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Here at Ctrl Alt Create our team have a selection of tools they use to help with the web design and development process. Here are 5 of our favourite: Font Awesome One of the most popular web design tools, here at Ctrl Alt Create, is Font Awesome. Font Awesome...

Bootstrap is a HTML, CSS and JavaScript framework. The open source front end framework is developed by Twitter and is used for creating responsive, mobile friendly websites. The Bootstrap framework makes front end web development, for responsive websites, much faster and easier than before. Bootstrap used a single code...

Responsive web design is the proves of designing & developing a website that is accessible across all devices, regardless of the size of their screen. As well as making your website accessible, responsive web design ensures that your website functions fully across all devices and screen sizes, whether that...

WordPress is the most popular, open source, CMS used for websites and blogs. Due to its popularity and open source, community built plugins, WordPress is a big target for hackers and cyber-attacks. In this blog post we will discuss the best WordPress website security plugins that we have hands...

What is an SSL certificate? An SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) is a digital certificate that authenticates the identity of a website and encrypts information that is sent to the server. What does SSL do? SSL makes an encrypted connection between your websites server and your users website browser. This...

Last week, Nintendo finally teased gamers with a video of its new Nintendo Switch games console. The console is both a handheld device and a home games console. This means you can play it on the move, like a Nintendo 3DS and then connect it to the big screen...

Googles much anticipated Pixel smartphone is set to launch on the 20th October. The Pixel is the first smartphone that Google has developed inside out. Google has developed both the hardware and software for the Pixel. Google is desperate to try and lure people away from Apples IOS to...

In the past 5 years, millions of accounts and email addresses have been leaked, stolen and sold. This is as a result of data breaches, many of which have affected huge company’s such as Adobe, LinkedIn, Tumblr, Yahoo & Dropbox. The website ‘Have I Been Pwnend’ allows users to...

As of the 10th January 2017 Google’s ranking algorithm is going to start penalising websites that show large intrusive pop up advertisements. Mobile devices now account for nearly 70% of internet traffic. Due to screens being much smaller than desktops, the pop-up advertisements have caused problems, as they usually...

Snapchat has quickly become one of the most popular social media platforms – especially with the younger generation. In this article we are going to discuss 5 ways you can use Snapchat to grow your business. Preview New Products Snapchat is a clever way to demonstrate new products to...