ExpressionEngine – the flexible CMS
ExpressionEngine – a CMS designed for designers
  • CMS

ExpressionEngine from EllisLab markets itself as ‘the most powerful and flexible content management system’. Are they right? Brands like Nike, Apple, and the BBC seem to think so. In this CMS review, we’ll take a look at ExpressionEngine’s features, extensions, SEO, pricing, and more, to help you decide if this fee-based content management system is right for you.

ExpressionEngine – a CMS designed for designers
You've been trumped! Domain grabbing in the US election
The digital election: domain grabbing in politics
  • Domain news

The internet has completely changed political elections across the world. Online media offers candidates the chance to get closer to their voters, providing an essential communication channel for the electoral battleground. But the freedom of information online means that you’re always susceptible to the dangers of manipulation and slander via anonymous channels. A relatively harmless, but rather...

The digital election: domain grabbing in politics
Your own knowledge base with wiki software
Your own knowledge base wiki software
  • CMS

Do you ever find yourself grabbing your smartphone mid-conversation to look something up on Wikipedia? Since the boom in mobile technology, instant access to information has become a part of everyday life, and Wikipedia is the most prominent knowledge bank of all, demonstrating the possibilities of this slimmed down CMS. But how exactly do you go about creating a wiki?

Your own knowledge base wiki software
The basics of trademark law
The main points on trademark law and brand protection
  • Digital law

It makes sense for companies to protect their brand as early on as possible. This is how they safeguard themselves and their legal department from any troubles, and stop their competition from profiting from their good image and reputation. It’s also worthwhile for young online companies to do the same because the brand name doesn’t just carry prestige, but also security and money. Read on to...

The main points on trademark law and brand protection
Web app of the week: CA App Synthetic Monitor
CA App Synthetic Monitor: speed test for your website
  • Web development

In this week’s edition of our web app of the week, we’ll be taking a closer look at the CA App Synthetic Monitor. This website tester checks the loading time of any web project from several server locations worldwide in seconds using nothing more than a URL. We’ll analyze how this app works and the importance of website speed to the success of your online project.

CA App Synthetic Monitor: speed test for your website
Display advertising vs. real-time advertising (RTA)
Display advertising/display marketing vs. real-time advertising (RTA)
  • Search engine marketing

Banner ads and other forms of display marketing have been proven to be effective marketing strategies for products and services online. The new practice in this field is real-time advertising (RTA) and its real-time bidding (RTB) approach. This new strategy carries out an automated bidding war in milliseconds to decide which ad will be displayed. But how does it differ from traditional display...

Display advertising/display marketing vs. real-time advertising (RTA)
Web app of the week: Paletton
Web app of the week: Paletton
  • Web design

Are you on the lookout for a harmonious color scheme for your website, presentation, or infographic? The color scheme designer Paletton offers exactly that. With our web app of the week you can create complementary color palettes and export them as style sheets or Swatch file for Photoshop in next to no time.

Web app of the week: Paletton
Copyrighting software
My program, your program: copyrighting software
  • Digital law

Many developers are now idolized, and with the right idea and snippet of code you could be as successful as most of Hollywood. Musicians and writers often find themselves having to deal with plagiarism, imitators, and free-riders, which is a problem that many developers also face. Their software can easily be stolen and copied. Register your software and you can rest assured that you’re covered if...

My program, your program: copyrighting software
Web stacks: the basics and examples
Web stack—the software framework for web development
  • Know-how

Terms like web stack or web application stack refer to software packages that are used to develop and operate websites and web applications. The most well-known example of this technology, the LAMP stack, has witnessed increasing competition through the likes of JavaScript-based framework bundles, which feature unified programming languages for servers and clients. This gives them a considerable...

Web stack—the software framework for web development
What is display marketing?
Marketing basics: what is display marketing?
  • Search engine marketing

Display marketing is among the best-performing advertising channels in online marketing. Those who immediately think of irritating banner advertisements and obnoxious pop-ups have fallen behind the times. This is because display advertising has experienced some changes in recent years. In order to adapt to recent developments, like banner blindness, new strategies for gaining viewers’ attention...

Marketing basics: what is display marketing?