The Applecado blog

Achievement Unlocked!

I hope you can forgive the personal/racing blog entry this week. Saturday 4th October saw the penultimate event in the PBMW championship (so there won’t be many of these to read this year) and a fantastic result mustn’t go unnoticed!

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PHP Frameworks; Why We Use Symfony

Later this week, London will be hosting Symfony Live 2014. It seems a very good time to talk about frameworks, Symfony itself and why we use it.

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Protecting Yourself

A few points on contracts, deposits and take care of your small business.

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The Importance of User Experience (UX)

UX or User Experience Design is the process of designing with a user-orientated perspective, it encompasses many concepts including accessibility, usability and even system performance, or server speed. Web designers should always have this at forefront of any decisions affecting the wants and needs of the visitor.

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What is Responsive Web Design, and do you need it?

We discuss some of the benefits of including a responsive design on your website, and one of the most common oversights often made.

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Applecado goes racing

Alex has decided to live a childhood dream and go motor racing. This entry may not be strictly work related.

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Matchbook Microsite Launches

Matchbook is a golf league platform run by Milestone Events. This microsite is designed to help excite and tempt new clients to join the fun.

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New Website for Pincott Plumbing

Pincott Plumbing and Heating are a local firm who wanted to be a step above their competition. We built them a simple yet effective content managed website to help them achieve their goals.

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Site (re)Launch: Atom Cup

The Atom Cup is now in it's second year and they asked us to revamp their website with a load of new features.

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