Posts by Chris Webb

First72 is a growing company based in Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand. Born out of the need for PPE during the Covid pandemic, they specialise in emergency preparedness and all the equipment which goes…

We’ve all heard the stories about websites being attacked, hacked, breached and otherwise messed up. Having cleaned up and rebuilt my share of hacked sites, I’ve seen the most common security mistakes time…

There’s a bewildering array of options available for businesses wanting to sell products online. In this series we will take a look at the most popular eCommerce platforms, to help you decide which…

Website grading tools have come a long way over recent years. The days of just measuring ‘page speed’ are long gone; modern tools now provide sophisticated reports showing measurements for every aspect of…

There’s a bewildering array of options available for businesses wanting to sell products online. In this series we will take a look at the most popular eCommerce platforms, to help you decide which…

I’ve recently been working on the search engine for a large, information-dense WordPress site. The Hawke’s Bay Knowledge Bank has more than 36,000 documents published and searchable, so there is a plenty of…

The ability to find and understand information really is one of the most valuable work and life skills you can have these days. Yes, I’m talking about ‘Google-fu’. Anyone can type something into…

Sometimes you just need a big list of data. It’s not the most glamorous kind of web development, but we’re often asked to build user interfaces for viewing or working with data stored…

Even before the improbable series of calamities we know as 2020, the growth figures for eCommerce were staggering. From an already-impressive $562 billion in global eCommerce sales in 2010, the figure had hit…

Choosing the right domain name can be tough. Should you get a .nz or a .com? What about .cricket or .pizza? Your domain name is an extremely important part of your online presence.…