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Avoid technical debt!

28 October / By Somar Digital

If you manage a website and have found yourself asking “why does it take so long to develop features?” or “why are there so many bugs when we release updates?” technical debt could be the answer.

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Why Upgrade to Silvertripe 4?

1 April / By Shaun Hunter

If your current website is running Silverstripe 3.x, its time to upgrade to Silverstripe 4. The security, performance and functionality gains are significant; here’s our breakdown of the reasons to make the jump.

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Security Headers

26 February

When we think about user experience, it’s usually things like “putting the user first”, “creating personas”, or “building an intuitive information architecture” that come to mind. We don’t often consider the emotions users might feel if they were hacked, as a result of using our applications.

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The Triumphant Return of the Gradient

30 November / By Angus Deacon

One of the techniques shunned by designers is making a comeback. Almost overnight, it seems that gradients are popping up in website designs everywhere.

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Workshops: Great Ideas Start Here

13 October / By Angus Deacon

Somar conduct fun, engaging, and efficient workshops to help better understand the needs of your organisation so that we can create purposeful user-centric solutions.

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Accessibility is Fluid

7 July / By Angus Deacon

Accessibility is something we take seriously here at Somar Digital. This insight is about how we try to approach accessibility from a different angle so that we avoid focusing on just a small, niche audience.

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