Web & Software Development

Welcome to Part 2 of 'Getting Your Business Online'. As I mentioned in Part 1 of 'Getting Your Business Online' before Christmas, planning is very important. It will help you to accurately assess what you really need. An old carpentry saying sums it up perfectly. "Measure twice and cut once". This comprehensive list of questions will help you "measure" what you need before starting on your website. 1. What...

Welcome to 'Getting Your Business Online'. Over the coming weeks I will provide helpful (jargon-free) advice that will assist business owners who want to set up a website. It's no secret that a website is an essential tool for businesses of any size. Why? Here are a few good reasons: A website provides potential and existing customers with vital information about your business 24/7; A website can generate sales for...

“Return on investment is easy to measure. You put money in, you measure money out, divide and prosper” - Seth Godin, an online strategist. What about return on design? We hope that the money time and creativity gone into our designs yields an investment for our business. It is easy to spend allot of money and time in design but not elevate in benefits the way we...

Thanks to Google's Custom Search Engines you can now come across a search engine dedicated to almost any niche.  One such gem is Sparkl which is a search engine dedicated to all things web design. Since the search engine is "powered by Google" (as a lot of things are these days), you may ask what the difference is between searching on Sparkl and searching on Google...

Manuel Lemos of PHPClasses.org (one of my favourite resources on the web) has recently released his latest project – an international directory of PHP programmers for hire. The directory is a free service but has interesting benefits for premium subscribers.