Insights

Early last year, we discussed a few of the available solutions for building mega menus in Drupal 7. At that time, the method for building a Simple Mega Menu required doing some calculations and applying that logic using CSS. Now we have an even easier method available via the Superfish module.

Drastic increases in web traffic from mobile devices prove that marketers need to take their mobile web presence seriously. If your business or department is making that investment, you want to make sure your web infrastructure will continue to work as years pass and technology advances. When it comes to mobile websites, invest in a responsive design.

Both in business and at home, Facebook continues to be the talk of the town. With over a billion interactions, a devalued IPO, Facebook Insights, and what may prove to be the “new” way to search, Facebook continues to hold our attention.

I'm excited about the future of web design/development. 

• Screen-size agnostic approaches like responsive design using media queries. 
• High resolution graphics. Apple has branded this high resolution display as a "Retina" display. Other manufacturers are beginning to come close to the same resolution level. No doubt, we'll only see increased resolution going forward.
• CSS3/HTML5 now in the mainstream.
• Hosted fonts (Google Fonts, Typekit, etc) are becoming more common and higher quality.

Enter the scary part

The process of including IE7 and now even IE8 in my workflow feels "post war" and not current, modern or exciting. I remember the beautiful day when I stopped supporting IE6 a few years ago — the world was full of CSS promise.

I’ve spent the last couple months coordinating video series for several of our clients, and it’s been a roller coaster ride to say the least. But we’re rockin’ and rollin’ now, and it’s all thanks to scripts and storyboards.