Today marks four years since Ethan Marcotte’s seminal piece on responsive web design. Since then user expectations have changed considerably with mobile compatibility being a standard feature rather than an optional extra. Looking back at Ethan’s original article, how far have we come and how much has his original idea been diluted as it has […]
Raphaël is a cross-browser JavaScript library for manipulating vector graphics on the web. Vector graphics unlike raster or bitmap based graphics do not suffer from pixelisation or blurriness when resizing in the browser. This makes them useful for reusing the same graphic object across different display devices. Raphaël works with the Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) format developed […]
When Apple announced that it would not be supporting Flash on the iPhone and iPad, it signaled the end of the technology that had powered interactive graphics, video and animation in websites since the 90’s. This immediately created a technological gap and alternative technologies are racing to fill the void. A number of technologies have […]
We’ve packaged up a useful Joomla! module that allows you to display a menu as a footer sitemap. Functionally it works the same as the core menu module and allows you to split the menu across a number of columns. Each menu item is css classed with its original level for styling. Compatible with Joomla! […]
Simplicity With the release of iOS 7 and Windows 8, flat minimalist design has become the normal and websites will increasingly follow this design trend towards simplicity. Flat designs are minimalistic and spacious by design and refrain from overt embellishments such as the recent ribbon and fabric trend and polymorphism where an interface is made […]
Whether you’re a writer, a designer, a restaurant or a dentist, for your business to succeed you need a good website. More specifically, you need a landing page that grabs attention. Given the fact that the average website visitor has a very short attention span, it is important to grab and hold their interest. This raises […]
Cross selling a product or service is a marketing technique designed to trigger an impulse purchase at the checkout. As with a bricks and mortar store, the purpose of the cross sell is to increase the visitor spend without distracting them from the process of purchasing. Given the cross sell is somewhat of a “quick […]
When a visitor lands on your website, it represents the fulfillment of the time, effort and money you’ve put in to the website design to attract them to it. Once they arrive you don’t want your website visitors to feel alienated, confused, lost or annoyed so creating an exceptional user experience will pay dividends for […]
People often ask: “what is the best day of the week to send our email newsletters”. In short, there is not necessarily a clear cut “best day” to send, however there may be days that may not necessarily work as well for your business. The best day to send newsletters can very much depends on […]
But, I hear you ask, just how do I write web content that will do that? Let’s start by clarifying just what we mean by ‘web content’ – it’s your website and blog. In simple terms, the answer to your question is to focus on your readers. What can you do to make it easy […]
