From the team
Practical notes on websites that work — leads, care after launch, hosting, and Joomla.
One of our favorite things about redesigning a site is not only what happens on the outside, but on the inside as well. Refacing or restyling a site so that it appears different to the viewer can spike enthusiasm and renew site interest. Adding new tools for customers or that allow you to make your...
Read more →What makes your business or organization unique? What should people deal with you, rather than any of the other similar outfits? What makes you stand out from the crowd? This is the sort of information the home page of...
Read more →Probably half of our clients rarely, if ever, update their sites. We don't update our home page often, but we do blog semi-regularly. It's just become more important to all of us to update our web site's content...
Read more →When we first wrote this in 2011, the question was about moving off Joomla 1.5. The versions have changed, but the question hasn't. Today, Joomla 4 no longer gets security fixes (they ended October 14, 2025), and Joomla...
Read more →The next time you're watching your favorite show, keep tabs on how many ads show a Facebook logo or end with "find us on Facebook." As much as you might try to avoid it, everyone except you and your dog have a Facebook...
Read more →The previous blog post about our websites being up 99%+ of the time leads to another discussion. We had a prospect who wanted to host with a different outfit. This group guaranteed 100% uptime. We can't guarantee that,...
Read more →Back when we wrote this, we rented two servers at 1and1.com to host our clients' websites. (Our hosting has changed since then, but the lesson hasn't.) One of them had just passed a major milestone: being up without...
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I was going over Google Analytics with one of our clients the other day and noticed that the traffic they were getting from Google search had dropped by about half over the past year. Their site was still the same, but...
Read more →I'm going to let the cat of the bag here. One of my favorite websites for information on e-commerce is Practical Ecommerce. It consistently has relevant, practical articles and tips. One idea from their site back then...
Read more →We help organizations set up email marketing services like Mailchimp and Constant Contact. We even help some develop and maintain campaigns. E-mail marketing used to be a load and fire kind of activity, but things have...
Read more →One of the things we try hard to do is not reinvent the wheel. That's why we use Joomla! instead of writing our own Content Management System, why we search hard for off-the-shelf components before we write our own. For...
Read more →Tell us about your site, or the one you wish you had. We’ll get back to you with next steps.