Responsive Website Design: The way forward.

Responsive Website Design.

Increased use of mobile and tablets:

With the increased capabilities of smartphones and tablets they are almost as capable as a desktop PC. More and more people are not only accessing their emails and looking at their social media on them but running their business. This includes browsing products and services and even ordering and purchasing.

Responsive to design solution:

This change in the way people use mobiles and tablets means it is increasingly important that your website is responsive to design for the device that it is being viewed on. Previously the answer to this was to have 2 websites one for PCs and the other for mobiles, the BBC website being a good example of this. Now it is possible to have one website that responds and adapts. Potential customers are easily put off by non-responsive websites and will simply move on to a competitor.

Not just a shrunk version:

Responsive to design does not just mean the screen shrinks to fit the screen it means all content is kept whilst the layout is changed to make it more accessible and easier to read and navigate on the smaller screen. Take a look at our new website on your PC and on your mobile to see the difference www.e4k.co .

The stats:

Here are some stats from Smart Insights to show how mobile device use has increased:

• More than 20% of Google searches are now done on mobiles.
• In 2012 more than half of all local searches were done on mobiles.
• In the USA 25% of people only access the internet via a mobile.
• 85% of all emails are opened on mobiles and 10.16% on tablets.
• In 2014 mobile internet usage is expected to overtake desktop usage.
• 08billion out of 4billion phones in the world are smartphones.

Improved SEO:

Google, with a 67% share of the search market in 2013, have said they prefer responsive to design websites as one website for all devices makes it easier for their robots to crawl and index.  So without going into great detail SEO is affected by having a mobile site and a PC site rather than having a responsive site.

Are you driving customers away?

When people have to work harder to use a website on their tablets and phones because a site is not responsive to design they are likely to move on or not come back next time they are looking to purchase something  online.

Stay ahead of the competition:

The websites we produce at e4k are responsive to design. If you want to stay ahead of the competition get in touch to discuss your next website.

Gerard  January 2015

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New Year…New Website ???

e4k are experienced, enthusiastic website designers and developers who listen to their clients and produce solutions that fit the clients aims and objectives. We deliver well planned web marketing strategies to increase quality traffic to websites and reach the potential customers our clients require.

We can produce both CMS and eCommerce site depending on the clients needs. The latest websites we produce are responsive to design making them accessible on both phones and tablets. We work on open-source platforms that allow plugins for future development so that websites can evolve with the company and the needs of it’s customers.

Call us for a consultation in the New Year if you are ready for a new website or wish to take your web marketing to the next level.
0121 66 66534 gerard@e4k.co.uk

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Web Design Agency in Birmingham

Birmingham Web Design Agency

E-foreknowledge is a growing web design agency in Birmingham, West Midlands, London. We offers tailor-made web solutions with high quality web design that meet surpass the expectation of our clients.  We understands your opinion and plan a solution to design your website and promote it by means of internet marketing.

Our web designers and developers will personalize the design of your website to meet your requirements. Our aim is to improve your businesses profile by means of website design and understanding through effective use of technology. Rather than blitz you with the latest industry technologies, we offer sound advice and solutions in web design that will work for your company and its current place in the market.

To achieve this we have three areas. Web solutions (Web Design and Website Development), Social media integration (Facebook, Google+, Twitter, LinkedIn) and Online marketing (SEO, Email marketing, PPC).

Our Web Design Agency offer various web solutions like,

• Web design and development
• SEO (Search Engine Optimization)
• SMM (Social Media Marketing)
• Email Marketing
• Corporate Branding
• Content Managed Web Solutions
• Ecommerce Website Solutions

Source : http://www.e-foreknowledge.co.uk

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Web Designer in Birmingham

Web Designer

The idea behind e-foreknowledge was conceived in 1999, and the company was set up in June 2000 at Birmingham. E-foreknowledge is a company dedicated to supplying web design, online marketing and other IT services to business such as apparel software, uniform software, wardrobe management software, clothing software and textile software.

Our aim is to improve businesses and understanding through effective use of technology. Rather than blitz you with the latest industry technologies, we offer sound advice and solutions that will work for your company and its current place in the market.

To achieve this we have three areas. First, training, second e-commerce/web design and development, finally, supply chain management.

All three areas of a wonderful synergy. The current gap between being on the web and actually understanding its benefits is sometimes huge. With effective training, we can help bridge this gap, and therefore help you build better solutions. Like you, we want your business to succeed further, your success is our success.

Even though we’re a young company we have many years experience in numerous industries. Our combined years of experience exceeds over 50 years, so when we put our heads together, we have good foresight and … foreknowledge!

Source: http://www.e-foreknowledge.co.uk/About_us.html

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Content Managed Website Designers

Content Managed Website

Eforeknowledge is the leading Web Design, SEO and Software Company in Birmingham, UK. We are specialized in designing content managed website solution which can be accessed by any individual.

At the core of  our Content Managed website solution lays a foundation of capabilities that enables the website owner to create, manage and publish content to their website without involving technical experts. By leveraging a flexible and agile system to optimise the process of publishing content and analyse the needs of the internal and external audiences, a rich and dynamic Website can be realised.

When your staff is already stretched to the limit, Echo CMS is a powerful solution that gives your employees the ability to keep content fresh and relevant for your Web audience. Publish up-to-the minute news and information about your organisation on your Website, Intranet and Extranet.

Advantages of CMS website:

• Absolutely easy to use. Most users can pick up the interface with little or no training. This means your staff can be maintaining the site right away. If you can use a web browser, you can use Echo CMS.
• Advanced What you see is what you get (WYSIWYG) Editor with word like editing capabilities
• Upload images and other files directly through the WYSIWYG UI, no need for FTP/SFTP.
• Easy to undo mistakes.
• Create and edit web page content, including text, graphics, hyperlinks, tables and forms.
• Ability to set web pages as ‘Drafts’ and turn content On or Off.
• Advanced link handling so your website links stay intact.
• Advanced search engine indexing conscious design for web marketing and search engine optimisation (SEO), which is especially designed to work with our Echo SEO service.
• Simple to use point and click editor.
• Unlimited multi-level site navigation allows for unlimited hierarchical menus.
• Instantly create new pages, update navigation menus through drag and drop.
• Advanced style sheets for dynamics layout and complex design
• Statistical Reporting.
• Web based control panel allows you to access your website from any computer
• Full training given and on going support.
• Password protected content managed pages
• Site registration (roles based access to different content)

Source : http://www.e-foreknowledge.co.uk/Content_Managed_Website_Solution_Echo_CMS.html

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Ecommerce Website Design

Ecommerce Website

Websites with online catalog is said to be Ecommerce website. It should be customer friendly where they should be able to access the website easily, so it must have certain features which should support the website. Here E-foreknowledge offers a complete custom made e-commerce website with various features which is listed below,

Marketing Promotions and Tools

• Flexible Vouchers (pricing rules) with restrictions or rules set by you.
• Free Shipping Option per product
• Landing Page Tool for Campaigns
• Search Engine Friendly URL’s
• URL Rewrites
• Send to a Friend Link
• Social Networking Bookmarks
• Catalog / Catagories Customisation
• Cross Selling Products

Full Analytics and Reporting Offering

• Logging of Administrator Actions
• Integrated with Google Analytics
• Admin Dashboard for Report Overview
• Sales Report
• View Abandoned Shopping Cart
• Best Viewed Products Report
• Best Purchased Products Report
• Coupon Usage per Order
• Total Sales Invoiced
• Total Sales Refunded
• View Customers Order History

Search Engine Optimisation Tools

• 100% Search Engine Friendly
• Google Site Map
• Integrated with Google Analytics
• URL Rewrites give full control of URL’s
• Meta-information for content pages, products and categories

Catalog Management

• Inventory Management with Backordered items, Minimum and Maximum quantities
• Batch Export of products
• Batch Updates to products in admin panel (price’s, tax and categories)
• Virtual Products
• Downloadable Digital Products
• Customer Personalised Products – upload text for embroidery, monogramming, etc.
• Attribute or options Sets for quick product creation of different p types
• Create Store-specific attributes on the fly
• Media / Asset Manager with automatic image resizing
• Advanced Pricing Rules and support for Special Prices
• Search Results rewrites and redirects
• Approve, Edit and Delete Product Tags / keywords
• Approve, Edit and Delete Product Reviews

Site Management

• Multi-Lingual
• Support for localisation
• Support for multiple payment gateways
• Fully 100% customisable design
• Content Management System for web pages

Full Catalog Browsing

• Category View and Purchase permissions based on customers credentials
• Layered Navigation for filtering of products in Categories
• Layered Navigation for filtering of products in Search Results
• Tool to create category landing pages
• Ability to assign designs on category and product level (unique design per product/category)
• Cross-sells, Up-sells and Related Items
• Product Reviews
• Product listing in grid or list format with or with out images
• Breadcrumbs

Product Browsing

• Multiple Images Per Product
• Product Image Zoom in
• Product Reviews
• Related Products
• Stock Availability / back order option available
• Product Option Selection
• Send a link to a Friend

Checkout

• Shipping to alternative address (optional, set by admin)
• Simple registration process
• Shopping Cart with tax and shipping estimates
• Accept messages per item or per order
• Multiple payment options available

Shipping

• Integrated shipping rates
• Shipping to alternative addresse
• On-site order tracking from customer accounts
• Flat rate shipping per order
• Free Shipping
• Rates for weight and destination

Source : http://www.e-foreknowledge.co.uk/Ecommerce_Website_Solution_Echo_Store.html

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Ecommerce Web Design

Ecommerce Website Solution

At E-foreknowledge, our Modular ecommerce website solution is suitable for most business sectors and can be scaled to meet individual requirements however simple or complex. It liberates your company from reliance upon expensive updates. And immediately saves time and money.

24 x 7 business generator

Because the website content is being maintained by the people who create the content rather than web experts that content is being refreshed more regularly, website visitors and subsequent sales increase. Your website becomes what it should be – an effective 24 x 7 business generator.

Ecommerce Website Features:

1. Marketing Promotion and Tools:

• Flexible Vouchers (pricing rules) with restrictions or rules set by you.
• Free Shipping Option per product
• Landing Page Tool for Campaigns
• Search Engine Friendly URL’s
• URL Rewrites
• Send to a Friend Link
• Social Networking Bookmarks
• Catalog / Catagories Customisation
• Cross Selling Products

2. Full Analytics and Reporting Offering

• Logging of Administrator Actions
• Integrated with Google Analytics
• Admin Dashboard for Report Overview
• Sales Report
• View Abandoned Shopping Cart
• Best Viewed Products Report
• Best Purchased Products Report
• Coupon Usage per Order
• Total Sales Invoiced
• Total Sales Refunded
• View Customers Order History

3. Search Engine Optimization Tools

• Search Engine Friendly
• Google Site Map
• Integrated with Google Analytics
• URL Rewrites give full control of URL’s
• Meta-information for content pages, products and categories

4. Catalog Management

• Inventory Management with Backordered items, Minimum and Maximum quantities
• Batch Export of products
• Batch Updates to products in admin panel (price’s, tax and categories)
• Virtual Products
• Downloadable Digital Products
• Customer Personalised Products – upload text for embroidery, monogramming, etc.
• Attribute or options Sets for quick product creation of different p types
• Create Store-specific attributes on the fly
• Media / Asset Manager with automatic image resizing
• Advanced Pricing Rules and support for Special Prices
• Search Results rewrites and redirects
• Approve, Edit and Delete Product Tags / keywords
• Approve, Edit and Delete Product Reviews

5. Site Management

• Multi-Lingual
• Support for localisation
• Support for multiple payment gateways
• Fully 100% customisable design
• Content Management System for web pages

6. Full Catalog Browsing

• Category View and Purchase permissions based on customers credentials
• Layered Navigation for filtering of products in Categories
• Layered Navigation for filtering of products in Search Results
• Tool to create category landing pages
• Ability to assign designs on category and product level (unique design per product/category)
• Cross-sells, Up-sells and Related Items
• Product Reviews
• Product listing in grid or list format with or with out images
• Breadcrumbs

7. Product Browsing

• Multiple Images Per Product
• Product Image Zoom in
• Product Reviews
• Related Products
• Stock Availability / back order option available
• Product Option Selection
• Send a link to a Friend

8. Checkout

• Shipping to alternative address (optional, set by admin)
• Simple registration process
• Shopping Cart with tax and shipping estimates
• Accept messages per item or per order
• Multiple payment options available

9. Shipping

• Integrated shipping rates
• Shipping to alternative addresse
• On-site order tracking from customer accounts
• Flat rate shipping per order
• Free Shipping
• Rates for weight and destination

Source : http://www.e-foreknowledge.co.uk

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Content Managed Website Solution

Solution for Content Managed Website

At the core of  our Content Managed website solution lays a foundation of capabilities that enables the website owner to create, manage and publish content to their website without involving technical experts. By leveraging a flexible and agile system to optimise the process of publishing content and analyse the needs of the internal and external audiences, a rich and dynamic Website can be realised.

When your staff is already stretched to the limit, Echo CMS is a powerful solution that gives your employees the ability to keep content fresh and relevant for your Web audience. Publish up-to-the minute news and information about your organisation on your Website, Intranet and Extranet. Overall, your cost of production and ownership is dramatically improved – it’s more effective, quicker and safer – and much more productive and affordable.

Because the website content is being maintained by the people who create the content rather than web experts that content is being refreshed more regularly, website visitors and subsequent sales increase. Your website becomes what it should be – an effective 24 x 7 business generator.

Because Echo CMS is constantly evolving, the following list of features will continually grow.

User Friendly

1. Absolutely easy to use. Most users can pick up the interface with little or no training. This means your staff can be maintaining the site right away. If you can use a web browser, you can use Echo CMS.

2. Advanced What you see is what you get (WYSIWYG) Editor with word like editing capabilities

3. Upload images and other files directly through the WYSIWYG UI, no need for FTP/SFTP.

4. Easy to undo mistakes.

5. Create and edit web page content, including text, graphics, hyperlinks, tables and forms.

6. Ability to set web pages as ‘Drafts’ and turn content On or Off.

7. Advanced link handling so your website links stay intact.

8. Advanced search engine indexing conscious design for web marketing and search engine optimisation (SEO), which is especially designed to work with our Echo SEO service.

9. Simple to use point and click editor.

10. Unlimited multi-level site navigation allows for unlimited hierarchical menus.

11. Instantly create new pages, update navigation menus through drag and drop.

12. Advanced style sheets for dynamics layout and complex design Statistical Reporting.

13. Web based control panel allows you to access your website from any computer

14. Full training given and on going support.

15. Password protected content managed pages

16. Site registration (roles based access to different content)

Source : http://www.e-foreknowledge.co.uk/Content_Managed_Website_Solution_Echo_CMS.html

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E-foreknowledge about Web design and SEO

Web Design and SEO at E-foreknowledge

E-Foreknowledge in Birmingham is the leading web design and seo service provider. We are a professional web design company offering tailor-made web solutions with high quality web design that meet surpass the expectation of our clients. If you are looking for an experienced web design company in Birmingham, then look no further!!! By supporting you with professional web design services and a wealth of experience from experienced and knowledgeable staff we can ensure that you receive the right advice and correct solution.

Our web designers and developers in Birmingham will personalise the design of your website to meet your requirements. Our aim is to improve your businesses profile by means of website design and understanding through effective use of technology. Rather than blitz you with the latest industry technologies, we offer sound advice and solutions in web design that will work for your company and its current place in the market.

To achieve this we have three areas. Web solutions, Social media integration (Facebook, Google+, Twitter, LinkedIn) and online marketing (SEO, Email marketing, PPC).

All three areas of a wonderful synergy. The current gap between being on the web and actually understanding its benefits is sometimes huge. With effective training, we can help bridge this gap, and therefore help you build better solutions. We have done web design for various firms in and around birmingham, which you can find it in portfolio. Our portfolio shows you various types of website designs and based on our service there were clients outside birmingham who comes to us for web design and internet marketing. Like you, we also want your business to succeed further, your success is our success.

Source : http://www.e-foreknowledge.co.uk/

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Stages of Web Design at E-foreknowledge

Stages of Web Design

About E-foreknowledge:

E-Foreknowledge in Birmingham is the leading web design and SEO service provider. We are a professional web design company offering tailor-made web solutions with high quality web design that meet surpass the expectation of our clients. If you are looking for an experienced web design company in Birmingham, then look no further!!!

Our web designers and developers in Birmingham will personalize the design of your website to meet your requirements. Our aim is to improve your businesses profile by means of website design and understanding through effective use of technology.

Stages of Web Design:

At E-foreknowledge, Birmingham, we know there’s no time to waste in getting your web presence up and running. So we have come up with four efficient stages to streamline our processes:

• Vision
• Website Design
• Web Development
• Launch

Vision:

Our process starts with client consultation, where we connect with your company’s culture, services and/or products, branding, business objectives, and expectations. With this vital information, we construct the foundation of your new digital solution, determining visual and technical needs, as well as goals and objectives.

Website Design:

After devising potential solutions, we develop site architecture and navigation structure. We then proceed with the design of user interfaces, graphic content and multimedia elements. At this stage, we offer secure access to works in progress for client review and feedback.

Web Development:

With client approval of the design direction, E-foreknowledge in Birmingham, begin web development, coding and implementation of backend technology. Your database is then integrated with the web site. Advanced multimedia and interactive production are finalised, and your content is added to your site. At this point, you have beta site access. And yes, feedback is encouraged.

Launch:

After final approval, your site is transferred to its final destination on our server. Quality Assurance testing is conducted and any resulting alterations are made. Your site is then set for deployment. Once live, we will monitor the web site for complications.

Source : http://www.e-foreknowledge.co.uk/Web-Design.html

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