One of the biggest challenges we’ve faced so far in the development of the Assemble-a-Site project is that of horizontal stacking. The global layout system requires that the header and footer each contain three columns, and each of these columns needs to stack its content blocks horizontally. Our content management system is designed to allow […]

The Assemble-a-site system works by assembling all the required parts into a whole, like a jigsaw puzzle. Every project is different, being comprised of a different set of modules arranged in a different way. This creates challenges when it comes to CSS. Variables The most obvious issue with CSS is the requirement to make skins […]

The Black Square CMS allows the client to edit the content of individual pages, but the global areas of the site, and the design, are not editable. There is no need for them to be, because the site is custom designed by us for the client’s individual needs. Our design carefully defines exactly what colours, […]

One of the largest and most obvious challenges we’re facing while developing the Assemble-A-Site project is the extra level of abstraction. This article explains abstraction, and why it’s a challenge for this project.

We’ve discussed previous how much a website should cost, and we’ve explored ways the Black Square has tried to reduce these costs by creating industry-targeted packs. We have realised, however, that there is an enormous market out there for websites that are super-cheap, and we asked ourselves, “Is there any way, any way at all, […]

Adding an article to your site will provide your visitors with useful information, but to provide the most value for your page, it is often helpful to provide supporting information to an article. We always provide a page layout template that includes a thin right column next to the wide main column specifically to allow […]

Image or photo galleries are extremely useful in many situations, and essential for some websites (photographers’ websites, for example). They come in many shapes and forms, each according to the purpose of the gallery, and how it is to interact with the rest of the content on the page. To cater to the various styles, […]

Today I thought we’d discuss some of the content blocks we have available for our Standard Content module. Specifically, today we’ll discuss feature blocks. These are blocks of content specifically designed to focus attention on a special offer or featured section of your site. They are intended to be bright, colourful and graphic, with short, […]

Discussing some modifications to light-box scripts.

Our standard Content module allows a website administrator to manage the content of the site, but how does it do this? Well, basically, the module takes all the content of the site and conceptually breaks it down into smaller and smaller parts, until we end up with simple blocks of content that can be easily […]