Wherever possible I have always chosen to develop bespoke designs for my websites, be they static marketing sites or developed using content management systems. When discussing the design for a new project with a client I tend to suggest looking at a representative sample of sites (usually, but not necessarily) within their industry in...
Responsive web design: What goes around…
“Responsive Web Design essentially indicates that a web site is crafted to adapt the layout to the environment that it is being viewed in.”1 At Generation X it has always been a first principle to consider the wide variety of user platforms when designing websites. Cross browser compatibility and varied browser resolutions have always...
f-Commerce: The Rise of Social Commerce
f-Commerce, also known as Facebook commerce and f-comm, refers to the buying and selling of goods through Facebook. f-Commerce is a subset of Social Commerce, the use of social network(s) in the context of e-commerce transactions. These transactions can be completed either on the Facebook, or off-Facebook using their Open Graph.
Joomla! CMS Development Status
Joomla Version 2.5.0 is the second release made within the new six-month release cycle that started with the delivery of Joomla 1.6 in January 2011. Version 2.5 is a long-term-support (LTS) release that will be supported for at least 18 months. Joomla Version 1.7 reaches end of life on 24 February 2012. All users...
Joomla 2.5 Stable Released
Joomla 2.5 Stable, the latest version released in the six-month release cycle which began with the release of Joomla 1.7, has arrived on schedule. As a long-term-support (LTS) release Joomla 2.5 will be supported for at least 18 months and as such will become our primary version during 2012. Joomla 2.5 offers features such as...
Should I upgrade my website to Joomla! 2.5 ?
The following infographic has been designed to help users decide whether they should upgrade from their current version of Joomla! 1.0 or 1.5 to the new Long Term Support release of Joomla! 2.5. I’d like to develop a simple web app based on this flow chart. Click on the image to view it full-sized.
Internet Explorer 8 compatibility fix
Often sites fail to render correctly in Internet Explorer 8. This can be remedied by applying the following fix. Insert the following code between the and tags: <meta http-equiv=“X-UA-Compatible” content=“IE=EmulateIE7” />
...Add a link to a .swf file
As part of my ongoing work for a client I sometimes update their home page using a Flash .swf file provided by their corporate marketing department. In order to improve user navigation I have been looking for way to add a link from the swf file to specific content within my client site. However, I don’t...
Under Fire
Generation X Hosting is currently experiencing what we believe to be a distributed denial-of-service attack, also known as a DDoS attack. A distributed denial of service attack occurs when multiple compromised systems flood the bandwidth or resources of a targeted system in an attempt to make a computer resource unavailable to it’s intended users. Our...
Web 2.0 Online Operating System
I openly declare myself as a zealot when it comes to Open Source software and applications. To me it defines the spirit of the internet in terms of open free access to information through global collaboration. Today I came across a cool Web Operating System called Online Operating System (OOS) which provides users with...