IT Basics for the confused

It’s easy for people to get confused when IT people start throwing around terms like domain name, registrant, name servers, hosting, web development (isn’t that design?) and so on.  So here’s a quick basic explanation of the terms associated with your website: Domain...

New staff – new equipment

If you’re growing your team you’ll also need to grow your IT system to accommodate new staff.  They’ll need a computer, workstation, or laptop, appropriate work space, a phone (and maybe a mobile), an email address and access to the internet. It can be tempting to...

Why do we use contact forms?

Why do we use contact forms on websites instead of just putting an email address on the Contact us page? It’s not simply to demonstrate how clever we developers are! The primary reason is so you don’t get loads of spam with people phishing. If that sounds like...

Dressing up your website

Technical people talk about CSS when they’re discussing your website, but what on earth are they on about? CSS stands for Cascading Style Sheets; are you any wiser?  No?  Well, think of it as a wardrobe for your website.  Style sheets take a naked website (that would...

QR codes – more than interesting artwork!

If you’ve seen those square patterned black and white boxes on websites, business cards, adverts and even on your TV screen and wondered what they are – here’s the answer! These are known as quick recognition (QR) codes – and can be scanned in a similar way to a bar...