Month: July 2017

7 Uniquely beautiful online shopping interfaces

July 23, 2017 DESIGNirvana 0

Online shopping has become more and more popular day after day and new shopping websites are being introduced almost every day with unique and innovative features. Nowadays with the change in the lifestyles, there is a vast and drastic change in people’s shopping habits. People hate shopping in crowds and they are searching for unique and quality products for less in the convenience of their home. Since online shopping eliminates the middlemen, consumers can purchase things directly from the buyer in real time. This is the main reason why online shopping sites are able to give frequent discounts and offer to its customers.

The heart of any online shopping application is the user interface or website design. The design itself has the power to make or break the business. In conventional offline shopping, the sellers keep their shop attractive, clean and organized. They arrange their products in such a way that it looks impressive to the customers so that they will go for it. Similarly, look and feel plays a very important role in the case of an online shopping system as well. Since the product is not directly accessible to the customer in online shopping to touch or feel, people won’t buy them if it is not very well presented. The presentation part, therefore, is critical and needs very good attention and research. Webeden (a free website builder for small shops) is an easy and reliable way to make a shop interface that will help you sell products, so do check it out if you’re looking to create your own website.

Here in this post, we are presenting you with some cool looking e-commerce websites which are selected randomly from the online shopping world.  

Stylemint

Stylemint an innovative and unique online shopping experience which comes from Mary-Kate Olsen and Ashley Olsen also known as the Olsen Twins collectively are American actresses and fashion designers. The website layout provides a super cool feeling with a clean minimalistic layout in simple lighter shades. Unlike other popular online shopping sites, Stylemint will not let you explore the product section right away. You have to be a registered user to see the product selections. You can use your email id facebook account to register. Once you are registered and logged in, they will ask you some questions and based on your answer they will generate a list of products best suited for you and presented to you in a personalized and attractive way. This intelligent mechanism is the unique feature which gives a personal touch to the entire Stylemint shopping experience. The shopping workflow and layout is all the way unique and fresh. The products are arranged elegantly and systematically.

Gilt

Gilt is another ‘member only shopping’ website, where you need to become a member to explore the product range. The best part about gilt is the entire sales take place online and you will not get their collections from anywhere else. It gets you something unique and new every day which is available on first come – first serve basis. If you want to get the most unique piece which has the fresh looks, keep an eye on their updates. Another cool feature to note is their advance preview service. They give you a preview of their upcoming items well in advance. The website layout looks really professional and attractive. They have used a product-centered design method which is the best approach for an ecom website UI. The products are presented in a way that it gets the maximum attention. They have a done a really good job in the product preview part, the product can be previewed as if you are looking at it in real. The entire website is on a grey theme which gives the product more attention and the products are looking more attractive to buy.

Myntra

The unique quality of Myntra is the wide range of products. They have the largest collection of lifestyle products which comes around 30,000 plus styles ranging from more than 500 top brands. This is such a huge product range for an online web store. Arranging and managing such a wide range of products is not at all easy and it is the most challenging part in the entire shopping website design, and they have done a brilliant job here. The product grouping, categorization, and presentation are simply awesome. The products are systematically grouped on the basis of category, brand, style, gender and what not. You could easily locate your favorite range of products simply with a click or two. The presentation part is very well done which provides a clear view of the product presented. The product can be previewed from many angles and even a video preview is available for many products.

Timefy

Timefy is a French shopping website exclusively for men’s designer watches. It has a huge collection of designer watches from across all top brands. The website design is simply beautiful, which uses lighter colors and shades of black and white primarily. The overall grey colored theme gives the website an elegant and professional look. The product presentation is amazing where the primary focus goes to the product image. It is designed in such a way that it doesn’t look cluttered when the number of products is too high. The best part about the design is, simplicity and minimalism. The shopping cart layout and design are highly user-friendly.

Firstcry

It is an exclusive online web store for Baby Care Products and kids accessories. It has an excellent collection of baby care products and accessories from all popular brands. The products are arranged systematically and in good order. The product presentation and preview is amazing. Though the website layout look bit crowded on first look, it is appealing and colorful. The entire theme is centered on kids, with cool bright colors and nice graphics. All little models who pose for dresses are looking cute and smart. Overall the website design and layout is perfect for a kids shopping website.

Solesociety

An exclusive online store for high quality shoes, handbags and other women’s accessories. The best part about the webstore UI is that, it is so simple and clean. They have done a wonderful job in making the web interface look simple and elegant. The colors used are primarily lighter shades, which gives it a complete professional look. The product photographs look terrific and high quality. You could preview the product from various angles and also can preview various color options of that product.

Zaino

Zaino sells exclusive bags and cases for kids. The website interface is too good as a kid’s store. It uses bright colors brilliantly in the base theme. Whitespaces are brilliantly used to prioritize content and to define the right flow. Product list and preview page layout makes this website more user-friendly. Even though the base theme color is pink, other colors such as blue-green and orange are blended along with it nicely to catch the attention of those little ones out there online. The slider on the homepage gives the website a lively effect and it catches the attention.

 

How to integrate Google Plus Commenting feature in WordPress blog

July 3, 2017 DESIGNirvana 0

Yes all of us are familiar with the development now that Google+ has added Google+ comments in the WordPress comments section now. Let’s accept it, we all love to see comments on our blogs as they signify recognition and to some extent, appreciation and WordPress being the best Content Management System attracts most of them. Now with Google+ too as a part of it, we have much more to look forward to in terms of getting comments on our posts and commenting on others to fuel interaction. However, lately people have been facing glitches in terms of adding the Google Plus comment system to their WordPress sites and there are more than one way to add this comment system to your site, be it through Code, Code for Thesis or through the ample number of plugins available.

Let us discuss in detail about Google+ comment system, the advantages and disadvantages it has and the process to add them to your WordPress website.

Google+ Comments: Pros and Cons

Though Facebook is still ahead, Google+ too has been able to gather a number of users with its sleek looking comment systems and the promise to increase their visibility which is why the whole Google+ comment system has come up. In terms of pros, we cannot deny the fact that it is Google at the end of the day, the king of SEO and it will definitely increase your followers and visibility. Another factor is that the Google+ comments will fuel your interaction with other bloggers which will ultimately be good for you. The other reasons would be the convenience of syncing with the Gmail account and the ability to just sign in with your Gmail account and get access to WordPress as well, and the other benefit or the SEO benefits which Google is known for. SEO or Search Engine Optimization is what makes or breaks your presence over the internet, which is why factors like page rankings and keywords hold so much importance. We also know Google is the most frequently used search engines ever and if you will use their own comment system, your posts are likely to score better when people enter the related keywords. This is a huge benefit of having the Google+ Comment System added to your WordPress site.

Enough of pros, now let’s get familiarized with a few cons as well. The disadvantages come in with things like unofficial plugins and nothing official from Google’s end till date, which means less convenience as the comments will have to be checked manually. This is because there is no notifications option present to track down the comments or replies you received on your blog. Also, a few might be worried about losing their comments as well, as though it seems next to impossible, some of us are paranoid enough to consider that Google will shut down one day and all our comments will be lost. Though far fetched, this uncertainty too can be counted as a con to Google+ comments.  This is all to it and now we jump to the tips to add Google+ comments to WordPress sites.

Adding Google+ Comments

This won’t be the toughest job you have done on your WordPress site and involves the download, installation, and activation of the Google+ Comments for WordPress Plugin. Once you have activated it, you will be able to gain control over it through Comments >> G+Comments. Not just Google+, you now will also be able to add other platforms like Facebook and other default WordPress comments and you can now choose the way the comments want to be placed. This can be done by going to Comments >> G+Comments, which will ultimately lead to its configuration.

Google+ is great also because it gives you the option of adding the tabbed commenting area which means that now you can also include other comments, as mentioned above. The other platforms include Facebook, Disqus and Default WordPress comments. The other features which this plugin provides you with include being able to arrange the order and the platforms which you would want to be displayed in the comments section and changing the label of each tab according to your own choice. Once you are done making all the needed changes, the next step is to click on the Save Changes button so that your changes aren’t lost. Once it is done it will be ready to be used.

Definitely, the pros outweigh the cons and it will not be a bad thing for you to use Google+ comments on your and other blog posts and WordPress websites. The whole process of adding Google+ comment system is also not a very tough task which makes it even easier for people to avail benefits of what Google has to offer us, in the best way possible.