My latest Squarespace website project was a site makeover for nu funk record label Boogie Boutique. Having already created and managed their website with the Squarespace platform, they wanted me to give the site a fresh new look with a bit more polish and design flair than their existing site had. My job was to [...] Read More
Recently I’ve noticed an influx into the market of web-based Facebook builder apps: services which allow non-techies to create custom Facebook pages or Facebook apps without needing to understand code or hire a developer. Having tried some first-hand, I thought I’d do a quick list of some of these tools to help you choose which [...] Read More
My lovely and rather clever client Helen from Where There’s Smoke contracted me to help her showcase the work that they do in a fun, engaging way on their website. Rather than just telling in words what they do, how they do it, why and for whom, we worked up a tabbed slideshow which uses [...] Read More
Squarespace is a great CMS that is really easy to use, but sometimes it takes the hand of a design pro to make it look just right. Recently I was contacted through my Squarespace microsite by a client who had been using Squarespace for a while, but needed some help in making the site look [...] Read More
Recently I was contacted by Sarah Louise Dix, a rather chic couture upholsterer and designer of stunning bespoke furniture. Like many small businesses/sole traders, Sarah had a website which had been created by a friend, and she got in touch because her friend was no longer able to update the site. Although she initially wanted [...] Read More
With more and more companies using social media for business, it’s increasingly important for businesses to have a set of guidelines or rules of engagement which can ensure that employees know what to do when interacting online. It’s equally important for managers and superiors to have these guidelines in place, as they may not be [...] Read More
Now that the internet as we know it has been around a while, you’d think that people would have stopped making truly horrible, un-usable, unreadable and downright ridiculous websites. You’d THINK that, but you’d be wrong. The aptly named Webpages That Suck has pulled together their top 25 worst websites of 2010, which is a [...] Read More
I'm Miko Coffey, a London-based web consultant/ freelancer with 15+ years' experience in online. I'm here to help people get value from online tools, techniques and technologies.