Best website design examples, and what they get right for Dubai and UAE businesses
What well known sites such as GOV.UK, u.ae, RTA, Apple and Stripe get right, and how to turn those qualities into a brief.
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Web Services articles for Dubai and UAE businesses
Sourced, practical guides on marketing, design, websites, media and selling online in the UAE, written by the Digital Marketing Dubai team.
Domain name and hosting in the UAE: what your business should own and control
Registrar, DNS and hosting are three separate things. Here is which ones a UAE business should hold, and what the .ae rules say.
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Breadcrumbs in website design: when they help and how to build them for Dubai sites
When a breadcrumb trail earns its place on a UAE website, and how to design, mark up and translate it properly.
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White space in web design: why empty space sells on UAE websites
How to use white space on a Dubai website: reading rules, spacing scales, room around forms, Arabic pages and touch targets.
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Website call to action examples for Dubai and UAE businesses, in English and Arabic
Button wording for six UAE business types in English and Arabic, and how to pick the action, place it on a phone and test it.
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Ruby on Rails for a Dubai startup: where it still makes sense, and where it does not
Where Ruby on Rails still makes sense for a Dubai startup, UAE hiring realities, and when a founder should choose something else.
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Choosing a CMS in Dubai: three questions before you name a platform
Choosing a CMS for a UAE business by who edits it, what it integrates with and who maintains it, not by which platform sounds most impressive.
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Laravel or WordPress: where the line sits for a Dubai business website
Laravel against WordPress for a Dubai business: where a content site ends, an application begins, and what happens when WordPress is pushed past that line.
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Why an old PHP version puts your Dubai website at risk, and how to plan the upgrade
Why an unsupported PHP version is a security risk, current supported PHP versions, and how to plan the upgrade without breaking the site.
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