BLOG
-
Nov 18, 2011
When Flash works...
Flash has it's place on the web, it isn't to deliver content, it isn't in user interfaces or form design, the only place in our opinion Flash has it's place is for fun and Nespresso has achieved this brilliantly. Have a look at http://www.nespresso.com/variations/UK_en and be amazed at how Flash can be done.
-
Nov 10, 2011
Who's for a cupcake?
When developing sites we often need sample or dummy text to fill pages and assist with layouts. Traditionally we would use Lipsum an industry standard since the 1500's for dummy text. Now we have found a new dummy text service, to help lighten up what is dull dummy text. cupcakeipsum.com, and we love it.
-
Sep 08, 2011
Tattersalls email subscription
When developing what appears to be a simple newsletter subscription form you need to aware of a number of issues that might arise, such as site crawlers automatically submitting the form with false content, invalid content and mysql injection attacks. Any of these can cause everything from an annoyance to a major issue with the website. We also make sure that we cover these basis as standard as to avoid these issues
-
Sep 06, 2011
The Safari Store Blog
We recently developed a custom built blog for The Safari Store. The blog handles images, text, videos and associations to the Safari Store's own products. Have a read of the blog here.
-
Sep 06, 2011
101.gs vs bit.ly
Although http://101.gs/ did integrate quite nicely and quickly, the intermediate page once the URL has been clicked is extremly annoying and would put of a lot of vistors. We have intergrated bit.ly into one of our previous websites avalish.com and were impressed by the ease of integration and quality of the service. Two thumbs up for bit.ly