Day 11: Bootstrap 4 Navigation Tutorial and Examples

April 27, 2022May 4, 2022 Cristina Conacel 4 Comments

Day 10: Bootstrap 4 Navbar
Day 12: Bootstrap 4 Lists

Hello and welcome to the 11th day of Bootstrap 4 😎 Today we will learn about the Bootstrap 4 Navigation options. Having to organise a list of links is a very common situation and knowing how to create Bootstrap 4 Navs will help you solve this.

There are multiple options you will be able to choose from: basic navs, nav tabs and nav pills. We will inspect each option and explain how to use it, together with examples. We will also start to see more of the JavaScript options Bootstrap 4 provides. Sounds exciting? Let’s learn to navigate!

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14 Days of Bootstrap 4 – Introduction

April 11, 2022May 4, 2022 Cristina Conacel 8 Comments

Introduction

This is a Bootstrap 4 Tutorial for beginners. The idea for it comes from “24 days of Rust” and “24 days of Hackage“. As the titles might suggest, this kind of article series features daily blog posts with tutorials on how to use a language or library.

14 Days of Bootstrap 4 consists of daily tutorials focusing on basic parts of Bootstrap 4. Each article has coded examples and extensive descriptions. We also recommend extra resources that you can use to dive deeper.

The purpose is for you to learn something new everyday. At the end of the series you will be a well-prepared Bootstrap 4 developer, ready to create any website that you desire.

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Day 1: Bootstrap 4 CDN and Starter Template

October 13, 2021October 14, 2021 Cristina Conacel 7 Comments

Introduction Day 2: Bootstrap 4 Grid

Hello and welcome to the first day of the 14 days of Bootstrap 4 series 🙂 Today we will make the first step towards using Bootstrap 4!

In order to see the Bootstrap 4 capabilities and use it, you will need to import the Bootstrap 4 CSS and JS files into your HTML file. In this article you will find how to use the Bootstrap 4 CDN or download your files locally. You might have heard the phrase “how to install Bootstrap 4” before but there really isn’t anything to install. Getting started with Bootstrap 4 will just mean adding links to your page.

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Day 10: Bootstrap 4 Navbar Tutorial and Examples

October 12, 2021October 14, 2021 Cristina Conacel 13 Comments

Day 9: Bootstrap 4 Tables
Day 11: Bootstrap 4 Navigation

Hey and welcome to the 10th day of Bootstrap 4 💁🏻 Today we will learn about the Bootstrap 4 Navigation Bar. This is an essential part of every page and tricky to create on your own, especially with a different behaviour for mobile. In this article we will see the Bootstrap 4 classes to create a navbar and add elements such as the brand, links, text, images and form. We will also go through options for colouring, placement and responsive behaviour.

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Day 12: Bootstrap 4 Lists Tutorial and Examples

October 12, 2021May 14, 2022 Cristina Conacel 3 Comments

Day 11: Bootstrap 4 Navigation
Day 13: Bootstrap 4 Cards

Hello and welcome to the 12th day of Bootstrap 4 😉 Today we will learn about Bootstrap 4 lists and Bootstrap 4 list groups. Besides offering multiple styles for the default list, Bootstrap 4 is introducing a new element: the list group. The Bootstrap 4 list group offers extensive use cases and learning how to add them to your project will help you organise your information and navigation.

Let’s start creating lists!

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Day 2: Bootstrap 4 Grid System Tutorial and Examples

October 12, 2021October 14, 2021 Cristina Conacel 9 Comments

Day 1: Bootstrap 4 CDN
Day 3: Bootstrap 4 Flex

Hello and welcome to the second day of Bootstrap 4 🙋🏻 Today we will learn about the Bootstrap 4 Grid, what it is and how you can use it.

The Bootstrap 4 Grid System is used for responsive layouts. A responsive layout represents the way elements align in the page on different resolutions. It is important you understand how to use the grid before learning about any other Bootstrap 4 component. This is because whatever element you will choose to use, you will need to place it somewhere on the screen. Let’s get started!

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Day 9: Bootstrap 4 Tables Tutorial and Examples

October 11, 2021October 14, 2021 Cristina Conacel 2 Comments

Day 8: Bootstrap 4 Forms
Day 10: Bootstrap 4 Navbar

Hello and welcome to the 9th day of Bootstrap 4 🙃 Today we will learn about Bootstrap 4 tables. We will see the basic classes for tables, how to colour table headings, rows or cells and how to make them responsive. I have also added a section with examples for adding custom elements and how to get advanced functionalities. I hope these will help you better understand how to use Bootstrap 4 tables in your projects with ease.

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6 Tips for Increasing Ecommerce Customer Lifetime Value

July 22, 2021July 22, 2021 John Hurley Leave a comment

Customer lifetime value (CLV or LTV) is a staggeringly important metric.

If your online store is great at retaining customers, you’re reducing your dependence on acquiring new ones, which is normally an expensive and time-consuming task.

Repeat business also increases your profit margins since it costs you significantly less to sell to an existing customer than to a new one.

Most online retail experts, quite rightfully, place CLV amongst the industry’s most important metrics. Doing whatever you can to boost yours is critical if you want to be successful in a space as competitive as ecommerce.

In this article, we’ll take a look at six actionable tactics you can implement to increase your ecommerce store’s capacity for keeping customers coming back for more.

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How Your Website Performance Affects Your SEO Rankings

June 23, 2021June 23, 2021 Dave Schneider Leave a comment

The game of SEO is a game that is constantly evolving. Search engines such as Google or Bing are always being upgraded, enhanced, and improved to better determine what content should be put in front of visitors’ eyes.

To make the content on the internet more relevant and valuable, search engines rely on many algorithms and factors. And all of these, combined together, make the lives of SEO experts a bit difficult.

If you would like to learn how your website and its performance impact your search engine optimization efforts, keep reading. Below you will find some interesting information that you’ll be able to use from now on when thinking about your SEO strategy.

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4 Essential Factors for eCommerce Success You Should Consider in 2021

May 31, 2021May 31, 2021 Dave Schneider Leave a comment

More than 2.14 billion people shop online on a regular basis. And with the global pandemic continuing to expose more people to the benefits of using eCommerce stores, that number is sure to become even higher in the near future.

But while there’s no denying that the number of opportunities for online sellers is staggering, the same can be said about the competition. With as many as 24 million eCommerce stores operating globally, you will probably face steep competition in most niches, not to mention having to compete with giants like Amazon or Walmart.

However, if you follow a structured approach to building your online business and utilize the best practices of today, you can still achieve success.

Let’s explore five eCommerce success factors that will get you on the right track.

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