Entries for category 'Development'

With the recent announcement of Internet Explorer 9, the discussion of which browser is the best seemed approprioate.  For many people out there, Internet Explorer is the browser of choice if not simply because it came with their installation of Windows, and it's what they are familiar or comfortable with.  Though many people have been flocking to the many other browsers out there.  There are plenty of reasons for that too.  Hopefully we can cover a few of those reasons here.

On Saturday, February 13th, Sitepro was the proud host to the first ever Chippewa Valley Ruby Camp.  Developers from all over the Chippewa Valley and even into Minnesota were in attendance.

Yes, I like consonance.

In this entry I would like to share my thoughts regarding the value I perceive in entering dynamic site data through a paired CMS within the vacuum of a development environment. While its fast and easy to simply switch a datasource to existing sample content, the avoidance of doing any content grunt work also has a price.

Driving Directions, powered by Google Maps, are a great way to add an inexpensive feature to your website that allows your users to find you from virtually anywhere in the world.

Wouldn’t you like to know what visitors to your site are thinking?  Certainly an unhappy or pleased visitor could email you through your capture form, but I’ve discovered a better way.  One of my clients turned me on to a new program; it’s great for all flavors of sites, but extraordinarily important for ecommerce sites.

So you’re going to hire your own team to build your business website.  But wait – is that really the cost effective way to do it?  At the very least you’ll need a web designer and developer and probably a technical writer if you aren’t skilled in writing.  And do you know how to best optimize your page in the search engines?

Well, the simple answer is that they are all optimized to be hearty, robust, competitive, unique and original!

Now, seriously, I bet you never even considered that these three items have many similarities so let's explore this......

Even if you're not planning on selling online, a well-crafted site is an essential for any business. Many times we hear my business is very small, just me and a couple employees and our product really isn't sold online so why do I need a website?

Episode 7 of the Sitepro Podcast is now available. The Sitepro Podcast was created to help educate clients and the community about various aspects of web, video and other multimedia content. This is the last of four episodes of the podcasts that focus on the the Grace Lutheran Foundation and all the multimedia work that Sitepro has produced for them. Be sure to subscribe to get all of the episodes of the Sitepro Podcast.

After spending a little more time with the mobile web, there's a bit more to be said about issues surrounding designing websites for the mobile browser.  Differences in phone technology as well as new software technologies in development are changing the field of mobile web design.  This post takes a look at some of those phone issues and new developments.