Nathan Powis 4 May 2017 Technical Big Data and NoSQL Traditional relational databases have long dominated web development, but NoSQL is increasingly becoming a viable alternative option. Their scalability and flexibility in database structure make NoSQL databases an ideal candidate in cloud-based envir...
Fran Garcia-Linares 18 Apr 2017 Technical Drupal 8: web developers’ playground IE Digital has fully adopted Drupal 8 as our production CMS of choice for our charity, health and education clients, as well as our developers' playground. Fran talks about the process we went through to get the team up to speed, and complete ou...
James Marsh 12 Apr 2017 Charity Granting a new website and a new look to Baron Davenport's Charity Baron Davenport’s Charity unveiled its new look website recently, which makes applying for grants easier for deserving charities and individuals.
Joëlle Symons 5 Apr 2017 Technical Five of the best flat-file CMS solutions While Drupal, Wordpress and Joomla are the undisputed champions of the content management system (CMS) universe, simpler, flat-file CMSs like Grav and Pico also have their place for simpler websites. Front-end developer Joëlle had a look at the advan...
Matt Atkinson 17 Mar 2017 Technical Trello or Jira: which is the best Agile project management tool? Trello and JIRA, two industry recognised tools used for Agile project management to collaborate, problem solve and deliver projects on time. They each have their strengths and weaknesses. Our Project Manager and ScrumMaster, Matt, pits the ...
Ollie Leggett 8 Mar 2017 Charity, Education Celebrating National Careers Week 2017 IE Digital has worked extensively with careers organisations, particularly where charity and education combine. During National Careers and Apprenticeships Week (and Scottish Apprenticeships Week north of the border), we've had a look back at a bunch...
Ed Wilkinson 1 Mar 2017 Charity, Health, Education, Other Personalised digital experiences A flexible digital marketing platform capable of personalisation can take the effectiveness of your non-profit website to the next level, by responding intelligently to individual user preferences.
Ollie Leggett 14 Feb 2017 IE News Practise what you preach IE Digital has been busy designing, building and populating its two brand new websites.
Denise Atkins 26 Jan 2017 IE News Life at IE: an outside perspective We recently welcomed Joy Bannister to the IE studio, on a short-term assignment to help us generate content for our shiny new websites. Originally hailing from Detroit and being new to the agency environment, we asked Joy to write one final piece for...
Ed Wilkinson 23 Jan 2017 Charity, Health, Education, Other, IE News IE scores big with digital and brand clients IE’s digital and brand consultants have scored a brilliant 8.6/10 from non-profit clients, using the ‘Net Promoter Score (NPS)’ measure of customer satisfaction.