Some good news… for us… as bespoke software developers of web based software systems. Browser compatibly issues have long since been an active issue ever since we starting developing software solutions for the web. Whilst we endeavour to develop our bespoke software solutions to adhere to a set of web standards, we occasionally come across…
If you have a website or online software system you’ve probably heard your developer mention these acronyms, HTTP, SSL and HTTPS. Let’s start off with the basics… When you visit a website you may have noticed that the web browser prepends http:// to the web address, for example, https://www.cbssolutions.co.uk. HTTP stands for Hypertext Transfer Protocol,…
Every so often we are asked to write bespoke software which just begs to have real-time updates and popup notifications, in some solutions it’s a must have requirement and in others it’s a nice to have feature. So, what do we mean by a real-time update and popup notification? Consider the following two scenarios: You…
You may have heard of the terms REST or RESTful when talking to software developers but what does it actually mean? REST stands for ‘representational state transfer’, it’s a methodology for building software for the web and was first defined in 2000 by Roy Fielding. Technically speaking, it is a way of providing interoperability between…
We have noticed a recent trend in customers having a need for a bespoke calendar/diary/scheduling element to their cloud based software solutions. We have an excellent calendar component fit for purpose which we can plug in and customise for different business needs. Live Demo We can tailor the feature set to match your exact requirements…
Microsoft SQL Server Express is Microsoft’s entry level database server solution. It is available free of charge and as such has been widely adopted within many small to medium sized businesses. Microsoft have judged that offering a free solution will get their product in to the market with many users of the Express version inevitably…
