Daring Technology
Zachary Burrows' Personal Blog
Zachary Burrows
Our oldest technician, Zachary specializes in web presence building and operations techniques.
Homepage: http://daringtechnology.com
Posts by Zachary Burrows
Hyperlink Ruling
July 8, 2010 - 1:21 pm
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Was discussing with a client today how to improve a website, one of the things I mentioned was concerning contextual hyperlinks, which I explained and thought I would blog it too. Hyperlinking adds flare to the text used to link and so it stands out, with that in mind think about when the hyperlink just [...]
Brand Confusion
June 25, 2010 - 10:03 am
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Today I wish to quickly talk about branding crisis issues. The branding of a business is important, not only is it used to add to the company image but it plays an essential part in continuity in a business. Over the last week I have seen two terrible examples of how a company has spent [...]
How To Hire A Designer
June 21, 2010 - 1:51 pm
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I had a client come to me at the last minute concerning issues with another designer she contracted to design/code a website. I will start by outlining her issues with the designer and then sum up some of the key rules to remember when sourcing a designer. Initially I was contacted at Honey Graphics to [...]
E-Commerce: Getting the Image
March 16, 2010 - 1:58 pm
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I have been so busy with work of late, I haven’t had time to upload websites to the portfolio, or add any content to the website. Today I found some time to write this short article about something I consider the most fundamental part of web development, Imagery Flow, and most importantly it’s role in [...]
Ilfracombe Holiday Breaks Website
December 29, 2009 - 9:00 am
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A family owning an apartment in the beautiful part of England, Ilfracombe, on the Devon coast came to us to help them design and code a website to showcase their gorgeous second home and accommodate for people to book holidays via the website. Created: February 2009 Updated: March 2009 Visit: http://www.ilfracombe-holidays.co.uk The Brief Create an [...]
Plan It Repro Website V4
December 24, 2009 - 1:35 pm
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With a new company image and logo Plan It Repro called us in to help in a redesign of their website. Created: December 2009 Updated: December 2009 Visit: http://www.planitrepro.com The Brief Incorporate the new PR logo Raise the start line of the content Design colourful title blocks when possible that are vibrant and informative Maximize [...]
Complete Plumbing & Heating Services Website
December 21, 2009 - 10:14 am
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CPHS asked us to code their website design which they had already developed in-house. Created: December 2009 Updated: December 2009 Visit: http://www.cphsi.com The Brief Code the design done in-house Crop the photo library to size and add to the website Make the navigation as simple as possible while maintaining the design provided Instruct an in-house [...]
Lack Of Back-Up: Chaos Entails
November 18, 2009 - 12:05 pm
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Monday morning started off with being contacted by a client who’s computer was failing to start up. The computer in question was brought to me in the afternoon and after a quick analysis it was clear that the hard drive had failed. Subsequently the customer was worried as he had fail to make a back-up [...]
MAC OS X: User Pictures
While installing a school set of Macs we were asked to add more custom user pictures. The process is very simple and requires very little time. Your user pictures need to be 48×48 pixels in size and saved to a Tif format. Once you have created them please simply place them into a folder named [...]
Mac OSX: Menu Extras
October 19, 2009 - 9:00 am
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This is a tutorial explaining the use of Menu Extras and how to customize them. With Mac OS X on the top right we have what we refer to as ‘Menu Extras’. Such as below. To Rearrange these icons we can simply hold down Command (cmd) on our keyboard while clicking one of the icons [...]