When I say this, I mean the incredibly popular puppy ad that we recently ran...you know the one you see above. Well, I've had some time to think about it and it really seems quite obvious that the puppy or dog would be an awesome analogy for the internet...or better yet your web project!
Since the dawn of man the dog has been our ally, an extension of the tribe. Ever diligent always working, tirelessly protecting it's pack. Well trained dogs are invaluable to us. They work with police officers and soldiers protecting us from explosives and chasing down criminals. They help our blind and physically challenged. Not to mention herding our flocks and retrieving our game. A well trained dog is always alert, receptive member of the family, eagerly ready for command
Ideally our websites would be very similar, no? With a well written efficient code and optimized graphics websites are fast loading. With dynamic interactivity your website should engage your customer, retrieve vital information and bring that data back to you like a Sunday paper and slippers.
A website that isn't written, marketed and managed well acts very much like a untrained puppy. It makes a mess of your data, it's difficult to get to do simple automated tasks and at it's worst it's unresponsive and destructive. Without the proper SEO and Social Marketing your site is nowhere to be found, doesnt play well with others and doesn't answer when you call it.
The websites we make here at TG Web are designed and developed to be an attentive, alert, part of the team working diligently for your business 24/7 on the web. Whether it be a simple Brochure site, an E-Commerce site, an Online Catalog or a Social Network, all of our projects get our full attention. Ensuring an obedient, bug free experience with our intuitive and stable database interfaces. Interactivity is the word, making your website work with your customers engaging them with clean custom forms, streaming media and current updates to your content. Grooming your site for the public is a big deal too. It must look the part, be clean and professional while being fun and informational. Graphics should be done tastefully and simply to captivate your customer. Calls to action should be simple and direct and your customer will respond to your honest no frills approach.
So there you have it....that's why the puppy is a perfect analogy for your web project! And keep an eye out for more puppy. I have a feeling you haven't seen the last of him!
Web services allows the sharing of your website content across different websites accessed from different platforms. For example, let's say you have a simple message board and you want the users to be able to show the information on their own site or update it via a mobile app and you do not have the money or time to have the app developed. As long as your site provides some means of interaction without actually being on your site itself, this is possible. This is how Twitter spread so fast. It made connecting to it available through different websites and applications such as Hootsuite and Tweet Deck. The Twitter API you keep hearing about is an example of web services at work.
As we all know, for the past 70 days oil has been gushing into the Gulf of Mexico from the Deepwater Horizon well owned by BP at a rate of up to 100,000 barrels a day (4.2 million gallons/15.9 million liters). We have watched the plume continue to grow and devastate the gulf coast destroying the livelihood of so many. Louisiana's Barataria Bay where the stench of coagulating oil fills the air is accompanied by oil coated marshlands, tarred wildlife and decimated fisheries. The spill has already surpassed the amount of oil spilled in Prince William Sound Alaska by the Exxon Valdez in 1989, and is now officially the worst spill in U.S. history.
Your web site design is always an important factor in visitors’ snap judgment of your site. That same idea comes across now with Facebook Fan Pages, Twitter profiles, LinkedIn accounts and any other one of the many social media tools available today. A lot is said about what social media can do for business and one very important factor is your online image and how you are presenting your message to potential customers. This article covers some of the broad strokes relating to business who would like to start using social media in a different way or need to bring a new image to potential customers. There are a few main things a consistent design can do for you on the web...
Where did it all start? How did we get here?
The idea of a truly perpetual machine is something that many scientist, engineers and eco-aware individuals have been dreaming about for years. The greatest challenge is to overcome the basic rules of physics and develop a system in which the output is greater than the input. Imagine Newton's Spheres, once in motion, the constant transference of energy keeps the balls in motion. However, because of things such as heat, radiation, gases in the air causing drag, etc., the balls will eventually lose all energy and stop moving unless placed in a controlled environment.
The first difference in designing a site on either system is your actual starting point in terms of the website’s design and content layout, this is where your content will appear and what sections of the site have space available and which remain the same from page to page. The other important difference I will talk about is the administrative side of the site that clients will use, this is an important factor that should also be taken into consideration since it has a great deal to do with how well you will be able to maintain your site going forward.
I just came across an old grade school project on the Masai warriors. Did it ever take me back. I can remember the house I lived in and the friends I'd walk to school with. With the volume of content being produced on the Internet, it was so different to see old sheets of paper stapled together with handwriting on them - writing that has stayed as is for years.
Every large scale system has its own unique set of problems and every system has a different learning curve (largely depending on how well it's documented and the resources available to you). Coming from a background of over four years with php development and several years working with mvc systems, the initial challenge of taking on custom component/module/plugin development for Joomla seemed rather trivial. After all, php is php right?
And just as businesses are trying to integrate their piece of the social media explosion into their business plan (or even trying to understand how it can help them), the mobile web has exploded between iPhone and Android Google phones. Suddenly, we all realize that a dynamic, constantly updated website should be as second nature as getting your business cards updated with your new email address.
Offline Support — There are certain features that come along with HTML5 that allow you to store more offline information (more so than cookies / cache) which is a huge plus for mobile application developers. This will allow useful applications to continue to function even when there is no available internet connection.
Used to be, back when I started out as a young web developer, I would hear words like “flow and pop” used in reference to website design and I would literally cringe. But over the years and multiple projects later I have come to understand the native language of the average netizen and prospective website owner. As a Project Manager, I have to understand that the dreaded "flow and pop" lingo is not going anywhere and that translated properly it can reveal many valuable insights into my clients' expectations. But essentially, understanding and creating pop and flow is the difference between having your uncle that “knows how to make websites” make your site for you and going to an experienced web design and development company. Here are some translations to better explain…
