When designing and developing websites it’s important to test in all of the most popular browsers. Those are currently Firefox, IE6, IE7, IE8, Google Chrome and Safari. For some reason PC users don’t seem to update their version of Internet Explorer so as each new version arrives on the scene we then have to develop for those very old browsers. Anyway, here’s how to do it… Read more

We all know IE6 is the web developers nightmare and today that continued when I was unable to make a 5px high div appear that height in IE6. Wow, the amount of time I spend on IE6 when developing sites is quite astonishing and I can’t wait for the day when we see the death of IE6. Anyhow back to the problem: IE6 kept wanting to show the 5px high div as 20px! After a bit of playing and hunting around the web here’s how I overcame the problem. Read more

If you find your Wordpress Site is struggling speed-wise or you’ve been given your marching orders from your web hosts (due to high CPU usage) then read on and hopefully these few tips will help sort out and speed up your Wordpress Blog. Read more

I won’t list the obvious such as Illustrator, Photoshop, MS Word etc but more those little apps that you’ve probably not even heard of. There’s absolutely loads of them – yes, even for us Mac users – but which ones should you download. I’ve chosen 10 here that I use on a daily basis – I’m sure there’s others out there and I’d be interested to know what little hidden gems you know of that you think other should use… Remember it has to be FREE! Read more

The English version of point de collection launched today. point de collection… provide an exclusive range of quality wines from France and Spain. They also have the ability, through the CMS, to include French content, which will be added in the next couple of months – we’ll keep you updated with future site developments.

Dare to Think were recommended by La Ferme du Mont, who were recommended by VertuVin. It just goes to show the importance of contacts and creating and maintaining a strong client relationship. Hopefully, we’ll visit the Vineyards soon and celebrate in style!

We seem to be launching sites on a daily basis at the moment! Senectus Therapeutics is the next one to launch today. They are a drug discovery company are are part of a Cancer Research Technology initiative. They required a website that was easy for them to update so they could add the very latest news throughout the year. Users are also able to keep up to date with latest developments through an RSS feed and email updates.

In our continuing relationship with zoofish.com we were asked to create some sites they’ve designed. zoofish.com offer a website design service for vacation rental owners. The owners get to choose a design style and a colour theme for that design all for a set price. The designs are really fantastic and it would make any holiday home look great and make you want to visit. Dare to Think were asked to put together the backend for not only the new zoofish.com site but also each style and colour theme they have to offer. We’ll be continuing to work with them to add even more styles to what they can offer.

Today saw the launch of LaFermeDuMont.com. La Ferme du Mont is a wine producer based in France. Dare to Think were recommended to them by one of our current clients, VertuVin. We love getting this kind of work, through word of mouth, as it goes to show that our clients are happy with the service they receive and the work we produce.

Dare to Think were asked to produce a simple, classic website that reflected their current identity. Along with this was the requirement of a multilingual site, in French and English, and the ability for the client to maintain their site with News additions and site amends.

No sooner had Apple released the next major firmware update to it’s hugely successful iPhone then the good people over at Dev Team announced on Friday that their Pwnage Tool had been released. Read more

If you’ve got a jailbroken iPhone then you might want to connect to your iPhone from your Mac in order to add or retrieve files and folders. Whatever you want to do here’s how you do it. Read more