You may have heard of it before: the Hyvä template. But what is it, what can the template be used for, and what are the benefits? We have investigated this for you and listed them below.
We have been working with Magento since 2007, when it was still called Varien. We particularly appreciate the flexibility, scalability, and extensibility of Magento. Furthermore, Magento is capable of handling complex projects, which is one of the primary reasons many developers recommend it. However, Magento is not perfect and experiences several issues regarding the front-end. Resolving these front-end issues is therefore one of the primary reasons for re-platforming Magento. This is of great importance, as strong website performance is crucial for an e-commerce business. Moreover, many websites experience problems with fast page loading due to a recent update to Google’s algorithm, making the resolution of these issues increasingly essential.
Speeding up your Magento webshop simply requires a lot of time, money, and effort. It is impossible to achieve a 100/100 score on Google PageSpeed. However, it is possible to reach this score if the standard Magento theme, Luma, is replaced by Hyvä. The standard Magento theme loads more than 200 JS / CSS resources (1.5 megabytes), while Hyvä only loads 2 (0.2 megabytes). Willem Wigman, the developer of Hyvä, has reduced the complexity and removed RequireJS, Knockout, and UIComponents to make web development fun again.
We have already mentioned that the main goal of Hyvä is to address the performance issues of Luma. However, there are many other benefits to using Hyvä:
- Higher conversion rates
- Lower costs and more time to sell
- Flexibility
- Adaptability
With everything listed, let us now discuss each component in more detail!
1. Higher conversion rates
One effect of improving website performance is achieving higher conversion rates. Recent studies indicate that for every second a web page takes longer to load than global benchmarks (2 seconds for desktop and 4 seconds for mobile), 7% in conversion rate is lost.
When all this loss is added up on an annual basis, it becomes clear how much potential revenue has been lost.
This problem is unacceptable and completely avoidable if you switch to Hyvä.
2. Lower costs and more time to sell
The Hyvä theme does not only provide a faster website and higher conversion rates. The architectural simplicity of the Hyvä theme makes the development process easier for developers. The theme is based on the latest web development tools. As a result, there are fewer front-end codes and files to go through, which simplifies the process of developing new components and solving problems. This significantly reduces development times and costs, saving entrepreneurs a lot of money.
That being said, we understand that business costs have been rising lately and that this causes entrepreneurs to be more frugal and conscious of their money and resources. We at Younify are happy to help you address this problem. Contact us to discover how we can help save money.
3. Flexibility
Performance is usually central when it comes to Hyvä, but of course, flexibility and adaptability are also crucial factors when choosing an e-commerce platform for your business. Every webshop wants its own look and feel and the most perfect and user-friendly user experience possible. Furthermore, every entrepreneur wants their online store to actively distinguish itself from competitors’ stores through customized features and design.
In this area as well, the Hyvä theme is highly convincing, especially because modern frameworks are used and there are no limitations in terms of flexibility and adaptability.
4. Adaptability
If you already have a Magento 2 webshop, there is nothing to fear. With Hyvä themes, you do not have to start from scratch. Instead, you can easily replace your current theme and thus avoid having to recreate the backend/admin panel functions. These are already included.
If you are starting at the very beginning of the development process in Magento 2, or switching from Magento 1, it is possible to adopt components of the Hyvä theme. However, the Hyvä theme is only available for Magento 2 (and not for Magento 1).
Conclusion
We at Younify are very enthusiastic about Hyvä Themes and the benefits they provide to our clients. Hyvä Themes are essentially a Magento 2 front-end on a completely different level. Due to the immense potential, we believe that all Magento 2 merchants striving for a growing online business should implement it.
Choosing an e-commerce platform is a challenge, but with the right decision, you will experience unprecedented benefits. We and the people behind Hyvä are firmly convinced that the combination of Hyvä + Magento is, in many cases, the best combination for realizing e-commerce projects, from small to large, from simple to complex.
