When business owners hear the word "security" their minds generally think of their bank accounts, alarms and vehicles. Website security is usually not at the top of their list, but with the constant exchange of personal information online with your customers, it needs...
The other day I decided to make a quick run to my favorite arts and crafts store to purchase new canvas for my next painting project. As I entered, I was overwhelmed by trying to find the correct aisle. It took me 10 minutes just to find the right area for the paint...
In 2013, Website Magazine reported responsive design as one of the hottest Web trends. Today, designers no longer see responsive design as a popular fad–it has become a mainstay for successful blogs. So much so, that you might not even remember a time before...
Managing your website does not need to be hard or overwhelming. The key is finding a content management system (CMS) that gives you the flexibility to edit and website features you need. Matcha Design primarily uses Concrete5 (C5) as the CMS to power our custom...
You may have noticed the color scheme change on Match Design lately, but before you assume we have completely thrown out our branding, let me explain. When the temperatures drop Matcha Design feeds the innate desire to jump in piles of freshly raked autumn leaves and...
The line between mobile and non-mobile has been blurry for a while. We have tablets and netbooks that fall somewhere between phones and desktops, and even other devices such as game consoles browsing the web, all with varying screen sizes, resolutions, and densities....
As web professionals, we always try to find creative ways to present web content in order to provide a more comfortable viewing experience. One of the more popular web features nowadays is to use custom web fonts on web site vs the good ole Arial, Verdana... However,...
Object Oriented CSS is a method of development as it pertains to the HTML and CSS relationships designed to reduce redundancy in CSS, primarily to make more manageable code. The idea is (basically) to take reused styles and assign them to individual classes, then the...
We web developers and designers use a lot of tools to help us create compatible, well-built websites more easily and quickly. Today I'm sharing with you a few of the tools that I like, specifically those made to assist with CSS. 1. CSS Typeset This handy tool lets you...
Did you know Google has a bunch of online tutorials on Android Development? These training courses, collectively called simply "Android Training," can be found at https://developer.android.com/training/index.html. These tutorials focus on a wide array of topics, from...
Eventually we'll see the day when we can purely use HTML5 and CSS3 and have no fear that anyone who actively browses the web will have such an ancient client that they can't see what we've intended. Unfortunately that day isn't today, so we still need to have options...
I've been using PHP for years. In some ways it's a messy language, but it gets the job done and is widely adapted in the web community. How about another programming language called, "Ruby on Rails"? Let's have a comparison between the two. For those not familiar with...