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How to add microinteractions on your website images that are links, the easiest way, without having to add more images?

UltimateWB website builder has built-in microinteractions for the navigation menu and links via hover effects. You can set the mouseover color and background colors easily via your website admin panel Styles Manager. If you would like to add microinteractions to … Continue reading

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How to Test the Color Contrast of Your Website for Accessibility?

A website’s success isn’t solely determined by its visual appeal and functionality – it also hinges on how accessible it is to all users, including those with visual impairments. Color contrast is a critical component of web accessibility, as it … Continue reading

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Step-by-Step Guide to Create a Responsive .com Website: Domain, Hosting, Design & Promotion

“Can you provide a detailed step by step guide to create a responsive .com website, including how and where to get a domain name, where to host my site, how to design it, and how to publicize the site?” Having … Continue reading

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What are your preferences for making a website custom or CMS-based? If choose one, why?

As a web developer, I prefer to use UltimateWB. It makes the web development process and maintainance a lot easier and faster. It has lots of built-in features that are very flexible and customizable, and you get web hosting choice … Continue reading

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What are some effective strategies for designing a user-friendly and visually appealing website?

Designing a user-friendly and visually appealing website requires a combination of design principles, user experience considerations, and attention to detail. Here are some effective strategies to achieve this: 1. Understand Your Audience: Know your target audience’s preferences, needs, and behaviors. … Continue reading

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How long does it take to be a web designer?

It would be different for each person, but you could design and build websites without any experience with UltimateWB. It has a built-in styles manager and a very easy to use CMS. Got a techy/website question? Whether it’s about UltimateWB … Continue reading

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How long does one web development project take to complete from start to finish?

It depends on the size of the website project, and what you use to build it. For advanced, interactive websites, coding from scratch can take months, while with a website builder like UltimateWB, you can do it in days. UltimateWB … Continue reading

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I’ve learned the basics of HTML and CSS. What type of websites should I try to build to test myself?

You can build informational websites with HTML and CSS. You can also use your HTML and CSS knowledge to customize interactive websites you build with a website builder, like UltimateWB. UltimateWB lets you add/edit HTML and CSS in the CMS … Continue reading

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What are the essential features of a website?

You want to make sure it’s responsive – i.e. it will automatically reformat based on the user’s device screen size – so that it is user friendly. A menu for easy navigation, footer links for pages such as the Terms … Continue reading

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What are the tradeoffs of building a custom CMS versus using an off-the-shelf or open source CMS?

With a custom CMS you have to keep the coding up-to-date, rather than just install the update – so that could be a huge difference in maintenance time and cost needed. Also it takes more time and cost to develop … Continue reading

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