February 20, 2017
by
Will
For simple websites you can get away with emails and phone calls for communications, a photoshop mockup and a quick build by one generalist developer who cuts up the design into html and integrates it with a CMS.
That process doesn't scale though. When requirements are complicated and there are multiple stake holders, developers, SEO staff and content generators, you need a lot more structure.
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February 13, 2017
by
Tim
Back in November I was selected for the judging panel of the Australian Web Awards. Puffy chest moment being up there with a rather stellar panel - big names, web-industry celebs and esteemed web pros.
We'd entered the awards a few times in the past with some success, but hadn't entered...
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January 03, 2017
by
Will
Woot, new year. What's coming up to look out for and look forward to in the world of Web Making?
Silverstripe 4
Well, first off - SilverStripe 4. Why is that exciting? Because everybody loves new and shiny work tools, right? Silverstripe is the best open source CMS available and...
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December 21, 2016
by
Will
So that's it for another year. Work done, final rollout deployed. Uptime robot is showing twinkling green lights across the board. It's time to kick back and do something different.... Like catch up on some web design & development reading. It's a fast paced gig, so we need to keep...
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January 12, 2016
by
Tim
In 2011, we created a multi-facetted creative campaign for Landcare QLD[/projects/landcare/]. Part of the campaign was the below set of videos.
Do It On The Farm
Do It In the Bush
Do It At the River
Do It In The Dunes
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February 11, 2014
by
will
Because WordPress is awesome but the loop isn't.
One of the building blocks of our starter theme[http://www.kindleman.com.au/kindling] is Timber. Timber brings modern templates to Wordpress. We like it so much we have incorporated it into our workflow for all new WP projects.
Timber enables you to
Separate out your logic from your...
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November 14, 2013
by
Will
Not For Profit organisations provide so much value in the community. Thought leadership, community housing, advocacy, research & community care & more are provided by this sector.
Even judging by traditional metrics alone the Australian Bureau of Statistics estimates that Not For Profits:
contributed about $43 billion to gross domestic product (GDP)...
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July 09, 2013
by
tim
If you've got anything visual that needs more than 1 pair of eyes to sign it off, then you probably need an approvals process in place.
Imagine your company sells beauty products. New products are being released regularly. Formulas get updated. Regulations change. Certifications and marketing changes. And so then does...
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June 07, 2013
by
will
It only seems like yesterday when Australia was behind the curve with online payments. Now the banking system has caught up and new modern payment systems have started appearing that make getting online and taking payments far easier than ever before.
Things to consider
Its easy to get caught up on obvious...
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June 03, 2013
by
will
and
Will
Silverstripe CMS is our favourite Content Management System for more complicated websites that need a more robust platform. It is very well designed from the ground up to provide a suitable basis for complex, functional sites with requirements for permissions based workflows and custom functionality. It has a great technical...
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