4W Web Design Blog

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Speed & Security Server Improvements

We have made some major improvements to our server architecture here at 4W Towers, switching from Apache to Litespeed and complying with Payment Card Industry (PCI) requirements for sotring payment card data.

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Website Proofing

One of the many obstacles I have come up against when designing websites for clients is they naturally tend to focus on how the design appears on their own PC, and require a little convincing that the wider world of web users, particularly their current or potential clients, may be seeing something a little different due to the wide variety of PC screens (monitors) and browsers in use. Read in full

Using Facebook’s Like Button on your Website

Facebook recently launched a suite of social plugins for websites allowing Facebook users to interact or promote your website to their friends. The most widely used of these plugins will be the Like button as shown below:


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Illustrated Logo Design

4W have just completed a new illustrated logo design for “The Blue Wizard” – a mobile car valeting service. The primary display point will be on the company vehicles and should certainly catch people’s attention.
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Freelance Illustrator

We love bespoke illustration at 4W and featured here is a small selection of the work of one of our freelance illustrators, Paul Cartwright. We hope you’ll agree his work is amazing! Read in full

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