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Positioning HTML text on background images A great slider / 'Hero Box' or banner can add interest and set the tone of a website, and convey some meaning. Eye-tracking research has shown that people are attracted to information-carrying photos - but positioning HTML text on an image isn't straightforward in responsive web design. (Responsive ...Read more...
Uses of Colours in Logo Design The link between colours and emotions is vital, especially in logo design. Companies and graphic designers must understand the essential things about colour and its impact on innovation. A lack of understanding can result in undeveloped and redundant colour combinations that can provide the wrong me...Read more...
Email spam filtering at DigitalFlare Our mail servers rely on a ' spam filter check ' to identify and filter out spam email messages for our clients. We run various criteria tests to determine an overall score for spam. The email is marked as spam if an overall spam score is too high. In addition to our checks, we first check to see i...Read more...
Email Spoofing If it appears that someone has been sending emails from your email account, but there is nothing in your 'sent items' and no record of the emails being sent from the server, then there is a good chance your email address has been spoofed... It is widespread, and there are plenty of tools on the in...Read more...
Web browsers will mark all HTTP sites as 'unsecure' starting in July According to the Chrome security team, Google Chrome will mark all HTTP sites as 'not secure' in July. Chrome currently displays a neutral information icon, but starting with version 68, the browser will warn users with an extra notification in the address bar. Chrome now marks HTTPS-encrypted sit...Read more...
What do I need to do ahead of the GDPR deadline? Over the last few months, several clients have enquired about GDPR and how the new regulations will affect their company and website. With lots of confusing and conflicting information, we have compiled a short list of the critical requirements for small businesses with websites and what should be c...Read more...
GDPR In a Nutshell After more than three years of discussion, the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) framework will replace the 1998 Data Protection Act. It comes into effect on the 25th of May, 2018, and non-compliance can lead to significant consequences! Depending on the infringement, there might be monet...Read more...
Do SSL Certificates Affect Search Rankings? Do you know that almost 70% of internet users believe current laws for protecting their rights are not good enough? And... currently (Dec 2017), just 5% of the top 1 million websites redirect users to a default HTTPS/SSL version! No wonder Google has taken a strict stance to ensure that it protects...Read more...
How and why to make your website 'Mobile-Friendly' How and why to make your website 'Mobile-Friendly' It's a fact that there are now more mobile devices than people worldwide!A few years ago, the Internet was shaken by what digital marketers dubbed 'Mobilegeddon'. This term arose when Google announced it would modify its algorithm to favour mobile-...Read more...
Why you should use the Robots.txt carefully... The robots.txt file has been around since 1994! Its purpose is to tell search engines such as Google what website areas can be crawled by web robots (also known as Web Wanderers, Crawlers, or Spiders) to harvest information (or index) to store for searching. More information about the robots.txt fi...Read more...
A Guide to the CSS Flexbox The new CSS Flexbox Layout (Flexible Box) module aims at providing a more efficient way to lay out, align and distribute space among items in a container, even when their size is unknown and dynamic (thus the word "flex"). The main idea behind the flex layout is to allow the container to alter its ...Read more...
Preventing emails from being labeled as 'Spam' Sometimes you may be frustrated with having your emails marked as Spam in your customer email boxes. There are often several reasons why this might be the case; sometimes, it can boil down to the words used in the body of your email or if you insert hyperlinks / certain attachment types. The fact...Read more...