Standard Beagle Blog
June 9, 2021
A fresh developer’s take on Craft CMS Putting together the pieces together… The ever-changing landscape of the web is an inevitable fact of life. It can be overwhelming for a new developer coming from almost a decade teaching high school math (a landscape that hardly changes, but probably should). Now this can either be a […]
October 2, 2018
As a digital agency, we are often tasked with either helping a client choose an ecommerce platform, or with customizing their chosen platform to their individual needs. While our approach is often customized on our client’s needs, there are several key elements that business owners who want an ecommerce solution need to consider. We […]
September 24, 2018
Page builder to come with WordPress core If you have a WordPress site, it’s likely you’ve heard about a new feature that was released recently as a beta and will be part of the WordPress 5.0 update: Gutenberg. Gutenberg is WordPress’ answer to the demands for page builders. For many years, plugins, like Visual Composer […]
September 20, 2018
Following best practices for CSS animations can improve a site’s user experience The Cascading Style Sheet, more commonly known as CSS, not only styles your website in terms of colors, buttons, font selections, but can also help give users feedback and improve their experience on your site. Using a few different techniques you can really improve […]
September 18, 2018
Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is a phrase that gets thrown around a lot in business, and it can intimidate or frustrate anyone who wants to manage their own marketing and advertising. There are many agencies that specialize in SEO and paid search (think Google AdWords); however, if these services are outside your current budget, there […]
June 19, 2018
Have you ever gone to a website and clicked a link and gotten a 404 error page instead? Super annoying! Either that page has been moved, or it’s been deleted. As a site owner, this sort of error will hurt your SEO and your search engine rankings. Instead of having your users get an error page, […]
June 8, 2018
(Yes, you do need to understand GDPR) The question was simple enough, and yet, it was endlessly difficult to answer in a way that would make sense. Just before Memorial Day, at a pool party, a social acquaintance asked me why he had been receiving so many emails from companies about updating their privacy policies. […]
December 11, 2017
There are times when you want to move your website to a new hosting provider. On the surface, you would think it’s pretty simple. However, there are a few things you need to make sure you do, in a particular order, to ensure the process is as painless as possible. Here are the 5 steps […]
September 12, 2017
Fast websites are often taken for granted, but performance is incredibly important. Bloated websites may seem fast on broadband, but not everyone is on super-fast wi-fi. User who try to access bloated websites on slow wi-fi connections or over mobile networks may get frustrated with you. That could tarnish your brand and actually send customers […]
July 18, 2017
Many of the articles you find online that speak about using Markdown are mostly explaining the “What” and the “How”. But what about the “Why”? Answer: Tons of reasons. Let’s go over just a few! Ubiquitous support So yeah, weird to have the first point be “well, everyone is using it”. But it’s probably the […]
October 6, 2016
Sass is wonderful. Simple as that. Of all the tools I’ve come across as a web developer, none come close to the high amount usage that Sass gets in my workflow. Love for this preprocessor has grown so much over the years that it has helped influence the future standardization of CSS4. The idea that we are bringing parts of CSS up to the […]
September 8, 2016
Some companies may be hesitant to hire an outside agency because they are very skilled at what they do in-house and don’t see the need, and/or benefit. But – what if you could maximize your ROI by getting more done in less time? This is what augmenting your technology needs can do for you when […]