http://www.blotdesign.com/articles.php Latest news from Blot Design Web Developement based in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. Blot Design CMS http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.blotdesign.com/article-detail.php?page=112 Preserving your code content in TinyMCE In our content management system, we use the html editor TinyMCE.  We tried out lots before choosing it. We thought it provided the best integration, and was most stable.  There may be others out there that are better, but haven't found them and we like TinyMCE. Having said that, there is one thing that we have always had a bit of a gripe with, and that is showing html code in our pages.  TinyMCE does it .......]]> http://www.blotdesign.com/article-detail.php?page=112 Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://www.blotdesign.com/article-detail.php?page=110 Do you own your website? Does everything on your website belong to you?  It may do, but the chances are that if your website was built for you by a web development company, only parts of it are yours. A website can be made up of quite a few different things: The HTML and CSS code that provide the structure and presentation The actual content - text and images Software - Javascript and perhaps some server software For each of these areas, there are normal .......]]> http://www.blotdesign.com/article-detail.php?page=110 Fri, 03 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://www.blotdesign.com/article-detail.php?page=109 Creating remote Git repository with Git GUI Okay, I accept Git remote repositories is rather geeky article subject and may have limited appeal to non web software development people but this is something we have to do only occasionally and can never remember how to do it, so the article works as an aide memoire for us, in addition to providing you with an enlightening subject. For context, Git is a brilliant software versioning system.  It allows you to keep a definitive production version .......]]> http://www.blotdesign.com/article-detail.php?page=109 Fri, 26 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://www.blotdesign.com/article-detail.php?page=108 Track your links with UTM tags If there is one thing that marketing people agree on, it is measurement of results.  Not everyone does it, of course, but they all agree it is important! In web marketing, it really is important to know where traffic to your website is coming from so you can decide which online/offline strategies are working and which aren't. Where's that web traffic coming from?  If your web development company has set it up for you, Google Analytics has a .......]]> http://www.blotdesign.com/article-detail.php?page=108 Fri, 19 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://www.blotdesign.com/article-detail.php?page=107 Web developers mobile kit-bag The process of switching phones the other day made me go though all the apps I use on my phone and tablet. The results were interesting and the good news for me was that 99% of the apps I use are available on both iPhone and Android, so it doesn't really matter which type I choose, app-wise (I've gone down the Android route, by the way). So have a look - you might find something useful for .......]]> http://www.blotdesign.com/article-detail.php?page=107 Wed, 20 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://www.blotdesign.com/article-detail.php?page=106 Phone hyperlinks No-one can have any doubt about the massive increase of web use on mobile phone devices.  Apparently, over 1 million mobile phones are activated every day and there are now more mobile phones in the world than there are people! So, it's a pretty good bet that someone will view your website on a mobile phone at some point.  There is some debate on whether websites should be optimised for mobile usage, (see article on responsive .......]]> http://www.blotdesign.com/article-detail.php?page=106 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://www.blotdesign.com/article-detail.php?page=105 http://www.blotdesign.com/article-detail.php?page=105 Mon, 07 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://www.blotdesign.com/article-detail.php?page=103 http://www.blotdesign.com/article-detail.php?page=103 Fri, 14 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.blotdesign.com/article-detail.php?page=104 http://www.blotdesign.com/article-detail.php?page=104 Thu, 13 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.blotdesign.com/article-detail.php?page=102 Do site owners really want responsive design? The web world seems to be crazy for something called 'responsive design'. The Boston Globe website (pictured right) was one of the first sites that went 'responsive' and is held up as a shining light.  Try it on a smartphone, then try it on a desktop to see the differences and how it 'responds' to the media that is using it. Design blogs, magazines, news feeds, industry figures, academics and people who 'know' about this kind of thing .......]]> http://www.blotdesign.com/article-detail.php?page=102 Fri, 23 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT