2/2/2012

Content Management Systems – how do you choose which one?

  There are literally thousands of content management systems on the market. How do you decide onwhich system to buy – or do you create your own? In a market where websites need to be built faster and easier, many developers are turning toOpen Source CMS to get the job done.... [More]

31/1/2012

E-tailers losing millions...

Normal 0 false false false EN-GB X-NONE X-NONE There was a time, not so long ago, when the high street was king, now it appea... [More]

28/9/2011

Freshers Week...

Tuesday - Techno Techno Techno! More often than not I tend to be fairly handy with a computer…preferably a mac! But when it comes down to the nitty gritty with talk of Html, SEO and Metadata, then I’m in a bit over my head. However in the past few days I have given it all a go.  ... [More]

4/11/2010

The Joy of Text - Choosing the best text replacement process

Text replacement is the process of replacing standard fonts with more stylised, stylish ones, allowing web fonts to be as elaborate and original as those seen in print. Without some form of text replacement, all websites become limited to the fonts that are already installed on the majority of compu... [More]

22/10/2010

Testing the Techies - How to discover the best technical staff

We have all worked with colleagues who are more talk than walk, and we may even have been involved in the hiring of someone who turns out not to be as good as they initially claimed. Applicants come in all shades of experience and technical ability and 5 years hands-on experience doesn’t a... [More]

10/5/2010

The Future of HTML5

The Future of HTML5 by Bruce Lawson from Carsonified on Vimeo. Bruce Lawson gave this talk at FOWA London 2009. HTML5 was adapted to be the starting point for the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) in 2007. The main purpose for creating HTML5 is to minimize the use for, “plug-in-based rich in... [More]

5/5/2010

May's Web Geek News

A quick look at this week's web news with Dan. [More]

27/4/2010

April's Geek-Tech Roundup

A technical round-up of April's shenanigans with Dan. [More]

8/1/2010

CSS Rendering Issues in IE8? Surely not!

Well, it appears to be getting better (?), but it seems that Microsoft are still playing by their rules when it comes to web standards. Working on a recent project, I found a curious bug that doesn't seem to be documented, so I thought I'd write about it in case it helps anyone else. In this partic... [More]

10/6/2009

Website Design vs Functionality

First impressions count - be it a car you are about to test drive, the decor of your living room, your appearance on a first date...how about your website? You have 3-5 seconds to grab the attention of your visitor. Whether they extend their visit or fall into the percentage of visitors that go st... [More]