There are so many stories nowadays about security threats on the Internet: hackers, phishing, spam, and viruses.  At AlbanyWeb, we realise that you don't necessarily want to take the time to understand all the technical details, you just want to know someone is looking after it for you.  At AlbanyWeb we take website security seriously enough to take an active part in improving security.

We ensure your website is secure by applying all security updates to our website software.  What's more the password you use to edit your AlbanyWeb website is safeguarded as we use a secure connection when you log in (check for the lock symbol).

But we don't just rely on everyone else to provide the security updates.  I spotted a small security flaw in part of Drupal, and reported it along with a fix.  Just recently the fix was approved and offered to all Drupal sites around...

What role does the Internet have for someone following the path of yoga? Critics would say that it creates an alluring unreal world we can lose ourselves in; it can suck up large amounts of time for little real benefit; it can lead to sitting statically with poor posture; when battling the uncooperative computer, our analytical brain is fired up to assert our will over it - quite the opposite of the yoga path.

From personal experience, I can confirm that all of above are possible. One possible path is to ignore the Internet entirely, and I can respect that. However the Internet has many positives too. It allows instant communication around the world, and there is a fantastic wealth of valuable information available. For many of us it is more practical to take what benefits we can from the Internet whilst being aware of the pitfalls - the rest...

Our newest AlbanyWebs website is a simple but powerful portfolio site for Scottish artist Sue Simpson.  Beginning with our standard website, we added an enhanced, accessible and fully-responsive slideshow that put her paintings and line of greetings cards front and centre.  In addition, Sue's website is the first of our projects that was designed to be best viewed on a tablet device, with elements of navigation floating around or below the centrally framed slideshows.

Sue's original website was built using Flash slideshows, which meant that it was not visible on many phones and tablets, and also meant that her ability to edit or add images and information was very limited.  As a result, the site grew a series of extra pages with additional information, that fell outwith the original design, and outwith the original (also Flash-based) navigation, and this made that information very hard to find.

We created a clean...

I have always been a bit of a cheerleader for Google Sites because it really does offer an easy way to get yourself online with a website very quickly, and without too much in the way of technical knowledge.  And, there aren't any hidden costs, 'optional' but actually necessary upgrades that you have to pay for, or surprisingly high monthly hosting charges.  None of that - just a quick and basic interface and large selection of themes to get you started. 

I have a Google Sites site for an afterschool club I ran a few years ago (see it here: http://club.handbellringing.co.uk), which is a good example of how you can get something quite reasonable using Google Sites.  It does the job it needed to do, which was to have something quick I could use to add value to the club and add some background material and other resources and...

In the old days you needed specialist skills to make even the simplest change to a web site.  Like most modern systems, our sites as easy for our clients to edit themselves.

At AlbanyWeb, we are pleased to announce our new easier self-editing interface.  Whilst you are viewing your site, if you see something you want to change, simply click on the edit button.  You can edit the page "in place" using simple controls much like editing a document or writing an email.  Whilst editing, you keep the colours, header, sidebars, fonts and so on from your site, so it's easier to visualise exactly how your page will look.

Don't worry, it's all perfectly secure, as you have to log in with your personal password to make changes.  All our sites come with HTTPS/SSL to protect your password.

AlbanyWeb customers are the first to benefit from this particular enhancement, which...