After explaining our web design and development process to a client (or prospective client), we’re often greeted with “huh…interesting. I’ve never heard of anyone doing it like that before”. It’s true, our process is unique and sometimes takes someone a bit longer to wrap their head around, but we believe we’re justified in our decision to […]
Since the early days of widespread public internet use, website security certificates (frequently referred to as SSL certificates) have been predominantly associated with e-Commerce. The reason is obvious - the financial information transmitted during an e-Commerce transaction is extremely dangerous in the wrong hands, and it’s therefore crucial-to both the buyer and the seller-that this […]
Not everyone can afford (or wants to pay for) professional web design and development… and hey, you know what, we get it. You’re a new business, or you’re just not that invested in being serious with the internet. It’s cool. But did you know that more often than not, especially with the internet, you get […]
Milwaukee’s Regal Creative Awarded with Silver Award for Website Design from AIVA International Davey Awards Milwaukee, WI (JANUARY 14, 2015) - Third Ward digital agency, Regal Creative, was selected from nearly 4,000 entries for a Silver Award for www.VICICapilli.com. The 2014 Davey Awards judged entries from across the US and around the world, and honored […]
In part one of this series, I signed up for, and set up an identical test WordPress site on, five popular web hosting packages, each being specifically marketed to WordPress users. As physical proximity plays a key role in determining page load time, I was interested in the physical location of each hosted test site. […]
I’ve been working with, and thinking about, web hosting a lot lately. My last post, which offered general tips on choosing a web host, made me want to dig deeper and put some of the more popular web hosting options to the test. Great reliability, and a responsive support team are both incredibly important but tricky to […]
Before (or during) a website build for a client, one of the most common questions we receive is “who should I choose for web hosting?” Although no specific solution is right for everyone, criteria does exist which can be very helpful in finding a good web hosting option, and perhaps more importantly, eliminating bad ones. Public […]
During the past several years, mobile web use has exploded. Currently, mobile devices account for about 12% of web traffic in the US, and this number is widely expected to continue to grow rapidly. Apple devices, which account for about 50% of mobile traffic, offer a handy feature called “Add to Home Screen,” where users […]
Out of the box, WordPress sites are very easy to manage, and come with a lot of helpful features built in. Thankfully, the developers of WordPress don’t try to include every feature anyone could ever want, as this would make the CMS harder to administrate, and would decrease performance. If your WordPress site is lacking […]
It has long been suggested that having a web server located in close physical proximity to the majority of your user base is an important element to having a fast web site. This assertion makes sense in that the closer one computer is to another, the shorter the distance data has to travel. Additionally, when […]
Every website owner’s goal is to increase traffic to their site. But what if your site gets too much traffic in a short period of time? Will your site go down? Will it run so slowly that impatient users will leave prematurely? From having your site linked to from a major blog, to a traditional […]
Two goals that all web site owners share are keeping visitors on their sites longer and ranking higer in organic search results, and there is an easy and low-cost way that can help achieve these goals: a content delivery network (CDN). What is a CDN? In short, a CDN is a network of servers that […]