Website Design Blog

The world of website design has never stopped changing since I first got involved almost 20 years ago. My first website was pure html, we mentioned it in an earlier post . A little later, the challenge was to create an Intranet website - one that was used only inside the network of my employer back in 1999.  At the time, a training course I ha...

Websites can be created in a number of different ways.  When Light Bulb Web Design launched in 2013, we brought over 17 years of experience with us in using one of the longest standing content management systems available. Rather than create static HTML websites, we wanted to be sure that our clients were given a platform that could grow and e...

​It has always been beneficial to have any e-commerce website running on HTTPS hosting - in simple terms, the 'S' stands for secure, meaning any communication between your website and the visitor is encrypted. When taking card payments or personal details, this significantly reduces the chances of the customers data being read maliciously. In Septe...

In May 2016, Light Bulb Web Design in Carlisle became a full time company, but we've already covered that in our previous post :) The main business focus of this decision was to enable us to offer even more services to our clients, having more time to work more closely with other local businesses that offer related services to our ow...

You may have noticed that we mention having over 17 years experience in web design...and you may wonder where we get that figure from...

In 1999 we created our first public website, offering a mix of website design services and general nonsense about my life and the rest...it even included what is now called a blog, as well as a portfolio of the work we had done for others at that time.