Treat Digital Blog

Afis Ajibike

Pixel perfection is old

by Afis Ajibike | 09.05.2013

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Recently I was having a discussion with our head designer about a responsive design project when a moment of clarity struck me. Responsive Web Design is more than just adjusting a web experience to different...

Luke Barton

Web Design Trends for 2013

by Luke Barton | 22.01.2013

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We asked our design team what they think the big design trends will be in 2013...here’s what they came up with. Responsive Layouts: Responsive design is a way of designing and coding websites with a...

Tereza Drskova

Useful ExpressionEngine Add-ons

by Tereza Drskova | 16.01.2013

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One of the best features of the ExpressionEngine (EE) CMS is the extensive variety of add-ons available to developers. Although EE works great on its own the sheer number of add-ons allows EE to be...

Alla Dokashenko

2013 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) highlights and what it means for the mobile web.

by Alla Dokashenko | 11.01.2013

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The 2013 International CES event comes to an end today. Here are some of the exciting new devices that have been unveiled. Phones: The biggest news in Smartphone technology came from Samsung and Sony. Samsung...

Luke Barton

Treat take on the ‘Hot Wing Challenge’!

by Luke Barton | 05.12.2012

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Me and Simon headed down to The Red Dog Saloon in Hoxton to tackle the legendary 'Hot Wing Challenge'. Watch the video below to see how we got on.     Participants are required to...

Alla Dokashenko

Reasons to use responsive design on your website

by Alla Dokashenko | 07.11.2012

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When designing a website these days there are many different screen sizes and resolutions to consider across a number of increasingly popular handheld devices such as mobile and tablet. Creating a dedicated “mobile” site can...

James Tuke

Digital Impact Awards 2012: a night to remember

by James Tuke | 19.10.2012

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It was a pleasure for 10 of the Treat Digital team to attend the Digital Impact Awards 2012 this week and for Treat Digital to be a sponsor for the second year running. The evening...

James Tuke

Google’s Amit Singhal boldly searches where no man has searched before

by James Tuke | 18.10.2012

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If you've ever wondered what sort of brains it takes to write the massively complex algorithm that powers Google's search results, the man you need to meet is Star Trek fan Amit Singhal. Amit sat...

Luke Barton

Award Winners! We’d like to thank…

by Luke Barton | 26.09.2012

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Just a very brief update from Treat Towers. We’ll save you the humble and gushing thank you speech, but we would like to announce that we have won the silver prize for best professional services...

James Tuke

Taking tea with tigers

by James Tuke | 20.09.2012

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It’s as obvious as stating that the sun rises every morning but there’s still a breathtaking amount of business going on in East Asia. Nothing remarkable in pointing this out, of course, but it’s sometimes...

Luke Barton

We’ve been shortlisted as a finalist in this year’s Dadi Awards!

by Luke Barton | 20.07.2012

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Great news everyone! The website we designed and built for B P Collins has made it to the final of this year's Dadi Awards for best Professional Services Website or Campaign. You can find out...

Luke Barton

Got a spare minute? Take our Print vs. Digital survey.

by Luke Barton | 05.07.2012

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We all know that the digital age is well and truly upon us. In our last blog Simon Williams spoke about how broadsheet papers such as the Guardian are embracing digital by offering mobile and...

Simon Williams

How do you read your paper?

by Simon Williams | 06.06.2012

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So…digital is the future! "Hmmm…" is the reaction I was familiar with for many years. However, I saw something whilst waiting for the tube which made me smile and filled me with energy. It was...

Luke Barton

The Digital Impact Awards get a Treat

by Luke Barton | 29.05.2012

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  We're delighted to announce that we are sponsoring the Digital Impact Awards, the UK's leading awards programme to recognise, benchmark and celebrate excellence in digital stakeholder communications. This is the second year we have...

Ed Dyson

Olympics Webinar

by Ed Dyson | 21.05.2012

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There was a telling moment at the end of the Arkadin ‘Olympics and the Communications Flow’ webinar we spoke at last week, when a series of questions were fired at the head of news for...

Afis Ajibike

A Responsive Web

by Afis Ajibike | 15.05.2012

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Major changes in web software and connectivity have put us on the cusp of an evolutionary shift in how websites are viewed. A web that responds to changes is not a new concept but is...

James Tuke

EU Cookie legislation: the way the cookie crumbles

by James Tuke | 14.05.2012

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EU Cookie legislation deadline: 25th May 2012 I'm sure you’re aware that new legislation is coming into effect later this month (25th May 2012) which obliges all website owners in the EU to (i) warn...

Ed Dyson

Breaking rules, making waves

by Ed Dyson | 02.04.2012

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By their very nature, websites are far more structured than people think. While digital is rightly considered a ground-breaking medium, many websites are in fact very straight-laced. Rules rule. If you compared them to an...

James Tuke

Selling beyond frontiers

by James Tuke | 30.03.2012

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While in my Linkedin groups the other day I was particularly struck at how valiantly many international sales people are trying to sell across frontiers while, as we English say, "having one hand tied behind...

Luke Barton

Pinterest and its benefits for businesses

by Luke Barton | 14.03.2012

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Think of Pinterest as a digital scrapbook that allows members to "pin" images, videos and other objects to their online pinboard. So why the buzz? In December of 2011, Pinterest entered the list of top...

Luke Barton

Training with Perri Shakes Drayton

by Luke Barton | 05.03.2012

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A few of the more athletic members of the Treat team headed down to the training ground to be put through their paces by Olympic 2012 hopeful Perri Shakes Drayton. Have a look at the...

Luke Barton

Around town

by Luke Barton | 29.02.2012

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Highly influential American pop artist Roy Lichtenstein is famed for his works based on comic strips and advertising imagery shaded with his hallmark Ben-Day dots. From 21 February 2013 to 27 May 2013 Tate Modern...

Afis Ajibike

ExpressionEngine CMS: a developer’s perspective

by Afis Ajibike | 28.02.2012

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As a busy developer with project managers – not to mention clients! – waiting for progress reports, I need a CMS that makes my life easier. A lot of CMS’s claim to be easy to...