Archive for the ‘Web Development’ Category

An important point to be aware of when dealing with CMSes like WordPress that have the facility to take "plugins" (ie easy software addons), is that not all of them have the quality you might want for your website.  

We recently had one of our blog authors completely take down a large WordPress site by installing a badly broken plugin.The question is, how can you assess that quality before making the mistake of installing a bad plugin that destroys your website? Read the rest of this entry »

There are so many options to choose from when creating a website or a blog. It can often become a bit overwhelming when forced to make a decision as to which software platform to choose: Joomla, Drupal, WordPress etc. Each and every development option has its fair share of pros and cons, this article will briefly explain why we think WordPress is awesome in 5 quick points:

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If you're like many people, you probably don't realize that there are actually 4 web browsers in pretty common use on the Web today. It's important that your website works on all these browsers as, if it doesn't work on a particular browser you may be unable to reach a large portion of your market.

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Surprisingly often we have people ask us to put Hitcounters on their websites.  Read the rest of this entry »

Have you ever heard the term L-A-M-P hosting and wondered what it means?  Actually LAMP hosting simply refers to the web hosting platform used for the great majority of the Internet (in rough terms!) and, spelt out, it stands for: Read the rest of this entry »

Ever heard of a Firesheep? Firesheep is a Firefox (web browser) plugin that allows a bad guy to hijack an open session and pretend they are you.  This means that, for instance, if you are logged into Facebook, said bad guy can take over your session with only a few clicks. Read the rest of this entry »

A client of ours asked us to make a few changes to her website which we of course, obliged. Whist updating her site, I came across a random link that wasn’t part of the normal menu structure which once clicked, takes you to a hidden page of a random, bullet-pointed list of keywords that had no relevance to her site (arts and crafts): Read the rest of this entry »

…Unless you take security seriously. Full stop. Often times, it’s not a matter of “if”, but rather “when”. We are doing all that we can to ensure the server remains secure, but we need you to do your part as well.

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Brian enjoyed speaking on Saturday 14th at the Melbourne PC User Group Affiliate Marketing monthly meeting on the topic of how to build a WordPress site quickly and easily. He covered points such as what a CMS is, Why choose WordPress, how to actually setup up a WordPress site, and some things to watch out for once you have the blog setup. Read the rest of this entry »

Not if, but when, Collingwood win the flag this year, we’ll give you 10% off any web development work during the month of October if you sing the Collingwood club song “Good old Collingwood forever…” in its entirety to Haleemon.

If you’re not a Collingwood supporter, you must sing it with gusto…twice !

Go the PIES!