Part of what we do at Hathway involves making sure we are at least in step with the most current technology and business trends, and making sure our friends and clients benefit.

Exhibit A: our business resource guide, also known as our blog page. Here are some of our latest articles, designed to keep you well informed. Enjoy!

Elephantitis of the Website
"Or “elephan-site-is” if you’re really into puns. What is it? Simply put, it’s a site with way too much going on. Visitors find themselves suffering symptoms of disorientation, confusion, and an overall sense of being overwhelmed. And if they can’t figure out within 5 seconds why they are there, what purpose the site serves them, and how to get to where they want to go, you can say bye-bye to any chance of keeping them there. Elephan-site-is caused by three bad habits. We’re going to check out each one before letting you in on the fool-proof cure."

Battle of the SEF URLs: Joomsef vs. SH404sef
"A mandatory part of any Joomla site worth its salt is SEF URLs. Sure, you could go with the default Joomla SEF settings. Flip a couple radio switches, put together a .htaccess file, and you’re good to go. But the hard-core Joomlans know that a beefed up Joomla SEF component is what’s really going to get you results in the search engines and give you full control over your shiny, pretty, search engine friendly urls. Our two SEF competitors in the ring are Joomsef by Artio and SH404sef by dev.anything-digital.com. Let’s see how they stack up"

Is Your Website Ivy League or Community College?
"University websites are often awe-inspiring with large images of wholesome-looking students studying outdoors or intense athletes tearing up the field with a packed stadium in the background. Below these impressive banners, events calendars and latest news are generally featured. Links to admissions, alumni, and donor pages are either featured at the top or at the very bottom. This is a relatively functional, and very common, university website."

Dive Into HTML5
"Are you, like many web developers, putting off learning HTML5 until 2012, the estimated date it will reach the Candidate Recommendation stage? Do you feel it would be a waste of time? Well, here are a few reasons why that is wrong."