Posts Tagged ‘Website’

Griffin Studios – Expanded

Sunday, June 5th, 2011

Griffin Studios is proud to announce the launch of its new website!

There have been some additions to Griffin Studios. We now offer in-house hosting instead of using a third party. This helps us to ensure that all hosting environments are configured to the clients specifications and quick correction of any problems which may arise from hosting.

The second addition, and the more interesting one, is that Griffin Studios now has a web software development department. The internet is fast becoming the transport of choice for many companies, with systems going fully web-based. Our new department is highly skilled in a fantastic framework called Kohana which is built off the popular Code Igniter. It is leaner, faster and simpler to use, ensuring that web software developed by Griffin Studios is up and running sooner.

Although Griffin Studios still sits on a South Africa domain name (.co.za), we have expanded to international clients. The beauty of web development is that it can be done from anywhere and we plan to utilize this feature to its maximum.

Griffin Studios is looking forward to a very bright future.

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SEO Basics for Beginners

Friday, July 23rd, 2010

When I first got into web design, as far as I was concerned, SEO (Search Engine Optimization) was the inclusion of the META KEYWORDS and DESCRIPTION tags within a webpage. With just that, I was experiencing poor results when viewing my Google Analytics. I jumped into SEO research to discover why this was so. SEO is not as simple as it seems. The purpose of this post is to bring some simple yet effective measures to be taken to improve a websites visibility on the internet.

This post addresses some of the core aspects of SEO such as:

  • robots.txt
  • sitemap.xml
  • dublin.rdf
  • Social Networking
  • Blogging
  • Online Directories
  • Google Adwords

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Website Security – Common Vulnerabilities

Tuesday, May 25th, 2010

Website Security

Everyday, stories hit the news regarding websites which have been taken down by hackers. How does a person gain access to a website one might ask? What is the hackers aim in compromising a website? It is surprisingly easy to find vulnerable websites and is therefore extremely important for website developers to know of the common vulnerabilities and coding errors which create these vulnerabilities in order to prevent them. This post aims at equiping the general web developer with the knowledge of various hacking techniques and methodologies, as well as the mind of the hackers themselves.

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Website Design at a Distance

Wednesday, April 14th, 2010

Griffin Studios is still a relatively new company and as such, our target market has been within the local area in which Griffin Studios is based.  Often this can be restricting,  preventing a web designer’s portfolio from increasing ;  however, it can have its benefits. Below, the issue of distance between a web designer and their client will be addressed, with the possible pros and cons that arise from a long distance relationship with a client. (more…)

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Templates – Up And Coming Special Offers

Tuesday, April 13th, 2010

Hi all.

I would like to dedicate this post to the future addition to Griffin Studios. As of a few weeks ago, my wife, Monika, created a workbook for me to doodle and draw designs for websites. I have already gotten quite a few down, specific to certain business types. I will be turning these pencil designs into full blow websites, available for purchase on the website. By purchase, I mean that a person will be able to choose a template, have a maximum of 4 pages, and the whole lot will be sold to them at an affordable price.

These templates will be a one time offer in the sense that once a template has been selected and bought, it will never be available again, ensuring the client a unique presence on the internet. At a later stage, I will develop more generic templates which will always be available for download, allowing someone to add the content themselves. One of my templates has already been picked by a photographer before the digital version was even created. I will be sure to post here which one it was when the website is complete.

Keep your eye open on the website. I anticipate to have a few templates out in the next month or so, but will keep you updated.

Regards, Braden

Griffin Studios

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