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New blog created!
Posted: 1st Mar 2009
Haloweb have just launched a new blog! We want to share with the world the stuff that we work on and also any tips or secrets that other developers might find useful.
We hope that you enjoy reading our blog. Please subscribe to the RSS feed and link back to us from your blog and we will return the favour.
If you ever want to get in touch with us, leave a comment or email us. Enjoy!
CodeIgniter - building web sites fast!
Posted: 1st Mar 2009
What is CodeIgniter?
I have been using CodeIgniter for about 6 months now and I really love it. It is basically a framework that you can build web applications on quickly. A bit like Symfony or the Zend Framework it allows developers to not have to re-invent the wheel every time they build a blog or a shopping cart system. We have built so many web applications which would normally have taken months, thanks to CodeIgniter framework.
Halogy - the "website in a box" solution
Posted: 1st Mar 2009
A lot of people have similar requirements for their websites. They need a nicely designed template, a CMS (Content Management System) so they can update their pages, a Shop and perhaps cool stuff like a blog or a group email deployment system.
Normally they would hire a web company in to build this site bespoke, tailored to their needs and the costs would be a fortune. But today us web developers rarely re-invent the wheel each time this scenario comes up. We can use systems that do all of the above and where all of the hard work has been done already. We have our own system and it's called Halogy.
Branding - what's it all about?
Posted: 1st Mar 2009
We have begun work on branding the Halogy product (this is the service that provides everything you need for a website). But what is branding all about?
You have read all about how the Halogy product works I'm sure, but branding it in order to sell it is a whole new world. We want it to look great, but we want the unique selling points to shine through - the fact it is easy to use, the fact it pretty much covers everything most people would need from an off-the-shelf website solution, the fact that it is 100% British!.
Over the next few weeks we will keep you updated on the branding process and explain how this kind of thing works, and how it could work for your business.
Why would my business need a blog?
Posted: 2nd Mar 2009
Ok so everyone is blogging these days. From Joe Bloggs on the street through to massive companies like Facebook and Google. But why, and what is a Blog? Does your business really need one?
Yes, it probably does.
A cool new AJAX search feature
Posted: 2nd Mar 2009
We have just implemented a cool new tag based AJAX search feature to the Halogy blog system. It searches tags or keywords that are attached to the blog posts, and then returns the top results underneath. Like the Google "Suggestions" system.
The Halogy Screencasts - CMS (basic)
Posted: 2nd Mar 2009
The first in a series of screencasts showing how Halogy works. This screencast shows how easy it is to make a page on your website, edit it and then add it to the navigation.
New portfolio section using JQuery Carousel
Posted: 3rd Mar 2009
We have just launched a new Portfolio section called Our Work. It uses a (quite heavily) adapted version of jCarouselLite. We are quite chuffed with it, and also it worked first time in IE6!
CodeIgniter - Custom errors using the Form Validation class
Posted: 4th Mar 2009
TECHY WARNING - This post has techy-talk, be warned
Recently I've been using the new Form Validation Class on CodeIgniter and though overall it is much better than the previous validation class I found a gripe with it recently when trying to add custom error messages using the "validation_errors()" helper.
Javascript slide effect helps win award!
Posted: 4th Mar 2009
I just wanted to share something that I was a part of, and am very proud of (especially as it won an APA award!). That is the Duchy Originals site. Hope you enjoy the sliding!
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Haloweb is a web design company in Cheltenham.
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