Jeff’s Bikes


We’ve built a new SmallBiz site for Jeff’s Bikes, just down the road from us.

An update, and a new site launch


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…

HTML5 – Some Thoughts (Part 3 of 3)


Unfortunately, there is a reason not to use HTML5 tags – Internet Explorer 7.

HTML5 – Some Thoughts (Part 2 of 3)


The keyword and description meta-tags are still used by Google and other search engines, and so will the new HTML5 tags.

HTML5 – Some Thoughts (Part 1 of 3)


Previous versions of HTML were designed specifically for markup, so they only worried about how the words and images were placed on the page relative to each other. No care at all was given to the meaning or relative significance of the words. HTML5 brings us much closer to a proper XML system by allowing both layout and structural tags, to tell the browser not only where to place things, but also what the various parts of the code represent.

Websites on the iPhone and iPad


Two problems with iPhone and iPad compatibility that can affect your decision to adjust your website.

Facebook Likes Twitter, but do we like this?


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?

Link Selectors – Handy Little Things


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 […]

jQuery (again) – Understand your scripts


Following on from our previous post about jQuery, more explanation of why it shouldn’t be learned or used in isolation.

jQuery – Not always the right tool


JQuery can be a powerful tool, but it should be used sparingly and only when actually needed.