Author Archives: David McKillen

At WebStrategies we tend to design websites with a 1024px resolution with an infinite background. Why? – because we want to try and ensure the lowest common denominator of users are able to view the site at the smallest resolution which happens to be 1024px for our sites. I thought it might be time to review these stats with the new year only a few days away. I decided to examine our Google Analytics account and discovered something interesting – its seems we might not be out of the 1024px woods just yet. Continue reading

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The benefits blog casting are two-fold. Not only can I reach many of my friends and associates on social sites I use outside of blogging, but there are also some positive SEO ramifications. Carefully worded and content rich blog posts (with useful linking and video content too perhaps) automatically become back-linked to my blog and (if incorporated) my website. Continue reading

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What IS a Mobile website A mobile website is a website specifically designed for mobile phones. The width and general graphical dimensions are optimized so that they fit perfectly on a small screens. A mobile website has 3 important features: … Continue reading

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It is the dawn of the mobile age. Your competitor has created a nifty new website that is actually viewable on his phone (and depressingly just as well on your phone and EVERYONE elses). You decided it’s time to make … Continue reading

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I think I’ll go crazy if I have to manage one more social media tool Unfortunately the world we live in (at least the business world) requires us to be accessible via multiple devices, protocol, messengers and time machines. (OK … Continue reading

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Question: Is Web Social technology consuming us, pulling us away from tradional/physical sociology? If so, is this a bad thing? Continue reading

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It’s been out a while now but only recently have I felt ready to make the transition to Joomla 1.6. I have been super excited about the move because it opens up some fun extra functionality that 1.5 lacked. Continue reading

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I over heard a couple of guys chatting about the never ending battle of the Content Management Systems and thought I’d make a quick post. I wonder does it ultimately boil down to this, or is there more to it than meets the eye? Continue reading

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David McKillen WebStrategies Inc. Why does Joomla! insert the <p> tag by default? TinyMCE (the default WYSIWYG Editor) is set by default to “P” (<p>) Elements (paragraphs) for new lines. You can change this to line breaks (br) by going … Continue reading

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There are several nifty Joomla! modules and plugins out there that make life easier but sometimes it’s not always obvious where to find them. So here is a short list of some useful modules that can sometimes make Life easier :) Continue reading

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