Sri Lanka Travel | Sri Lanka Holiday | Sri Lanka Luxury Travel | Sri Lanka Vacation | Newxplorer.com

Sri Lanka Travel | Sri Lanka Holiday | Sri Lanka Luxury Travel | Sri Lanka Vacation | Newxplorer.com

Newxplorer.com is the premier boutique luxury travel company specializing in travel to Sri Lanka. The expert staff are dedicated to creating one-of-a-kind travel experiences that are certain to surpass your expectations. Their Xplore line of journeys includes beaches, wildlife, bird watching and biodiversity, and ancient kingdoms. The flexible model allows newxplorer.com to customize the journeys to meet your expectations and budget. Newxplorer.com is committed to making your Sri Lankan luxury holiday a journey of a lifetime and we are proud be the web developers of them.

The Official Website of Newxplorer.com is developed using Joomla, and integrated with some of the best Joomla components to give more functions, and to increase the usability. The Travel Portal is managed by the eDesigners, and we do online marketing and SEO activities on behalf of Newxplorer.com in Sri Lanka at our web development house.

Top Web Designing Trends of Year 2011

There is a thin line between design and development, and as we move into a new decade, this line is becoming extremely blurry. Is it enough to draw beautiful mock ups in Photoshop? Maybe 5 years ago. These days, the average internet user requires more. All beauty, with no substance, gets boring after a while. If your only goal is to impress a community of fellow designers with your flashy designs, you’ll find yourself quickly beneath the tide. 2011 is not about beauty, it’s about function. The trends for this new year and emerging decade are responsive design, constant connection and virtual reality.


How will you stay relevant as a designer in 2011? The ultimate goal of a designer is not to dazzle but to entangle. Any designer can get ‘oohs’ and ‘ahhs’ that are easily forgotten. The supreme designer is able to create an environment which charms and captivates the user to the point where he does not want to find the ‘Back’ button. Several elements come together to forge such a wonderland: harmonious color scheme, intuitive design, easily accessible information and fast response. Additionally, one can never under-estimate the power of simplicity. Of course, this has always been the case, but in 2011, you are no longer at the forgiving discretion of the desktop, or even laptop, computer. Now, your design must contend with smart phones, netbooks, tablets and the like. Are you ready?


Top 11 trends for 2011.

1.  More CSS3 + HTML5
2.  Simple Color Schemes
3.  Mobile Ready
4.  Parallax Scrolling
5.  Designing for Touch Screens, Not Mice
6.  Depth Perception in Web Design

7.  Large Photographic Backgrounds
8.  Adventurous Domain Names & Integration
9.  QR: Quick Response
10. Thumbnail Design
11. Constant Connection/ Life Stream

Author: Jacqueline.
More about the Author: Jacqueline is an artist and a writer who spends an inordinate amount of time playing Super Nintendo and watching Star Trek.

Five emerging trends around convergence in online travel

1. The convergence of pre-shopping and shopping
2. Convergence of Online and Offline throughout the entire travel process
3. The convergence of mobile and desktop
4. The convergence of commercial and redemption booking flows
5. The convergence of personalization and content management

Which of these five trends will come together first is hard to say, but as technology never stands still, it is unlikely their relationship to each other will remain unchanged. At a minimum, every online travel supplier and retailer should decide where they stand on this these key trends. Then it is just a matter of which ones to embrace and how.

In 3 years mobile “should” take over desktop internet usage

In 3 years mobile “should” take over desktop internet usage

What do you think? Either way – this info-graphic from Microsoft Tag provides some serious food for thought and it’s great to see this data together to help with future marketing planning.

8 ways to Test Your Website

Your website is the "storefront" of your business (even if you have a literal storefront, too). Your website needs to attract customers and keep them coming back for more.

So pull up your website and ask yourself a few questions:


Where do your eyes go first?
You only have a few seconds to capture the attention of your audience...make sure they're seeing something important.


Can you tell what the website is about?
Again, you only have a few seconds to communicate your unique value, so be clear and compelling.


Is important information above the fold?
Make sure your opt-in forms and Unique Selling Proposition are available without scrolling down.


Are the benefits highlighted?
Your visitors want to quickly learn "what's in it for them." Spell out the benefits clearly on the homepage.


Is there a clear call to action?
If they like what they see, prospects need to know what to do next. It can be to buy now, start a free trial, or simply download a free report.


Are the colors and font distracting?
Jarring colors, quick animation, and gaudy fonts can really be distracting. And if your visitors are distracted, they'll click away.


Do you feel personally connected?
Consumers want to buy from people, not machines. Connect with your prospects by being honest, straightforward, and using a conversational style.


Are there links to social media?
Many people want to do a little more research before buying. Linking to social media sites gives your potential customers another glimpse into your company (and perhaps a few testimonials from other customers).

Once you determine a few areas where you can improve, develop a plan to start implementing changes. You don't have to do them all at once - just do a few at a time until you have a website that really converts.

To your success! - Via a Small Business Growth Expert !