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  • Should we Charge Extra for IE Development?

    The exact question was worded this way: Has the time come to charge clients extra for getting their site to work in any version of IE? It’s an interesting question to say the least, and one that comes up every so often when a developer is frustrated with something that works fine in Chrome/Firefox/Safari but not IE. There’s not really an easy answer to this because it all depends on why this question gets asked so often. There is a difference between charging more because of a project’s complexity and charging more because you don’t want to deal with something.

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  • 5 Things Every Business Website should show on the Homepage

    You have definitely been here before. You’re on a website for a restaurant or store you perhaps what to visit. You look for some information that will help you, but all you see is some blurb about the business, maybe a slider of images, and other miscellaneous information. But that’s not what most people need – especially if the business is a brick-and-mortar business. And while I’ve written about websites for small businesses before, I’d like to talk about 5 things every business’ website should show on the homepage.

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  • Asking the Right Questions

    In the fall I’m picking up another course at the University of Scranton, as well as 2 web-based courses I’m currently developing content for. Since my current website is better suited for the single course I’ve been teaching for the past few years, it’s time for a redesign. It has been a few years since I’ve been a student myself and frankly, most professors’ websites are not great, so I’ve decided to ask current and former students how they use their professors’ websites. It’s all about asking the right questions.

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