A good article that goes a bit deeper into the legalese behind the SOPA bill.

http://mashable.com/2012/01/17/sopa-dangerous-opinion/

It’s been a busy year.  This year we have locked in to our core PHP frameworks, Symfony and CodeIgniter and modernised our WWWCMS using the CodeIgniter framework.  We set up a cloud hosting program with Amazon S3 for hosting high quality digital assets.  We have launched some amazing websites with powerful back end applications for Leo Burnett and created a number of new Email Marketing templates for new clients making use of our eDM product.  We also built mobile websites using JQTouch and built our own iPad online testing platform called iPadPreview.com

We continued to support Mitre 10 and Flight Centre with small updates and enhancements to existing developments and launched new websites for Flagstaff Consulting, ZeroThree, Vocal Alchemy, I Love Discounts, Sprunje, NWIF, Prasino Technologies, Boxy Design, Desert Cave Hotel, Opal Inn Hotel, Readers Digest, Bet Optimiser, Gaggenau Australia, Sailing Shack, Chilarity, Tivoli Cards & Paper, iPadPreview, PHP Developers.

Social media played a large part in our work during 2011 with manmy of our web projects incorporating social media integration and encouraging interaction in various ways.

In 2012 we’re looking at more mobile development, our server stats are showing huge growth in mobile browser usage.  We’ll be looking towards a few major Enterprise developments using the Symfony framework and moving more and more of our owned hosting platform across to the cloud.  Coming up with clever social media strategies to boost our clients cut through in these markets will continue to be a major focus for us.  We also continue to focus on the latest Google changes with Places, Business Pages and Panda changes and general SEO practices.

Our fixation with the fantastic open source blog software WordPress continues as does our relationship and expertise with the OpenCart shopping cart software and we will continue creating and supporting these applications.

So that’s us!  Have a great Christmas and a Happy New Year and we’ll see you on the other side.

If you’re looking for support on your OpenCart implementation please give us a call or email us at helpmequick@wwwshop.com.au.

We can help with design, plug-ins, workflow, payment gateway implementation, inventory management, template implementation and more…

We are an oscommerce shop that converted to opencart about 18 months ago.  As well as opencart we build many websites written in the PHP codeigniter and symfony frameworks so are very familiar with MVC theory and modern best of breed development methodologies as they relate to open source technologies.

So if your looking for a new website using the latest technologies – Codeigniter 2.1, Symfony 2.0.6 opencart 1.5 etc. give us a call!

Oh…to keep up with the latest PHP News go to PHPDevelopers.com.au

…and to see how your old school 2009 website looks on an iPad go to ipadpreview.com

Shameless inbound links but we do what we can!

Cheers,

WWWShop

Check her out here: Contact, 0417 890 244 Mark

We have just launched the new website for PHPDevelopers.com.au.  It’s a news aggregation site featuring a number of feeds that are PHP or just generally web development related.  The news is ranked based on the number of tweets and Facebook shares each story receives and we are linking new stories through our Twitter feed @php_wwwshop.

So have a look and if a feed that you want is not there just add it!

phpdevelopers.com.au

Have a look at the two graphs below from statcounter.com.

Android may be doing robust business in the USA but in Australia it’s all iPhone and iPad!

To ensure your website looks OK on these devices go to ipadpreview.com

Check out the new Sailing Shack website/blog.

Built using that magnificent WordPress code this baby has a complete Classifieds section, a range of user input pages, Update your coaching qualifications, sell your boat, look for a rib etc.etc. it’s all there.

You can also read the yachting feeds and daily blog updates as well…get onto it!

www.sailingshack.com.au

We have just completed a new corporate overhaul for Flagstaff Consulting.  The update included log design, stationery and this great new corporate website.  The website looks great…if we do say so ourselves…and provides quick access to a wealth of case studies that the Flagstaff Team have completed nationally on some of Australia’s biggest projects.

by mashable.com

Have a look at www.tivolicards.com.au.

This is a great example of the simple and effective online commerce.  Easy to select a product, nice clear images of the product, simple pricing, shipping and options process, fast check-out.

OpenCart is quickly becoming the best open source shopping cart app. in the market and we are the experts!

Beautiful use of OpenCart shopping cart software