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In the wake of the Sandy Elementary School massacre, gun violene and gun control are topics that are on virtually everyone's mind. Without getting into the politics of whether or not we need more – or more strict – gun laws, most discussions on the subject start with data. This...
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One of the things we love most about working in the digital space is how much the landscape evolves. It keeps us on our toes here at Relish Studio and one of the main areas of interest of late has been responsive design and how to retro-fit sites not originally crafted to take advantage of this new way of addressing platform-agnostic delivery of information.
Creating websites from a mobile-first perspective (as outlined in Luke Wroblewski’s...
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HTML5 is on the way.
For most people on the planet, this statement elicits a blank stare and perhaps a simple, "What's a 'hutml'?" response. For those of us in the business of bringing kickass websites to life, however, it brings a mixture of hope and nervous tension. HTML5 certainly won't solve the myriad of hassles associated with web development and, in the short-term, may actually create more headaches as developers manage the quagmire of legacy browser compatibility...
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Anyone with a website knows the importance of "conversion", whether it be converting a user from the home page to an internal page to track retention (or lack thereof), or an eCommerce website that wants to track clicks from a product page to the check-out page. And there's many tools out there to track user traffic trends on one's website, such as...
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There are a lot of content management systems (CMS) out there, many proprietary and many open source. Here's a list from Wikipedia that has a nice outline of both proprietary and open source CMS solutions. Considering the multitude of choices, why did I choose Drupal for Relish's website and primary recommendation for clients who need a robust CMS...
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Developing for the internet has its ups and downs and one of the major downs is styling sites to work well in a wide variety of browsers. This task is made even more difficult by the internet gremlin and bane of web shops' existence: IE6.
Since its introduction in 2000, IE6 has dug itself in and still holds nearly 20% of the overall market share. Recently, Google made headlines by refusing to support IE6 past March 1st (for YouTube) and has made it no secret that they wish the...
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