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RANTS AND RAVES

The MS Sucks Journal

At Natural Selection Web Design, we had the unique opportunity to not only design the website for the MS Sucks Journal but also create the entire journal itself — every detail from the content to the physical production is done in-house. This project, now live at itreallydoes.com, is more than just a tool for tracking MS symptoms; it’s a labor of love designed by one of us with first hand knowledge of living with Multiple Sclerosis, to help individuals manage their day-to-day experiences with MS in a way that’s functional, relatable, and packed with a little bit of snark.

Name That Font

Name That Font

Fonts have been around since the invetnion of typesetting in the 1880's. After 130 years of technological advancement I can only guess there are tens of thousands of different fonts and styles out there. All too often I get a request for a logo design using a font that the customer has seen used somewhere else on the web. Sifting though the internet compairng fonts to find that exact font is usually a fruitless task.....until now.

To WWW or not to WWW

To WWW or not to WWW

I recently had a few queries about URL’s, using www, not using www, using both and forwarding different names. In summary, all of the questions were pretty much the same.

Website Readability

Readability

Readability is probably one of, if not the most important aspect of a web site's design. After all, what use is your site if it's an eye sore and no one can bare to look at it? Here are a few tips to help improve readability.

CiviCRM for RSForm Announcement

CiviCRM for RSForm Plugin Released

We've released a new RSForm plugin that allows you to capture leads into CiviCRM from your RSForms.

Hosting Price Increase Announcement

Hosting Price Changes

TL;DR
cPanel was bought out and the new investment firm has the hosting world over a barrel and is hiking prices.  Now we are forced to make adjustments.

PHP 5.6 End of Life

The End is Coming for PHP 5.6

On December 31, 2018, all support for PHP 5.6 will end.  This means that if a vulnerability or bug is found after support ends, there will not be a patch released by the PHP project and your site/hosting account could be easily hacked as soon as someone finds and publishes a vulnerability.

Remove Kunena Backlinks

Removing the Kunena Footer Link

If you use the Joomla forum extension Kunena, here's an easy way to remove the obnoxious footer backlink.

How to 301 Redirect URL's

How To Create 301 Redirects for Joomla!

There will be cases where you need to set up a permanent redirect from an old path to a new path. It also allows search engines to know they need to update the links. I would recommend using redirects via your htaccess file rather than using the redirect manager in Joomla! unless it's only temporary.

Life Cycle Banner

The Life Cycle of a Domain Name

So you procrastinated too long and didn't renew your domain name or there's a specific name you want that's already in use...