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...
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...
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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 →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...
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 →And it happens in seconds! If you've ever been frustrated about a web site taking 10 seconds to load, you will find this video pretty interesting. Created by the World Science Festival, it provides a layman's...
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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...
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 →If you've been our client long, you know we emphasize that good images for your website show real people doing things that the website visitor would like to be doing. If such images aren't available yet, we'll put in a...
Read more →What's your website's address? Ours is 3by400.com. Note that I don't put a 'www' in front of it. Why? I believe it's now passè. We all know it's the 'World Wide Web'. I suggest dropping the 'www' because: It's just more...
Read more →In 2010, clients asked us if they should build a separate mobile version of their site. Back then, that often meant an “m.” or “.mobi” site, a stripped-down copy made for small feature-phone screens. Updated for 2026:...
Read more →We've seen the first two waves of Content Management Systems (CMSs) as being the custom CMS that gave rise to the proprietary CMS. The custom CMS market is dead. The proprietary CMS is under a great deal of pressure...
Read more →The easiest way for most people to get a high-functionality, easily updatable website is to use a Content Management System (CMS). The first wave of these in the web 1.0 days of the 1990s was custom-build CMSs. Early in...
Read more →Web design tools like Dreamweaver aren't for the faint of heart. They're expensive, cumbersome and have a long learning curve. They're overkill for someone who just wants to change text on a website or add a new...
Read more →We've all done it: bought something that's of absolutely no use just because it caught our eye. The problem is when we make business purchasing decisions based on glitter or glitz. Is it just me or are more people...
Read more →We've run across several projects lately that hit a bump. Somebody calls us and says something like "Hey, I've committed to xyz, got the contract right here. Can you make it work?". In one case it was somebody who'd...
Read more →Yes...we really do hear that from time to time. No disrespect to the nephew's best friends who really are professional web designers, but let's face it...most of you are not. So why do people keep doing it? Why would...
Read more →One of our favorite tools on the Internet--you know, one of those where you slap your forehead and say, "Doh, wish I had thought of that!"--is Logo Tournament. The concept and functionality are excellent. It is the...
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The Bear on the Square Executive Committee liked their old site. Only problem was that they had a difficult time getting the site updated and making it really look the way the festival feels to performers and attendees....
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