After 20 years in the web development business, we’ve seen a lot of platforms and programming tools come and go. Today there are a number of decent proprietary systems for basic web development – Wix, SquareSpace, Hibu, and others. But at Main Street, we...
Starting with the July update, Google’s Chrome browser will start showing “Not secure” beside the address bar on all websites not using HTTPS connections (SSL encryption). Google has been slowly pressuring developers to create more secure websites...
As of November 2016, more users worldwide are accessing the internet from mobile devices than from desktop computers. source As of May 2015, Google reported more internet searches were completed from mobile devices than desktops. source Also in 2015, Google started...
It’s taken a while for the technology to stablize, but we now have a solution for developing mobile apps for Apple iPhones and Android phones that integrate with your existing WordPress website. You don’t have to maintain separate content on your app and...
We are rapidly coming to the end of 2015 and it’s important to verify your website and plugins are up-to-date. This has been a particularly vicious year for hackers exploiting old, outdated versions of WordPress and plugins to put malicious programs on...
Responsive is the new buzzword in web design. All the new sites we build are responsive, many of our past customers are coming back to have their sites redesigned to be responsive. So what’s the big deal? The term responsive means the site template automatically...
