Developer’s Journal
Business Essential: The Contract
When running a small business, it's often easy to overlook the importance of a contract when starting a new project for a client. We all would like to think that one's word and a firm handshake are all that's needed to seal a deal, but that just isn't so, certainly...
Search Engine Optimization and Why It’s Critical to Your Business
If you're running a business, you may have heard about the importance of Search Engine Optimization (SEO) to drawing customers in to your business. But chances are you don't know exactly why SEO is so important. After all, it's a complicated and highly nuanced topic...
It’s a New Year! Isn’t It Time For a New Website?
We're in full swing now into the New Year. Everyone's shaking off the lull of the Christmas holiday season and looking ahead now to what 2019 has in store. Businesses are starting their new budget cycles and planning out their quarterly business strategies. Many are...
Signing Contracts Electronically
We live in a digital age now, and everything we do has moved online. It's not uncommon now to sign documents electronically, whether it be using a mouse or a fingertip to add your signature to a document or typing out a signature in a script-style font. Dragonspire...
Visual Design
I'll be the first to admit that I am not a visual designer. I've been building websites for over 20 years now, and one of the things I still struggle with the most is creating attractive website layouts from scratch. It's always been a major frustration for me. I can...
Mobile App Development
One of the most requested products Dragonspire Media has received this year is mobile applications. I can't count the number of times people have approached me asking if that's something my company does. And unfortunately I've had to wave every request off because...
Site Design Update
This past week I took the time to run the Dragonspire Media website through a major visual overhaul. I've added some new design tools to my repertoire that have made building attractive websites much easier and more enjoyable. I've wanted to update the Dragonspire...
Why WordPress?
Dragonspire Media builds websites using a variety of coding languages and on several different platforms. But it's no secret that we prefer to build on the WordPress CMS platform. We've used WordPress in web projects since its pre-1.0 days nearly 15 years ago, and we...
The Importance of SSL to Your Site
If you run an ecommerce site, you probably already understand the importance of having SSL (Secure Socket Layer) protection on your site to protect your customers' information when they submit orders for your products. Many payment portals require SSL to be present...