The Right Way to Sell: How to Pick an eCommerce Platform for Your Site
If we had a magical machine that could tell us the best way to approach to every project, we would probably just sell that machine
4 Things Web Designers Can Learn From Food Trucks
Design principles are everywhere. Even in places you might not notice or expect. Take food trucks for example: not only are they mobile hunger-fighting supertrucks
Site Speed and Your Bottom Line: Is Your Page Fast Enough?
People are impatient creatures. No matter how good a restaurant is, they’ll go elsewhere at the first sign of a long wait. The same thing
Home.php is Where the Heart Is: A Guide to WordPress File Path Functions
File paths can be confusing in WordPress. (To learn more about WordPress check out this blog.) Especially because there are nearly two dozen different functions
Code Editor of Choice: An (Incredibly) Extensive Defense of Vim for Developers
If you intend on writing any significant amount of code, you will need a text editor that grants you the greatest amount of productivity. Some
Focus or Folly: An Argument Against Over-specialization
It seems like these days, everyone is expected to specialize in a super niche field of study. “Be a type designer, a JavaScript engineer, or
Learning From Experience: 3 Lessons From Building K-12 School Websites
We’ve had the pleasure of working with some high-profile schools and school districts on redefining and refocusing their digital strategy. Often, schools come to us
How to Beat Common WordPress Development Performance Bottlenecks
At Flying Hippo, we love WordPress. Not only is it our CMS du jour, but its native functionality provides the backbone for many more-complicated features
Changing With the Times: Future Proofing Your Site with Responsive Design
For the past couple of years, the web has started to embrace a new paradigm: responsive design. That is, a single site architecture that resizes
Business Critical: Batkid, Bob Dylan, Hobbits, Sponsored Content
Business Critical is our weekly collection of what’s new, exciting, and insightful for business leaders from the world of the web, marketing, social media, and
From HTML and CSS to KPI and CTA: Flying Hippo is a Digital Agency
When we first started this company, the web was a much simpler place. Boy, how times have changed. Back then, many brands were still apprehensive