Blog

Between projects, we write about the things we've been working on, developer tutorials, and occasional opinion posts. This blog isn't updated particularly often - we're developers, not bloggers - but you might find our posts to be useful or interesting if you're a developer, or if you like to follow what we're up to.

You should also join us on social media where Kate posts our micro-updates a tad more often.

Announcements

QWeb's first birthday!

Today is QWeb's first birthday. We've been in business for a whole year!...

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Announcements

QWeb's first year

Exactly one year ago tomorrow, on the 15th February 2013, I was working my last day as the lead web developer for another Leeds based web agency. By t...

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Tutorials

Google maps

Google Maps is one of the most effective interactive map tools available on the web. Its most basic implementation is quite simple, however to give it...

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Tutorials

A jQueryious explanation!

So, whilst I was at university I adopted a want for learning about how all this programming jazz worked. I remember working a weekend straight, comple...

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Tutorials

MySQL database backup script for Rackspace

We love Rackspace. They host our cloud of servers, their technicians are excellent, and they provide an additional set of amazing services to us. One...

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Tutorials

Global find and replace in MySQL

I often find myself looking for this quick snippet of SQL code, even though I use it pretty much weekly. So, partly for my own reference, here's a qui...

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Tutorials

Caching: A quick effective way to speed up your site

While caching is becoming slightly less popular due to the forever increasing speed of networks, it can still be useful for both mobile data and slow...

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Tutorials

checkdnsrr() PHP Function for Windows IIS servers

When handling form submissions that ask for a visitors email address, such as a registration form or mailing list sign-up, it's a good idea to verify...

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Tutorials

How to speed up your site with .htaccess

Websites today are all about high quality images and streaming media. With large screens becoming more affordable and the increasing resolutions of mo...

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