Year: 2014

POODLE Vulnerability – We’ve disabled SSLv3 support on our web hosting servers

Chris O'Brien October 17, 2014 0 Comments
On October 14th 2014 Google released details on the POODLE attack, a padding oracle attack that targets CBC-mode ciphers in the 15 year old SSLv3 security protocol. The vulnerability allows an active "man-in-the-middle" attacker to decrypt content exchanged via an SSLv3 connection. While secure connections primarily use TLS (the successor to SSL), most users were vulnerable because web...
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New website launched for photographer Paul Green

Chris O'Brien September 05, 2014 0 Comments
Photographer Paul Green wanted to move away from a proprietary photo hosting solution that didn't offer much flexibility when it came to presenting his photographs, he commissioned O'Brien Media to build a custom solution to satisfy his photo hosting requirements that included a professionally designed site along with in-built photo sales features to allow his photos to be watermarked but also...
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Upgrade your Drupal and WordPress sites now!

Chris O'Brien August 12, 2014 0 Comments
Just as every now and then you need to update and upgrade the software on your computer, your website also needs upgrades to the software that powers it to keep your website operating at its best. On the 6th August a patch for a security vulnerability that had been discovered in all recent versions of popular blogging and content management platforms Drupal and WordPress was released.  These...
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What is responsive website design (and why your website should be responsive)

Chris O'Brien August 12, 2014 0 Comments
Responsive website design is an approach to designing websites that focuses on creating sites that provide an optimal browsing experience - viewing content and navigating the website with minimal panning, scrolling and resizing - across a wide range of devices (from mobile phones and tablets to desktop computers and laptops). Responsive v Mobile website design While mobile design advocates...
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What does your choice of colour say about your business?

Chris O'Brien July 22, 2014 0 Comments
Updated for 2024: Read our updated 2024 article on The Psychology of Colour in Web Design Colour plays a big part in how we react to every aspect of our environment, from the space we work in to the products we buy. Taking colour into account when designing your business' branding, product packaging, promotional materials, and even your office or retail space can have a massive effect on the...
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Web design: Keep it simple (your visitors will thank you!)

Chris O'Brien July 19, 2014 0 Comments
When it comes to designing a website, experience (and a lot of research, feedback and data analysis), has taught us to stick to the "keep it simple" rule to create a site that your visitors will love. You wouldn't cram retail or office space with clutter so resist the urge to cram as much information onto your website as possible.  Less is more when it comes to most of the pages on your website,...
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