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The In Excusable and Inherently Evil IE 6, IE Display issues!

For starters I am not as upset as the title may imply! Although I am starting to think that IE is an inside joke that stands for In-Excusable. Imagine how much further along the internet design world would be if we didn’t have to focus so much of our brain power on making this (I)n-(E)excuse of a web browser work properly.

I won’t get into all the nitty-gritty details of what exactly are the issues we face with this browser (frankly there … Continue Reading

SEO grass roots, choosing the correct hosting environment and platform for your website

Many a website has launched or is about to be launched without proper attention being paid to a number of KEY factors that effect SEO, mainly the location of hosting and the platform hosting your website.

Working as a web developer I have worked with and re-developed many websites that target a small cross section of the Irish populace. Some of these websites are selling what could be considered niche products to a niche market, but host their website through a third party hosting reseller based in Roanoke, Maryland in the U.S?!?

Having investigated why … Continue Reading

Content Management Systems are Free!?

For the longest time in the Web Development world Content Management Systems (or CMS) have been seen as an added “extra”.

To this end many Web Development agencies have invested time and money to develop in-house Content Management Systems to meet their client’s needs. You will probably find a bulleted list on every web development agencies website (including our own) detailing the power of their CMS, and the many features and benefits their system offers over the competition.

My point is this, there is no competition. Or at least there should not be! When I go to google and type “content management … Continue Reading