With the world of technology and online marketing ever expanding it is clear to see that web developers need to stay on top of their game to ensure that they can offer their customers the most up to date functionality and a great website that can compete with their rivals online.
This year there are some new trends and some existing trends which are set to grow. Push notifications have been growing in popularity over the last 12-24 months. You may have noticed that when you go on to some websites you will see a box asking if it is ok to send you notifications. These are often used on mobile devices but can also be on desktop versions. These push notifications can allow you to instantly notify your customer of a sale, a special offer or a recent news article.
There are a number of ways in which you can add a push notification to your website, mostly through written in to the code or by installing a pluggin which creates it for you.
More and more people are using smart phones and tablets to view websites. It is essential that when designing and developing a site you ensure that not only does the site work on these platforms but it works well. It should be as good if not better than the desktop version with predictions that mobile browsing will soon overtake desktop.