Over the last couple of years, we’ve noticed an increasing amount of new customers coming to us with first- or second-generation websites, complaining about their existing web developer. More often than not, they complain that their designer is unresponsive to their requests, uninterested in further development, or charges what the customer feels to be an [...]
Read More2013 is shaping up to be an interesting year in terms of new web developments. One such development is the field of Responsive Web Design (RWD), which began to come to the fore in 2012. But we predict that it will really take hold in 2013. Why? Because of the multiplicity of devices that people [...]
Read MoreI’m officially declaring this week National Patisserie Week! Why? Well, why not? We seem to have a week for everything at the moment, so why not have a week to celebrate delicious, beautiful patisserie! Watch this space for Patisserie-Porn! To start us off, for your delectation, here’s Miss Monday: Tarte au Citron Join in! Tweet [...]
Read MoreThis is the first in a series of new periodic articles on the subject of my daily tasks as a Web Consultant & Developer. On a daily basis, I perform a wide variety of tasks, dispensing advice, listening to requirements, liasing with SEO experts, not to mention building websites! I hope you enjoy reading about [...]
Read MoreWe recently launched Smart About Energy, a website designed to bring together sources of information on how to save energy, money and the planet. The website makes full use of the capabilities of the WordPress CMS, an extremely flexible CMS capable of managing everything from a small site to a full e-commerce website. We created [...]
Read MoreAs a web developer, I groan inwardly whenever a new client comes to me with a domain they’ve registered with 1&1 Internet. Why? Because 1&1 are notorious not only for cheap domains and hosting, but also for terrible support, and mis-charging. Or perhaps that should be fraudulent charging. Twice recently I’ve had clients of mine [...]
Read MoreCK Services recently launched a new website for Spectrum Framing, a boutique gallery and framing business based in Thirsk, North Yorkshire. Spectrum’s existing website was dated and provided little information about the nature of Spectrum’s products and quality of their work. Tim and Jo Roberts, of Spectrum, decided that they would like a fresh new [...]
Read MoreNote: if you need help with any of the above, just let us know! We’ll be happy to advise, and equally happy to do it for you! As part of my work, I analyse existing websites developed by other people. These websites are often (though not always) greater than 3 years old. However, it constantly [...]
Read MorePreamble Recently I had a requirement from a client to be able to display numerous different Google maps on their website. “Simple” you might say – just use the Google Static Maps API to generate each map, and you’re done. Well, it wasn’t quite that simple. The client basically wanted to be able to generate [...]
Read MoreOver the past year there has been so much that has changed in the web design world. With the emergence of the iPad, and the ever increasing Smart Phone market the web is changing, and taking the way we access it with it. We have also seen web browsers begin to adopt HTML5, CSS3 and [...]
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