The Cheeky Monkey Media Blog
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xScope In Your Workflow – Dave’s Quick Tips
August 31, 2018 / Treena Bjarnason In this episode, we explore xScope, a Swiss Army knife tool that everyone in your front and back-end web design and development team can use to ensure a project is looking its best. Resources https://xscopeapp.com/ Read more
Better Bug Reports – Dave’s Quick Tips
August 29, 2018 / Treena Bjarnason Welcome back you magnificent monkeys! In this episode, we see how to make helpful images and videos for bug reports. Visuals help developers fix bugs faster, so including them in reports is always a happy bonus. Resources: Mac Shortcuts Skitch Napkin Q… Read more
Using Counters in CSS – Dave’s Quick Tips
August 21, 2018 / Treena Bjarnason In this episode, we take a look at how CSS counters can be used to make numbered items easier to build and maintain. Lists aren’t the only way! Read more
Using Accessible Colours – Dave’s Quick Tips
August 16, 2018 / Treena Bjarnason In this episode, we check out some tools to help us pick accessible colors so our websites are viewable by the widest range of people. Resources: https://www.w3.org/WAI/standards-guidelines/wcag/ https://usecontrast.com https://www.funkify.org/ https:/… Read more
Mobile Accordions in Foundation – Dave’s Quick Tips
August 14, 2018 / Treena Bjarnason Welcome back! In today’s episode, we’re making a quick and easy custom display that shows as normal columns on desktop displays and as an accordion on mobile devices. Read more
Building Donut Charts in Twig with SVG
April 19, 2018 / Treena Bjarnason Once upon a project, we were using the Google Graph API to build donut charts. This worked great until it came time to print. See, Google Graphs have no viewBox. So when a user wants to print a page, the graph bursts out of its container and overlaps o… Read more
My First Monkey Month
April 17, 2018 / Treena Bjarnason Starting a new job is a scary thing, even more so when you’ve been working solo for years. All of a sudden you’re questioning your skills, speed, and knowledge. Having a supportive, collaborative, hardworking team is crucial to helping you feel comfort… Read more
10 Google Analytics Tools Every Business Should Use
March 27, 2018 / Treena Bjarnason Did you know that studies show that almost 80% of Americans now shop online? For small businesses, this means having an online strategy is essential to reaching today’s customers. While it can be challenging selling and marketing your products online,… Read more
10 Web Design Trends to Watch for in 2018
January 24, 2018 / Treena Bjarnason If you want your website to stand out, you need to make sure you’re following the latest web design trends. In 2017, 57.7% of small to medium-sized business owners stated that they wished to invest in new and improved website design in the future. The… Read more
8 Best SEO Tools to Use for Your Website in 2017
October 4, 2017 / Treena Bjarnason Let’s cut to the chase: the top result on Google gets one-third of all traffic. That means if you aren’t on the top of the page, you’re losing potential customers. If you want to succeed, your business needs to master search engine optimization. But do… Read more
WordPress vs Drupal Showdown
August 11, 2017 / Treena Bjarnason Introduction In today’s technology era, now is the time to have an engaging online presence. As of 2022, there are over 1.3 billion websites on the internet, with more being updated and created each day. Selecting the right Content Management System(CM… Read more