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The Cornershop Blog
Welcome, Chris!
We’re thrilled to welcome Chris Harmoney to the Cornershop team as our new Back-End Developer. Huzzah! Chris began writing programs in HyperCard in elementary school, and has been telling computers what to do ever since. After receiving a BA in Economics from Washington… More
The lowdown on Heartbleed
The Heartbleed bug allowed eavesdroppers to get glimpses of just about anything a vulnerable server was handling. It’s a serious issue and you should know how it affects you and what you need to do.
Explaining Domains, DNS, and Hosting
Understanding name servers, DNS records, domain registrars and website hosting can be a challenge even for people who have worked on the Web for years, but a quick overview coupled with a cheesy metaphor may help.
You Are Unreliable: Always Test Your Sitemap!
When you’re redesigning your website, you can work very hard to make your page and folder titles clear, but you really can’t be sure that you’re not mired down in organization-specific lingo, acculturated meanings, and historic implications. Card sorting can help.
Cornershop presents at 2013 Salsa Conference
At this year’s annual Salsa Community Conference we presented to more than 100 people about the importance and “how to” of mobile coding in email, donations, and advocacy forms.
Facebook changes policy thanks to WAM campaign
Our new GLOW section celebrates and highlights campaigns from our favorite clients. We like to say that one of our favorite things about working with nonprofits is that it gives us the opportunity to bask in the warm glow… More
Achievement unlocked: Six months in business
Wednesday just so happened to be our six-month anniversary. At least the six month anniversary of the day the state of Michigan officially acknowledged us as a legal entity. While it’d be another month (or two) before all three of… More
We’re thankful for you.
Without you, we never would have started Cornershop, and it never would have been as successful as we’ve been thus far. You make it not just possible, but worthwhile.
CSS media queries and flexible embeddable widgets
While CSS’s media queries are typically used in service of responsive design, we’ve identified another use for them: embeddable widgets that adapt to the space they’re placed in.
A quick introduction to wireframing
Wireframing is often neglected in the website development process, but it has a huge impact on a site’s success. It’s critical to understand what wireframes are and what role they play.