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Asset fonts: text & images working in harmony

It’s just letters on a screen right, what’s the big fuss? A wise man once said “95% of the information on the web is written language.” When you look at it in those terms, letters are the most vital ingredient of a website and the method we use to create them really does matter.

10 great examples of responsive non-profit websites

Responsive web design is an approach to building websites allowing an optimal viewing experience across a range of devices from desktop to mobile. Mobile use is growing fast and it is predicted that it will overtake desktop access...

Your website - running a tight ship

Running a website is a lot like running a ship...sort of. In this article I outline some often-overlooked, basic, yet essential rules to keep your site ship shape.

How to get moving with HTML5 video

The HTML5 <video> tag makes it very easy to get video files up and running on a web site. However, there are a few issues to be aware of and we take a look at the way different browsers handle video types and what to do if a browser can't display anything at all.

Marketing Trends

Marketing is crucial to any organisation and Internet marketing should be part of any marketing mix. There aren’t many marketing channels with the speed, efficiency and reach of the internet.

When planning your marketing strategy...

Content creation - what you say matters

The first attraction to visitors might be visual, but it’s the sparkling conversation that will keep people coming back for more.

Sound on the Web - the invisible other half

Consider your favourite film, but with no soundtrack. It would be strange right? Those long periods between dialogue filled with silence. Most of the time however, those gaps feature mood enhancing...

TYPO3 v6.0 Update: A Designers Eye View

TYPO3 v6.0 Update: A Designers Eye View

All of our websites here at Liquid Light are built using the powerful open source content management system, TYPO3. We have recently updated many of our client websites to the new version of TYPO3 v6.0 and have noticed quite a few...

The legalities of owning a website

Whilst having your own website is easy, few site owners are aware that there are actually quite a few rules and regulations that they need to abide by if they are not going to get themselves into trouble.

8 Common pitfalls when designing your new website

8 Common pitfalls when designing your new website

As a web design agency we need to learn from mistakes, improve our processes and ultimately make sure we can spot the risks before they impact the project. This comes down to experience of working on web projects everyday, which improves our ability to see and avoid any potential pitfalls.

6 cool new things in TYPO3 6.0

Last November saw the release of TYPO3 version 6.0 and as we’ve upgraded some of our clients we’ve been playing around with some of the new features. We pick out 6 things that should make life much easier for coders and content editors using TYPO3.

Top tips for resolution independence

Wouldn't it be great if somebody invented an item of clothing that would adapt to any person wearing it, without any loss in quality or appearance (think Back To The Future 2 and Marty's shrink-wrap clothing)?