. With rising needs of online industry, choosing the right web development company becomes absolutely necessary.

The Internet is changing really fast and online success depends on how business owners adapt themselves to new trends that have emerged on the web. Websites are now way more than just some static online information platforms – they’re dynamic and interactive, some may even create online communities. Online business is now more than a simple interface of an offline business. That’s why web development has become such an important element in achieving online success.

There are a few simple guidelines you need to follow when deciding which web development company you should hire.

Guideline 1: Check the web development company’s knowledge and experience in this area.

Finding out the exact skills your potential web developer has is something quite difficult to achieve, as not all business owners can a have a very technical chat about programming tools or Javs scripting. That’s why you have to study the web development company’s portfolio and pay attention to details.

Testimonials should be something you must absolutely consider, as this way you can find out how ideas of other business owners have been applied by the web development company.

Guideline 2: Identify and decide the objectives of your site and check if the web developer can achieve them.

You can not evaluate whether a project has been done properly or not, unless you establish some objectives that must be achieved. That’s why you have to identify what the objectives of your site are, and then communicate them to your developer in order to find out if they are reachable or not. This is the only solution to establish the parameters of your collaboration with the web development company. As long as they commit to fulfilling your objectives, then they are the right web developer to hire. In case they fail doing that, you are totally legitimate to ask doing their job from the beginning or even for a refund.

Guideline 3: Communication is the key to a successful partnership.

Considering the right developer should be able to turn your ideas into something really practical, communication between you and the company should be really effective.

There are a few tips on how to measure if your potential web developer is a good communicator:

o he should be able to understand your abstract ideas and objectives and explain to you how he will use technical methods to apply them;

o he should be very efficient in providing you the feedback you require;

o he should come up with suggestions and ideas that suit you;

o he should be flexible and open to any new suggestions you may have;

Guideline 4: The right web development company will not try to trick you with additional charges, extra page charges and future maintenance charges.

You should specify from the beginning the payment details in order to avoid any financial scam. The right web developer will specify the cost of each particular service, including maintenance. Some web developers have cheap services, but that can be misleading, as their prices may not include site maintenance which is a very important part in succeeding online.

The best solution is knowing from the start the costs and signing a contract with your web developer for a longer period of time. Upkeeping the website is really important as both search engines and users like updates.

Hiring the right web development company is not so easy, that’s why you have to be very careful when doing it. Remember that your business success depends on how good this web developer is. Doing this right depends a lot on the guidelines written above.

URL theft by a partner or co-owner: We receive calls every week from companies who essentially tell us that an ex-partner or company owner has taken control of their domain registrations and that the now-ex-partner refuses to release the stolen name to the company. Perhaps the name was registered initially in one partner’s name. In some cases, that business owner redirects the domain to another website, essentially putting the online business out of business. More often, the business owner demands some sort or money or other consideration in exchange for the domain name. Essentially, they use the URL as leverage to obtain something they couldn’t achieve in the context of the partnership. This is perhaps the most common example of domain name theft. Domain names stolen in this fashion account for about 25% of the calls and emails we receive in the domain theft area.

URLTheft by Employees: Unfortunately, corporate management is rarely involved in the registration process of their domain names. Registration of domains is often handled by the IT department, and even delegated to lower level web site employees. Because of the high turnover rate at that level, the employee with access to the domain registrant login information ends up leaving the company, taking that information with them. Again, if there is a dispute with the employee, it often turns into a domain name dispute after termination. Once the domain registrant information is stolen, it can be difficult to retrieve.

URL Theft by Vendors: Sometimes, a technology vendor or web site developer uses their own information to register your companies domain name, even going so far as to list their company as the registrant of your trademarks. If a billing dispute arises down the line, the web developer uses the URL as leverage to get paid. Even more common, the web vendor goes out of business and the company doesn’t realize that they have no way of obtaining control of the domain name or even renewing the domain name at the end of the registration period. If a domain name is stolen by the web developer or vendor, you could be in big trouble if the vendor’s company folds, the web developer moves away or you become the target of cyber-extortion.

The words “someone stole my domain name” are words said far too often in our business. Companies must take their intellectual property rights more seriously and protect their intangible assets like they do other tangible property. An ounce of prevention is really worth a pound of cure. Control your registrant login and you will control your domain name from theft.

Due to high degree of soaring competition for uniqueness in the World Wide Web, hiring WordPress programmer is gradually becoming necessity rather than a fad to building a visually appealing website by converting PSD to WordPress. Now-a-days, people are hiring dedicated WordPress developer for starting different types of web portals such as sophisticated corporate site, coupon-site, small Wiki type portal, forum portal, web directory, job board and so on.

Converting PSD format based files into WordPress theme/ template is really very tricky task and here, a dedicated WordPress developer comes into the big picture. The skilled professionals are able to integrate PSD web layouts by means of PSD to WordPress conversion more efficiently because they have solid understanding about the same. So, it is advisable to take aid of web programmer for stage-by-stage development work in order to get search engine friendly blogging web portal.

How to choose dedicated WordPress develop for perfect WordPress theme/ template customization? There are some common set of factors determining how to choose right web developer. An individual should keep in mind following important key points while hiring dedicated WordPress developer from Indian web development company:

• Basic qualification of particular professional.
• Proficiency of web programmer in basic languages such as JavaScript, XML and MY-SQL).
• Total work experience of developer
• Cost of hiring professionals
• Quality assurance
• Number of projects handled by programmer

By outsourcing skilled programmer, an individual get several additional benefits like 100% original, unique, high customized, hand-coded and cross browser compatible with W3C standards validated WordPress theme/ template coded with strong HTML/XHTML/CSS mark-up languages. Besides that, a person can enjoy other advantageous such as complete customer and technical support, source code authorization, 100% guaranteed client satisfaction, project delivery within minimum turnaround time and so on.

There are many web-development companies offering flexible hiring plans through which a person can hire dedicated WordPress developer on full-time basis, part-time basis or hourly basis according to his business requirement. An individual should consider all the above discussed factors to select the right professional for PSD to WordPress theme/ template conversion service to build a good content managed web portal.

First, a little history. According to Wikipedia, it was in 2004 that Cameron Adams a web developer created a demonstration of “fluid flexible” layout. By 2008, related terms such as “flexible”, “liquid”, “fluid”, and “elastic” were being used to describe layouts. It was Ethan Marcotte another web designer, who coined the term responsive web design (RWD)-and defined it to mean fluid grid/ flexible images/ media queries-in a May 2010 article in A List Apart. He described the theory and practice of responsive web design in his brief 2011 book titled Responsive Web Design. Responsive design was listed as #2 in Top Web Design Trends for 2012 by.net magazine. Mashable called 2013 the Year of Responsive Web Design. Many other sources have recommended responsive design as a cost-effective alternative to mobile applications.

So if your website has been published before 2012/2013 you need to get hold of your website guys to change it to responsive. To be sure your website is mobile friendly go to: Mobile-Friendly Test – Google Search Console – to test your website.

If your website is managed by a developer / agency, you can have them make a responsive WordPress theme for you, one based on your current theme. But most themes today have the responsive option.

On the other hand, you are managing your own website and using WordPress, head over to your WordPress dashboard and under ‘appearance’ click on ‘themes’ and then click on ‘install themes’, and in the search box you want to put in the keywords ‘responsive’. This will bring up all the themes that are responsive then you can choose the one that’s best for your site. After the necessary tweaking, you have it, a responsive – mobile device friendly website.

Nowadays for new websites, the majority of available platforms are made responsive so they just need to be tested for their effectiveness.

You might then want to check if your site loads quickly on mobile devices. There are two steps you can take to make your mobile devices load quicker. Head over to your plug-ins area and click on ‘add new’, then look for and install something called ‘WP Smushit. What this does is, it compresses your images. Loading of images on mobile devices is usually 80 percent of the time. So if you can reduce your image sizes, you can reduce the loading time for a mobile device significantly. Making your site load very quickly so that people with mobile devices can see your content without having to wait.

A company that is looking to get bids from several qualified vendors for a Web site design or development project will typically write a Request for Proposal (RFP) and either post it online or send it directly to potential vendors it has identified.

As with any complex project, a Web site design project requires clear communication between the client and web developer in order for the client to receive accurate bids. The RFP serves as a baseline of project requirements on which competing vendors may price their services. I have outlined a few items below that should typically be in a Website Design and Development Request for Proposal, though some times more information is necessary.

Writing your Request for Proposal

The Request for Proposal (RFP) process allows potential vendors to get an idea of your goals, existing challenges and possible limitations without lengthy phone discussions or in-person meetings that can severely impact the amount of time it takes for you to get started with your Web Design and Development project. It allows you to succinctly describe exactly what you are looking for and what a potential vendor should expect in the project.

An ideal RFP would clearly specify all the requirements pertaining to your website. It would allow the developer to present you with a proposal based your particular needs and, needless to say, the more details your RFP contains, the more accurate a proposal the developer is able to present.

Components of a Request for Proposal (RFP) for a Web site Design and Development Project:

Project Background Information

• Brief overview of your organization, including some history and your primary business objectives.
• Detailed description of the project you would like to receive the proposal for.
• If your budget requirements are strict, it might help to include a ‘Ballpark’ Budget – which developers can use to scope and scale your solution and save you time.
• Target launch date and required deliverable dates – include any dates that you need the project to meet. Are there crucial meetings and cut-off dates that the developer should be aware of? If you are not sure what the time frame should be, it’s okay to see what the proposals you receive recommend and renegotiate. It’s also good to anticipate and state how flexible you are with the project’s completion date.

Marketing Requirements and Data

• Audience demographics – who will be the main users of your site? Are there several different audiences that need to be addressed?
• User comfort level with technology –  how technically savvy is your audience? Will they know how to deal with plug-ins, for example?
• Will users have high-speed connections, or will many be on modems?
• Audience base –  how large do you expect your user base to be?

Design and Corporate Branding Requirements

• Do you have corporate identity guidelines that must be followed, including fonts and colors and graphic treatments?
• What look and feel to you envision for the Web site? Include some adjectives to describe what your site should communicate.
• Provide examples of Web sites that relate to the RFP either because they have a similar feel to the one your are looking for, or even examples of what you do NOT want.
• Will there be any animated elements (i.e. Flash animations)? How many? How are they going to be used?

Technical and Infrastructure Requirements

• Web hosting considerations. Do you currently have a Web host or are you looking for a new one to handle this project?
• Browser/platform considerations. Generally speaking, a Web site for consumers or the general public should work similarly across all modern browsers and Operating Systems. If you are targeting a very specific audience it is possible your needs are different.
• Development platform requirements. Do you require an Open Source solution, are you open to a proprietary solution that is more tailored to your exact needs, etc.
• Coding language requirements (e.g. ASP.NET, PHP, Java). Many times this depends on the type of Web hosting platform or any pre-existing software you may have.
• Are there third party applications you’d like to incorporate?

Functionality/programming Requirements

• Will there be forms on the site? If so, how many? How should they be handled? (e.g. e-mailed to recipients, stored in a database, etc.)
• Will the site require tools to manage content/information (e.g. ability for staff to add content such as press releases or quarterly reports)?
• Will there be any e-commerce on the site? If so, who will be entering data on products offered? How will transactions be managed?
• Are there any other interactive features the site should have? What are they, and how do you envision them to work?

Search Engine Optimization

• Describe any currently defined search engine friendly production requirements and expectations
• Indicate if you are seeking SEO/SEM consultation services

Ongoing Site Maintenance Plans

• How often will the site be updated? Are you looking for a retainer situation, or ‘on-demand’ hourly work?
• Will you be self-maintaining or will you be outsourcing maintenance services?

Project Management

• Who will be the main point of contact on your staff? Keep in mind that in most cases it is easiest to have a single point of contact at both your organization and the company designing and developing your Web site.
• How will the tasks be divided between you and the developer in order to complete the project?
• Are there any third parties (subcontractors, etc.) that will also be involved in the project?

RFP Response Deadline and Contact Information

• When is the response to the RFP due?
• To whom should the response be sent?
• Do you prefer E-mail or hard copies, and if so, how many hard copies?
• Is there a specific solicitation number that needs to be referenced in the Proposal Document?
• What is the RFP review process? How long do you anticipate to take to make your decision before the project can begin?

Some Additional Thoughts Before You Begin:

• For all items listed above, be sure to clearly indicate if you must have any item(s) bid as an optional aspect of the project. Keep in mind possible dependencies between project aspect/components that may make this impractical.
• Before writing your Request For Proposal, determine your budget for the project and, beyond that, your priorities for selecting a Developer who can meet your budgetary requirements.

Writing an RFP is a good exercise for anyone thinking about a site design or redesign as it takes thoughtful planning to specify and construct a website. A well thought out, quality RFP is essential to a successful endeavor because it helps you to focus on your goals and exactly how to achieve them.

Best of luck with your Web site Design and Development Project.

PSD to WordPress conversion is top-notch solution for creating WordPress theme from a Photoshop in order to get search engine friendly blogging web portal. This type of PSD integration plays very significant role in building visually appealing content managed blog portals. Getting the files be converted from PSD format to highly customizable WordPress theme / template is entirely different matter in comparison to PSD to HTML. The process of converting a PSD based file into a cross browser compatible and W3C validated working WordPress template / theme involves lots of steps.

In this type of PSD conversion, PSD file is being integrated by using WordPress. WordPress is a state-of-the-art blog publishing web application has strong footholds over blogging websites. Apart from being merely the most self-hosted blogging tool, WordPress is also popular as one-of-its-kind Content Management System (CMS) widely used by web developers for controlling and managing web content. By slicing a PSD file and coding it with most popular blog publishing application – WordPress, one can get a ready-to-use WordPress theme / template.

Below, steps involved in PSD to WordPress conversion process for designing a web portal are discussed in brief as a tutorial:

1.Analyze PSD file: First of all, a web programmer analyze the PSD format based file completely and find out whether it is simple or complicated. In fact, this phase is all about planning the steps will be involved PSD to WordPress conversion process such as splitting mock up into HTML, adding CSS codes, header, footer then images.

2.Break PSD into HTML: A web developer break everything into partitions in order to make HTML mock up more simple. A web programmer create wrapper div, header div and comment (for dynamic WordPress code). In addition to that, a web coder break body, logo, website name and main image into own divs. After breaking them a web developer add an unordered list for navigation.

3.Slice PSD file: Slicing of PSD based web templates in layers is one of the critical part of WordPress theme / template integration and customization. A web programmer open files need to sliced ​​in Photoshop (image editing software) or any other imaging compatible software. After slicing an image, a web coder is able to add or remove buttons, links, text boxes. In addition to that, one can even change background, image, color without any hassle. The sliced ​​PSD format based file then saved as bitmap, JPEG, GIF or any other compatible format.

4.File Structure: Create separate files named as index.html (HTML codes), style.css (CSS styling codes), index.php (PHP codes).

5.PSD into HTML and CSS: Since, the PSD file can not be uploaded in your website and therefore, the sliced ​​image coded with high quality HTML then CSS.

6.Integrate HTML / CSS by WordPress: Once, the PSD files converted into HTML and CSS then a web developer integrate static design dynamic WordPress template / theme.

7.Testing: Testing a web page in browsers plays very significant role in PSD to WordPress conversion process. Once, the PSD to WordPress integration and customization process gets over then final WordPress page tested thoroughly on various Internet browsers such as Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome, Safari, and Opera in order to check its accessibility.

With the above discussed tutorial for PSD to WordPress conversion, an individual can get highly interactive blogging website which satisfies all the ever-ending needs of customers and blogging aspirants.

If you are looking for a developer to hire for web development project from an offshore consulting, hire a WordPress developer. There are some interesting facts shared here for your study. WordPress is a CMS web application developed in PHP and MySQL. Today many blog sites are built in WordPress in the world. It has many plug-ins, templates and layouts for easily customize our website.

Normally web developers and programmers are hired for doing development projects which normally involve customization, implementation, theme creation, system design, custom modules development, extensions development, design works, integration, module installation, existing modification and maintenance work. All these process can be completed in WordPress easily when compared to other programming languages.

Today many outsourcing companies hire WordPress developers to successfully furnish blogs including content creation, customization, and web management. Not only blogs, WordPress can be conveniently used for all kinds of web portal development. Websites related to shopping cart, news, online magazine, business and corporate can given perfect WordPress solution.

WordPress with a global traffic rank of sixteen, provides all sorts of technical support for their developers. It even offers SEO plug-ins and user-friendly architecture which can not be seen in other CMS applications. Research has shown that outsourcing companies have smooth conversation with WordPress developers as the offshore programmers finish the WordPress sites so quickly. The users can modify the content from the front end. On-page optimization works are made simple.

Gorgeous themes, widgets galore, 24/7 support, video sharing and free features has been impressing the end-users. Developing the websites in WordPress not only helps the clients but also the projects suppliers as it significantly saves our time.

The recent opening of East London’s Tech City has given further momentum to the city of London in it’s attempts to become the major location for new internet start-ups and small businesses in Europe, citing these new technologies as providing ideal growth for the future. It is fair to say that Tech City is not the only important development in this city, though, and just serves as a headline for the media who placed a spotlight on this particular news item.

Aside from this Google-funded change there have also been several other communities of tech-related small businesses occurring elsewhere in this large city whose population continues to swell. There has been a growing demand for web developers and programmers to cover the new opportunities created by these start-ups and many of these places have been filled by new arrivals in the UK who have quickly adapted to the rising demand in London for people with their skills.

The youthful nature of London’s population also is ideal for these equally young companies who cannot always offer the security that older employees might require. The ability to be at the cutting edge of new technologies and ideas will always appeal to those who are looking to push themselves aggressively forward.

There has been a fluctuating recession with in the UK since around 2008 but despite this there are still many who are willing to risk everything in pursuit of their dream business, and feel able to cope with the difficult economic climate. Young start-ups have the advantage that such businesses may actually need very little capital to get going, with just a few staff and low overheads reducing the risk greatly on potential losses.

Web developers from Eastern Europe and Asia continue to be drawn to London because of the burgeoning web scene where opportunities for those with the necessary skills are wide ranging and to suit any possible type of role one might desire.

London holds an impressive array of small to medium sized design agencies as well as a host of corporate companies who fit in a range of different industries, such as Finance, Local Government and Commerce. Many web employees will try roles out at different types of companies before deciding upon which they prefer, be it the flexibility and fast-moving nature of small companies or the relative stability of the larger corporate firms.

The current Government, as at 2013, have realised the importance of tech companies for the future, too, and have started to add their own schemes on top of private sector-led campaigns to aid and encourage the next generations of UK entrepreneurs and tech-minded individuals.

Might you be disappointed with your website, or are you merely bored? Maybe you’ve visited the websites of colleagues and competitors and become ambitious to do a website makeover for your business venture? Before making any changes, first think carefully about your business goals and how your website can encourage and support their realization.

A website provides information about your company’s products and services and communicates to prospects the benefits of doing business with your organization. Older websites are likely to be static, rather than interactive. To update an older site, unfortunately it’s necessary to pay a web developer to make the changes. As a result, static websites often do not reflect much of what’s happening now.

Your job is to develop a website that gives prospects the confidence to work with or buy from you. Everything on your site—text, audio, or visual—must support that purpose.

How is my site under-performing?

Much depends upon the information you’d like your website to convey. Your site can consist of a single page and be an online business card. You could list three or four products and services, a photo, maybe a 3-minute video clip of you in action, plus contact info. That may be sufficient to convince prospects that you are a capable professional worthy of consideration. Or you may prefer a more interactive and engaging site?

In any case, include a current products and services list if you’ve substantively altered—simplified, upgraded, expanded, or eliminated— what you provide. Upload a new photo if the original is three years old or more. Describe how your company can bring value to clients today.

Content marketing

Your blog or newsletter must have a link on the website. Your social media platforms will likewise be accessible there, as will videos, webinars and podcasts that feature you in a substantive role. Many of those will be on the landing page. Another page can feature case studies that help prospects envision how your expertise might help their organization resolve challenges and achieve goals.

Can I accurately measure how prospects respond to my site?

This step might be the key to your website redesign. If you are serious about updating your site, contact an analytics service and sign up to obtain data that will guide the development of your website. There are a number of modestly priced website analytics services available and Google has a level that offers free analytics. Collect three or four months of data before the redesign.

First, you’ll learn the number of monthly visitors the site receives and the pages that are most often visited. Now you’ll know what visitors want to know. You’ll also learn which pages are least often visited and if there are pages that are quickly abandoned for other pages, or seem to cause visitors to exit your site. Ask your developer to build-in analytics or integration features, so that data will be yours at no extra charge, post-upgrade.

Is the site mobile-friendly?

I write or edit three monthly newsletters and the analytics for each consistently show that about 50% of readers use mobile devices to read. The other half use either desk models or laptops. Don’t frustrate your visitors. Optimized for mobile. Both interactive and static websites can be mobile optimized.

How’s the technology?

Recently, I met a truly brilliant MIT educated web developer named Al. He showed me the site of a nationally known not-for-profit organization that on its website has an inoperable “donate now” button on the landing page. It’s imperative that all links and buttons on your website perform as intended, on all types of devices. Audio features must produce sound; videos must play; documents must download; e-commerce transactions must be secure.

“About us”

Share your brand story. Connect with site visitors and concisely tell them what motivated you to start your business, how you developed your expertise, your vision and the company mission. Disclose your guiding principles as the founder and leader and discuss how they are reflected in your business practices. Finally, make it known that you love what you do and value the opportunity to work with clients, in 200 words or less.

Thanks for reading,

Kim