SEO, establishing a sound strategy.

Searching on a beach

The million dollar question…

Every single one of my clients at some point ask the million dollar question “So how do I get my site to the top of Google?”. By Google they obviously mean search engines in general but in truth there are only two to consider these days, Google and Bing. I am writing this post to help answer this question.

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1Password 4 for iOS – Review

1Password Login Screen

There are loads of great applications available for Mac OS X that I just love and that make my day to day computing experience so pleasurable. Coda, TextExpander, Things, Billings and of course 1Password. It’s this endless library of quality software that makes choosing to use a Mac over a Windows based PC a very easy one.

1Password for the Mac is the first application I install on to a new mac and I recommend it to everyone. It just works so well, I use it to store all of my clients data, FTP details, general account info etc. The fact that you can also login into websites automatically is just a nice added bonus for me.

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Download Free Client Login with PHP, jQuery & Ajax

A Locked Vault

Recently I had to build a client login for one of my clients Jay-Be. They only required something straight forward so I didn’t want to complicate matters by using a database, security also wasn’t a primary concern as the client login only provides access to marketing assets so nothing super secret. Although the requirements were fairly modest I wanted something that looked smart and I didn’t want to send users off to a separate login page so I knew I would need some kind of jQuery Modal Window. Continue Reading

Jay-Be Website and HTML5 Video

Jay-Be Logo

I’ve been really busy over the last couple of months working on the new Jay-Be website and I am so pleased that we will be launching it this week (and so will my other clients). I’ve really enjoyed creating this one but its always nice to get a site finished and online. Continue Reading

Website Future Proof – Ready for Retina Displays

Close up of the human eye

Introduction

This post is the first in my three part series on future proofing your website. I am writing these posts specifically for my clients. The three subjects I want to raise are: Being Retina Display Ready, Being Responsive and having a Cookie Policy. Out of the three this is probably the least crucial but is still something you need to be aware of.

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