How To Make A Successful Logo? Four Rules For Designers

Translation of an article by Jeff Davidson. The new Slack logo has made a lot of noise, so I decided to write an article about the qualities of a good logo. Note: This is not another logo design material. Any of my “rules” can be broken, but they will help reveal an important aspect of the business – the choice of a visual stimulus that represents the company. This is worth paying attention to right away, because changing the logo in the future can be costly, especially in companies that make tangible products.

Let’s start with the basics. According to the designers, the logo should be unique, scalable, simple and look good in monochrome. This is dictated by practice, and my article does not contradict any of these mantras. I’m just saying that there are other signs by which you need to evaluate the logo.

With sites like 99designs and Upwork growing in popularity, it’s not easy to find an impressive logo. It can be difficult for professional agencies to break through to large corporations and even medium-sized businesses, and startups often want to save money and outsource logo design to web designers. Also, due to the digital format, the images are not very creative, because the rendering programs are based on linear shapes – squares, triangles and simple ovals. In other words, unique illustrations are not as popular now because fewer people are drawing on paper.

Why do you need a logo?

To understand which logo is good and which is not, we need to know why they are needed. A logo is a tool for identification. Companies need to make their products and services stand out from the competition, and they do this with unique packaging styles, promotional tools, and other things.

If it wasn’t for the logos and branding, you wouldn’t know which company you’re buying from. If we had to read the etiquette and description of each product, products and services would be reduced to their pure usefulness – we would measure the value of everything only by its function. It’s a Marxist dream: imagine that every product, restaurant and company has the same type of logo in the same colors. The world would become boring. Novelty is extremely important in business, culture and branding.

So, a logo is a unique form that communicates the ownership of a product or service.

Logos (and branding) are important because products can replace each other. Imagine two sodas – Coca-cola and Pepsi. They represent approximately the same value to the consumer, the amount of liquid and sugar in them is plus or minus the same, so that most customers cannot even tell them apart by taste (it was proven in a study ). Branding is especially important for such products.

Many buying decisions are emotional, so branding paired with a well-articulated “schema” (mental representation) is essential when trying to instill a deep emotional connection with a product or service in the consumer. Typically, ads do this by telling stories that people associate with the company’s visuals.

You can see examples of the world’s most famous logos on the logolook.net. Also there you can read and see the history of their evolution.

For example, we understand that McDonald’s is McDonald’s based on the store’s appearance, signage, and logo. In its ads, McDonald’s combines this schema with images of joy, youth, and happiness told as a story to evoke a positive emotional response that we unconsciously internalize. Designers combine stimuli with stories – that’s what branding really is.

What should be a good logo?

1. Easy to draw from memory

If your logo is easy to spot, remember, and replicate, it’s probably good. Think Nike swoosh, McDonald’s arches and Adidas three stripes. All of them are quite simple and well remembered, so they are easy to draw. If the logo is difficult to reproduce, it means that it is “structurally” not suitable for long-term memory. This happens when the logo is too complex or banal.

The replay test is what I always do with my clients and is also the most difficult test for a designer. Think about how many simple shapes exist that already represent some kind of thing or function. There are 113,021 graphemes in Unicode 7, the universal character set table – and that’s not counting glyphs (from different fonts, etc.). Designers, on the other hand, must create something completely unique that cannot be confused with something else.

If a company has a logo with a “+” sign, it may not be memorable enough to squeeze into the minds of viewers. It is especially difficult to achieve memorization in the digital age, when thousands of businesses are invented and advertised every day. We have to compete with large flows of information, so the logo forms must be unique, then there is a chance that they will be recognized. So by using a logo maker try to create something that your customers will remember easily.

2. The logo should look like a solid design

Structural reliability is another quality that is often overlooked. Imagine that a graphic form is a material construction. Will she stand firm? Is she balanced? Symmetric?

People are attracted to language and symbols that are well organized, aligned and symmetrical. That’s why Comic Sans is the most hated typeface: it doesn’t live up to expectations. Structural reliability equates to thoughtfulness, and thoughtfulness equates to perfection. Most companies want to look perfect.

Keep in mind, while people are attracted to “robust” forms, we still value novelty, especially in art and nature. The catch is that the logo must be both new and reliable. How do you make it look organized, thoughtful, simple, and yet completely unique? The answer is to spend a lot of time on the logo and conceptualize ruthlessly.

People are escaping the city into nature because they want a break from the predictability of a mechanized society, but they understand very well the difference between art, nature, and functional products. We don’t want a fancy house that can’t stand the gusts of wind or rain. In nature, unstructured beauty wins, but we gravitate toward order. If the logo does not have a clear structure, there is a good chance that the company will look weak.

3. The founder of the project should like the logo

Logos are very dear to the founders of companies, often when launching a project or hiring a designer, they are the first thing they think about. Because of such love for the logo, it can be difficult to make.

The work may fail in advance, because the designer is not able to accurately guess the personal tastes of the founder and his associates. As a professional, he should know what suits the company best, but it doesn’t matter, because he is the one to make the decisions. This is their child. That’s why it’s important to structure the logo creation process to include a “discovery” phase where you can explore the employer’s tastes.

Without a well-functioning logo/brand creation process, you can start to get angry at each other because of the mismatch of tastes, and this greatly hinders the work. The designer must respect the founder’s preferences , while the founder must respect the designer’s time. If a designer is not good at listening, suggesting, presenting, and justifying, they will most likely be paid less than they expected for their efforts. Also, if the designer continues to allow for iterations or new logo concepts, the founder will make adjustments over and over again and the process becomes endless.

The founder should like the logo so as not to add unnecessary doubts to him. No one wants to settle for a logo they don’t like, which is why a logo is often the first thing a customer and their clients can think of. This means that the designer must convince the founder that his decision is correct. Design always consists of creation and persuasion. Design must be able to sell.

Note: This item only applies to companies where the founder and current CEO are the same person. If a corporation is rebranding, it is not necessary for the CEO to like the logo, his preferences can be ignored.

4. The logo should stand out

Great logos are ambiguous, intriguing, and often stand out from the crowd. Some people think that a logo should literally represent a product or service, but that is not the case. No one should look at the logo and know exactly what the company is doing. Remember, if you can combine different abstract forms while achieving simplicity and ambiguity, it can grab attention, which is very good for business. The bottom line is that people love mystery and novelty, and if you can get people to look at your logo longer, the memories of it will become more meaningful.

Standout designs, ads and stories go viral. This is how business works: people see or use something, tell their friends, and then it spreads. Advertisers don’t just list the features of a product and why you should buy it—they create something fun, interesting, dramatic, and powerful to make you want to share it. This way they avoid the idea that the company is trying to convince you to buy something for its own profit. Advertisers make entertaining content and show their logo at the end to create an unconscious connection to that story or emotion. Logos can take the same approach – they can stand out and be interesting enough that people want to talk about them.

Let’s take the logo above as an example. I must say right away that it violates the basic rules of logo design: it does not look simple, scalable, structurally sound, etc. However, it is so creative that the founder loved it and was happy to pay the designer and tell his friends about the logo. When I posted this work online, it caught my attention because of the creative use of the film clip in the typography (note that the shape of the “f” is the same “m” rotated 90 degrees).

When logos are so interesting that they start to stand out, it’s good for business. People talk about the FedEx logo and their interesting ad campaign because it’s catchy. Creativity and the ability to put two meanings into one shape is a great way to create something intriguing and memorable.

Also, the ambiguity of the logo guarantees its longevity. Imagine if the Apple logo literally depicted an old computer screen – you would have to change it when smartphones were added to the company’s products, the appearance of which no one could have foreseen before. Thus, literalness in logo design is detrimental to the company due to the unpredictability of the market going forward.

Conclusion

When designers become legends, they can start working like Paul Rand, who charged Steve Jobs $100,000 for the NeXT logo. Adjusted for inflation today, the price would be about $240,000. More interestingly, Rand provided Jobs with only one logo design (as he did with most of his late-career clients).

Rand despised design politics and made it his mission to find clients who valued his expertise. Steve Jobs, like most great entrepreneurs, knows how to choose talented people and trust them to do their job. Poor entrepreneurs can’t trust anyone, so they try to control every part of the business a little. This is the difference between great leaders and great egos. Founders should spend more time recruiting the right people and less time managing them. If you need an exceptional logo, find a great designer and let them do their thing.

Digital Downloads Selling Platforms

Any products that are offered in digital form are referred to as digital goods (or downloads). Media files, audio files, video files, photographs, templates, downloadable prints, graphic design, etc. are some examples of these digital commodities. Since digital items can be created once and sold again to various buyers, many firms solely sell them, which may be highly successful.

Organizing the process of promoting and selling the product might be daunting, just as in other businesses. Fortunately, you can sell your digital items online using a variety of apps and platforms. These products can be sold using well-known platforms like Wix, WooCommerce, and Shopify, but there are other online stores that offer just digital products. Let’s look at a few of the more well-liked ones.

Creative Market

The most well-known marketplace for the sale of graphics, fonts, templates, photos, themes, and other items is Creative Market, which has more than 8 million users. All you need to do is create a store on the internet, stock it with your goods, and start selling.

DPD (Digital Product Delivery)

DPD is a digital fulfillment service and shopping cart. You may sell downloads, services, tangibles, and key codes using DPD, and you can have several stores under one account. Additionally, a digital stamp for PDF eBooks that includes buyer information and encryption prohibits printing and duplicating, helping to keep your assets protected.

Easy Digital Downloads

Easy Digital Downloads is one of the WordPress plugins that is listed here. It gives users the ability to sell digital goods like PDFs, programs, themes, etc. The shopping cart may also be personalized, and clients can be followed and their usage of discount codes monitored.

To protect your digital products, you may set link expiry and a file download cap. Their website has further information about these wonderful qualities.

FetchApp

FetchApp makes it possible to sell digital products like music, images, movies, software, PDFs, eBooks, and more by integrating effortlessly with systems like PayPal, WooCommerce, and Shopify. When orders are filled, FetchApp automatically sends an email with a secure download link. Both free and premium options are offered.

Payhip

Digital items, courses, subscriptions, and other things are sold through Payhip. An eCommerce software called Payhip may be integrated onto your website or used standalone as a storefront. After purchasing, files are immediately accessible. The use of coupons in marketing efforts is a possibility.

Sellfy

Print-on-demand products are sold via Sellfy together with other digital products. You have the option of creating digital subscriptions with weekly, monthly, or annual payments or selling digital goods. The storefront may be altered or connected to a domain of your choosing. Additionally, it may be integrated with a “purchase now” button into already-existing websites.

Sellwire

Selling digital goods is made very simple with Sellwire, all you need to do is upload your files, link your payment source, and select your prices. After a purchase is made, funds are automatically received, and depending on the length of time or the number of downloads, download expirations can be established.

Selz

Selz is used to selling both real goods and digital ones simultaneously, as well as professional services. In addition to selling, you may also rent things like eBooks, movies, online courses, applications, templates, etc. Using a drag-and-drop editor makes modifying your store simple.

To draw customers in and boost sales, utilize promotions, discounts, and discount options. All major credit cards and PayPal are processed through Selz Pays.

SendOwl

On SendOwl, creators may market and distribute audio and eBooks, photography, software, memberships, and other products. You may use the offered API to build it or you can sell goods via your website, social media, etc. There is also Shopify integration available.

Additionally, the Drip technology enables scheduled product releases, and clients may get discounts and promotions. SendOwl excels in more intricate digital product industries.

Teachable

Online courses may be made and sold using Teachable. It has integrated payment processing, quizzes, quizzes, student administration, sales, and student monitoring along with unrestricted video and hosting. Additionally, you may link your website with a custom domain.

The integrated editor makes it easier to produce interesting lectures, films, and coaching sessions. There are many other pricing choices available, including discounts, memberships, subscriptions, packages, one-time purchases, etc.

Conclusion

The fact that no inventory is required when selling digital goods and services is one of their strongest features. Selling digital goods online can be very profitable, so it’s crucial to pick a platform that will meet all of your needs, assist in attracting as many customers as possible, increase traffic, enable the creation of aesthetically pleasing stores, and assist in all other aspects of selling digital goods.

What Is The Most Secure Windows Browser?

You’re probably seeing this on Google Chrome, which isn’t the most secure or private browser. Here are a few excellent choices.

If you were to look at the programs you use the most on your Windows PC, the browser would most likely be at the top of the list. Google Chrome is very certainly that browser, as it is by far the most popular program of its sort around the globe.

However, if you are concerned about security, there are many better solutions than Chrome. So, which are the best secure and safe online browsers for Windows that also preserve your privacy?

1. Firefox

Firefox, which was launched over 20 years ago as a safer and lighter alternative to Internet Explorer and other browsers, immediately became recognized for its security and privacy features. Today, Firefox has millions of users and remains an excellent choice for individuals who want a fast and dependable browser but are concerned about privacy and data security.

Firefox is open-source, often updated, and supports a wide range of extensions and add-ons, so it should be sufficient for the ordinary user.

Firefox, on the other hand, has attracted more experienced users for a reason: it is very customizable.

Even little changes, such as improving tracking protection (the browser has three privacy levels, Standard, Strict, and Custom, which you may choose in the Privacy & Security settings tab), can make a big impact.

You may also change how Firefox handles downloaded files, allow or deactivate automatic updates, control tracking, and cookie exceptions, and experiment with numerous other security and privacy options via the Privacy & Security menu.

Firefox is popular for a reason. Even after two decades, it remains one of the market’s top privacy and security-focused browsers, appropriate for both novice and experienced users.

Download: Mozilla Firefox (Free)

2. Brave

Brave has expanded swiftly since its initial release in 2019, garnering first tech aficionados and later tens of millions of users—and for good reason.

What distinguishes Brave is that you don’t need to fiddle with the settings or install adblockers and other plugins to search the web safely and privately: it’s all built-in.

To begin, Brave attempts to convert all websites to HTTPS (more secure than HTTP sites owing to encryption), and it prevents advertisements, scripts, and trackers.

The fact that you don’t have to install adblockers and addons is obviously a plus, but the negative is that some pages don’t always load entirely, which you may easily avoid by turning off the Shields function.

However, because it prevents advertisements, trackers, and scripts by default, Brave is exceptionally fast, so the minor inconvenience of turning off Shields on sometimes is well worth it.

Furthermore, Brave includes built-in access to the Tor network, which not only conceals your location but also makes it far more difficult for anybody to trace your online activities. Granted, Tor is not entirely anonymous in and of itself, but by having this capability available out of the box, Brave is leagues ahead of other browsers in terms of both privacy and security.

Download: Brave (Free)

3. Pale Moon

If you enjoy Firefox’s configurable capabilities, you’ll adore Pale Moon, which began as a fork of Firefox and is by far the most customized browser available today.

The stated motto of Pale Moon is “Your browser, Your Way,” which tells a lot about its user base: this is a browser for sophisticated users, computer enthusiasts, and individuals who enjoy experimenting with software in general. If you fall into that group, there isn’t a better browser than Pale Moon, which includes synchronization, security indications, and a sophisticated permission manager.

You may use the permission manager to prevent any domain from storing your cookies and data, displaying pop-ups, installing extensions, loading pictures, and other activities.

Most browsers enable you to create a broad cookie and data policy, but few allow you to specify particular restrictions and constraints for each domain you visit, making Pale Moon one of a kind in this regard.

Pale Moon also includes its own plug-ins and a variety of custom themes. More significantly, because it is open source, it has a very active development community, which means it is routinely updated and therefore improved.

Pale Moon’s biggest strength is also its major weakness: it is a unique browser with strong privacy and security features, but it is just not for everyone. If you like technology, you’ll probably enjoy it. If not, you’d be better off using Firefox or Brave.

Download: Pale Moon (Free)

4. Tor

Tor, which stands for The Onion Router, is simply a technology that allows anonymous internet connection by routing the user’s traffic across other servers, hiding their surfing.

The Tor Browser is the project’s official browser, and it, like Pale Moon, is simply a modified version of Firefox.

Tor will disguise your IP address, location, and other data that may be used to identify you or monitor your online behavior and browsing patterns by default. By selecting the Shield symbol next to the browser’s URL bar and changing the Security Level from Standard to Safer or Safest, you can simply improve these default privacy and security settings.

You may also deactivate certificates, enable HTTPS-Only Mode, and change additional privacy settings on the Security Settings page.

Tor is a fantastic solution for both casual and intermediate users since, while it gives virtually maximum protection and privacy, it is also incredibly simple and straightforward to use.

So, what are the drawbacks? In a nutshell, performance. Tor is significantly slower than other browsers—Firefox and Brave, for example, are roughly twice as fast.

Tor is vital as an online privacy tool, but if you value efficiency and speed and want a safe browser that you can use on a daily basis, investigate alternative solutions.

Download: Tor (Free)

The Most Secure and Private Browser

Windows is the most commonly used operating system in the world, and because it, like other systems, contains flaws, it will always be targeted by cybercriminals. Because security and privacy are inextricably linked, your web browser serves as the first line of protection against both cyberattacks and data tracking.

Firefox, Brave, Pale Moon, and Tor are all excellent browsers that will improve your security and data protection, but none of them is flawless or entirely anonymous.

Finally, your online security and privacy are in your control, therefore always observe fundamental cybersecurity principles when browsing the web.

A list Of Top 11 Image Search Engines For Visual Content

What are the top search engines for images? You can find any kind of image imaginable using these top 11 tools.

Today’s humble image search is no longer so humble. With the tools at your disposal, you can find almost any type of image imaginable. To use on your website or in a future marketing campaign, do you need a high-resolution, high-quality image?

In order to find what you need and use it without worrying about violating someone else’s copyright, today’s tools all have advanced image search filters that can help you weed out the incorrect sizes, orientations, colors, and even usage rights.

Do you want to buy a license to use an image? There are image search engines that can help you find and buy what you need. Do you need to know where an image came from? Carry out a reverse image search.

Are you merely looking for desktop decoration or inspiration? Are you curious about a particular subject (such as Van Gogh’s paintings) or something’s appearance (such as the eastern bluebird)?

These requirements are also well-served by image search engines. The best image search engines are listed below, in no particular order.

#1. Google Images

For basic image searches, Google Images is unrivaled. Simply enter a keyword and you’re ready to go. There are numerous filters available for searching that is more in-depth. Search for [blue bird], for example. It has the ability to restrict photos to only cartoons, clipart drawings, illustrations, or logo designs. Finding the exact kind of image you need and royalty-free images is incredibly simple with the help of this.

Search Reverse Images on Google

Reverse image search is another feature provided by Google Images. Click the camera icon in the search box to get there.

#2. Reverse image search engine TinEye

TinEye is a reverse image search engine that aids in image sourcing and identifies the locations of images online. This tool allows you to search for URLs as well as uploaded images.

To find out where an image appears online, simply click the arrow icon in front of the search box and upload any image from your computer. Additionally, TinEye provides browser add-ons for quicker reverse image searches directly from any website. Through these, you can use TinEye’s technology to right-click any image and perform a search.

Chrome, Firefox, Edge, and Opera extensions are available.

#3. Image Search on Bing

Looking for Google’s substitute?

Bing Image Search’s layout and features are still very similar to Google’s, and you’ll get similar results:

The People filter is an intriguing feature that allows you to select photos of people based on how they were photographed (just faces or heads and shoulders).

Isn’t it quite useful?

#4. Image Search on Yahoo

Yahoo Image Search is yet another choice for image search engines. Although this tool has a similar appearance to Google Images, the outcomes differ slightly.

#5. Pinterest

Pinterest has its own visual search tool, did you know? Given that it is an image-based platform, it makes sense.

It is comparatively easy to use:

Access your Pinterest account.
Click on any of the pins in your home feed (or on any profile or board).
To access the icon, click the pinned image’s bottom-right corner.

When you search for an image, the tool will return results that are visually similar.

Due to user-generated pins, Pinterest has a sizable image database that you shouldn’t discount when looking for a specific image.

#6. Openverse

Looking for an image search engine that returns more interesting search results? Try out Openverse (formerly known as Creative Commons Search). The open-source WordPress project includes this tool.

Basically, this search engine indexes “openly licensed images from the internet.” In other words, they are unrestricted, in the public domain, or covered by a Creative Commons license.

The results won’t be as precise as those from Google, Bing, or Yahoo, but if you don’t require that, this could be a useful tool for locating intriguing images that broadly match your keyword.

Filters can also help you narrow down your search based on the type of usage license or whether you intend to modify/adapt the image or use it commercially.

#7. Flickr

Flickr is a unique image search engine because the images are contributed by amateur and professional photographers who share their work on the platform.

This is the place to go if you enjoy browsing and looking for beautiful photos.

Make sure to filter your searches by the proper usage license if you’re looking for images to use in marketing or commercial projects.

#8. Getty Images

Getty Images is a great source for lovely stock photos.

Simply select “Search by image or video” from the search box to conduct an image or video search or a keyword search.

The auto-suggest feature has some useful options to help you focus your search if you use keywords as your search criteria.

You will undoubtedly find the precise kind of image you’re looking for because Getty Images has such a huge selection of search filters.

Just remember that whichever photo you choose to use, a royalty-free license will cost money. Getty Images provides this licensing on an image-by-image basis, or you can buy photo packs for a set price.

#9. Shutterstock

Shutterstock is an additional, more affordable image search engine for stock photos with no watermarks. Their search filters are just as detailed, and their image library is just as extensive as Getty Images.

Prepaid image packs and annual plans are both available from Shutterstock. Their most popular plan costs $169 per month and offers 350 image downloads per month. Another excellent choice for marketers on a budget is to pay $49 for a pack of any five royalty-free images.

#10. The NYPL Digital Collections

Are you looking for high-definition scans of historical documents, such as books, maps, papers, sketchbooks, ledgers, and photographs?

There is a sizable collection of public domain images in the NYPL(New York Public Library) Digital Collections, which means you are free to use and reuse them however you see fit.

Finding original photos is made easy with this image search engine. It’s enjoyable to explore the various digitized items once you start searching.

#11. Yandex Image Search and Related Images

Yandex’s search engine provides several options for finding and browsing images. Yandex Images allows you to search for image collections by topic. When you click through, you’ll be taken to a powerful image search where you can filter and sort by size, orientation, image type, file format, and more.

Similar Images is another Yandex image tool that can help you find items that are similar to your current one, such as products with similar features.

Image Search Engines Are Overflowing With Possibilities

What is the most important takeaway from this list?

Dare to explore the other image search tools that are currently available by stepping outside of your Google bubble. Don’t limit yourself to using just one image search tool; there are tools available for all kinds of image searches. Last but not least, don’t forget to experiment with various keyword variations and search filters to uncover those hidden gems. No matter where you go, you never know what you might find.

5 Easiest Online Website Builders That Don’t Require Coding

These tools are the simplest ways to create bespoke websites online, on a PC, or on a mobile device, without any coding skills.

There was a time when building a website required knowledge of HTML or some code. Those days, however, are long gone. Anyone, regardless of programming ability, may establish their own website for free using current no-code website builders like these.

More than anything else, we’re focusing on usability and simplicity in this post. We still believe that Aspect is the best free website generator, however, it may be overkill for a simple site.

The free version of all sites offers the majority of the tools to let you design a website to your taste, but you won’t be able to utilise your own domain name with it. You’ll need to upgrade to the premium version, which generally contains a few more benefits.

1 Daftpage: WYSIWYG Website Builder that is Simple and Free

Daftpage is a WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) editor, which stands for “What You See Is What You Get.” More crucially, it’s a free-form WYSIWYG website builder, which means you can put whatever you want on the page to make it into a website.

You may use some of Daftpage’s templates to start or develop your desired website. To add a block, press Enter or click the + symbol. Heading fonts, bullet lists, to-do lists, containers, media (pictures, videos, or GIFs), buttons, or tweets are all examples of blocks.

All blocks may be scaled, moved, and altered to your liking. You may also use a paintbrush to sketch anywhere on the page. Daftpage also features an assets library where you can rapidly locate and embed Giphy GIFs, Saly images, and Remix Icon and Font Awesome icons.

You may add custom code to your Daftpage website, eliminate adverts, and utilise custom domains in the Pro edition. However, it costs $29 a month, which is expensive by the standards of most modern website builders.

2 Straw.Page: The Most User-Friendly Drag-and-Drop Mobile Website Builder

Straw.Page is one of the greatest (if not the best) mobile website builders we’ve ever seen. Be advised that the UI’s design will make the first impression look odd. Straw.Page employs the brutalist website design concept, which is a counter-culture method of making the site appear hard to use, but don’t believe it for a second. You’ll realise how fantastic the builder is once you start using it.

The programme converts a standard mobile browser page into a grid of squares five columns wide in the builder. Drag squares to change the size of a piece you wish to add. So you may choose an entire row, only the center, or even place two things on the same row. It’s rare to see this level of customization in free website builders, much alone built so easily.

Text, photos, GIFs, stickers, icons, buttons, links, and shapes may all be added. You may also freely sketch in any selected block as if it were a paint tool. At any time, elements and blocks can be moved or altered.

Straw.Page also allows you to add pages to your site. On mobile devices, each site can contain up to five sub-pages that scroll left and right. Making sub-pages is another function that is rarely available in free website builders.

You may continue to use the free version with your own Straw. Page URL or you can upgrade to the Premium version for $5 per month. This includes ten sites, an infinite number of pages, custom domains, forms, password security, analytics, a blogging platform, and SEO.

3 Mssg.me: The Most Convenient Way to Build a Mobile Website or Social Links Page

Mssg.me is one of the simplest methods to create a mobile website or a social profile page with connections to all of your followers’ favorite ways to follow you.
On influencers’ social profile pages, you’ll frequently notice links to sites like Linktree or Solo.to, which make social pages appear more professional. It’s a great method to share links to your work, sell things, or show off your portfolio.

After creating a free account, you may begin developing your site by adding various “blocks.” A profile page, heading, text, links, social profiles (add links to your accounts), messengers (add means to contact you), and a separator are all examples of blocks. All of the blocks may be reordered using drag and drop. There are additional themes available to help you change the design of your site. When you’re finished, make your own Mssg.me URL and share it with everyone.

Other blocks such as a product catalog, forms, photographs and videos, quotations, lists, and much more are available in the premium Pro plan ($29.99 per year). It also eliminates the Mssg.me branding and allows you to use a custom domain, like with all other similar apps.

4 OnPodium: The Easiest Way to Create a Professional Podcast Website

If you already host a podcast and distribute it on several networks, it’s a good idea to create your own website where listeners can get additional information. OnPodium makes it simple to create a professional website for your current podcast. It’s nearly automatic.

When you sign up with OnPodium, you will be able to obtain one free website. Point it to your podcast’s RSS feed, or provide your YouTube channel ID if you broadcast your podcast on YouTube. OnPodium will convert all of the data into a website in a matter of minutes.

Your homepage will include your logo and description. Every episode you’ve published, along with its description, will be added to the “Episodes” tab. In reality, OnPodium will check the RSS feed daily for new podcast episodes that you submit. There’s also an HTML5 audio player, so visitors can listen to your podcast directly from your website.

You may add links to subscribe to the podcast on various platforms and your social media profile pages in the settings dashboard. You may select from five free themes and personalise the colours, fonts, logos, and header pictures. You may also customise the About page to say whatever you like.

A premium membership ($19 a month) checks for new episodes every two hours and includes premium themes, a custom domain, and a slew of other features like custom pages, blogs, reviews, guest forms, and more.

5 Muse: Easily and Freely Create a 3D Website

Online 3D places, whether in the Metaverse or Second Life, are a trend that cannot be ignored. Muse allows you to construct a 3D website for free, without the need for any tools or coding skills.

To begin developing a website in 3D space, create an account, enter your chosen URL, and select from over 25 templates. It’s quite simple to use; simply press Tab to bring up the toolbar and drag blocks of text, images, or structures anywhere you like. You have complete control over the look of the blocks. Muse might be a little sluggish at times, depending on the processing capability of your machine.

Muse allows artists to construct virtual galleries to display their paintings and works, and it can even host NFTs. Musicians may create an immersive listening experience that extends beyond the tune. Creators may show off their creations in 3D to potential clients. The options are limitless.

Final thoughts

Whatever route you take, these website builders will provide you with a straightforward approach to establish an online gateway that you can be proud of. In general, these sites will not be as code efficient as those created by a web developer who creates the code from the ground up for you. As a result, rather than full-fledged online businesses like running a news blog or an e-commerce company, these website builders are best suited for basic undertakings.

What Are WooCommerce Development Services?

In e-commerce, many online stores that use WordPress as their website builder opt for the free WooCommerce plugin to streamline their sales. Therefore, before we go ahead, let’s dive right into the topic.

What are WooCommerce development services?

WooCommerce is a plugin that enables eCommerce websites to manage sales and inventory more efficiently. Even though the plugin is very useful, it is best implemented in the hands of the appropriate individuals and dedicated specialists.

WooCommerce development services are intended to connect websites with a team of skilled developers familiar with WooCommerce’s complexities. These specialists can assist websites in utilizing WooCommerce more efficiently, enhancing the user experience and interface. These development services make it easier for you and your customers to use WooCommerce.

Is WooCommerce a site-building platform?

No. WooCommerce is a tool designed to make online shopping and eCommerce simpler and more effective on websites.

WooCommerce, unlike Shopify, is a plugin that can be added to an existing site or incorporated during the site’s design and development.

However, you can find many development services (such as those listed here) that will help you implement WooCommerce from the earliest stages of website development while creating your site.

How many products can WooCommerce support?

It can support an unlimited number of products, provided that your website is running like a well-oiled machine and your site is tuned to sell that number of products.

What limitations does WooCommerce have?

WooCommerce is considered the best plugin for WordPress-hosted eCommerce websites, but one of its biggest drawbacks is that it is WordPress-specific. This means that it does not function on sites not hosted by WordPress.

Additionally, while the plugin is completely free, additional costs that can affect its effectiveness (such as development services and additional plugins) can accumulate if you’re not careful.

If we take away the fact that the plugin is relatively simple to use, it can become another task that your business must complete ensuring that it is properly integrated.

Fortunately, numerous WordPress development services exist solely to assist businesses in meeting their WooCommerce requirements. Let’s examine some of the most well-known and trustworthy places to hire WooCommerce developers.

The Finest WooCommerce Development Companies

Upwork

It’s a website that connects clients with freelancers.

However, what distinguishes them from other freelance websites is that clients (or businesses or you) post the jobs they need to be completed, and freelancers come to them.

It’s an ideal arrangement if you know precisely what WooCommerce-related services you require and how much you can spend. For example, if you need WooCommerce added to an existing site or someone to install it on a new site, you can specify your requirements and find multiple qualified freelancers within your budget.

Fiverr

It’s a fantastic alternative to hiring a full-service team. Through this, you could run a streamlined process and work with a single reliable freelancer.

On Fiverr, a website that hosts freelancers, businesses can browse a catalog of freelancers with varying skills and prices. You can filter by their taglines and prices to determine which one appears to be the best fit for your WooCommerce development requirements.

WP Tangerine

It focuses on providing WooCommerce and WordPress management and task assistance to small businesses for a monthly fee.

They provide complete services for every conceivable task you may require to be completed.

WP Runner

WP Runner is ideally suited for small businesses, blogs, and agencies, as it assists with various website tasks and maintenance. The best feature of WP Runner’s services is that they can assist you with all the smaller, daily tasks and routine maintenance your website requires. Even though more extensive projects are possible, this business is best suited for smaller tasks.

UnlimitedWP

White-label service is committed to assisting businesses with creating and maintaining their websites. Additionally, UnlimitedWP specializes in providing clients with WooCommerce assistance.

As a white-label service, this company caters its services exclusively to digital agencies requiring a solution for all their WordPress and WooCommerce-related needs.

Summary

WooCommerce is a wonderful tool in the right hands, but if you’re a small business owner with a small eCommerce team, it can be one more thing to worry about.

Using one of these WooCommerce development services can help you feel more confident in your website’s efficiency and effectiveness, allowing you to focus on running your business.

FlexClip Review 2022: The Online Video Editor For Beginners

Video content has taken over the Internet and is a real hit. An example of this is that in 2022, 720,000 hours of video are uploaded every day to YouTube, so for those who need a robust video editor, I’m going to present an interesting solution that has professional features and is nothing complicated to use.

I’m talking about FlexClip, an excellent solution for anyone looking for a way to edit videos effectively and achieve incredible results.

FlexClip at a Glance

FlexClip is an online video maker developed by PearlMountain Limited, where they have been developing Graphics and Multimedia software since 2006. They aim to create professional video makers and graphic designs but can still be used by anyone, including beginners. Currently, FlexClip has been used by millions of users in more than 100 countries in the world.

Why Should You Use FlexClip?

There are several main reasons why you should use FlexClip for editing your videos. Some of these reasons are as follows:

FlexClip has tons of basic features to make the videos you create here look professional. Here are the basic features you’ll find in FlexClip.

Cut, split, or merge videos
Upload music
Record the computer screen
Add title and text
Insert animation stickers
Remove the background of any image automatically
Adjust videos’ brightness, contrast, tint, saturation, etc.
Change the resolution and aspect ratio of videos
Add watermarks to videos, and many other cool features.

The Key Advantages of FlexClip Video Editor

The FlexClip editor is rather ergonomic and can be mastered in a few minutes.
It has a large database of usable templates, including YouTube ads, Instagram marketing videos, video emails, etc. Royalty-free images, music, and footage are also available to enhance the creation.
It is possible to choose among the different formats offered which adapt to the standards of the publication platforms.
FlexClip makes it possible to include the user’s signature via its own visual elements or logos.
The finished videos can be downloaded in different resolutions, including HD and full HD (720p and 1080p).

The Advanced but Intuitive Interface of FlexClip

Despite offering the professional features of a video editor, its interface is very clean and follows the concept of intuition. Even if you’ve never edited any video content, don’t worry, since the process flows in an almost magical way.

In the left corner, we have access to more resources, where we can select media files to insert into the project, such as images, videos, or audio. In addition, FlexClip provides access to the ready-to-use template, and a good example is the ready-made video templates that are divided into different types.

In the upper part of the editor, it is possible to control the aspects of each element and perform the necessary customizations in the color, effects, and change texts inserted in the videos.

At the bottom, we can adjust the soundtracks, video time, and the elements that will appear or disappear from the video, all this in a simple way, practically dragging and dropping. That is, you don’t have to open numerous windows to edit aspects of the elements, which certainly saves a lot of editing time.

How to Use FlexClip Online Video Editor

There are two main ways to create a video in FlexClip. One is to “create from a template,” and the other is “start from scratch”.

You can create videos very easily using the templates provided by FlexClip. All you need to do is simply choose the template you want, add a new video to the timeline, add text, remove unnecessary videos, add music, and so on.

If you want to make your own video from scratch, just choose “start from scratch”. Like using the template here, you upload new videos to the timeline, insert caption text, trim or split the video, add music, etc.

Once the project is ready, just click the “export” button on the top right corner and the video export process will start. Remember that in the free version, the video quality is limited to 480p. If you want to release higher resolutions and more resources, it is necessary to use the paid plan of the FlexClip editor.

The entire export process takes place automatically. Once finished, you can save the file to your computer, save it to Google Drive, send it directly to YouTube with a description, or even share a link to access the video.

Final Words

If you are looking for a video editor that is simple but with professional features, FlexClip is worth a try. This video editor works masterfully, and the entire video editing process happens naturally and quickly without any crashes.

Tools For Automated Software Testing

Automated testing can help you increase the efficiency of your testing efforts and accelerate the release of your product. Choosing the right automated software testing solution, on the other hand, is critical to ensure that automated testing generates the greatest results.

These technologies make certain that the benefits of automation are realized to the greatest extent feasible.

Katalon Studio

Katalon Studio is a simple automated testing solution that makes use of a predefined set of artifacts such as test objects, test suites, test cases, and results. Katalon allows you to reuse Java-based Selenium scripts and use them directly in your application.

It’s completely free and easy to set up. Its active community of over 100,000 automation testers has produced a wide range of training and recommendations that make learning Katalon Studio a snap. Katalon Studio works well with typical QA tools and may be integrated into CI/CD workflows.

Katalon has two scripting interfaces dependent on user coding expertise, allowing users with less coding experience to choose a simpler interface. For persons who can code, the system runs on Groovy (a Java scripting language) and supports syntax-based scripting, debugging, and code suggestions.

Cucumber

Cucumber is a well-known automated software testing framework that enables Behavior Driven Development (BDD), an application development method that includes important validation test cases throughout development to assist organizations in making the most of the testing process.

It has a large user base, including PayPal and Canon, and it supports several languages. It’s also free, easy to use, and has been installed over 30 million times, making it the most widely used automated testing tool for BDD worldwide.

Gherkin, Cucumber’s coding language, is included. Gherkin, which is used to define test cases, was designed to be human-readable, with the purpose of encouraging the usage of BDD methodologies. It was created with the goal of providing a better end-user experience in mind.

Selenium

Selenium is a well-known and commonly used software testing tool. It automates web browsers, providing a degree of speed and precision unmatched by human testing. Selenium’s extensive network is one of its most significant advantages.

If you need help installing this testing tool, other Selenium users are easily available. It is frequently used for internet application testing, but it may also execute web-based administration tasks.

Selenium is a popular tool for regression testing. It provides a replay tool for testers to capture and playback regression tests. It is a scalable and widely available solution for evaluating the functionality of various online software modules across machines and browsers. It enables simultaneous text analysis, which drastically reduces testing time.

Appium

Appium is an open-source automated testing tool for developing user interface tests for native, mobile web, and hybrid apps. Appium is based on server architecture and makes use of vendor-provided automation frameworks. Appium is comparable to Selenium, so if you’re familiar with the automated testing platform, you’ll have no trouble configuring it.

Appium has been successfully utilized to automate large regression tests, convert human test scenarios into automated scripts, and do other tasks.

Appium is unique in that it enables testing on both real-world devices and simulations. This may be critical during the testing procedure. Despite its minor limitations, Appium remains one of the most effective automation choices. In recent years, Appium has risen in popularity and dependability, establishing itself as one of the best mobile automated testing solutions.

Cypress

Cypress is a brand-new end-to-end testing solution designed for front-end developers and software testers. This platform’s tests are run at the browser layer rather than remotely. Cypress might be a fantastic alternative for front-end cross browser testing for a competent JS tester looking to get started quickly on something uncommon.

Conclusion

It is vital to select the most delicate testing tool for the best results. There is no one-size-fits-all solution to all problems. The ideal tool depends on the demands of your project, your budget, and the programming expertise of your QA professionals.

How‌ ‌To‌ ‌Improve‌ ‌Your‌ ‌Content‌ Readability By‌ Using‌ ‌Paraphrasing‌ ‌Tool

You must be wondering how you can improve your content readability by using a paraphrasing tool. Is it possible to have high-quality content using a paraphrasing tool that helps your website with high engagement? Can we attract more traffic to our websites or blogs by using paraphrasing tools in writing content?

Yes, it is quite an easy and effective technique for improving your content
readability. You must be searching everywhere to know how you can make your content unique so that everyone wants to read and keep coming back to your website. This article is for you as you’ll get to know some tips and tricks that can be included in your writings for better readability and optimization of your content.

You just need to understand the proper use of tools available online. These tools help you grow faster and work like a magic for your content if utilized
appropriately. There are things we do inaccurately and then end up laming tools online.

How about that if you know the ingredients for making Cake but don’t know the recipe? You’ll end up ruining it because you only lacked the technique. The technique plays a very crucial role while performing any task. Without further ado, let’s get started with this blog where you’ll find how to improve your content readability through the paraphrasing Tool.

What Are Paraphrasing Tools?

Paraphrasing is growing rapidly as content creators want high-quality content. This is why you’ll see the use of tools these days have increased. The main reason why people prefer using these tools is to save time. One can put a lot of time and effort into paraphrasing content manually. Why waste your time when you can be way more productive by using tools.

Paraphrasing is a process that is all about rewriting paragraphs, texts, or any writings into a different and better one. While sticking to the original context or meaning the writer changes the sentence into a whole new yet accurate sentence that is what paraphrasing is all about.

As we discussed above, it can take a lot of time sometimes which is why people prefer using a paraphrasing tool that can get your work done in a very short time even more efficiently.

It uses NLP I-e; Natural Language Processing to read your whole document so that it can be paraphrased accordingly.
It is wholly based on artificial intelligence.
The Content tone matters the most while paraphrasing.
Repetitious words and phrases or sentences help improve the content.

This is the technique that most paraphrasing tools use to paraphrase the content. Depending on the tool if you’re using a free version or the paid ones. Some features can be added more in the paid version but the rest are all same. These features help them improve your content quality just in a single go without taking any longer.

How‌ ‌To‌ ‌Improve‌ ‌Your‌ ‌Content‌ Readability By‌ ‌Using‌ ‌Paraphrasing‌ ‌Tool:

How can we use the paraphrasing tool to improve our content? What are the elements that help to improve your content readability? How does any paraphrasing tool work to make our content unique? These paraphrasing tools help you a lot in improving your skills as a writer as well as boosting your website content for enhanced credibility of your site. They make your content unique in a way that they improve your sentence structures, and flow of your content and even rectify your content tone for adding quality to it. Here you’ll find some unique tips and tricks or you can say some of the smart ways you can imply while using the paraphrasing tool:

1. Improving The Paragraph Quality Evenly:

The content that needs to be paraphrased first needs to be structured. The paraphrasing tool enhances your content by converting your text into structured sentences and proper paragraphs in a way that they look presentable and engaging. This makes them more reader-friendly as the tool goes through every single sentence of the paragraph to make sure the structure of the content is accurate.

You must always make sure that there are no wrong or unnecessary statements and phrases that can affect your content.
You should always be confident about what you’ve written. If you’re not skip that part instead of making readers doubtful about that certain thing.
The Paraphrasing tool goes through every single sentence to make sure the content readability isn’t getting affected by any word or sentence.

2. Improving The Flow Of Content:

While improving sentence structure isn’t the only solution, the flow of sentences and content is crucial. It’s all in vain if a reader gets diverted or considers it meaningless after reading one or two paragraphs.

The readability of your content is greatly influenced by the flow of your content. Paraphrasing tools assist you in maintaining the flow of your text or material. You must remain focused and ensure that your flow is in order. As a result, a good sentence must be brief and unambiguous.

The paraphrasing tool helps you in this way that the meaning of the original context remains unchanged and the flow of the sentence gets even better with the use of advanced vocabulary and synonyms.

3. Improving The Tone Of Content:

Another important thing that plays a very definite role in better content readability is the content tone. It depends on the website you’re writing for and what target audience will be reading your content. In this way, your content needs to be

Fluent, Standard, or Creative.

Make it more readable to your audience. Use of synonyms and shortened text can help you create a good content tone for your readers. This helps them read it in flow without getting distracted by any sort of unneeded word or phrase.

4. Eliminating Redundancy (Repetitiveness) From Your Content:

The repetition of redundancy is one of a reason why people wouldn’t want to read your content further. Once they feel it is irrelevant they’ll skip it and move to any other website. This is why readers and search engine works at the backend. Ignoring your content due to repetitiveness.

Most of the time people end up adding fluffs and writing bluffs in content. The paraphrasing tool notices every single detail and eliminates them from your content to make it reader-friendly.

The paraphrasing tool helps you avoid any bluff and repetition of words or phrases so that your content readability is not at stake.

5. Making Content Unique By Avoiding Plagiarism:

Another important point that improves content readability is making your content unique by avoiding plagiarism. This is another reason why people prefer using paraphrasing tools in content writing. The main motive of this is to make your content plagiarism-free.

The paraphrasing tool helps you with this task efficiently as by paraphrasing any content the structure, tense, vocabulary, and all the other factors get even better eliminating the factor of content being copied from some other website. As we all know, this is quite a troubling factor most writers have to face. Many struggles through this can proficiently be disregarded by using a paraphrasing tool. Paraphrasing not only makes your content plagiarism free but also improves your content readability by enhancing and adding uniqueness to every single sentence.

Bottom-Line:

All these tips and tricks can ultimately help you make your content attractive, reader-friendly, efficient, and productive at the same time. One can make sure to use the paraphrasing tools for better credibility of your website and for producing remarkable content.

You can use free paraphrasing tools that are available online anytime you want. In any case, if you want to use the premium version or paid version of paraphrasing tools then this can be done by having a subscription to any of their plans. The paraphrasing tool helps you in improving your content readability so that your website keeps ranking higher on search engines and your website engages as many readers as possible.

How To Create Your Own Chrome Extension

What if you could get the most out of your browsing? Learn how to make Google Chrome Extensions of your own.

Have you ever been dissatisfied with the functions provided by your web browser? Even if you’ve spent hours exploring the Google Online Store, it’s not always as simple as pressing “download” to improve your web browsing experience.

This is where browser add-ons come into play. In this tutorial, we’ll look at how to create your own DIY Google Chrome Extension from the ground up.

What Is a Google Chrome Extension?

Modern browsers, such as Google Chrome, include a plethora of capabilities that make them simple to use and capable of meeting the demands of the majority of users. However, extending these basic features might have a variety of advantages. This is why browser makers normally allow for the creation of extensions, add-ons, and plug-ins for them.

This capability is available in Google Chrome, allowing anybody with web programming knowledge to easily construct their own Chrome Extensions. Like many websites, you can create an extension with HTML, JavaScript, and CSS.

Unlike websites, extensions may operate in the background as you browse, sometimes even interacting with the sites you visit.

What Functions Will Our Google Chrome Extension Provide?

We’ll create a basic Chrome extension that will allow you to visit the Make Use Of website and conduct a random search based on the article categories available there. Although this is a simple project, you will learn a lot.

You Will Discover How-To

Develop a Google Chrome Extension
Using a Chrome Extension, insert custom code into webpages.
Simulate clicks by creating event listeners.
Produce random numbers
Use arrays and variables.

Make Your Own DIY Chrome Extension

Google has made it shockingly simple to develop your own Chrome Extensions, so you’ll be up and running in no time. The instructions below will only take 10 to 15 minutes to complete, but we invite you to experiment with your own code as well.

Step 1: Make the Files

When you don’t want to share your extension, you can keep it on your local system. To construct our extension, we simply need four files: an HTML page, a CSS file, a JavaScript file, and a JSON file.

Index.html, style.css, script.js, and manifest.json were the names we gave our files. The manifest file must have this name in order to function correctly, but the others can have whatever name you choose as long as you modify your code accordingly.

These files should be placed in the same root folder.

Step 2: Create the Manifest File

Every Google Chrome Extension includes a manifest file. It informs Chrome about the extension while also implementing some basic settings. A name, version number, description, and manifest version must all be included in this file. We’ve also provided permissions and an action that loads index.html as the extension’s popup.

{
 "name": "MakeUseOf.com Automated Search",
 "version": "1.0.0",
 "description": "A search tool to find interesting articles",
 "manifest_version": 3,
 "author": "Samuel Garbett",
 "permissions": ["storage", "declarativeContent", "activeTab", "scripting"],
 "host_permissions": [""],
 "action":{
 "default_popup": "index.html",
 "default_title": "MUO Auto Search"
 }
}

Step 3: Create the HTML and CSS

Before we begin coding our script, we must first design a simple user interface (UI) using HTML and CSS. You may use a CSS library like Bootstrap to avoid writing your own, but our addon only requires a few rules.

The HTML, head, and body tags are all present in our index.html file. The head tag has the page title and a link to our stylesheet, while the body contains an h1 tag, a link to MakeUseOf.com, and another button that will be used as a trigger for a script. The script.js file is included in a script tag at the end of the document.

<html>
<head>
 <title>MUO Auto Search</title>
 <meta charset="utf-8">
 <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css">
</head>
<body>
<h1>MUO Auto Search</h1>
<a href="https://www.makeuseof.com/" target="_blank"><button id="buttonOne">Go to MakeUseOf.com</button></a>
<button id="buttonTwo">Start Random Search</button>
</body>
<script src="script.js"></script>
</html>

Our CSS file is even simpler than our HTML file, as it only changes the style of five components. We have guidelines for html and body tags, as well as h1 tags and both buttons.

html {
 width: 400px;
}
body {
 font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;
}
h1 {
 text-align: center;
}
#buttonOne {
 border-radius: 0px;
 width: 100%;
 padding: 10px 0px;
}
#buttonTwo {
 border-radius: 0px;
 width: 100%;
 padding: 10px 0px;
 margin-top: 10px;
}

Step 4: Create the JavaScript

The final step in this procedure is to create our script.js file.

The insertScript() function in this file is used to insert the other function (autoSearch()) onto the current page. This enables us to edit the page and use the search options currently available on the MakeUseOf.com website.

This is followed by an event listener that waits till the Start Random Search button is hit before running the previously discussed function.

The autoSearch() method is a little trickier. It starts with an array containing 20 of the MUO website’s categories, providing us a decent sample to pull from for performing random searches. After that, we use the Math.random() function to produce a random integer between 0 and 19 to choose an element from our array.

We now need to imitate a button click to open the MUO search box with our search word in hand. We first utilize the Chrome developer console to get the ID of the search button, which we then add to our JavaScript code using the click() method.

// This method incorporates our autoSearch functionality into the page's code
function insertScript() {
 // This chooses the operation's focused tab and invokes the autoSearch function
 chrome.tabs.query({active: true, currentWindow: true}, tabs => {
 chrome.scripting.executeScript({target: {tabId: tabs[0].id}, function: autoSearch})
 })
 
 // This closes the extension pop-up window that allows you to pick the website search bar
 window.close();
}
 
// This is an event listener that detects when our "Start Random Search" button is clicked
document.getElementById('buttonTwo').addEventListener('click', insertScript)
 
// This code chooses a topic at random from an array and
function autoSearch() {
 // This is an array in which we will store our search keywords const searchTerms = ["PC and Mobile", "Lifestyle", "Hardware", "Windows", "Mac",
 "Linux", "Android", "Apple", "Internet", "Security",
 "Programming", "Entertainment", "Productivity", "Career", "Creative",
 "Gaming", "Social Media", "Smart Home", "DIY", "Review"];
 
 // This creates a number between 0 and 19 at random
 let selectorNumber = Math.floor(Math.random() * 20);
 
 // The random number is used to choose an element from the array
 let selection = searchTerms[selectorNumber];
 
 // This mimics clicking on the MUO website search button
 document.getElementById("js-search").click();
 
 // This variables the MUO website search bar
 var searchBar = document.getElementById("js-search-input");
 
 // This enters our arbitrary search query into the search field
 searchBar.value = searchBar.value + selection;
 
 // The process is completed by activating the online form
 document.getElementById("searchform2").submit();
}

Step 5: Uploading Files to Chrome:/extensions

The files you just produced should now be added to the Chrome extensions page. After that, the extension will be available in Chrome and will automatically update anytime you make changes to your files.

Open Google Chrome, navigate to chrome:/extensions, and ensure that the Developer Mode slider in the upper right corner is turned on.

Click Load Unpacked in the upper left corner, then select the folder containing your extension files and click Select Folder.

Once your extension has been loaded, click the puzzle piece icon in the upper right corner to pin it to the main taskbar for quicker access.

You should now be able to see the finished extension in your browser. It is important to note that this extension will only function on the MUO website or websites that use the same ID for their search button and bar.

Creating a Google Chrome Extension

This post merely touches the surface of the functionalities that you may incorporate into your own Google Chrome extension. Once you’ve mastered the fundamentals, it’s definitely worth your time to experiment with your own ideas.

Chrome extensions can help you improve your surfing experience, but avoid some of the known sketchy Chrome extensions for a safe and secure online experience.