In this incredibly difficult time for small business, it is important for companies to find new ways to stay engaged with their customer base. The Corona Virus is an unprecedented business interruption for millions of businesses. In order to survive, businesses need to continue to serve their customers and hold onto revenue streams during the temporary shutdown of all retail sectors. To assist our business customers, Web21 has implemented a Zoom Widget for all of our websites. Now, you can have an easy, quick way to engage with your website visitors using the #1 Videoconferencing Software on the market. And, like all aspects of our website builder, it could not be any easier . Your business can now stay connected, and with our other widgets, including the Paypal widget, you can even monetize your online meetings. Just set the Zoom meeting with a password that is sent after payment is received. These are few examples of how businesses can utilize Zoom. Personal trainers, yoga teachers, etc. can host classes, enabling visitors to pay for single classes or purchase monthly memberships. Private tutors can offer online lessons in real-time with one student or an entire class. Restaurants can offer live cooking classes or demonstrations to promote deliveries. Therapists can hold remote, face-to-face meetings with their clients. Cosmeticians & hairstyles can offer face-to-face consultations that include personalized tips and more. For more information about getting your Web21 site up and running, contact us .

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Transport Layer Security ( TLS ) is a cryptographic protocol developed to increase security for internet connections. Websites that utilize TLS enjoy secure connections between the web server and web browsers. In recent years, Google has also begun including secure connections in its ranking algorithm. Beginning in 2014, the search engine giant noted that it would favor websites that included the https:// prefix in the URL, which is indicative of a secure connection. Beginning in 2020, all Web21 websites offer free secure connections . Additionally, our system has been upgraded to include the new TLS 1.3 standard. As a result, improved protocol speeds for secure connections is now built-in to all new websites on the Web21 platform. TLS 1.3 reduces the number of round trips data must make between the web browser and the server by 50% by only requiring one round-trip. For the end user, this makes secure websites seem faster than before TLS 1.3 was implemented. The original vision for Transport Layer Security dates back to 1999, with version 1.0. Seven years later, in 2006, Version 1.1 was announced, with version 1.2 coming just two years later. There's been a long wait between versions 1.2 and 1.3 (which was defined in 2018), and now that it is available, every business owner should ensure that their website is using the TLS 1.3 protocol for secure connections. TLS 1.3 replaces the TLS 1.2 spec, which came out in 2008. The biggest benefit to TLS 1.3 is the faster speeds of secure connections.

Video backgrounds are now on available on your Web21 mobile, tablet and desktop sites! Videos are an amazing way to capture the attention of your customers and prospects. By integrating video into your site, you're communicating to your customers that you are on the cutting edge.

Ease of use is the hallmark of a good website . Visitors want easy-to-read, clutter-free web pages. As a business owner, you want to design your website with users in mind and do everything possible to convert them into paying customers. The first step in this process is capturing information from website visitors through a contact form. Web21's easy-to-use, drag-and-drop widgets make adding a contact form to any page of your website (or into your footer so it appears on every page) simple and fast. Images Make Contact Forms More Compelling One way to draw attention to a contact form is to integrate images for each radio button or checkbox. This draws the users attention to the part of the webpage that is most important to you -- the contact form. Once they sign up for your newsletter or request more information, they will be one step closer to converting in a customer that generates revenue by purchasing your products or services.

The faster your site loads the better, especially for ranking in Google. Now, all Web21 Sites convert your images to the Webp standard (with the exception of SVG and GIF images). Since the Safari Browser doesn't support Webp, images are served in original format for those users. It's all automatic and seamless.