That’s how it is
By Richard Frank // May 04, 2010
Early this year we built a blog for a rising political and social commentator, Thando Sangqu. Thando is a 15-year-old with a lot on his mind – and he needed a blog to express his unique perspective on South Africa’s political landscape and lifestyle scene. Read more…
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Journ-AIDS provides safe passage through HIV/AIDS reporting minefield
By Nikolai Viedge // April 28, 2010
HIV/AIDS is a tricky subject to cover, journalistically speaking.
In addition to being a chronic illness which, if left untreated, is fatal, it also carries with it social stigma that has seen people vilified, ostracised, and in some cases, murdered, simply for having contracted the disease.
Reporting on the disease abounds with stereotypes and stereotyping. The Fourth Estate is encouraged to provide an independent voice and perspective, but it’s all too easy to simply reflect the views of those who see the disease as “a whore’s disease”, “a gay disease” or “a black disease”. Read more…
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Flow launches two new websites
By Miliswa Sitshwele // April 23, 2010
Flow Communications is proud to announce that it has built and launched two new websites this week.
These are the Origins Centre and Civic Automation Systems.
Earlier this year Flow was contracted by the Origins Centre to design a website that was smart, informative and easy to navigate. Read more…
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New Cape Point website launches
By Jade Archer // March 29, 2010
Flow Communications has just given the Cape Point website a makeover, adding a host of new features that will hopefully keep users coming back.
The new website provides fees and operating hours information, along with maps of the area and a wealth of information on Cape Point’s fascinating history.
Ever wondered about the legend of the ghost ship, the Flying Dutchman? Or puzzled over what treasure might lie at the bottom of the sea in pirate shipwrecks? Or how the park came to be filled with such diverse wildlife? The Cape Point website has the answers to these questions, and many more. Read more…
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The Table Mountain Aerial Cableway website gets a new look
By Palesa Motau // February 23, 2010
The Table Mountain Aerial Cableway website just got a makeover!
The new site has everything you need to know about visiting the Cableway; from what time the sun rises and sets, to the history of the Cableway, and stories on the famous people who have travelled – from the Queen to Sir Edmund Hillary – it since it opened in 1929. Read more…
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New website launched for South African National Editors’ Forum
By Bev Tucker // February 02, 2010
First glances can be so deceptive. Revamping the South African National Editors’ Forum (Sanef) website looked like it would be a fairly quick job; a sprint rather than a marathon. You understand. But, as I said, first glances … .
It turned out the old site had quite a bit of content to unravel and repackage before we could bring it up to date. In addition to a new structure and functionality, the pages called for a fresh look and feel. This was the starting point for the project I’d be managing.
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How SEO is not changing journalism
By Richard Frank // January 27, 2010
In response to Roy’s blog post last week about how SEO is changing journalism, I’d like to offer another perspective.
Although journalists are now trying to bend their grammar and style to maximise the SEO potential of their posts, they shouldn’t lose sight of the fact that the actual content matters.
Although short-term gains can be won by writing a clever, SEO-friendly title and first paragraph, the real gains come when people actually link to the content. And people only link to the content if they find it valuable and think that other people will find it valuable.
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How to keep your copyright notice current with PHP date()
By Richard Frank // January 05, 2010
Keep your copyright notice (usually found in the website footer) up to date automatically by using a simple PHP function.
But web developers often miss changing a website’s copyright notice to reflect the current year. If your copyright notice says “2007”, it immediately tells the user that the site was built in 2007, and has not been looked at since! Read more…
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Kristen Carter and Flow help you find your path
By Palesa Motau // December 22, 2009
Kristen Carter, a certified Martha Beck life coach, helps her clients to find their path in life.
After 25 years in business as a senior manager and consultant in South Africa and the United States, Kristen herself chose a new path: providing life coaching skills and services to companies and individuals.
Flow has just designed Kristen a new site, www.kcarter.com with social networking elements using Flickr and Twitter, and a blog which Kristen is updating regularly with interesting posts ranging from the importance of spending time doing the things you love to how to help yourself feel more like a hero and less like a zero, which all of us probably do at times. Read more…
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Using Mac OSX Screen Sharing
By Richard Frank // December 21, 2009
Often I need to share an idea or coding technique with my colleagues in our programming studio. In the past, this would mean everyone getting out of their seats and gathering around one machine. These days we’ve found a far more effective way of sharing ideas. Using the built-in Mac screen sharing tool, we all log in to one machine and run the tutorial/discussion from there.
If you have a Mac, this is how you do it: Read more…
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