Why pay for a website when you can get one for free?
These days, it takes only moments before you can be scrolling through the thousands of options in the market of ‘free website building’. You can take your pick out of the many customizable layouts at your fingertips, and upgrade to a small paid service if needs must. I mean, what’s the difference between a freebie and a paid for and developed website? Nothing except the money that does, or doesn’t change hands, right? Ho ho. The fact is, the ‘free website fad’, is not necessarily all its cracked
The best of online campaigning
Have you seen Breakthrough Breast cancer’s new campaign? We love it. Not only because it was designed and built by our fabulous designers and developers, or because it is one of the most inspiring charities you can give to – but simply because it solves a problem. A problem, that in a few days, we are all going to have to face up to. One of the age-old problems of Mother’s Day is expense, and your mother standing there and saying: ‘Oh no, don’t worry this year love!
Web design tips
Web design tips Avoid using too many colours Stick to 2-3 main colours in your website theme. Always try to use a white background. Black text on white is much easier to read than white text on black. Keep things simple: Don’t try to do too much at once; only add effects if they genuinely bring something to the site. Too many effects and scripts cause slow loading times, which are now penalised by Google. Using contrast Create call to actions to highlight important parts of
Content management system
Q: Is it possible to have a bespoke content management system? A: Yes. We developed one in-house: MAXXlinx. We know there are hundreds of content management systems (CMS) available on the market today, but unless you come from a technical background, some can be difficult to use. Several clients asked us whether a web CMS system existed that was as simple to use as Microsoft Word. We couldn’t find anything that was easy to use and customisable, so we developed our own. Our web CMS, MAXXlinx, allows
