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Practical notes on websites that work — leads, care after launch, hosting, and Joomla.
We know you’ve been there—something did not go as planned and conflict has arisen. It happens in business, because business occurs between human beings. Your response to these situations can make or break your client...
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After an initial interaction with a prospective client, I immediately know if this is an organization with whom our company can partner. How do I know? From a strictly business sense, we have the skills and experience...
Read more →Over the last several months, as new versions of Chrome, Firefox and other browsers have been released, we have experienced a much higher report of “connection is not secure” messages, especially for sites that collect...
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We've now been working with Joomla! for over ten years--since its inception in August 2005. In that 10 years, we have worked with hundreds of web sites and learned a thing or two. One of the tremendous advantages of...
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Just a quick note to celebrate the fact that your 3by400 hosting is based upon one of today's technology leaders, according to Gartner Group.In the 2015 Magic Quadrant for Cloud Infrastructure as a Service, Worldwide,...
Read more →As a current or future small business owner, making your mark on the web is imperative to your business's success and longevity...but where do you begin? I recently had the opportunity to present to the University of...
Read more →Not so long ago, you could look at your Google Analytics account and easily see the search phrases being used to find your site. Don't confuse these with the keywords meta tag, which Google has said it doesn't use for...
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It just so happens that we have been working on our own new site for the past several months---well, okay, for the past 6 months---cobbler's children and all. This situation put me on the track of considering the really...
Read more →When we build or look after a Joomla site, a small set of trusted tools shows up again and again. Think of this as the short list we would pack first: an editor that makes daily updates pleasant, a way to keep search...
Read more →For a while now, many websites tied to the federal government from the federal government has had to conform to guidelines that make the website accessibile to the disabled. The buzzword here is Section 508, after its...
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On February 22, a few members of the 3by400 team took a road trip to Duke University in Durham, NC, for the first JoomlaDay event in the southeastern U.S. JoomlaDays are grass roots events that help old timers and...
Read more →How do you determine what is "fair"? I grew up in a time when not everyone got a trophy, grades were not assigned on a sliding scale, and no one bailed out businesses who couldn't figure out how to stay in business....
Read more →There are waves of charlatians that we see in the web industry: a couple of years ago there were SEO consultants, then there were Social Media consultants. I'm starting to see Mobile Web consultants make the rounds now....
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Moving from idea to implementation In a month, 3by400 receives at least three or four calls from people who have the "best idea for a new web site". About 1% of them really do have a great idea for a site. The rest,...
Read more →Tell us about your site, or the one you wish you had. We’ll get back to you with next steps.