We were recently asked by a client to build an audio streaming player for their proprietary recordings. What a fun opportunity to use some of the built-in multimedia features of HTML5! The basic audio player for WordPress audio streaming is very simple to code, and even those not familiar with hypertext markup language can understand: … Read more
The pending release of WordPress 5.0 will formally introduce the Gutenberg editor and, along with it, a new paradigm for WordPress users and developers. The countdown to version 5 is getting short (the current version as of this writing is 4.9.6). And since WordPress is the most popular website platform on the internet, there are … Read more
In this day and age, quite literally everyone and their grandmother is on social media, including businesses like yours. Having an active social media presence is almost as important as having a website and a lot of consumers will question your legitimacy if that is not the case. Social media marketing can be a great … Read more
A successful logo design is a visual representation of your brand, your ethos, your persona and reputation, all in one quick hit. It’s what your users look at to form a snap judgment about who you are, what you do, and how well you do it. That’s a lot to get across without getting noisy … Read more
The Web Design Project Timeline Your company needs a new or updated website, and the responsibility falls to you. Where do you start? What do you need to know to hire the right developer? Should you use WordPress or Magento? And, most importantly, how long is it going to take? Making a great website takes … Read more
WordPress remains the most popular content management system (CMS) in the world, mostly due to the ease in which the site can be customized. There are limitless possibilities as to what one can do with a WordPress site, from selling products via WooCommerce to hosting membership-based forums. The low cost of most WordPress plugins and … Read more
WordPress was born as a blogging platform, and though it now easily tackles complex functions such as eCommerce, event management, and membership systems, among countless others, it still shines bright as an easy to use content management system for the masses. However, even though it comes out of the box pre-equipped with everything you need … Read more
In our first blog post about choosing a web developer, we highlighted the importance of communication and experience. In our last blog post about choosing a web developer, we covered the importance of working with a company that has high technical proficiency and business acumen. In this blog post we will look at what differentiates … Read more
If you are a Magento or WordPress website owner you have undoubtedly heard about CDNs (Content Delivery Networks) as an essential ingredient in your site’s load speed and overall performance. However, you probably were too focused on creating content and running your web business to pay much attention to what may seem to be yet … Read more
It can be challenging for a non-technical website owner to envision just what a WordPress maintenance plan is good for. After all, website budget is a precious resource, and isn’t the most-used website management system on the planet easy enough for anyone to manage and update? Well, yes and no. If things go well, WordPress … Read more