Category: Web Development

Digital Agencies, Charities and Not-for-Profits

October 23, 2024

Designed and Built 4 Here's how we do it. *Strategic Digital Marketing*: Not-for-profits need targeted marketing strategies to reach their audience effectively. We can develop tailored campaigns that leverage social media, email marketing, and content creation to engage supporters and raise awareness about their mission. *Website Development and Optimization*:... Read More


Applications that revolutionised traditional businesses

July 11, 2024

An application - on the web (or on your mobile) - is software that offers some sort of service. Users interact with the service to self-help with your business. It might be as simple as a booking form for your physio, or it might be complex like Uber. Here are five... Read More


Silverstripe CMS - Over a Decade Later and Still Great

August 30, 2023

It’s been a decade since we first posted about our favourite CMS - Silverstripe, and all these years later we still consider it a great CMS. silverstripe3 cms interface Here are a few of the features we continue to love. *Flexible Content Management*: Silverstripe provides a flexible content management system that allows... Read More


Guidelines for Effective Nonprofit & Charity Websites

August 02, 2023

At Kindleman we spend a significant amount of time working with Nonprofit and Charity organisations. Helping people do good is part of the Kindleman DNA. Over the years we have come to understand that creating a successful and effective website for a nonprofit organisation requires careful planning and sticking to best... Read More


How to Make a Great Podcast Website

July 12, 2023

At Kindleman we LOVE Podcasts. It all began with Serial[https://serialpodcast.org/] back in the day and we're still hooked - The Teacher's Pet, This American Life[https://www.thisamericanlife.org/], 99% Invisible[https://99percentinvisible.org/] and everything in between. There's more to a podcast than great content you also need a great website to showcase the work and... Read More


What is Education Technology?

April 12, 2023 by Emily

Education Technology, or EdTech, is a rapidly growing field with a focus on improving education through technology. This can include the use of software, mobile devices, and the internet to deliver educational content, facilitate communication and collaboration, and provide data-driven insights to improve student outcomes. EdTech companies and initiatives aim to... Read More


Kindleman - How We Do It - Ruby on Rails

January 31, 2023

At Kindleman, we use a combination of technologies and tools to build web applications, sites and business tools. One of our favourites is Ruby on Rails (RoR). It's a web application framework written in Ruby programming language. It follows the Model-View-Controller (MVC) design pattern and provides a structure for building web... Read More


Jamstack

May 30, 2022 by Will

What is it JAMStack stands for Javascript Api and Markup. Although really, that's a bit muddled. Once deployed they are primarily markup, with interactive features and API data sprinkled on top with Javascript. JAMStack has made a splash over the last few years because it turns what has become the norm of... Read More


Hierarchical Menu Management with RubyOnRails

March 21, 2022 by Will

Most websites have a set of pages that need to be arranged as a tree, allowing users to drill down into more detailed pages. To manage that in the admin area, it's nice to be able to drag and drop the pages into the tree. Such a fancy feature is pretty... Read More


Adding Embeds to an ActionText Field

February 04, 2022 by Will

When a website requires a lot of custom functionality, we often reach for RubyOnRails rather than something like WordPress or SilverStripe. Rails has a lot of capability that enables us to build CMS features comparable to the best CMS systems. So when you want something unique, you don't have to... Read More



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