CategoryMaintenance

February 16, 2019 — Web applications require maintenance just like any other type of software, but as an industry, it is not something that we highlight enough. As a result, we are exposing our clients to a tangible risk as well as leaving money on the table. Read more…

August 12, 2014 — A lot of funny 404 pages have been shared recently: carefully crafted memes, funny GIFs, even the odd interactive game. But if the 404 doesn’t help your visitors, then what’s the point? A visitor could find themselves on a 404 page for one of many reasons: a mistyped address, a bad link from somewhere else, a deleted page or content that has moved elsewhere. While you can prevent errors from moved pages with redirects, you can’t control people’s mistakes. Read more…

March 21, 2014 — If you’ve searched recently for tips on optimizing WordPress’ performance, then you have definitely come across various techniques that people recommend. Read more…

October 12, 2011 —

Imagine you’re playing the latest hash-tag game on Twitter when you see this friendly tweet: “You might want to check your #WP site. It includes two copies of jQuery. Nothing’s broken, but loading time will be slower.” You check your source code, and sure enough you see this:

August 26, 2011 — When it comes to writing CSS, everyone has their own favorite format. In this article, Harry Roberts explores how we can write CSS so that others can understand and use it with ease. Read more…

August 5, 2011 — Giving your website a clean and concise structure opens the door to myriad opportunities. But, putting a website together the right way does take more time and money up front. Jason Gross goes over this topic in this article. Read more…

June 9, 2011 — Ben Seigel shares this guide in order to help clients, other designers, businesses and organizations plan and realize successful websites. A road overview of the process of developing a website: from the initial needs assessment through the launch, maintenance and follow-up. Read more…

July 30, 2010 — Recently I released a WordPress plugin for Google Analytics that adds a tracking code and dozens of various pieces of meta data to blogs. Since the release of version 4, I’ve updated it 6 times, to the point where it’s now at version 4.0.6. In this article I would like to share with you my experiences in maintaining this and other WordPress plug-ins and common good practices that I’ve distilled from that work. Read more…

November 4, 2009 — One of the biggest advantages of online media over print is the ability to change, update, and enhance online media at virtually anytime, with virtually no negative side effects. In fact, if a website or web application does not continually offer its users an ever-evolving and growing experience, that site or application would soon become insecure, unusable, and out of date. Read more…