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krome / February 15, 2020
Free Digital Visitor Log for SMEs affected by COVID 19
Whatever the name of the virus (I hope it won’t be Singapore Virus), has certainly changed Singapore’s landscape quite a bit and we’ve been thinking how can we play at part to stan
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krome / January 2, 2020
Best Websites of December 2019
Welcome back to our monthly edition list for the best websites in December 2019. We are here to list the best websites from inspiring websites to that of functional as great storyt
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krome / November 30, 2019
Best Websites of November 2019
Welcome back to our monthly edition list for the best websites in November 2019. We are here to list the best websites from inspiring websites to that of functional as great storyt
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krome / October 31, 2019
Best Websites of October 2019
Welcome back to our monthly edition list for the best websites in October 2019. We are here to list the best websites from inspiring websites to that of functional as great storyte
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krome / January 17, 2019
10 Web Design Tools to Speed Up your Workflow in 2019
For having a strong online presence, the importance of a well-designed website cannot be denied. This has increased the work burden for web designers as they are at the helm of cre
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krome / January 9, 2019
WordPress Plugin and Cloudflare Worker
We’ve always been crazy about pushing every single byte out of the way so that our sites can be loaded at lightning speed. Cloudflare is probably one of the coolest tool you can us
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krome / January 3, 2019
Best Websites of December 2018
Welcome back to our monthly edition list for the best websites in December 2018. We are here to list the best websites from inspiring websites to that of functional as great storyt
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krome / December 5, 2018
Best Websites of November 2018
Welcome back to our monthly edition list for the best websites in November 2018. We are here to list the best websites from inspiring websites to that of functional as great storyt
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krome / November 20, 2018
Best Websites of October 2018
Welcome back to our monthly edition list for the best websites in October 2018. We are here to list the best websites from inspiring websites to that of functional as great storyte
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krome / October 4, 2018
Why You Should Wireframe before Design
Web design is a rather tough creative job. It takes up a lot of time and energy. This sometimes forces the designer or developer to skip steps that they may consider unnecessary. W
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krome / October 1, 2018
Best Websites of September 2018
Welcome back to our monthly edition list for the best websites in September 2018. We are here to list the best websites from inspiring websites to that of functional as great story
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krome / September 7, 2018
Best Websites of August 2018
Welcome back to our monthly edition list for the best websites in August 2018. We are here to list the best websites from inspiring websites to that of functional as great storytel
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krome / August 7, 2018
How to Avoid 5 Prototyping Pitfalls?
Web designing and web development are two parallel disciplines. They may have certain subtle differences, but when it comes to similarities, one cannot think about designing or dev
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krome / August 1, 2018
Best Websites of July 2018
Welcome back to our monthly edition of the best websites in July 2018. We are here to list the best websites from inspiring websites, do check them out below.
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krome / July 30, 2018
What is FA and how to FA?
In this article we’ll walk through a handy checklist of the principal things you need to think about when preparing artwork for print or web.
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krome / July 26, 2018
How to Maintain a WordPress Site?
In the past, websites were important. Although, website admins hardly spent frequent time maintaining them. Once the website was developed and content was added, it was left like t
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krome / July 11, 2018
Most Common UX Design Methods and Techniques
User experience plays an important role in attracting customers and new visitors to your website. To create great experiences for users, the following content contains a list of th
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krome / July 9, 2018
How to use Data in your Design Process
When one is thinking or imagining a good design, the last thing in their mind is going to be digits or data. Anything “quantitative” seems too odd to connect with design.
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krome / July 5, 2018
3 Simple Ways for Web Designers and Developers to Collaborate and Create Innovative Designs
The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place
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krome / June 30, 2018
Best Websites of June 2018
Welcome back to our monthly edition list for the best websites in June 2018. We are here to list the best websites from inspiring websites to that of functional as great storytelle
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krome / June 25, 2018
Why Singapore organisations need to agree to the GDPR
The idea of the GDPR is that as long as an association gathers information on individuals inside the EU, shares information or offers items and administrations inside the EU, they
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krome / May 30, 2018
Best Websites of May 2018
Welcome back to our monthly edition list for the best websites in May 2018. We are here to list the best websites from inspiring websites to that of functional as great storyteller
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krome / May 25, 2018
Optimising Web Designs For Human Attention
In the online world, web design is an element of great significance.
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krome / May 18, 2018
Why We Use Sketch to Design Websites?
In the past few years, there has been rapid progress in the UI design with groundbreaking tools which have changed the shape of website designing.
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krome / May 15, 2018
How to Develop An Eye For Design
In the present visual age, a design is more vital than any other time in recent memory. Great design can represent the moment of truth your business with regards to changing over p
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krome / May 11, 2018
Impact of AI on Designing
We have come at a very sensitive point regarding science and its impact on our lives. One wonders how much of our life will be controlled by robots and AI in life if there is alrea
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krome / May 4, 2018
PSG vs PIC – Is the new grant beneficial towards SMEs?
Important: This article was written years ago. It is no longer valid now.
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krome / April 27, 2018
Best Websites of April 2018
Welcome back to our monthly edition list for the best websites in April 2018. We are here to list the best websites from inspiring websites to that of functional as great storytell
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krome / April 20, 2018
10 Free Effective Optimisation Tools for Your Website in 2018
It’s a fact that search engines are one of the primary traffic sources for a website. To improve search engine rankings for your website, webmasters need to adhere to the search en
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krome / April 16, 2018
Best Websites of March 2018
Welcome back to our monthly edition list for the best websites in March 2018. We are here to list the best websites from inspiring websites to that of functional as great storytell
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krome / March 21, 2018
Best Websites of February 2018
Every month there will always be websites that are interesting and fresh that we still get inspired by. We are here to list the best websites of February 2018 from some inspiration
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krome / March 1, 2018
The Fastest Cloud Hosting Provider
Cloud hosting services do provide hosting on virtual servers which pull computing resource from extensive underlying networks of physical web servers. In other words, the resources
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krome / February 23, 2018
Best Websites of January 2018
Every month there will always be websites that are interesting and fresh that we still get inspired by. We are here to list the best websites of January 2018 from some inspirationa
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krome / February 8, 2018
Google’s subsea cable: Connects Singapore to Australia
In recent years, cloud giants, including Facebook, Microsoft and Amazon, have been more invested in submarine cable construction projects instead of simply paying their operators t
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krome / January 26, 2018
China Compatible Websites
In many aspects, beyond just technological, China has outrightly challenged the notion of connectivity depending on an American or global brand. By creating its own alternative ver
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krome / January 25, 2018
What is Dropshipping?
As an aspiring e-commerce entrepreneur, there are many factors to consider. One of the first questions you may ask is where you’ll be getting your products, and this includes every
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krome / December 27, 2017
Why Privacy Policy Is Important
Better to be safe than sorry. A website’s privacy policy is a document that clearly lists how information on the site will be used. Especially because this usually entails the info
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krome / December 15, 2017
Self-Managed Hosting vs Managed Hosting
Would you prefer to be a guest or a host?
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krome / December 8, 2017
How to Insert and Configure Facebook Pixel
In this article, we will cover on how to install a pixel for your website, track actions on your site that you care about, and make sure that it is working in 3 simple steps.
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krome / November 29, 2017
Benefits of Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMPs)
Accelerated Mobile Pages are quite literally Google’s response Facebook’s Instant Articles. In collaboration with other publishers such as Google, Twitter, and WordPress, the AMP p
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krome / November 27, 2017
The Right eCommerce Platform – Shopify vs WooCommerce
We used to say that you could shop till you drop, picturing ourselves stumbling along with shopping bags, being on our feet for hours. With online shopping, you basically shop till
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krome / November 16, 2017
Progressive Web Apps for WordPress
WordPress is great as a user-friendly and simple platform. With easy-to-install applications and advanced content management tools, it’s no surprise that it houses 74 million websi
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krome / November 9, 2017
What Should I Know About BitCoin & Cryptocurrency
You’ve probably seen the influx of Bitcoin documentaries on Netflix, maybe you’ve even sat through a few.
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krome / November 4, 2017
iPhone X from iPhone 7: What you must know?
Bought a iPhone X through Singtel. Must say I’m one of those lucky ones who managed to get it earlier. Didn’t queue at all.
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krome / November 3, 2017
Things You Should Know About PIC for Web Design
Are your web design costs weighing you down? Well, they shouldn’t be. The beauty of the Productivity and Innovation Credit Scheme, better known as PIC, is that you can get the supp
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krome / November 2, 2017
Best Websites of October 2017
Every month there will always be websites that are interesting and fresh that we still get inspired by. As web designers, we always do it as part of our job and also to understand
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krome / October 27, 2017
Chatbots vs Human Agents
It’s the age old question of artificial intelligence pitted against the human mind. While not as epic as it sounds, the live web support version of that concept is, in fact, Chatbo
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krome / October 25, 2017
Making Your Web Page Pop with Colours
It’s back to the basics this week with an exploration of a concept introduced to us when we were wee toddlers – colours. Most artist will tell you that colours are for more than ju
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krome / October 19, 2017
Apple iOS 11 Kit releases new San Francisco Pro font
There is a new San Francisco Pro font has been released for Sketch, Photoshop, and Adobe XD from Apple new iOS 11 UI Kit’s. This UI Kit has the most robust iOS UI Kit provided by A
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krome / October 15, 2017
Why Icons Are Important In Web Design
Icons are littered throughout modern day webpages but they have been in use long before the Internet and user experience design.
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krome / October 13, 2017
How Does Typography Affect Your Web Design?
Simply put, typography is the art of curating type.
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krome / October 3, 2017
Best Websites of September 2017
Before an event happens, potential attendees often will look for more information on the official website. It is where the first rumblings of hype happens. As web designers, our jo
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krome / September 29, 2017
How to Maximise SEO for Videos
Videos have drastically changed how people consume content over the Internet.
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krome / September 27, 2017
5 Things Brands Need to Know About Chatbots
Chatbots are not new technology.
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krome / September 22, 2017
Designing Websites for People with Disabilities
“My ability is stronger than my disability” – Theresa Sheridan
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krome / September 20, 2017
What Might Make for a HTML5 Successor
With primary school kids learning coding as part of their curriculum, can you really afford to be left behind with no knowledge of programming languages?
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krome / September 15, 2017
Automating Your Website – Live Support with a Chatbot
How can you make your business feel human 24 hours a day without additional manpower?
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krome / September 13, 2017
How to Integrate Social Media Into Your Website
Go social or go home. The social message has infiltrated digital platforms from dating apps to gaming. Every other site will allow you to log in via accounts like Facebook or Googl
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krome / September 7, 2017
The Ultimate Guide for Mobile Design
The smartphone era took over the world by storm, digitalising much of the modern world and permanently changing the way we work and play.
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krome / August 30, 2017
Best Websites of August 2017
Adding a layer of engagement to your website can greatly enhance the overall user experience to your website or application. Elements like hover states, media, sliding and scrollin
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krome / August 28, 2017
How Do People View a Website
Before you write a book, you better know how to read! How do your users view your page and read your site?
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krome / August 24, 2017
5 Features Your Homepage Should Have
Folks, there is some truth in what they say – home is where the heart is. By that, we mean your homepage does indeed reflect the style and approach that the rest of your site will
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krome / August 11, 2017
Functionality vs Aesthetics in Web Design
Does it really matter how you look on the outside or do the mechanics of your mind matter more? The age-old question of function versus form has been tossed about to no end.
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krome / August 10, 2017
Difference between User Experience and User Interface
User experience design (UX) and user interface design (UI) – Are they two sides of the same coin, or completely independent processes? Join us on a deep dive to uncover the differe
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krome / August 4, 2017
Building Your Business – Facebook or Website?
In the digital age, business developers have plenty of options to grow their company. Picking the right platform for the right target market can make a world of difference to your
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krome / August 2, 2017
Best Websites of July 2017
Hello, Readers! This month, we are looking at websites that are bold and aesthetically modern. Here is a list of inspiring websites that we have curated for July 2017:
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krome / July 28, 2017
Why is Design Important in Building Your Brand?
Ever heard of blinkee.com? If you have, it’s probably because it’s been listed as a poorly designed web page selling items that glow in the dark (Blinkee, get it?).
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krome / July 26, 2017
How does Mobile-First Affect Your Business?
When you’re browsing pages on-the-go, you’ve probably left a site in frustration simply because it wasn’t working for you. You might not be able to put your finger on it, but it ju
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krome / July 21, 2017
5 Principles of Designing a Good Website
When you’re staring at a blank canvas, the design process can be very intimidating. Follow these 5 principles of designing a good website that will help you map out your site desig
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krome / July 19, 2017
5 Things WordPress Can Do For You
Released in 2003, WordPress is best known as a blogging and website content management system (CMS). As a front controller, WordPress allows its users to tap on template processors
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krome / July 14, 2017
How to be a Good Web Designer?
A good web designer displays important qualities at various stages of building a website. Check out these tips on being a master at the craft of web design.
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krome / July 12, 2017
5 Factors to Consider Before Designing a Site
Before you jump onboard the website design bandwagon, make sure to take a step back and go through the ABCs of the design process! Here are 5 factors to consider before designing a
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krome / July 7, 2017
Why Responsive Web Design is Important?
If you haven’t already figured out why responsive design is important, we’re giving you 4 reasons why:
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krome / July 5, 2017
Top 10 E-Commerce Websites in Singapore
Here are the top 10 e-Commerce website in Singapore that are great platform for shoppers to check in on the latest products and check out using their credit cards.
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krome / June 30, 2017
Best Websites of June 2017
With the onset of web design, content-based websites have been transformed from print formatting to visual experiences. Here are some of the best website of June 2017:
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krome / June 30, 2017
Designing a Successful User Interface for Website
Here are 5 questions you should be asking yourself in designing a successful user interface for website, that we can look into.
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krome / June 23, 2017
3 Ways to Improve Website Ranking
More businesses are beginning to take advantage of search engines to drive traffic to their websites, there is increasingly becoming the need to address SEO issues.
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krome / June 15, 2017
Using Real Content Is Better Than Lorem Ipsum
Here’s why using real content is better than Lorem Ipsum, as designers wanting to achieve the most perfect-looking prototype, it’s almost impossible to resist inserting exactly the
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krome / June 9, 2017
10 Examples of Big Brands Using WordPress in 2017
Here are the 10 Examples of Big Brands Using WordPress in 2017, it is one of the most popular tools for famous brands.
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krome / June 7, 2017
Design News and Inspirations
As designers, we are often looking for inspirations around us to spark our creativity and ideas. We also frequently search for resources to help motivate us in our ideas.
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krome / May 31, 2017
Best Websites of May 2017
Here are of the Best Websites of May 2017 that will inspires us.
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krome / May 26, 2017
7 Core Competencies as a Web Developer
Here are the 7 core competencies as a web developer that are commonly used.
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krome / May 15, 2017
List of 2FA Supported Apps
It might be a hassle, but taking this step further will probably be the rightful thing to do
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krome / May 15, 2017
Password Managers
Why should we use password management apps?
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krome / May 15, 2017
Password Update Checklist for Singaporeans
Chances are, someone has already got your password. Believe it or not. As long as you’ve connected to a public WIFI before, especially free ones, you’ve been vulnerable.
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krome / May 5, 2017
Best Websites of April 2017
Here are the Best Websites of April 2017 that will inspires us.
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krome / April 28, 2017
Understanding Logo File Formats
Here are some of the quick guide of understanding logo file formats that needed for print or website which have different types of file format for different usage.
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krome / April 20, 2017
2017 Logo Design Trend
Here are the 2017 Logo Design Trend, from vintage to line art and hand drawn to minimalistic, these will be our predictions for the top logo design trends for this year.
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krome / April 6, 2017
Best Websites of March 2017
Nice big background image that make the overall site looks interesting, with the touch of the unique watercolour illustration.
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krome / March 30, 2017
Top 5 Sources for Web Design Inspiration
Here are a list of quality web design inspirational resources that will help you to provide more idea by creating something new based on the idea of general design and concept.
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krome / March 24, 2017
Top 5 Best Website to Find Free Mockup
Mockups are a great alternatives way to enhance your design work, it will be help to make your design process much easier and also help to enhance your portfolio either for web or
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krome / March 16, 2017
Top 10 Beginner SEO Tips
Here are some beginner basic tips to search engine optimisation (SEO) that help in ranking your website in the first page of Google, Bing or Yahoo.
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krome / March 10, 2017
HTML Cheatsheets for beginners
Simple guide to HTML cheatsheets for beginner for quick reference, a list of common HTML tags used to create website and emailer.
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krome / March 8, 2017
Top 8 Programme Languages in 2017
Learning how to code? You will need a program that’s easy to learn from. Learning a few educational tips about the programming languages and coding will help you become a much bett
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krome / March 1, 2017
Best Websites of February 2017
A is for Albert
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krome / February 20, 2017
2017 Social Media Cheatsheets
Social media platforms are forever changing the image sizes and formats, so to keep you all updated here’s the social media image sizes cheat sheet for 2017.
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krome / February 6, 2017
Future of Digital Special: Where Next for Digital Design?
Trends are well-known changes that happen in all creative fields, and web design is no different. Born of experimentation and innovation, trends are the driving factors for change,
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krome / February 2, 2017
Best Websites of Jan 2017
Here are the Top 11 best website of January 2017 that will inspire you.
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krome / January 25, 2017
Sketch Shortcut Keys
We have done up some Sketch shortcut keys that’ll make things easy for you to remember the next time you are using the software.
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krome / January 16, 2017
Photoshop CC Shortcut Keys
We have done up some Adobe Photoshop CC shortcut keys that’ll make things easy for you to remember the next time you are using the software.
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krome / January 12, 2017
Best Websites of Dec 2016
Here are the top 10 best websites of December 2016 that will inspire you.
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krome / January 12, 2017
WordPress Users: Update to 4.7.1 for Security
11 Jan 2017
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krome / January 10, 2017
Yahoo renames itself to Altaba. Sold core business to Verizon
Photograph by Ethan Miller / Getty
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krome / January 5, 2017
Effective Web Design Psychology
An effective web design psychology that may apply when designing a website.
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krome / December 28, 2016
Kerning Tips to Improve Your Typography
Various fonts have different widths and styles. You can’t kern until you know what font you’re using.
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krome / December 27, 2016
Web Design Trends to expect in 2017
Responsive design with better performance is already becoming a standard as many websites are redesigned to fit multiple devices.
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krome / December 20, 2016
Web Typography – 10 Font Pairings
At Krome, we specialise in website design and development services. If you or your client are interested in creating a site, it’s time to tell us about your project or have a chat
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krome / December 12, 2016
Web Design Terms You Need to Know
If elements of your website are “above the fold,” then people don’t have to scroll down to see them
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krome / December 9, 2016
Web Design Process
Review current website & objectives
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krome / December 1, 2016
Colour Emotions in Web Design
Find out what colour emotions in web design will help evoke audience’s emotions as each colour plays an undeniable role in creating a strong first impression on users, although thi
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krome / November 10, 2016
Best Websites of November 2016
Here are the Top 8 Best Websites of November 2016
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krome / October 29, 2016
Using Cloudflare to avoid DDoS attacks
Building defensive mechanisms on web hosting alone won’t be sufficient for DDoS attacks
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krome / October 28, 2016
DDoS attacks on StarHub Singapore and Dyn
This Attack Was Different
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krome / October 10, 2016
Google is serious about HTTPS
In 2014, it was about Ranking Signal. Starting 2017, it’s going to be ugly.
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krome / October 8, 2016
Website Speed Test
We’re quite anal about Page Speed Performance. Just thought it’ll be good to list down and share the tools we used to test our websites.
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krome / September 30, 2016
Visual Hierarchy in Web Design
Here are the Visual Hierarchy in Web Design
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krome / September 24, 2016
Apple Watch after a year of use
I’ve been asked for a couple of times. Hey, how’s your Apple Watch? To be honest, it tells the time very well. Lol.
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krome / September 23, 2016
Yahoo Mail Breached
Yahoo confirms this could be the largest security breach of all time
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krome / July 28, 2016
PDPA Update: Guidelines for web design and development
The Personal Data Protection Commission Singapore just has issued its latest set of guides for organisations relating to the protection and processing of personal data on 20 July 2
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krome / July 23, 2016
PHP 7
Are you ready for PHP 7? Wait… Don’t jump yet.
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krome / May 27, 2016
Importance of Responsive Web Design
Our responsive design process is fluid and changing, just like the technology we build with. The flowchart below outlines the general process we use today to develop responsive sit
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krome / May 10, 2016
Principles of Design
Principles applied to the elements of design that bring them together into one design. It’s about applying them together.
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krome / April 22, 2016
Apple Pay in Singapore
Launched on 19 April 2016, Singaporeans finally got our hands(or Apple Watches) on the long awaited contactless technology from Apple.
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krome / February 14, 2015
The Perception of Branding
Yes, logo is important, but it isn’t *everything.*Logo is probably like a cover of a story book or the marque of a vehicle. There’s so much more to how people perceive a brand.
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krome / December 23, 2014
What’s the lifespan of a website?
Are there such things? Yes, it does.
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