Practice and Research

For the 3 years prior to starting work at ireckon I worked In a company developing in house web sites on my own.  I was the programmer, software designer, tech support guy, system admin, SEO 'expert', tester and copy writer. I even did some graphic design work at times (although, there is no way anyone with 20/20 vision would have classed anything I did as design).

Working by myself did...

Buying your way into the Google 10-Pack ?

A partnership between Google Maps and Sensis was announced last year – with a deal to integrate the data from its Yellow Pages business listings into Google Maps Australia.  It was announced that...

Time to call a pie a pie.

I’ve started experimenting this week with the addition of the word ‘dish’ to the end of what I am attempting to cook (I’m a pathetic cook).  I have had some interesting results.  I’m fairly sure I...


Duplicate Content and the Canonical Tag

Most website owners with any awareness of SEO, will know of the issues associated with Duplicate content. They will know (legal copyright issues aside) that there is little or no benefit from...


Dreamweaver, please explain...

Have you ever had a problem, that you cannot for the life of you, solve. No matter how many hours you spend on it, you just don't seem to be getting closer to solving it? These problems usually...


Thickbox for custom content type in drupal

Continuing on from my previous post “Collapsible content in drupal”, I will explain how to integrate the thickbox functionality into drupal. You may be asking why I would need to post a blog on...


Content and how it affects your design

Here at ireckon the start of a new project means many things; meetings, project planning, time management, market research and most importantly in the client’s mind the start of their design....


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Shopping on line.... Hmmm. Now there's an idea

I have always been a bit of a sucker for the whole shopping online, it’s convenient, I can make sure I grab the latest bargains, and to be honest, I'm lazy.... I can purchase the items that I want...


The Satisfaction Of A Job Well Done

Don't you love it when something just works?

But have you ever thought about how much work has gone into it to get it to "just work"? Usually, the answer is "quite a lot" because these things don't...

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