In the first quarter of 2016, the e-commerce market had large gains. Online sales for companies in the industry had grown 15.1 percent. 11 percent of that was from e-commerce sales that could also have been purchased in stores. That is the highest percentage e-commerce has seen. The web sales amounted to gains of $86.3 billion at […]
We have all had frustrating moments with 404 error pages. Those pages pop up when a website or a page you’ve typed into the address bar doesn’t exist. 404 error pages are actually not there to frustrate users, they actually serve a real purpose. There are two reasons why these pages are important. The first reason […]
Designing a website is a learning process. We understand that coding and programming is difficult, so it is important to start with simple concepts. One of the terms everyone should know before learning web design is hypertext transfer protocol. What is Hypertext Transfer Protocol? If you open your web browser and look at the address bar […]
Ruby on Rails is an important and popular framework for web development. Ruby is a programming language, and Rails is a software library, which provides the framework for the language. The two work together to create web applications. This is a great thing to learn, because Ruby is an easy language. Ruby on Rails is […]
Learning programming can be a difficult task. For many, college is the best option. But, for a more affordable way to learn, the Internet has many online websites to learn how to code. Some are better than others, some are free, and some are not. The most well-known coding website is Codecademy. Millions of people use this website […]
CSS Animation is used to animate HTML elements without using JavaScript or Flash. Animations have become more popular in web design, because our eyes are naturally attracted to movement. Instead of learning a new programming language, you can use CSS3 to do animation. CSS animation has become more popular because it is easy for simple […]
At Union Square Design we use Magento. Magento is a content management system (CMS) platform, specifically for companies who sell goods. E-commerce companies primarily use Magento. We at Union Square Design have used Magento to build online marketplaces for our clients. We have used Magento for clients such as Crumbs Bakeshop and Glock. So, why do we […]
Here at Union Square Design we are specialists in web design — and one platform we use to build e-commerce sites is Magento. People use our services for two primary reasons: to redesign their website, and to create an online store for them. As veterans of e-commerce, we understand this need. More people are shopping online […]
How does hypertext and SEO work together? Well, it’s important to understand that without hypertext, SEOs would not be able to function. In fact, without hypertext search engines wouldn’t exist at all. Hypertext, which is all text on the Internet, makes up the World Wide Web. And SEO is the reason Google gives great search results […]
What is hypertext? As a follow up to our first blog about it, we thought we’d expand a bit more. In our New York office, we see a lot of clients struggle with the basic idea of hypertext. Since it is so important for the Internet, here is a deeper explanation of what it is, and why […]