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Expanding upon our Web and Application development services, SGC now offers expanded services to provide brands, retailers, content/media companies, agencies, enterprises and other businesses with greater access to their customers using smartphones and tablets. Smartphone Apps can enable companies like yours to offer their customers/users a more interactive and efficient experience than they otherwise enjoy by browsing your non-optimized Web site.

It is not totally surprising to me that the Web industry is growing as fast as it is with mobile/tablet platforms taking off like rocket cars on salt flats. I guess all of the above go hand-in-hand and this also means they will continue along this path for the foreseeable future… in my own humble opinion.

Design creation (or UI) is a critical process in the creation of an application or website.  There are many steps in the creation of a project and while each step is essential to the success of a project, design is the foundation of how that project will look.  The result of the design phase (or mockups) will then stand as a contract which can be referred to later to assure the final result is what was ordered.

There are several ways to improve Drupal performance, and to be more honest, there are several ways to improve your infrastructure supporting Drupal (e.g. Web Server, MySQL Server, PHP opt-code cache, Varnish/Boost HTML cache, Application cache (Memcached/APC), Pagespeed (output compression/optimization), etc). You can also add gigs of RAM to your server, more processors and perhaps deploy your Drupal site on a cluster of 10+ dedicated servers.

Sometimes we need to hide a module to avoid certain known conflicts on a site. The Following is a specific use case for doing as such:

Note: Use jQuery UI 1.8 in an specific admin page

• Module jquery_ui is installed and provides version jQuery UI 1.7
• jQuery UI 1.8 is needed in admin page: "admin/build/custompage"

Issue

Once "jquery_ui" module is installed, the "context" module plugin "reaction block" will load "jquery_ui" on every page load.

It is no surprise that here at SGC we love coffee. In fact, I think most people enjoy a nice cup of coffee. I walked into what I call the "Command Center" early today I was a little surprised when I saw our Systems Architect drinking a Slurpee. The Command Center is where the Systems Architect sits and basically controls many different aspects of our web development company.
 

Recently I were archiving a Drupal site and needed to move the "files" folder to another path. Then some critical issues raised:

• Image paths were using an nonexistent path
• All file links were missing the domain name

The following modules were affected:

The 8.9 magnitude earthquake in Japan followed by the destructive tsunami has left more than 550,000 people displaced and living in shelters. The death toll continues to rise and could near 10,000. Reports indicate that Japan has not faced this kind of devastation since the Second World War.
 
At Santex, we understand that the Internet is probably the most powerful tool to share information. We want to provide you a link to a website that lists the different ways that you can help Japan. Japan needs help. Anything can and will help.
 

Here at SGC we love the above video! We wish Chuck was here in San Diego to help us communicate web design to all of our clients.

The rap really hits home with regards to how important each aspect of your website is to search engines, especially Google. Whether you are in San Diego, California, or New York, New York, we can create your vision in code.

I've been working with Views since Drupal 5.x, at that time it was the longest form you could ever have imagined. But it was still an awesome module with its ability to facilitate the creation of lists and tables to display content. With the release of Drupal 6.x, the community had to wait a while to get Views 2.0 in place. It came with great UI usability improvements, amazing enhancements and a brand new API.