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Turn on two-factor login in our CMS and the cursor is already waiting in the code box. It's a detail so small you'd never think to ask for it. Which is exactly why it tells you something about how the whole thing was built.
I have ADHD and autism. For most of my life I didn't know that, and for a while after finding out I kept it quiet. These days I think it's one of the better reasons to have me looking after your website. Here's the honest version, drawbacks and all.
A few weeks ago I wrote about the four names an AI assistant gave me, and the client it left out. The more I think about it, the more the list was the wrong thing to focus on. The real decision happens earlier, in a conversation you never get to see.
Most web agencies describe themselves as flexible. "We work across all platforms." "We tailor solutions to your needs." "We're not tied to any one technology."...
A few years ago we stopped leading with the thing that pays the bills. On paper it looks daft. In practice it changed the work that comes our way, and made the advice we give a lot more honest. Here's what happened and why.
Most website briefs we see are well written. They set clear expectations. They want the site to be fast, secure, easy to maintain, and simple to update. They wa...
More people are asking ChatGPT and Perplexity to recommend a business instead of scrolling Google, and most owners have no idea whether they show up. Here's the shift in plain terms, a way to actually check where you stand, and why it's built into Motley CMS rather than bolted on like it would be on WordPress.
A lot of agencies build in one platform and recommend it to everyone, whether it fits or not. That isn't always dishonesty. Often it's just incentive. Here's why it should matter to you, and the one question that gives the game away.
Website security specifications tend to look impressive. Detailed requirements. Specific technical measures. Named plugins and configuration steps. It all reads...
There's a piece of received wisdom about automation that I keep bumping into, and I think it's mostly wrong. It goes like this. If you're a small business and y...
Almost every website brief we see mentions analytics. Google Analytics 4, Google Tag Manager, conversion tracking, maybe a Facebook Pixel. All reasonable things...
At some point, someone will check your website's PageSpeed score and not be happy about it. Maybe it's you. Maybe it's a competitor who's trying to sell you som...