We’ve been very quiet on our blog this year, because we’ve had a very busy year. Recently, we launched a new, highly functional website…

The new Facebook to Twitter functionality is great, but is it going to be a part of an integrated strategy, or are you just going to be lazy about it?

Our current CMS includes a link selector widget which allows the user to select a page or document to which to link. The selector comes in two flavours – one for use from within the TinyMCE editor, and the other for everywhere else. The selector is one of the most useful widgets we have, and […]

Writing for an online audience is not the same as writing an email to a friend or even a potential client.

We have previously posted about the different content platforms that are available online, and some thoughts on what type of writing is most suitable for each. I’d like to talk a bit more about crafting worthwhile content, in this and further posts.

Once your site has built up a reasonable body of content, it is usually a good idea to add a search function to the site, to make it easier for your visitors to find the information they need. This is, after all, the primary purpose of putting the information on the site in the first […]

Managing News and Events in website content. A short article on how we use the Black Square CMS to let our clients manage their news and events feeds onsite.

When the World Wide Web first appeared, adding content to your site was a blissfully uncomplicated matter. You added a page, and wrote your bit. Done. Ah, the innocent simplicity of it all. But those days are past now. Today, we have content, news, blogs and tweets, decks and discussions. The wide range of content […]

It’s not really polite to answer a question with a question, but: how long is a piece of string? The size and complexity of your website will determine the cost, which can range from very cheap (eg: R5000) to extremely expensive (eg: R500000). So we can’t really answer the question of ‘how much’ until we’ve […]

This is a bit of a generalisation, but these five areas cover most of what is required to make any website successful: Step 1: Business Analysis The very first step is to decide what you need the website for. A website is a tool, and a tool does something. You need to take a good […]