Web Development News, Tips, and Insights

 

Welcome to Website Magazine's Web Development News, Tips, And Insights section. Here you'll find a wealth of information for developers, by developers. Our blog content is focused on the latest trends, technologies, and best practices in website and mobile app development.

 

From articles that delve into the newest web development platforms and tools, to tips on how to optimize your website for the best user experience, our team of experienced developers provides insights that are both informative and practical.

 

Our blog also covers the latest app development trends and mobile app development platforms, as well as website development tips that can help you build better, faster, and more responsive websites.

 

At Website Magazine, we're committed to providing developers with the most up-to-date and relevant information to help them stay ahead of the game. Whether you're a seasoned developer or just starting out, our blog is the go-to source for all your web development needs. So, bookmark this page and check back often for the latest in web development news, tips, and insights.

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How to Use Plugins in WordPress
by Doug Hughes
Plugins are one of the main reasons why WordPress is so popular. They allow you to add functionality to your website without the ...
How to Use Plugins in WordPress
Top 10 Tips to Build a Google-Friendly Site
by Adam Dince
Top 10 Tips to Build a Google-Friendly Site
These days, marketers are doing everything they can to leverage non-paid marketing channels to increase ...
STAT WATCH: The Shift to Cloud" is Nearly Complete"
by Peter Devereaux
STAT WATCH: The Shift to Cloud
If your business is not operating (at least in part) within the cloud you are likely feeling increasingly ...
Amazon Enhances Alexa Skills Kit Developer Console
by Gary Lester
Amazon Enhances Alexa Skills Kit Developer Console
Anyone with a smart home device has at least thought of creating a way to interact with their device, and ...
How Serverless and ReactJS are Changing the Rules of Web Development
by Thomas Witt
How Serverless and ReactJS are Changing the Rules of Web Development
By Thomas Witt, Scrivito We all know the adage "Fast, Good, Cheap - you can only pick two." Develop something ...
How to Embed AI in your Enterprise App
by Tripti Rai
How to Embed AI in your Enterprise App
Artificial intelligence has become synonymous with an efficient, intelligent work process. There is hardly ...
Top 10 Web Development Trends of 2017
by Derek Robinson
Top 10 Web Development Trends of 2017
Technology is constantly changing. As a Web developer, you need to stay ahead of the game by changing with ...
Mobile Apps & Developing Deeper Customer Connections
by Doug O'Keefe
Mobile Apps & Developing Deeper Customer Connections
Could a smart, useful and social-enabled mobile app be the key to enterprise success? One fashion brand hopes ...
NativeScript SideKick from Progress in Focus
by Pete Prestipino
NativeScript SideKick from Progress in Focus
Companies that quickly deliver mobile apps across various device platforms can gain a significant competitive ...
Invisible reCAPTCHA Introduced by Google
by Daniel Gibson
Invisible reCAPTCHA Introduced by Google
There are now two types of reCAPTCHA for developers (or really any one concerned with form completion and the ...
Where Developer Revenue is the Highest
by Amberly Dressler
Where Developer Revenue is the Highest
Despite an array of do-it-yourself options for designing a website (and even apps these days) and the fact ...
The Web is Winning in Mobile Development; The Rise of PWAs
by Pete Prestipino
The Web is Winning in Mobile Development; The Rise of PWAs
It may be the beginning of the end for native mobile apps. New research from Ionic, a provider of a popular ...
AMP Going International
by Althea O'Hare
AMP Going International
Google's Accelerated Mobile Pages project is going international. Speaking at AMP Conf in New York, David ...
Progressive Web App Tech in Focus
by Pete Prestipino
Progressive Web App Tech in Focus
Progressive Web apps (PWAs) are poised to be quite the disruptive force in mobile. Website Magazine covered ...
Ready to Fire the Developer?
by Pete Prestipino
Ready to Fire the Developer?
There was once a time when if you wanted to create a website you needed someone that was familiar with HTML ...
Modern Websites Require Responsive Images
by Eric Portis
Modern Websites Require Responsive Images
In his essay, responsive Web design, Ethan Marcotte considers the idea of "responsive architecture," and how ...
5 Cloud Deployment Models You Should Care About - and Why
by Chris Baker
5 Cloud Deployment Models You Should Care About - and Why
Developers of cloud-based infrastructures live much of their lives on the edge - that critical spot where end ...
QUICK HIT: Google Increases Required Image Size for AMP Carousel
by Peter Devereaux
QUICK HIT: Google Increases Required Image Size for AMP Carousel
If website owners and operators want to appear in the carousel within Google search results, they're going to ...
Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP) Growing in Google News
by Peter Devereaux
Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP) Growing in Google News
Google appears to be going all in on AMP within its news results. RankRanger has released a report that shows ...
The Most In-Demand Coding Languages By City
by Pete Prestipino
The Most In-Demand Coding Languages By City
Coding schools are popping up everywhere, but what's the best language to learn? And more importantly, who's ...
Roundup of Page Speed Optimization Practices
by Pete Prestipino
Roundup of Page Speed Optimization Practices
Two Simple Techniques to Increase Website Speed Why should you care about slow loading Web pages? The answer ...
The State of Work-Life Balance for IT
by Pete Prestipino
The State of Work-Life Balance for IT
"Rise early, work late, strike oil." The "always on" lifestyle of those in the realm of information ...
The Cloud's Future is Bright, but Where Exactly is it Heading?
by David Moeller
The Cloud's Future is Bright, but Where Exactly is it Heading?
Last week, CloudFest, the global cloud industry and internet innovation conference, took over Germany's ...
Code Translation & Grunion In Focus
by Blaine Waters
Code Translation & Grunion In Focus
DataScience has released a patent-pending query optimization, translation and federation framework. The new ...
The Rise of the Non-Technical Developer
by Peter Devereaux
The Rise of the Non-Technical Developer
There will come a time when anyone - even those not skilled in the nuances of programming and development - ...
QUICK HIT: Amazon vs. Wal-Mart & The Cloud Battle
by Peter Devereaux
QUICK HIT: Amazon vs. Wal-Mart & The Cloud Battle
Wal-Mart may have a plan to slow the juggernaut that is Amazon. The retailer has reportedly asked some tech ...
Google's Shapeshifting, Parametric, Responsive Spectral Font
by Pete Prestipino
Google's Shapeshifting, Parametric, Responsive Spectral Font
Google Fonts has updated its collection with its first "parametric" font - a new typographic technology that ...
Turning Your Web Development Skills into a Full-Time Freelance Career
by Patrick Pulvermüller
Turning Your Web Development Skills into a Full-Time Freelance Career
So, you're looking to turn your web development and design skills into a fully-fledged freelance career? ...
Don't Stress Out the User: 10 Usability Mistakes to Avoid
by Elena Galitsky
Don't Stress Out the User: 10 Usability Mistakes to Avoid
Have you ever had to read a book with a really small font size? Pushing your eyesight to the limit, ...
Ionic Framework Launches Commercial Product for Entire App Dev Lifecycle
by Pete Prestipino
Ionic Framework Launches Commercial Product for Entire App Dev Lifecycle
Building applications that run everywhere is no easy task; building them in a deadline-oriented, ...
Developing Unique Experiences Starts With Understanding Customers
by Deborah Stills
Developing Unique Experiences Starts With Understanding Customers
Measuring consumers' opinions about their experiences (online and off) is of immense importance to today's ...
Defending Against JavaScript Drive-By Downloads
by Marc Laliberte
Defending Against JavaScript Drive-By Downloads
JavaScript is one of the cornerstones of the modern Web. Nearly all websites rely on JavaScript to deliver ...
The Critical Question for Developers: Native or Web Based App?
by Jeremy Hogan
The Critical Question for Developers: Native or Web Based App?
Six Questions to Ask Before Your Next Native or Web App Project Our mobile phone dependency is real. A recent ...
6 Ways Learning Code Makes Product Managers Great
by Carlos Gonzalez de Villaumbrosia
6 Ways Learning Code Makes Product Managers Great
Aspiring and even current product managers frequently ask, "Do I need to learn to code?" There are multiple ...
Refreshing Your Website without Reinventing the Wheel
by Bridget Poetker
Refreshing Your Website without Reinventing the Wheel
A stale website could be holding you back from a lot of opportunities, such as landing new customers or ...
Web Developers are Soooo 2017
by Pete Prestipino
Web Developers are Soooo 2017
When you picture a developer in your mind, what do you see? A young, Redbull swilling, bleary-eyed geek ...
Putting Page Speed in Real-World Context
by Pete Prestipino
Putting Page Speed in Real-World Context
Speed is increasingly important on the Web not just in terms of user experience but in currying favor with ...
Developing Immersive Digital Experiences with AR & VR
by Pete Prestipino
Developing Immersive Digital Experiences with AR & VR
Truly gratifying digital experience can be challenging to develop because both the technology available to do ...
Stat Watch: The Preferred Coding Languages of Top Companies
by Peter Devereaux
Stat Watch: The Preferred Coding Languages of Top Companies
Tech employment will grow 12 percent by 2024 compared to a 6.5 percent projected growth in all other ...
Tackling Image Optimization & Page Load Speed with Akamai & BigCommerce
by Pete Prestipino
Tackling Image Optimization & Page Load Speed with Akamai & BigCommerce
As any successful online retailer can attest, images can make or break a digital presence. As an ecommerce ...
Development Guide to .NET Core vs .NET Framework
by Harikrishna Kundariya
Development Guide to .NET Core vs .NET Framework
Development Guide to .NET Core vs .NET Framework Have you ever wondered what makes .NET Core and .NET ...
How-To Guide for Writing a Website Development Project Brief
by Odessa Powell
How-To Guide for Writing a Website Development Project Brief
A well-written website development project brief ensures that your developer understands your project's needs ...
5 Mistakes That Web Developers Should Avoid
by Andre Yi
5 Mistakes That Web Developers Should Avoid
Whether they're creating accessible, appealing, UX or ensuring proper web performance and stability, ...
How to Avoid Scope Creep in Your Website Project
by Drew Barton
How to Avoid Scope Creep in Your Website Project
Over the course of a website project lasting several months, minds are going to change. Opinions and ...
Why Application Development Will Follow in the Footsteps of the WCM Evolution
by Andy Pemberton
Why Application Development Will Follow in the Footsteps of the WCM Evolution
In the early days of the Web, developers created websites by hand. Each Web page was a carefully compiled ...
4 Project Management Must Haves for Your Next Website Build
by Megan Totka
4 Project Management Must Haves for Your Next Website Build
Building a website is easier than ever thanks to tools like WordPress, an abundance of sites offering stock ...
Google's Cloud Ready-ish for the GDPR
by Paul Hartman
Google's Cloud Ready-ish for the GDPR
Every digital enterprise is going to be impacted in some way on May 25, 2018, when the EU's General Data ...
Gluon Helping Developers Adopt Machine Learning
by Heath Jordan
Gluon Helping Developers Adopt Machine Learning
Microsoft and Amazon Web Services announced their collaboration on Gluon, a new open-source programming ...
QUICK HIT: Google's Developer Documentation Style Guide In Focus
by Peter Devereaux
QUICK HIT: Google's Developer Documentation Style Guide In Focus
There are "rules" to remember when it comes to writing. Style guides are often useful resources as they can ...
AMP Pages Dominating Google Results
by Pete Prestipino
AMP Pages Dominating Google Results
Publishers who use Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP) are reportedly experiencing higher placement on Google's ...
Compare Developer Salaries By Location, Skillset & Experience
by Pete Prestipino
Compare Developer Salaries By Location, Skillset & Experience
Web and application developers are the kings of the information age. So how much are they earning? And how ...
Modify Any Website in Real-Time with Sitemod.io & Chrome Developer Tools
by Pete Prestipino
Modify Any Website in Real-Time with Sitemod.io & Chrome Developer Tools
Let's say you're a Web designer with some big ideas and you want to show what you can do with a prospective ...
So You Wanna Be A Mobile Web Specialist?
by Pete Prestipino
So You Wanna Be A Mobile Web Specialist?
The Google Developers Certification Team announced the Mobile Web Specialist Certification, which aims to ...
Web App Dev Platform Sencha Acquired
by Greg Feldman
Web App Dev Platform Sencha Acquired
IDERA, a provider of database, development and test management tools, has announced an agreement to acquire ...
Finally, A Form Builder That Collects Payments
by Pete Prestipino
Finally, A Form Builder That Collects Payments
The simpler you make it for users to make a payment, the better your chances of digital success. For that ...
QUICK HIT: Google Cloud Now Standard & Premium
by Peter Devereaux
QUICK HIT: Google Cloud Now Standard & Premium
Google is making a move that may threat Amazon's stranglehold on the cloud. The company indicated that would ...
How to Avoid a Total Project Meltdown
by Megan Totka
How to Avoid a Total Project Meltdown
Perhaps you've experienced a total project meltdown. The project got off to a rocky start - some of the ...
3 Cloud IDEs in Focus
by Pete Prestipino
3 Cloud IDEs in Focus
Gone are the days when programmers worked independently, and further, exclusively on their local machines. ...
Remixes Come to Website Builder
by Amberly Dressler
Remixes Come to Website Builder
Small businesses have an overwhelming number of options when it comes to creating a professional website. ...
Getting New Employees Up to Speed
by Sean Gordon
Getting New Employees Up to Speed
Hiring new employees is generally good news for your company. It means your customer base is growing and you ...
Is Your Website Translation Project Doomed to Fail?
by Adam Koontz
Is Your Website Translation Project Doomed to Fail?
I've been involved in many website translation projects over the years. Most eventually failed. Don't get me ...
Email Error Etiquette: When Brands Make Mistakes in Messages
by EJ McGowan
Email Error Etiquette: When Brands Make Mistakes in Messages
We all make mistakes and email marketers are no different - especially on Mondays when we have more errors in ...
How to Outsource Small Projects
by Amberly Dressler
How to Outsource Small Projects
Whether you're a small business owner, a marketing professional or a senior executive, there are only so many ...
Three Key AWS Developments to Know This Week
by Steven Forter
Three Key AWS Developments to Know This Week
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has made several noteworthy developments this week, extending its capabilities and ...
The Bots You'll Be Asked to Develop
by Amberly Dressler
The Bots You'll Be Asked to Develop
Artificial intelligence (AI) is one of the biggest topics of 2017, and the increased conversations and ...
6 Website Building Shortcuts to Consider
by Larry Alton
6 Website Building Shortcuts to Consider
Just as we witnessed a revolution where the personal computer (PC) was introduced into nearly every home in ...
How to Get Mobile Certified by Google
by Amberly Dressler
How to Get Mobile Certified by Google
Google added a Mobile Sites Certification to its Partners program in early April 2017, providing developers ...
Speed: The Most Important Metric You Aren't Tracking?
by Chris Zacharias
Speed: The Most Important Metric You Aren't Tracking?
In most domains, the way you measure performance is clear. Take hockey, for example. There are an uncountable ...
The Best JavaScript Frameworks
by Peter Devereaux
The Best JavaScript Frameworks
JavaScript is regularly mentioned as one of the best programming languages and one that "everybody" should ...
Friend or Foe: Selecting a Framework for Your Next Project
by Shawn Moore
Friend or Foe: Selecting a Framework for Your Next Project
There are many groundbreaking benefits offered by a software framework, including its ability to expedite the ...
Beat Google PageSpeed & Get Faster with Async
by Pete Prestipino
Beat Google PageSpeed & Get Faster with Async
This one small hack is going to do wonders for your page speed and the resulting experience provided to ...
An API to Help Transform Data Into Narratives
by Pete Prestipino
An API to Help Transform Data Into Narratives
Companies have long struggled with the adoption of business intelligence (BI) solutions because the tools ...
5 Cloud Security Trends Online Businesses Need to Know About
by Derek Miller
5 Cloud Security Trends Online Businesses Need to Know About
The cloud already plays an important role for businesses in a wide range of industries. If you have an online ...
Building Your Tech Budget
by Amberly Dressler
Building Your Tech Budget
Creating a tech budget - how much a company can/is willing to spend on the technology that helps run their ...
Managing Cloud Identities Across the Globe
by Pete Prestipino
Managing Cloud Identities Across the Globe
Customer identity and access management (CIAM) solution Janrain announced that it has expanded its global ...
Got 404 Errors? It's Probably Not Your Fault
by Pete Prestipino
Got 404 Errors? It's Probably Not Your Fault
404 errors, the dreaded "page not found" message Internet users encounter, are the bane of every good/great ...
Why Laravel Crushes Other Web Frameworks
by Emmy Gengler
Why Laravel Crushes Other Web Frameworks
-- The Laravel framework has received a lot of attention over the last few years and for good reason. Laravel ...
Q&A: Growing your Development Business with Data Quality
by Peter Devereaux
Q&A: Growing your Development Business with Data Quality
:: Enable Recurring Revenue While Extending Long-Term Value to Etailers :: The influx of constantly changing ...
Sage Embraces Developers with Payments API Portal
by Pete Prestipino
Sage Embraces Developers with Payments API Portal
Sage, a leading accounting, payroll and payment system, has launched a developer portal that it hopes will ...
7 User-Centric Development Strategies
by Keval Padia
7 User-Centric Development Strategies
:: By Keval Padia, Nimblechapps :: With an increasing number of sites and apps offering sophisticated user ...
Salesforce Reveals Commerce Cloud (Already)
by Peter Devereaux
Salesforce Reveals Commerce Cloud (Already)
Over the next decade, 86 percent of retailers plan to implement a unified commerce platform, and Salesforce, ...
Easy Steps to Develop Buyer Personas for Your Target Market
by Derek Miller
Easy Steps to Develop Buyer Personas for Your Target Market
More companies than ever are starting to understand the value of customer personas. Instead of targeting a ...
Need for Speed: Why an Investment in Site Speed is an Investment in Success
by Larry Alton
Need for Speed: Why an Investment in Site Speed is an Investment in Success
Everyone is so focused on creating beautiful and immersive websites these days that it tends to feel like ...
QUICK HIT: Browser-Based Push Notifications In Focus
by Pete Prestipino
QUICK HIT: Browser-Based Push Notifications In Focus
Regular Web users will likely have noticed an increase in browser-based push notifications over the past few ...
Shipping API Speeds Up Growth
by Peter Devereaux
Shipping API Speeds Up Growth
When it comes to user experience, most retailers want to exceed shopper expectations before, during and after ...
Staff Augmentation: A New Trend in Hiring Developers
by Rizza Laplana
Staff Augmentation: A New Trend in Hiring Developers
Staff augmentation is an operational strategy that eliminates the challenges in freelancing and permanent ...
1:1 Code Help for Beginners
by Amberly Dressler
1:1 Code Help for Beginners
The federal government is doing its part to improve tech education in this country, announcing a $17 million ...
Making Improvements in Cross Device Targeting
by Pete Prestipino
Making Improvements in Cross Device Targeting
It should come as no surprise that advertisers want to reach audiences via new devices and channels, but the ...
Freelance vs Permanent Devs: Which Works Best for Your Business?
by Rizza Laplana
Freelance vs Permanent Devs: Which Works Best for Your Business?
Oftentimes, a company's foremost consideration in choosing between hiring freelancers and permanent ...
Website Migration: A Best Practices Checklist for Before, During and After
by Nick Rojas
Website Migration: A Best Practices Checklist for Before, During and After
The decision to migrate your website to a new URL should not be taken lightly. Your current website ...
Basic Points You Should Learn About Website Builders
by Victoria Heckstall
Basic Points You Should Learn About Website Builders
A website builder is a tool designed to help you with the construction of a website without involving ...
Helping Users Recover from Errors
by Martin Greif
Helping Users Recover from Errors
:: By Martin Greif, EVP of SiteTuners :: A site should be relatively error-free. The operative word there is ...
Oracle Buys Its Cloud Darling, NetSuite
by Peter Devereaux
Oracle Buys Its Cloud Darling, NetSuite
There's no better way to shake up a Thursday than to wake up to news of yet another multi-billion dollar ...
How Web Developers & Marketers Can Leverage the Pokémon Go Craze
by Margie Kupfer
How Web Developers & Marketers Can Leverage the Pokémon Go Craze
In the few short weeks since its launch, Pokémon Go, an augmented reality (AR) location-based ...
Optimize the Journey: Developing a Conversion Path of Least Resistance
by Peter Devereaux
Optimize the Journey: Developing a Conversion Path of Least Resistance
Ecommerce enterprises (and the Web workers they employ) know an incredible amount about their digital ...
Easy Website Projects for Your Summer Lull
by Peter Devereaux
Easy Website Projects for Your Summer Lull
In many industries, the summer months can bring some temporary calm as clients and customers take vacations - ...
Building on the Sencha Platform
by Pete Prestipino
Building on the Sencha Platform
Over three quarters (76.4 percent) of enterprise organizations are planning to dedicate more of their IT ...
Captchas, Form Validators & Web Form Spam in Focus
by Pete Prestipino
Captchas, Form Validators & Web Form Spam in Focus
Web forms are an essential part of the digital experience but often websites don't make it easy for users to ...
Why PSD to HTML Conversion Won't Die Any Time Soon
by Sourabh Sharma
Why PSD to HTML Conversion Won't Die Any Time Soon
WordPress took the world by storm the moment it was launched. It had the tools that Web designers were ...
3 Errors Most Marketers Make with Video
by Kira Bloom
3 Errors Most Marketers Make with Video
When it comes to marketing, you have to be creative, but let's be honest - most marketing fails to reach that ...
Adblade APIs Bring Flexibility (and Data) to Advertisers, Publishers
by Pete Prestipino
Adblade APIs Bring Flexibility (and Data) to Advertisers, Publishers
Native ad platform Adblade is launching a new API to bring improved reporting capabilities to its advertisers ...
Google reCAPTCHA Cracked
by Pete Prestipino
Google reCAPTCHA Cracked
Security researches have come up with an automated attack that can reportedly beat the CAPTCHA system used by ...
Browser Targeting Comes to PropellerAds
by Pete Prestipino
Browser Targeting Comes to PropellerAds
Online advertising network Propeller Ads made two rather interesting updates to its self-serve platform which ...
AMP Coming Fast to Publisher Networks
by Pete Prestipino
AMP Coming Fast to Publisher Networks
AMP, the open-source HTML5 design framework from Google, has received its fair share of coverage over the ...
Quick Hit: AMP Basics
by Peter Devereaux
Quick Hit: AMP Basics
By Peter Prestipino, Editor-In-Chief Google officially launched its Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP) Project ...
Human Capital Management in the Cloud
by Pete Prestipino
Human Capital Management in the Cloud
Workforce management solution Kronos had a rather impressive first quarter, indicating enterprises are taking ...
The Need for Speed: Top Resources for Monitoring & Optimizing Web Performance
by Peter Devereaux
The Need for Speed: Top Resources for Monitoring & Optimizing Web Performance
Savvy Web professionals know the marketing impact of a fast website, from improved rankings to increased ...
Must-Have Tools & Frameworks for PHP Developers
by Chirag Rawal
Must-Have Tools & Frameworks for PHP Developers
Building an engaging and fully functional website to meet client expectations is undoubtedly a challenging ...
Wireframes: 4 Tips for Presenting
by Peter Devereaux
Wireframes: 4 Tips for Presenting
By Samantha Turner, Celtic Chicago, Inc. Showing wireframes to a client is an interesting conundrum. Clients ...
Preventing Domain Hijacking with CloudFlare Registrar
by Pete Prestipino
Preventing Domain Hijacking with CloudFlare Registrar
CloudFlare, a content delivery network and provider of distributed domain name server services, has ...
From Peyton to Puppies - Performance Lessons from Super Bowl 50
by David Jones
From Peyton to Puppies - Performance Lessons from Super Bowl 50
Super Bowl 50 brought plenty of memorable moments, plays and advertisements to look back on. While the game ...
Flash Forward: The Future Is HTML5
by Michael Pasco
Flash Forward: The Future Is HTML5
After significant security failures, thirst for user resources and industry-wide pressure, 2016 will be the ...
Crowdsourcing and New Product Development
by Peter Devereaux
Crowdsourcing and New Product Development
Mention crowdsourcing in a room full of product developers and you're sure to see some concerned faces. While ...
US Internet Speeds Have Tripled
by Pete Prestipino
US Internet Speeds Have Tripled
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) reports that Internet service providers have actually tripled ...
6 Easy Ways to Speed Up a Website
by Peter Devereaux
6 Easy Ways to Speed Up a Website
:: Jack Dawson, Big Drop, Inc. :: Every time your Web page delays by one second: - You attain 18 percent ...
Bigcommerce Unveils New Development Framework
by Peter Devereaux
Bigcommerce Unveils New Development Framework
Bigcommerce is partnering up with Pixel Union to deliver a re-architected, modern storefront development ...
Ready for a Phone System in the Cloud?
by Pete Prestipino
Ready for a Phone System in the Cloud?
Wave Broadband is introducing a new cloud-based phone system designed to replace legacy PBX switches. The new ...
9 Tips for Creating Mobile-Friendly Websites
by Keval Padia
9 Tips for Creating Mobile-Friendly Websites
With the advent and proliferation of smartphones on the rise in recent years, one needs to have an online ...
Best Practices for Measuring the Performance of a Responsive Website
by Jeff Porter
Best Practices for Measuring the Performance of a Responsive Website
:: By Jeff Porter, Webtrends :: Lots of companies - and more so every day - are spending time and money to ...
Are You Thinking about Becoming an iPhone App Developer?
by Diwiyne Johnson
Are You Thinking about Becoming an iPhone App Developer?
With the popularity of iPhone apps over the past several years many people have found rewarding careers as ...
Building a Better Lightbox
by Peter Devereaux
Building a Better Lightbox
Extend Time on Site & Deepen User Engagement with this Unique Interaction Experience By Peter Prestipino, ...
Into the Source Code of iBuildApp
by Pete Prestipino
Into the Source Code of iBuildApp
The problem with existing solutions for mobile app builders, many of which have been featured here at Website ...
Chrome 45 Developer Features of Note
by Pete Prestipino
Chrome 45 Developer Features of Note
With over 1 billion users, Chrome is the platform that developers must pay the most attention to when it ...
An Open Source Typeface for Source Code
by Pete Prestipino
An Open Source Typeface for Source Code
A new version of Hack, an open source typeface designed for use in source code, has been released and it ...
Cloud Myths: BUSTED!
by Peter Devereaux
Cloud Myths: BUSTED!
By Robert Hoffmann, CEO of 1&1 Internet Ten years ago the term "cloud"¬ù had an entirely different ...
How APIs Stretch the Boundaries of Digital Optimization
by Peter Devereaux
How APIs Stretch the Boundaries of Digital Optimization
By Iwo Kadziela, Product Manager at SiteSpect From humble beginnings as a means to integrate third-party ...
Experts Speak: Tips for Migrating to the Cloud
by Peter Devereaux
Experts Speak: Tips for Migrating to the Cloud
Migrating all of a company's data to the cloud comes with its fair share of challenges. In fact, a 2015 ...
A Quick Guide to Outsourcing Digital Projects
by Peter Devereaux
A Quick Guide to Outsourcing Digital Projects
By Michelle M. Wicmandy, Collective Change Today, many small businesses outsource services to streamline ...
Amazon's MySQL Alternative Aurora in Focus
by Peter Devereaux
Amazon's MySQL Alternative Aurora in Focus
Looking for an alternative to your old, clunky MySQL database? Amazon has released Amazon Aurora, a ...
The End of Open Google with Autocomplete API Restrictions
by Pete Prestipino
The End of Open Google with Autocomplete API Restrictions
In the interest of maintaining the integrity of autocomplete as part of its Search product, Google announced ...
The Unstoppable Cloud Migration
by Pete Prestipino
The Unstoppable Cloud Migration
Everybody is doing it - and you likely will too (if you have not already). Eighty-seven percent of the ...
Device Detection and the Future of Website Optimization
by Sponsor
Device Detection and the Future of Website Optimization
Pop quiz for digital marketers, and web developers for that matter. Do you know what proportion of your ...
9 Features Users Want on Mobile Websites
by Keval Padia
9 Features Users Want on Mobile Websites
Smartphone users want mobile sites to be well optimized for their smaller screens, but many brands have not ...
Barely Managing to Lead: The Evolution of the Corporate Structure for Projects and Agencies
by Peter Devereaux
Barely Managing to Lead: The Evolution of the Corporate Structure for Projects and Agencies
By Geoff Wilson, 352 Inc., The dawn of 2015 marked the beginning of an era for Zappos, the billion dollar ...
How to Avoid Performance Anxiety with a Cloud Approach
by Peter Devereaux
How to Avoid Performance Anxiety with a Cloud Approach
By Jay Smith, Lagrange Systems Do you want to implement a social media campaign around a new product offering ...
6 New APIs to Tap Into
by Amberly Dressler
6 New APIs to Tap Into
In the early days of application programming interfaces (APIs), most marketers and C-Suites didn't pay much ...
4 Website Builders You've Never Heard of That Rock
by Peter Devereaux
4 Website Builders You've Never Heard of That Rock
By Allie Gray Freeland, @AllieGrayFree With 3 billion people on the Internet, you can see why it's a ...
What's So Great About Lucidpress?
by Peter Devereaux
What's So Great About Lucidpress?
In a world where Adobe has played a prominent role (to put it conservatively) in the design and development ...
The Top DIY Website Builders
by Peter Devereaux
The Top DIY Website Builders
Even just a few years ago, many Web professionals would look down on those businesses that opted for a ...
Geo-Aware Push Notifications for the Browser
by Pete Prestipino
Geo-Aware Push Notifications for the Browser
Love them or loathe them, the data is clear - push notifications create a deeper level of engagement. Push ...
Mobilegeddon: 7 Things to Check When Making Your Site Mobile-Friendly
by Maria Shinkevich
Mobilegeddon: 7 Things to Check When Making Your Site Mobile-Friendly
Somewhere deep within the halls of a sprawling Mountain View Googleplex corporate campus, some buttons were ...
10 Project Management Pitfalls to Avoid
by Peter Devereaux
10 Project Management Pitfalls to Avoid
By Reda Sedrati, CEO of Cloudswave Many professionals allow their digital projects to fail before they even ...
Crash Course on Properly Developing Robots.txt
by Peter Devereaux
Crash Course on Properly Developing Robots.txt
Web workers responsible for search engine optimization always have a trick or two up their digital sleeves. ...
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by Pete Prestipino
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by Pete Prestipino
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by Pete Prestipino
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by Pratik Dholakiya
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by Peter Devereaux
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by Gabe Sumner
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by Chirag Shivalker
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by Chirag Shivalker
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by Stephen Forte
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by Amberly Dressler
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by Derek Schou
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by Peter Devereaux
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by Peter Devereaux
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by Peter Devereaux
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by Mohit Maheshwari
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by Maria Mincey
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by Peter Devereaux
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by Pete Prestipino
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by DJ Miller
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by Peter Devereaux
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by Pete Prestipino
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by Pete Prestipino
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by Pete Prestipino
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by Pete Prestipino
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by Matte Scheinker
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by Peter Devereaux
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by Pete Prestipino
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by Pete Prestipino
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by Pete Prestipino
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by Peter Devereaux
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by Pete Prestipino
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by Moazzam Adnan
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by Mehdi Daoudi
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by Allison Howen
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by Pete Prestipino
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by Amberly Dressler
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by Peter Devereaux
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by Tony Rago
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by Pete Prestipino
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by Peter Devereaux
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by Peter Devereaux
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by Pete Prestipino
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by Pete Prestipino
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by Peter Devereaux
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by Peter Devereaux
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by Matt Murphy
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by Peter Devereaux
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by Peter Devereaux
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by Vincent Hardy
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by Pete Prestipino
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by Bart Mroz
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by Kristin Tarr
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by Hassan Bawab
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by Peter Devereaux
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by Pete Prestipino
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by Pete Prestipino
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by Amberly Dressler
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by Peter Devereaux
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by Peter Devereaux
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by Allison Howen
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by Pete Prestipino
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by Pete Prestipino
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by Amberly Dressler
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To truly accelerate innovation around the customer experience and business objectives, the entire ...
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by Pete Prestipino
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by Amberly Dressler
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by Pete Prestipino
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by Allison Howen
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by Pete Prestipino
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by Pete Prestipino
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by Pete Prestipino
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by Peter Devereaux
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The amount of time consumers spend interacting with mobile apps in the U.S. is growing. In fact, Flurry ...
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by Peter Devereaux
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by Peter Devereaux
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by Amberly Dressler
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by Peter Devereaux
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One of the fastest and easiest ways to increase productivity and efficiency as a Web developer is to collect ...
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by Peter Devereaux
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by Michael Garrity
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Security is one of the most important factors that a webmaster or developer has to take into consideration ...
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by Peter Devereaux
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Security is one of the most important factors that a webmaster or developer has to take into consideration ...
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by Peter Devereaux
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by Michael Garrity
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by Michael Garrity
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As the new year approaches, its time for small and medium-sized businesses to start getting connected to ...
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by Mike Stowe
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"Sir, put your hands behind your back. You're under arrest." I had just participated in my first arrest, and ...
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by Michael Garrity
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The JavaScript-based coding language jQuery is popular among many Web developers because it allows them to ...
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by Michael Garrity
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by Pete Prestipino
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by Amberly Dressler
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by Pete Prestipino
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Your average Web user is looking for richer and more engaging interactions within their digital experience. ...
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by Peter Devereaux
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After nearly two years and eighteen updates, Google has taken the Beta label off its mod_pagespeed offering, ...
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by Peter Devereaux
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by Pete Prestipino
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The use of third-party services within applications is absolutely skyrocketing. If your app isn't connected ...
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by Pete Prestipino
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by Pete Prestipino
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by Michael Garrity
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by Peter Devereaux
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by Pete Prestipino
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by Allison Howen
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by Peter Devereaux
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A rather important development in the world of HTML5 has taken place. The two groups responsible for the ...
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by Michael Garrity
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by Peter Devereaux
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by Pete Prestipino
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by Michael Garrity
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Online project management solutions have been increasing in popularity as of late, and the LiquidPlanner ...
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by Michael Garrity
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As Web workers, we all strive to provide experiences for our customers that ultimately transform them into ...
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by Linc Wonham
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by Michael Garrity
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One of the great advantages of utilizing cloud computing is the ease with which companies and individuals can ...
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by Pete Prestipino
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by Linc Wonham
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by Michael Garrity
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While cloud testing may not be the most thrilling topic in the Web industry right now, there is no doubt that ...
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by Michael Garrity
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by Michael Garrity
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It looks like it may be a monumental day for one of the world's most important software company. Today marks ...
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by Linc Wonham
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by Pete Prestipino
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by Pete Prestipino
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by Peter Devereaux
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by Linc Wonham
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by Linc Wonham
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by Pete Prestipino
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by Pete Prestipino
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by Pete Prestipino
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by Michael Garrity
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by Michael Garrity
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by Pete Prestipino
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by Peter Devereaux
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by Michael Garrity
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by Pete Prestipino
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by Michael Garrity
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by Linc Wonham
Device Optimization Feature from Fluid
The increasing use of smartphones and tablets is changing how consumers browse and shop, forcing online ...
Freelancer.com Offers Hourly Projects at Low Commissions
by Linc Wonham
Freelancer.com Offers Hourly Projects at Low Commissions
Freelancer.com is giving Web employers a flexible new way to hire from its pool of nearly 3 million ...
Build-Your-Own Daily Deal Solutions
by Peter Devereaux
Build-Your-Own Daily Deal Solutions
By now, we all know that daily deal fever is sweeping the globe faster than an alien virus in a bad Shyamalan ...
Web-Based Cloud Service Meetin.gs Debuts
by Michael Garrity
Web-Based Cloud Service Meetin.gs Debuts
Last week's Nordic Arctic15 startup competition saw the introduction of Meetin.gs, a new Web-based cloud ...
New Developer Network from Sierra Trading Post
by Linc Wonham
New Developer Network from Sierra Trading Post
Multichannel retailer Sierra Trading Post has unveiled its new Developer Network and application programming ...
Five Free Website Builders
by Linc Wonham
Five Free Website Builders
There are two generally opposed schools of thought when it comes to free website building tools and services. ...
Browsers, Buyers & Conversion Rates
by Allison Howen
Browsers, Buyers & Conversion Rates
Although ecommerce sales have risen over the past five years, conversion rates have continued to drop, this ...
Tier 3 to the Rescue with Cloud-Based Backup
by Pete Prestipino
Tier 3 to the Rescue with Cloud-Based Backup
Cloud platform provider Tier 3 released a file recovery application today named Client Backup. The solution ...
Can Nu Campaign Fix Captcha?
by Michael Garrity
Can Nu Campaign Fix Captcha?
NuCaptcha Inc., the "Human-Friendly" Captcha, is urging users to "Make the Switch" with their new campaign. ...
NetDNA Selects FastSoft to Speed CDN Services
by Linc Wonham
NetDNA Selects FastSoft to Speed CDN Services
Web acceleration solutions provider FastSoft has announced that NetDNA, a leading content delivery network ...
Google Service to Increase Page Speeds by 60 Percent
by Linc Wonham
Google Service to Increase Page Speeds by 60 Percent
A new hosted service from Google will analyze the performance of your website's pages and rewrite the code to ...
Tiggr in Your Web Tank - Cloud-Based Web Prototype Builder
by Pete Prestipino
Tiggr in Your Web Tank - Cloud-Based Web Prototype Builder
The list of prototyping solutions for the Web is long indeed. From Protoshare to JustinMind and the hundreds ...
New API from Kole Imports for Wholesalers
by Michael Phillips
New API from Kole Imports for Wholesalers
Wholesalers have a new tool at their disposal and it comes from Kole Imports, a leading importing and ...
Hottest Summer Jobs Will Be in Development, Writing
by Linc Wonham
Hottest Summer Jobs Will Be in Development, Writing
Development positions with in-demand technologies such as Facebook API and Android SDK continue to enjoy the ...
Essential PHP Tips & Resources
by Peter Devereaux
Essential PHP Tips & Resources
The World Wide Web has evolved from static readonly pages to the amazingly complex dynamic websites of the ...
Computer Programmer? You're Hired
by Pete Prestipino
Computer Programmer? You're Hired
Computer programmers remain in high demand, according to WANTED Analytics, a business intelligence solution ...
Optimizing for Speed
by Linc Wonham
Optimizing for Speed
Web marketers have spent the last couple of years getting a grip on web analytics and A/B testing so they can ...
Weekend Warrior: Building Links Post-Panda
by Linc Wonham
Weekend Warrior: Building Links Post-Panda
If you happened to see Google's interactive Earth Day doodle on Friday, you undoubtedly noticed the pair of ...
Test Performance (Fast) with Page Speed Online
by Linc Wonham
Test Performance (Fast) with Page Speed Online
A longtime advocate for a faster Web, Google has just made performance testing significantly easier for ...
Startup Cloud Program Powers Entrepreneurs
by Linc Wonham
Startup Cloud Program Powers Entrepreneurs
More Americans are starting their own businesses than any other time in the past 15 years, according to the ...
5 Tools for Building "Better" Links
by Linc Wonham
5 Tools for Building
Building a portfolio of high-quality links is one of the most important - and time-consuming - tasks for any ...
Five Ways to Build Your Own Groupon
by Michael Phillips
Five Ways to Build Your Own Groupon
Group coupon buying has overrun the Internet. A $6 billion buyout offer of Groupon.com from Google should be ...
HTML5 and CSS3 - Game Changers
by Peter Devereaux
HTML5 and CSS3 - Game Changers
The Web Hypertext Application Technology Working Group (WHATWG, Whatwg.org/) has declared HTML5 to be in a ...
iRise Developer Network Unveiled
by Peter Devereaux
iRise Developer Network Unveiled
If there is one trend that will stand out for large enterprises in the coming year, it is that software ...
Browser Apps as Distribution Strategy
by Pete Prestipino
Browser Apps as Distribution Strategy
Brower app powerhouse Conduit is on a roll. It seems like every other day we get word of another Internet ...
Captcha Advertising Covers All the Bases
by Linc Wonham
Captcha Advertising Covers All the Bases
An innovative young company out of Vancouver, B.C., has developed a product aimed squarely at two of the most ...
Hoffman and Wurth Promoted at Verecloud
by Pete Prestipino
Hoffman and Wurth Promoted at Verecloud
Cloud computing services business Verecloud announced today it has expanded its management team by promoting ...
Visa Enhances Authorize.net Developer Center
by Pete Prestipino
Visa Enhances Authorize.net Developer Center
Visa has enhanced the Authorize.net Developer Center in an effort to faciliate the creation of electronic ...
Malware Delivery Techniques Focus on HTML Attachments
by Pete Prestipino
Malware Delivery Techniques Focus on HTML Attachments
Use of malicious HTML email attachments increased significantly in the third quarter according to Internet ...
The Browser Wars Get Bloody
by Pete Prestipino
The Browser Wars Get Bloody
The reason that it is important to pay attention to browser usage amoung Internet users is that it ultimately ...
Optimal Website Performance in a Multi-Browser World
by Peter Devereaux
Optimal Website Performance in a Multi-Browser World
Website visitors have one expectation: outstanding Web experiences. Increasingly, the most critical ...
10 Questions Before Starting a New Web Project
by Michael Phillips
10 Questions Before Starting a New Web Project
Developing a website takes time, money and resources. And in today's hyper-competitive landscape filled with ...
The Four Pillars of Building Instant Trust Online
by Peter Devereaux
The Four Pillars of Building Instant Trust Online
Human beings are social creatures that seek out companionship and relationships. We crave trust. by ...
PostgreSQL 9.0 Released with Built-In Replication
by Pete Prestipino
PostgreSQL 9.0 Released with Built-In Replication
The PostgreSQL Global Development Group announced the release of PostgreSQL 9.0, the latest version of the ...
Adobe & Intel Develop Service for AIR Apps
by Pete Prestipino
Adobe & Intel Develop Service for AIR Apps
Adobe and Intel announced plans to enable developers to distribute and monetize Adobe AIR applications and ...
Website Speed Trumps Functionality for Users
by Michael Phillips
Website Speed Trumps Functionality for Users
"When Seconds Count" is the name of a report conducted by Equation Research on behalf of Gomez, released in ...
McAfee Reports Historic Levels of Malware
by Linc Wonham
McAfee Reports Historic Levels of Malware
According to Web security firm McAfee's second-quarter data, Malware reached its highest levels ever in the ...
Rebuilding the Workforce
by Pete Prestipino
Rebuilding the Workforce
A study released by Accenture today revelaed that more than half (54 percent) of large U.S. businesses that ...
Caspio Web Calendars - No Programming Required
by Pete Prestipino
Caspio Web Calendars - No Programming Required
Online database platform Caspio made available its Calendar DataPages product which enables the publishing of ...
NuCaptcha Introduces Video to Website Security
by Linc Wonham
NuCaptcha Introduces Video to Website Security
Every Internet user encounters them regularly: those nonsensical strings of characters that we're asked to ...
ASP meets PHP
by Peter Devereaux
ASP meets PHP
An open-source software battle If you are looking to test the efficacy of a particular market sub-category or ...
Five Google Announcements for Developers
by Michael Phillips
Five Google Announcements for Developers
Google IO kicked off this week, and among their many announcements are a few for developers, designers and ...
Weekend Warrior: Buying Websites vs Building Links
by Pete Prestipino
Weekend Warrior: Buying Websites vs Building Links
How much time did you spend over the past year building links to your website? If you are serious about SEO, ...
Weekend Warrior: Websites You can Build This Weekend
by Pete Prestipino
Weekend Warrior: Websites You can Build This Weekend
If you're tired of the endless stream of product announcements and articles on "tactical guidance" then today ...
Holistic Website Development and Promotion
by Peter Devereaux
Holistic Website Development and Promotion
Times have changed. The Internet is incredibly competitive, and the environment in which businesses compete ...
VeriSign Beefs Up Trust Seal, Attack on Malware
by Linc Wonham
VeriSign Beefs Up Trust Seal, Attack on Malware
The provider of the Internet's most recognized symbol of trust has just bulked up a brand that's already ...
The Most Popular Browser... in the World?
by Pete Prestipino
The Most Popular Browser... in the World?
NetMarketShare, which monitors market share and usage of major Web browsers, has released their January 2010 ...
Building and Maintaining an Online Brand
by Pete Prestipino
Building and Maintaining an Online Brand
For many business professionals, brand marketing is a skill that is difficult to learn, much less master - ...
Deadly Project Planning Mistakes
by Pete Prestipino
Deadly Project Planning Mistakes
It's time to address one of the most common killers of projects, profitability and careers. It's called the ...
Demand High for PHP Programmers
by Pete Prestipino
Demand High for PHP Programmers
The November Elance Work Index released today revealed that for the third month in a row PHP captures the ...
PayPal Embraces Developers with PayPal X
by Michael Phillips
PayPal Embraces Developers with PayPal X
Just days after the announcement of Amazon's PayPhrase, PayPal has announced PayPal X - a global initiative ...
Apps on the Palm (Developer Program)
by Pete Prestipino
Apps on the Palm (Developer Program)
Palm announced today that it will open its Palm® webOS developer program in December. Developers ...
Jigsaw for Application Developers
by Pete Prestipino
Jigsaw for Application Developers
Data as a Service (DaaS) solution Jigsaw released a suite of APIs and a toolkit that will allow developers to ...
Open-Source Project Management
by Pete Prestipino
Open-Source Project Management
The recession is over (almost). No longer will you have to scrap for budget leftovers to fulfill your ...
Open Source Web Project and Code Management Solutions You'd Pay For
by Pete Prestipino
Open Source Web Project and Code Management Solutions You'd Pay For
The recession is over (almost). No longer will you have to scrap for budget leftovers to fulfill your ...
Disaster Recovery in the Cloud
by Pete Prestipino
Disaster Recovery in the Cloud
ServePath's cloud computing division (GoGrid) has partnered with disaster recovery in the cloud provider ...
Zmanda Introduces ZCloud
by Pete Prestipino
Zmanda Introduces ZCloud
Open source backup and recovery software Zmanda today announced ZCloud, an open API that should simplify the ...
Fasthosts Adds API for Reseller Services
by Pete Prestipino
Fasthosts Adds API for Reseller Services
Reseller web hosting provider Fasthosts Internet released an API which allows resellers to automate new ...
Oooh, New API @ FriendFeed
by Pete Prestipino
Oooh, New API @ FriendFeed
Social sharing and networking site Friendfeed (friend to the hyper-connected mind you - see the compete.com ...
Top Malware Threats in June 2009
by Pete Prestipino
Top Malware Threats in June 2009
Windows security software provider Sunbelt Software released a list of the most prevalent malware threats for ...
Cross-Browser Compatibility Testing Tool
by Pete Prestipino
Cross-Browser Compatibility Testing Tool
Web application "experience" management service provider Gomez, Inc., just introduced a free Web-based tool ...
3Tera AppStore Launched in the Cloud
by Pete Prestipino
3Tera AppStore Launched in the Cloud
Cloud computing tech and utility computing service 3Tera introduced the 3Tera AppStore, a marketplace for ...
WaveMaker Widget Development
by Pete Prestipino
WaveMaker Widget Development
WaveMaker, a visual development platform for Web applications, announced a new version of its solution that ...
Captcha Innovation - Captcha The Dog
by Pete Prestipino
Captcha Innovation - Captcha The Dog
CAPTCHA's (Completely Automated Public Turing Test to Tell Computers and Humans Apart) are problematic, as ...
Network Solutions' LinkTogether For Developers
by Pete Prestipino
Network Solutions' LinkTogether For Developers
Developers using Network Solutions' LinkTogether community now have an opportunity to sell their original ...
Construction Before Coding
by Pete Prestipino
Construction Before Coding
By Kristin Rielly When redesigning a website, the first and most important step that is so often overlooked ...
SortSite Checks Browser Compatibility
by Maureen Alley
SortSite Checks Browser Compatibility
Electrum has released version 3.2 to help Web professionals check browser compatibility and aid in the fixing ...
The Super Genius' Guide To CSS
by Pete Prestipino
The Super Genius' Guide To CSS
I don't personally spend a lot of time designing with CSS, but I am forced to make modifications to many ...
Consumer Feedback at the Speed of Light
by Michael Phillips
Consumer Feedback at the Speed of Light
These days companies of all sizes are enjoying (or suffering, depending on how you look at it) consumer ...
Everybody Loves a MySQL Guy/Gal
by Pete Prestipino
Everybody Loves a MySQL Guy/Gal
MySQL is now the third most in-demand skill on Elance, moving up three spots since October. Over 1,300 MySQL ...
Computing in the Cloud
by Pete Prestipino
Computing in the Cloud
: By Mike Phillips : Cloud computing might be one of the more poorly-defined technologies of recent years. ...
The Cloud Conundrum
by Pete Prestipino
The Cloud Conundrum
A survey released by RackSpace shows that businesses just don't undertstand the concept of cloud hosting. The ...
January '09 Browser Market Share
by Pete Prestipino
January '09 Browser Market Share
NetApplications released browser market share numbers for January 2009. As you might expect, Internet ...
Move to the Front of the Cloud
by Pete Prestipino
Move to the Front of the Cloud
Amazon has unveiled a new web content delivery service named Amazon CloudFront. The service could prove ...
Hostway Offers FlexCloud Infrastructure
by Pete Prestipino
Hostway Offers FlexCloud Infrastructure
Web hosting provider Hostway announced a cloud computing infrastructure called FlexCloud. The highlights of ...
Building Trust with Consumer Communities
by Pete Prestipino
Building Trust with Consumer Communities
As the current state of the economy tightens consumer budgets, shoppers are researching products, comparing ...
Markets vs. Communities: Building Trust with Online Consumers
by Pete Prestipino
Markets vs. Communities: Building Trust with Online Consumers
by Nicky Senyard - CEO, ShareResults.com As the current state of the economy tightens consumer budgets, ...
Firefox Friday: Split Browser Add-on
by Michael Phillips
Firefox Friday: Split Browser Add-on
Tabbed browsing is great, constantly swtiching between tabs is not. If you need to view two or more tabs at ...
Browser Wars Fallout: Will Your Website Survive?
by Peter Devereaux
Browser Wars Fallout: Will Your Website Survive?
by Imad Mouline, Gomez Web Performance Monitoring Your new website is ready to launch. It looks great and has ...
Store Builder Tech Arrives at PepperJam
by Pete Prestipino
Store Builder Tech Arrives at PepperJam
Affiliate/advertising network Pepperjam announced the official launch of its product feed technology called ...
Resources For Building Links Through Forums
by Pete Prestipino
Resources For Building Links Through Forums
Posting on forums is one of the best ways to drive traffic to your websites. The ability to insert signatures ...
Five Easy Ways to Build Brand Loyalty
by Michael Phillips
Five Easy Ways to Build Brand Loyalty
Getting consumers to your website is one thing, and requires a special set of tools - SEO, SEM, networking ...
Five APIs (and Inspiration) For the Current Economy
by Peter Devereaux
Five APIs (and Inspiration) For the Current Economy
The beauty of Web as it stands today is that there is quite of bit of information ready for the taking - open ...
ExtSQL Provides Usage Accounting
by Pete Prestipino
ExtSQL Provides Usage Accounting
One of the many challenges of being a MySQL database administrator is the inability to account for high ...
Yammer Launches API and Developer Platform
by Michael Phillips
Yammer Launches API and Developer Platform
Yammer, the Techcrunch50 "Best in Show" winner has announced the release of their API. The "Twitter for ...
PHP Friendly: Smart Image Resizer
by Pete Prestipino
PHP Friendly: Smart Image Resizer
The Smart Image Resizer from Shifting Pixels is an elegant, yet powerful way to resize and crop any image on ...
GAUDI: Google's Audio Indexing Project
by Michael Phillips
GAUDI: Google's Audio Indexing Project
Google Labs has a new project dedicated to indexing audio content, GAudi. What it does is index YouTube ...
Cross-Browser Testing For Chrome
by Pete Prestipino
Cross-Browser Testing For Chrome
Application experience management service Gomez announced that cross-browser testing for Google Chrome and ...
CSS Tool: SiteAssist Pro Enhancements
by Pete Prestipino
CSS Tool: SiteAssist Pro Enhancements
CSS isn't going away anytime soon - in fact it will probably get a lot more prominent and better with the ...
Custom 404 Error Pages With Google
by Peter Devereaux
Custom 404 Error Pages With Google
It happens to the best of us - 404 errors. Whether it's because of a mistyped URL, broken or truncated link ...
Go Grid: Windows To the Cloud
by Peter Devereaux
Go Grid: Windows To the Cloud
GoGrid, a provider of Windows and Linux cloud-based server hosting announced the availability of 32-bit and ...
Need To Know Server Response Code Ranges
by Pete Prestipino
Need To Know Server Response Code Ranges
You may know what a 404 server response code means, but what about the others? Discover what all 200, 300, ...
NewServers API For Resellers
by Pete Prestipino
NewServers API For Resellers
NewServers, a provider of dedicated utility servers with hourly billing, announced the launch of its reseller ...
Low Hassle Web Community Building
by Pete Prestipino
Low Hassle Web Community Building
When you say "online community" to a marketer, most immediately think of a forum site, bulletin board, or ...
Building Smaller, Smarter Communities
by Peter Devereaux
Building Smaller, Smarter Communities
The Web has changed. Social networking, user-generated content, personalized search, streaming video, the ...
PHP & MySQL for Dummies
by Pete Prestipino
PHP & MySQL for Dummies
Learning new programming languages and how to properly use databases is not for the faint of heart. It takes ...
Speeding Up Slow Loading Pages
by Pete Prestipino
Speeding Up Slow Loading Pages
Slow loading pages result in poor conversions. Here are a few guidelines, best practices and links to help ...
Build a THRIVING Forum
by Peter Devereaux
Build a THRIVING Forum
In the rare spare time that I have, I help operate a pretty good sized forum for webmasters interested in ...
5 Tips To Speed Up PHP Development
by Peter Devereaux
5 Tips To Speed Up PHP Development
Dennis Pallett, PHPit: Totally PHP As PHP developers, we all like to create our PHP scripts as fast as ...
Developing Landing Pages That Sell
by Peter Devereaux
Developing Landing Pages That Sell
A landing page is the page your website visitor arrived on after clicking your link, whether that links is ...