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New Client Design – Kumpanija Teatru Rjal

Another site designed by ZigPress has now been launched. Kumpanija Teatru Rjal is an established Maltese theatre company, responsible for Malta’s annual Christmas pantomime as well as many other productions. ZigPress was contracted by Timbaw (a Maltese IT solutions co-operative) to create a design for the site comprising standards-compliant code and images, which was then [...]

WordPress Themes – Third Party or Custom?

If you’re at all familiar with the WordPress content management / blogging system, you’ll be aware that WordPress sites are built around the WordPress application core (this provides the functionality) and a theme (this provides the design and, to some extent, the site structure), with plugins filling the gaps between what the core and theme [...]

New Client Site – SUMS Math

Bristol-based Sums Ltd is a leading UK provider of educational software for multiple platforms (including the web), specialising in fun, animated maths activities. ZigPress has been working with Sums for around 3 years, though nothing has appeared on the Portfolio page until now, because the projects were password-protected sites used by schools who were given [...]

10 Reasons Websites Should Not Play Music

I do a lot of surfing, looking for design inspiration, coding tips, or simply something to amuse me. I often start a surfing session using StumbleUpon or Wikipedia and then simply see where my interest leads me. Sometimes, even in 2009, it leads me to a website that starts playing music or talking at me [...]

Website Testing Process

When designing and building websites, any professional will tell you that you should test in as many browsers as possible. In the real world, the number you can actually test in may be quite small, depending on your operating system and how many computers you have access to, but you can still set up a [...]