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Optimizing Responsive Design Websites for Smartphones

January 28, 2015 By Craig - Copyright - All Rights Reserved

Why You Cannot Push a Pig Through a Keyhole Building an effective responsive design website entails much more than simply designing a responsive theme. The primary purpose for using a responsive design is to have one website that works with all viewing devices, from desktop monitors down to small smartphone displays. Unfortunately, a theme may be mobile ready, but the web … [Read more...]

Russian Hackers Have Stolen Over 1.2 Billion Passwords

August 7, 2014 By Jonathan - Copyright - All Rights Reserved

The web is abuzz with a report from a Milwaukee-based security firm called Hold Security saying that they have evidence showing a Russian hacker ring has collected a whopping 1.2 billion usernames and passwords from around the web. They discovered this through the use of presumably proprietary deep web monitoring tools. The first question that came to mind when I heard … [Read more...]

Google Adds Encryption As a Ranking Factor

August 7, 2014 By Jonathan - Copyright - All Rights Reserved

Google made an announcement in a Webmaster Central Blog post that says using encryption throughout a website is now a ranking factor. You heard that correctly. Google wants to see Secure Sockets Layer encryption used throughout a web site. Encryption is no longer something reserved for use with e-commerce sites on pages where sensitive personal information, such as credit card … [Read more...]

Design Considerations With Responsive Design Websites

May 16, 2014 By Craig - Copyright - All Rights Reserved

Responsive design mobile-ready websites--also known as fluid designs--can solve a range of issues and will increase the mobile usability of your website, but there are some issues to consider if you want to site to be effective with a wide range of mobile devices. Most site owners build a responsive design website primarily because of the compatibility with smaller screen … [Read more...]

Be Careful When Registering Domain Names

March 13, 2014 By Jonathan - Copyright - All Rights Reserved

At one time if you wanted to build a web site, you looked for a good domain name, registered it, set the nameservers, and built the web site. That may no longer be the case. We are finding out that domain names need to be scrutinized before registering them, because penalties are sticking with the domain. A case in point is a recent web site we built for a financial services … [Read more...]

More FAQs About Responsive Design

February 8, 2014 By Doogie - Copyright - All Rights Reserved

Many people have questions about responsive design WordPress sites. These are some of the most common questions. Can Any Website Be Converted to a Responsive Design? Unfortunately, not all sites are easily converted. A site that has a very complex layout or is "graphic intensive" does not always lend itself to an easy conversion. A design that is graphic intensive will … [Read more...]

Responsive Design FAQs

December 17, 2013 By Doogie - Copyright - All Rights Reserved

Responsive design websites are a fairly new approach to Internet technology that is likely to become the standard for website design. Here are some of the most frequently asked questions along with answers. How does responsive design technology work? Responsive design uses CSS3 media queries to detect the display dimensions on a user's viewing device. A web page is then … [Read more...]

What Is Responsive Design?

December 16, 2013 By Doogie - Copyright - All Rights Reserved

Responsive design websites are the latest trend in website presentation technology. These types of web sites utilize CSS3 (cascading style sheets version 3) and a new feature called 'media queries', which is recognized by all modern browsers and almost all smart phones and mobile devices produced in the last 4 or 5 years. In a nutshell: Responsive Design = Fluid Design … [Read more...]

Where Does Missing e-Mail Go?

June 28, 2013 By Craig - Copyright - All Rights Reserved

The problem with missing e-mails that someone sent to you but you never received, or those you sent but were not received by the recipient, can be perplexing. Here are some of the explanations we have seen for missing messages. E-mail is an unusual web service because messages can literally vaporize and disappear forever if the proper connections are not made between the … [Read more...]

Problems With Tech Support at Hosting Companies

February 6, 2013 By Doogie - Copyright - All Rights Reserved

It seems to be getting harder to find a hosting company with very good tech support. For business web site hosting, the company needs to have techs on duty 24 hours per day, 7 days per week. The techs also need to be experienced. While most of the larger hosting companies do provide 24/7 support, we are seeing a decline in the quality of the services provided by some hosts. … [Read more...]

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