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Bower is a popular package manager to help you quickly deploy components. In this article I'm going to show you how to install Bower and how to use it to install Bootstrap.
\nPre-requisites: To install Bower you must first have Node.js and npm (another package manager) installed, your computer may have shipped with these pre-installed. To check if you have npm, open your command-line tool and type:
\nnpm -vIf you do not get a version number, you may need to install npm which comes pre-packaged with Node.js
\nYou can find Node.js along with instructions on how-to install it here: NodeJS
\nWindows Users Only: If you're a Windows user make sure you have Git for Windows installed to work with the Windows Command Prompt with Checkout Windows-Style and commit Unix-style line endings. You can find more information on that here: Git for Windows
\nProvided that you have both Node.js and npm installed, run the following command in your Command-line tool:
\nnpm install -g bowerOnce Bower is installed it's as easy as going to your project folder in Command-line and typing:
\nbower install bootstrapfollowed by:
\nbower install jqueryThis will install the files required for Bootstrap in the newly created 'bower_components' folder.
\nIn this folder you will have 2 new folders 'bootstrap' and 'jquery'.
\nThe next step is to include the files for both jQuery and Bootstrap into your project file(s).
\n...And that's it, you're good to go.
\nIf you need to update a project and are unsure which bower packages you have installed that might need an update, you can type
\nbower listin your project directory for a listing of packages you installed via Bower and which ones are due for an update.
\nin this case if we wanted to update our bootstrap install we would do:
\nbower update bootstrapOnce you have figured out your configurations and installed all of your desired Bower packages you can use:
\nbower initFollow the steps provided in your Command-line.
\nThis will initialize a bower.json file which will store your configurations.
\nOnce you have your Bower.json file you can move it around to other locations or projects and you can get Bower to reinstall all of your packages and configurations by typing:
\nbower installThis will get Bower to create another 'bower_components' folder with the same packages and configurations specified in your bower.json file.
\nFor further information on using or configuring Bower You can checkout the official website
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\nOur friend, James Gardner, the COO of Mapegy, shares his insights into the challenges that brought them to LoginRadius, and what’s kept our partnership successful all these years.
\nMapegy needed user management solution that can be easily implemented and deployed so they can focus their efforts and resources on innovating their own products and services.
\nThe three main concerns that needed to be addressed with the user management solution were:
\nWith a flexible and customizable platform, alongside a guaranteed 99.99% uptime, Mapegy was reassured from the get-go that our solution is indeed both reliable and scalable when catering to their needs and user base as they grow. As well, our login and registration flows allowed Mapegy to provide their users with a streamlined and hassle-free login and registration process while creating centralized user profiles with the extended data points that Mapegy was looking for.
\nThis played a significant role both in improving the user experience and providing Mapegy with the necessary data in order to to better understand their users.
\nThis also gave them the information to build their innovation graph as they continued to create and provide products that are the most relevant to their user base. As a company that serves global customers, we make sure that our support team is always available 24/7, regardless of what time zone they may be located in, and Mapegy has first-hand experience on the skills and speediness of our support team.
\nThroughout their implementation process, our support team has always been readily available to answer any questions that Mapegy has and made sure that there is no lag in the support and the service that they would receive.
\n\nMapegy - LoginRadius Customer Success Story
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Founded in 1995 by Arik Johnson, Aurora Worldwide Development Corporation (WDC) is a leading analytics and intelligence firm providing consultative services to corporate clients worldwide. We are grateful to be able to have such a long-standing relationship with Aurora WDC and glad that we have been able to help them in providing a better user experience and a well-rounded solution to better manage their client relationships.
\nHere, we share the story of Aurora WDC's journey with LoginRadius (with the video down below).
\nIn 2012, Aurora WDC built a social learning platform, Reconverge.net, with the goal of creating a community where their clients are able to connect with each other and learn how to do competitive intelligence work more effectively.
\nIn order to build an effective social learning platform and attract members to become a part of this community, there were a few hurdles that Aurora WDC needed to overcome:
\nWhen Aurora WDC approached LoginRadius with said challenges, we gracefully accepted and proceeded to tackle every single one of them. First and foremost, our social login feature allowed them to provide social login options for their users, which resulted in a quick and easy registration and authentication process.
\nUsers no longer had to experience the hassle of entering in their personal details or come up with yet another password, and can simply select and login with their preferred social provider.
\nIn addition, LoginRadius' comprehensive WordPress plugin ensured that there were no issues when implementing this solution on Aurora WDC's WordPress-based sites.
\nOne of the main strengths of LoginRadius customer identity and access management platform is its flexibility to integrate with multiple systems and tools that our customers are using to help enhance their workflows.
\nIn this case, we were able to successfully integrate Aurora WDC's LoginRadius account and user data with both Salesforce and Pardot so they can have a clear view of their clients and manage those relationships, as well as maximize their marketing efforts based on the user data collected via LoginRadius.
\nAs Aurora WDC transitioned to Hubspot, we stepped up our game and re-integrated them with Hubspot to make sure that there is no interruption as they continue to build their client relationships.
\n\nAurora WDC - LoginRadius Customer Success Story
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Did you know 90% of all product assessments are based on colors and 85% of buyers select a product on the basis of its color?
\nHence, selecting a perfect color plan for your website is important. But, it can seem like a tough game- especially if you do not trust your color senses. I have seen people getting nervous or confused when it comes to decide a color scheme for anything. It may because they are not confident at the deciding stuff or may be they are color blind.
\nFun Fact:- Mark Zuckerberg is red-green colorblind (that’s the reason why Facebook is blue).
\nSo, coming back to the point, what’s your story? Do you also have these three questions while deciding your website’s color scheme:-
\nYou can turn your website into a harmonious place or a piece from a horror movie with your color schemes. Hence, here I am presenting a guide to help you decide what is wrong and what is right for your website in terms of color scheme.
\nWhether it is your brand image or your website, colors can work like magic on your business. And while talking about the role of color in business, Coca Cola is the best example.
\nWhat are the things that come to your mind when I say the word Coca Cola? Obviously, a bottle of it. Then, the red logo of Coca-Cola. There was a reason why Coca-Cola chose the color “Red”.
\nRed shows excitement, passion and boldness and these were the emotions Coca-Cola wanted to convey with its product. Moreover, the color red makes it more visible on the shelves from its competitors. Well, here is an image showing reasons for different brands choosing respective colors in their logos.
\nKissmetrics says that there is an 80% increase in brand recognition when colors are used.
\nSo, how can you use colors to increase your brand recognition?
\nCreate an awesome color scheme and here’s how you can create a color scheme:-
\nYour customers will connect their emotions with your brand through your prominent color. Hence, choose a color that convey the emotions about your company (like the red color in Coca-Cola does). Your logo should contain your prominent color as the primary color. However, if you have no clue which color to cast as your prominent color, see this image to decide the color of your choice.
\nYou can also see for this chart to decide which colors to pick from the slot:-
\nAlso in another experiment, it was found that men preferred shades and bright colors while women preferred tints and soft colors.
\nBy these data, you can certainly improve your color marketing strategies through color scheme.
\nHence, it may be clear to you that personal decisions to purchase a thing are triggered by one’s own perception of himself or herself. If a person thinks of himself as elegant, attract him with black color. If a person enjoys trust and peace, attract her with blue color. I’m pretty sure that will work for you. That’s why I’m repeating that it is very important to know your target audience.
\nNow, let’s discuss about the areas on your website where we can use the prominent color. There is a simple thumb rule needed to be followed while using prominent color.
\nOnly use prominent color on areas which you want to highlight to you customers like you logo, menu tabs, call to actions, and any important information. Here’s, how we do it at LoginRadius.
\nNow, there are two ways to select your color scheme. Pursue a Phd career in color psychology or use these color matching tools to create a color palette (well, hiring a good designer may cost you more).
\nCoolors is an awesome site to generate color schemes. You can generate, store and share your favorite palettes within seconds in Coolors. The tool is available as chrome extension, an Adobe Add-on and as an iOS app.
\nMaterial UI Colors is from panda network which specializes to create color palettes for material designs. You can find a copy-paste option in the app for better color matching process. You can also try Flat UI Colors (from the house of panda networks) for flat UI themes.
\nAdobe Color CC is a one-stop palette generator that allows you to generate color palettes with the help of its huge collection of color combinations (these combinations are created and curated by Kuler community).
\nHave you ever picked a wall color? If you have, you can easily relate to the process of selecting the website background.
\nWhen you are about to choose a wall color, you will make sure that the wall color adds to the comfort of the room. Not too strong and not boring as well. Moreover, you will choose different colors for painting a summer cottage and a retail store. Similarly, while choosing the right background color for your website entirely depends on the intent of your website.
\nThus, here I have divided the websites into three types on the basis of their intent.
\nYou will find that majority of the content driven or e-commerce websites have neutral or white background. The intent of such websites is to promote their products or ideas rather than flashing the background of the website. Hence, the prominent and accent colors provide focus and personality to your website whereas the neutral background keeps your customers focused on your products or content.
\nCorporate websites are basically built with the intent of promoting services or promoting the brand. In both cases, different kind of colors would be used as the background color.
\nWhile you are promoting a brand, use your prominent colors as a part of your background. This will improve your brand recognition. You can take a look of our previous example Coca-Cola’s site to see how wisely and strongly they have used red on their website.
\nIn case, you have a bold prominent color, then you can use less intense shades of the prominent colors. Here’s an example of how Cadbury does it:-
\nYou can use the above discussed tools to choose different shades of your prominent colors that will go well with your website’s background.
\nNow, when you want your services to be the attention grabbers, use light colors for background as it will automatically highlight the content (product) on the page. Our web designers have done a good job highlighting our services.
\nWhen it comes to creative or stylish websites (creative, beauty, restaurant, design and fashion industries), you can use any colors in the background of your website. You can design a black background to provide a luxurious look or you can inspire your visitors with a rainbow background. Don’t lose your content’s visibility for the sake of charm on your website. Here’s a great template you can use for your creative website.
\nSpecialty: Beautiful yet elegant
\nBefore we go further into the topic, let’s talk what a visual resume is and how is it different from the traditional resume.
\nA visual resume is an appealing piece of information which looks versatile and describe yourself in the same way as done by its traditional counterpart. Some people turn their traditional resumes into powerpoint presentations or some take it to the next level by converting it into a video or an interactive webpage. In a nutshell, a visual resume can be anything other than a traditional text document.
\nVisual resumes are welcomed as the next thing in the recruitment world. Still many people do not use them for their job hunting. This means that if you use them, you still have chance to stick out a mile from the crowd in the swarm of traditional resumes. You can beat the fierce competition and become an instant favorite for your potential employers. Moreover, visual resumes allow employers to learn about their potential employees at a better pace. Thus, the chances of them looking at your traditional resume, your blog or giving you a call will be more.
\nNote:- Make sure that the organization you are applying does not have an issue with visual resume or else it will affect you negatively.
\nNote:- The steps are written according to Adobe Photoshop CS6.
\nYou can also use Canva to create a stunning resume. There are many templates available in Canva which are well suited for visual resumes. Here’s an example which I carved out from my favorite tool Canva:-
\nFields in a signup form act like friction to the process of conversion. Thus, decreasing the number of fields in your forms will act like a friction buster and will increase your conversion rates. Here are some statistics:-
\nTherefore, points which you need to remember:-
\nIn the previous image, Semrush does a great job by keeping just two fields in the sign up form.
\nThere is a golden rule when you want your prospects to perform an email signup- “ ask less but provide as good as you can”. It means that you need to trade your idea of an email signup with a commodity or a service. For example, if your prospect is on your website to download a file, ask them to provide their email address and a couple of data in return. Now, that’s a successful transaction!
\nI still wonder why 72% of B2B marketers do not think of placing CTAs on their internal pages. Hence, while you are placing a CTA on your website, ensure to make it eye-catching. This will assist to change your bounce rates into conversion rates. Moreover, replace “Submit” buttons with some buttons that perform an action. For example, use “Start your Free Trial” or “Start Bookmarking” instead of “Submit”.
\nGiving a proof for your social acceptance is a good technique to attract more customers. Look at the different companies who have endorsed themselves with this technique. You can also add some client testimonials to support your brand.
\nSmall CTA buttons are poor implementations and can look less effective from the users point of view. Hence, it is recommended to equal the width of submit button with the width of the adjacent input field.
\nAdding Captchas are new methods to put someone to eternal torture. I know that websites consider them as a shield against spammers. But, there are other smart ways to stop spamming.
\n‘Honeypot captcha technique’ is an anti-spam technique which helps your website to identify spammers by hiding a field in your form that is only visible to spamming tools. Hence, if that field is checked or filled, you can easily confirm it as spam. Still, if you want captchas to be a part of your form, try out some fun questions that prove the user is a human. For example, ask simple math calculations like ‘2+7=’.
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