Ikenna Okonkwo - Web Designer

Ikenna Okonkwo - Web Designer Ikenna Okonkwo is a web designer based in Enugu, Nigeria and have worked with clients all over the

The web is vast. As of now, there are billions of websites online, All competing for some share of the attention people ...
04/08/2021

The web is vast.

As of now, there are billions of websites online,

All competing for some share of the attention people give to their online browsing each day.

When you’re starting a new website, it can be overwhelming to think about all the other websites out there.

But it’s helpful to remember that within that huge number of websites,

You have a lot of different categories of types of websites trying to accomplish different things.

As you consider how best to build your own website, carefully consider what type of website you want it to be.

When you can narrow down the goals and setup you have in mind, you can more easily identify the other websites in your category to look to for inspiration.

Here are Nine of the most popular types of websites you’ll see around the web.

1. A Blog website - They’re online journals or informational pages that are regularly updated.

2. Business Website - This is a generic website detailing all areas of a business.

3. Ecommerce Website - An ecommerce site, otherwise known as an online store, allows you to take online payments for products or services.

4. Crowdfunding - This website is used for accepting pledges and donations for any given cause.

5. Personal website - This is an online resume displaying your work experience and skills

6. Portal - This is typically an internal website for schools or businesses where users login.

7 Social media websites - This type of website refers to websites like facebook, twitter, instagram etc.

8. Forum websites - Forum types of websites provide an organized way to publish public topic discussions.

9. Wiki websites - Wiki websites are digital encyclopedias where information is user-submitted and published.

With the above mentions types of websites, i hope that you would’ve gained vivid information about the same, which would help you choose the right one for your business.













Websites are one of the most important assets of a business. Having a credible, professional and engaging online presenc...
04/08/2021

Websites are one of the most important assets of a business.

Having a credible, professional and engaging online presence requires work and patience.

You know there are millions of websites out there, so how can you stand apart from your competitors?

A good website grabs your attention, wakes up your emotions, and gives you easily what you need.

Here are some very important things you should consider when building a website for your business.

1. Good websites are well organized and follow a structure. They are not cluttered; they are clean and professional

2. Successful websites offer simple and user friendly navigation. Visitors must find everything they need quick and easy.

3. Users don’t want to wait for slow content to download; they need their information quickly and without delay. so a good website must be fast.

4. A good website should be easy to read. Most people don’t read websites; they scan them. Contrast and hierarchy help the site’s readability by making the content easy on the visitor’s eyes.

5. A good website should be mobile responsive and compatible with most browsers.

6. A good website should have a clear call to action. if your site asks nothing of visitors, they will surely do nothing.

7. A good website should be optimized for search. It’s not enough to build a nice looking website that’s easy to use. It needs to earn traffic. Otherwise, all that effort in design, UX and content development will be for naught.

In conclusion, i’ve covered a range of web design factors that would make great additions to your Website, user friendly design, and web usability.

There are so many different factors in what makes a good website. Ultimately, you need to create a website that easily gives your audience what they’re looking for.









Excited to share this ecommerce website we built for fancyabi collections. They are a fashion boutique store located in ...
31/07/2021

Excited to share this ecommerce website we built for fancyabi collections. They are a fashion boutique store located in warri, Nigeria.

You can visit their website at www.fancyabicollections.com. Very proud to have helped them with this.

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Interested in getting an ecommerce website for your business? Take your business online today.
click the link on my bio or send me a Dm. Let's talk






As a busy small-business owner, You may wonder if it's worth the time and effort to maintain a blog on your website.If y...
30/07/2021

As a busy small-business owner,

You may wonder if it's worth the time and effort to maintain a blog on your website.

If you want to increase the visibility and credibility of your company to consumers,

You might consider regularly posting quality content on your website that will be interesting and useful to them.

A blog is where this content may be housed, whether or not you call this section of your website a blog.

On many sites, the “blog” has a different label, such as News, Press or Articles.

Here are five reasons why your small business website should consider a blog.

1. With a blog you get to keep your audience updated about your business; the latest news, latest product offerings, latest events.

2. Blogs allow for in-depth explanations and teaching about what your products and services can really offer.

3. By having a blog with blog posts you get to be found easily via google searches and in turn drive traffic to your website.

4. You get to build relationships with potential customers especially in the comment sections of your blog posts.

5. You get to become an authority in your field, as your blog posts will provide helpful information about relevant topics in your field, potential clients will trust you and most likely want to do business with you.


So, if you’re looking to reach new audiences, build your brand and stand out from the competition.

Take inspiration from the reasons above and get started on a business blog.

Having a blog not only provides a strong foundation for your marketing,

It’s also fun and inspiring—and a great way to share ideas, generate new ones, and build a community of like-minded and engaged people.






In yesterday's post i discussed the importance of having a website maintenance plan and why you need to have one for you...
29/07/2021

In yesterday's post i discussed the importance of having a website maintenance plan and why you need to have one for your website.

In today's post,

I'll be listing out what you should expect to see from a typical website maintenace plan and also what is involved.

A good website maintenance plan will have a minimum of the following services,

1. Website page, content and link updates...

2. Server security maintenance and fixes...

3. Backup Plans and Recovery

4. Site Monitoring for downtime

5. CMS, theme and plugin updates

6. Bug fixes and compatibility/performance issues.

These are just the basic areas covered in a website maintenance plan.

So, unless your company have an internal IT department that include experienced website developers and designers,

a maintenance plan might be the best option as an effort to keep a website correctly maintained.

A maintenance plan will no doubt have long term cost savings and save you time.

A bug that is ignored eventually will snowball and cause significant damage and worst-case scenario;

A website rebuild.

Updated regularly, your website will have less of a chance of something going wrong.






Many business owners believe that establishing a successful business website is all that is required. But having a websi...
28/07/2021

Many business owners believe that establishing a successful business website is all that is required.

But having a website is only the beginning.

One of the biggest mistakes business owners can make,

is to believe that once their website is up and running,

it can take care of itself.

Regardless of how technically advanced your new or existing website is,

It needs to be updated and maintained regularly.

And this is why your business needs a website maintenance plan.

Look at it this way.

When you buy a new car,

You plan on keeping it well maintained with regular oil changes, tire rotation, and tune-ups.

A website is very similar and also needs to have regular maintenance.

By not having a website maintenance plan,

Your website will deteriorate and become less useful over time.

If you have outdated content, broken links, or links that redirect to unrelated pages,

Your customers will get frustrated and go to your competitors’ better-maintained website.

A website is never really “complete.”

It must continuously be updated with fresh content to engage and grow your audience.

By using a website maintenance plan,

You are ensuring that your website is up to date regarding design, content, regular backups, and protection against malicious login attempts, spam, and malware.

Tomorrow i'll list out the things/items that will be included in a typical website maintenance plan.











27/07/2021

Pleased to have helped Manab Engineering with their new website visit www.manabengineering.com to check it out

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Interested in getting a website for your business? Take your business online today. Call or send us a whatsapp message at 07083707579.














In a world where most of us do transactions online, its important we know how secure our data is in the internet world.T...
26/07/2021

In a world where most of us do transactions online, its important we know how secure our data is in the internet world.

There's need for us to be aware of the site we visit on daily bases and how secured it is.

What is SSL?

SSL - Secure Sockets Layer, is the standard of security technology, encrypted communication between Web server and browser. This standard operates and ensures that the data transmitted between the server and the user's browser is private and complete.

SSL is also currently the security standard for millions of websites around the world, It is used to encrypt data sent over the Internet between a client (your computer) and a server (a website's computer).

This automatically prevents many types of attacks: if a hacker intercepts encrypted data, the hacker can't read it or use it without the private decryption key.

After finishing SSL installation on your web server, a website URL begins with “HTTPS://” instead of HTTP// that means a secure connection established between a server and browser via an encrypted link.

A web browser informs visitors that the website is SSL secured and no worry about their online transactions.

Why use SSL?

You register a domain to use website services, email, there are always security holes hacker attacks SSL to protect your website and customers.

📷 Data security: data is encrypted and can only be deciphered by authentic recipients.

📷 Data integrity: data is not altered by hackers.

ADVANTAGE OF SSL CERTIFICATE

📷 Let’s users to complete a successful transaction without any risk of data loss

📷 Increases user’s trust and confidence

📷 Encrypt website and secure communication between browser and server

📷 Protects user’s sensitive information

📷 Eliminates browser warning and alerts

📷 Boost up business conversation and helps to generate maximum revenue

📷 Increases Organization’s reputation over the internet

📷 Google also gives ranking benefits for SSL enable website

📷 Eliminates risk of phishing and other cyber attacks










Three Reasons why your business should have a websiteIf you own a business, setting up your website should be the first ...
22/07/2021

Three Reasons why your business should have a website

If you own a business, setting up your website should be the first step in creating a strong online presence. But why does your business website really matter?

Here's why...

1. Having a website amplifies your credibility and builds trust!

Having a website makes it easier for you to showcase your expertise, pictures and proof of previous projects handled, testimonials from previous clients, details of your area of expertise and an overall outlook of your company, which a business card wont do.


2. A website will improve your marketing efforts.

While as a business owner you most likely already attend conferences and other similar gatherings where you network and share business cards with prospects. Having a website will amplify these efforts how?

There is a limited amount of information you can put on your business card, but with a website, you can include a lot of information from articles to video contents. etc


3 A well designed and search engine optimized website for your company ensures that anyone who searches for information about your company can find it.


You're putting your company at a disadvantage if you decide to operate without a website.

A website designed purposefully to showcase your brand in a professional, yet visually appealing way would create a strong impression on your visitors and more importantly grow your online customer base.

So, if you need a website for your business..

I and My team create high quality websites that use the latest web design technology so that your website is easy to maintain and manage

We take care of everything ; web hosting, business email accounts, a domain name setup, we write all the content needed for the website and when it’s launched we’ll provide training on how to manage it and also maintain it for you at no extra cost.

If you'll like to discuss further just click the "send whatsapp message button" below to chat with us on whatsapp.

"why do you build your websites with wordpress?"To answer this question. i'll outline 5 reasons why i use wordpress to d...
21/07/2021

"why do you build your websites with wordpress?"

To answer this question. i'll outline 5 reasons why i use wordpress to design and build my client's websites

1. With wordpress it's easy for a client or anyone who doesnt have a technical background to make content updates or changes on the website, so you wont have to pay someone to each time you want to make a little change.

2. With wordpress you have complete control over the design. One funny thing alot of people say is that "All wordpress websites look the same and you can't customize it" which is false. You can build completely bespoke websites just take a look at the ones built by me.

3. Do you know that over 50% of the websites on the web today are built with wordpress? well now you know. And this simple fact that a huge number of websites are built on wordpress ensures that any issues you encounter while building a website will wordpress, you're sure to find answers or solutions to that issue when you search on the web.

4. Wordpress works with (almost) anything. With wordpress you wont have to worry about integrating 3rd party software with your websites. whether it's an email marketing software, payment portal, google analytics tool whatever it maybe, there is always a plugin available for that and this is thanks to the huge number of people who use the platform like i outlined earlier.

5.Search engines love wordpress, in my experience wordpress websites always rank better in search engines than other platforms. Even better than custom coded websites.

With this simple points of mine. I hope you now understand why i love wordpress so much and also why i always recommend this platform to my clients.








Hi,My name is Ikenna Okonkwo and i am a web designer.I design and build high quality websites for businesses that want t...
27/06/2021

Hi,

My name is Ikenna Okonkwo and i am a web designer.

I design and build high quality websites for businesses that want to look good online and attract their ideal clients.

If you or somebody you know needs a high quality websites, just send me a Dm or visit https://tinyurl.com/mrchaffer

I can design or build:

- Corporate websites
- Ecommerce Websites
- Personal Websites
- Landing Pages
- Blogs
- And More

You can also call me on 07083707579

12/06/2021

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