News
Mar
2009
A new kind of PHP and AJAX Calendar
We have a lot of clients who need calendars for their websites. Calendars that all sorts of things. Things that are not necessarily included in other calendaring software out there. So … why not build one?
We would like to know…
Feb
2009
Slicing & Coding
Have you designed a spectacular website in photoshop, illustrator or fireworks and are stuck trying to find someone to change it into CSS/XHTML code for you? Look no further!
Maifith Design sliced and dices sites and produces clean XHTML and CSS…
Feb
2009
The simplest solution is the right one.
I was working with a client’s programming team on a charts and data binding project lately when we came upon an interesting yet vastly frustrating problem.
The files were built on a machine that had IIS and Apache running, which is fine. The…
Jan
2009
Do I need a CMS?
We get asked this question frequently enough.
Our most common answer is — “That depends on your needs.”
No one -needs- a CMS just because they have a website. You need a CMS because you have a need for multiple authors, multiple…
Dec
2008
Dealing with ugly Link Underlining
We pride outselves on having great design skills at Maifith. But you cannot just throw usability and accessability out the window when trying to acheive a good design.
I recently read an article at Usability Post about the 7 most common usability…
Oct
2008
_gat is undefined: New Analytics Code
So Google has updated their analytics engine and added some new code for users to put on their sites. That’s great, right? It’s good to see a company releasing updates to a free product. Not entirely.
It would seem that their…
Sep
2008
The Currie Wealth Management Group
Bill Currie and his team have contracted Maifith Design inc to create a web precense for the london based investment and wealth management group.
Their site has a group of specially design investment tools developed by us to help their clients.
The…
Sep
2008
Essential Wordpress Steps
A lot of clients ask us for our most common practices and how to do menial Wordpress tasks. Not to say that these tasks are not important, they are just simple to do and can be done by anyone.
There are…
Sep
2008
CMS Installation Service
We’re starting a new service that will allow you to get a no-hassle website.
We will offer the installation of a rudimentary CMS to your own host. CMS’s include Wordpress, Joomla or Drupal. We suggest Wordpress for a simple site, Joomla…
Aug
2008
Custom Wordpress Plugins
Maifith has now completed work on two separate plug-ins for Wordpress. One being a plugin that you can control the flow of an XML file (for flash input) for a photo gallery based on your needs.
The second being a staff…
Jul
2008
I Wonder What This Button Does
I recenty had a client who let a young fish work on one of the sites I was doing for him. He uploaded an old version of it and since I no longer worked on the project, I didn’t have…