It’s always been the case that a fast loading homepage is important – nobody likes to wait an age for content to load. First impressions count too. If you’re waiting…
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Today we ran a five hour sitemapping and website project planning session for the Weald & Downland Living Museum, a local outdoor museum that has commissioned us for a large…
Here at Maroon Balloon we naturally keep a close eye on web technology developments so that we can continue to provide a high quality and future-proofed website design service. At…
Over the last year we’ve been following WordPress’s exciting news about its new editing interface, Gutenberg*. It’s a major change in the world of WordPress. When you update WordPress core…
As 2017 draws to a close we reflect on what’s been another fun and productive year here at Maroon Balloon and look towards 2018 and what that might bring. Before…
In a word, yes! Website speed is very important. Let’s break this down into reasons why a slow website is bad news for you and your readers: People are impatient…
We’ve all come across the dreaded “404 Error – Page Not Found” message on a web page. You're happily surfing away, then suddenly you get this. Pretty uninspiring and not particularly...
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Aside from a talent for problem-solving and an ever-growing toolbox of technical skills, an effective web developer needs to keep an eye on usability. Usability makes or breaks a website or…