Static site generators have been around for quite a while (think Jekyll), but their popularity has been increasing rapidly as of late. the euphoric embrace of the Jamstack by the web developer community has not gone unnoticed at Amazon and Microsoft.
Continue readingGoogle announced that within the next two years the Chrome browser would no longer allow 3rd-party cookies. Reactions are mixed.
Continue readingFor some of us the last quarter of 2019 meant going back to school. Boyle Software received additional certifications both on foundational and technical levels.
Continue readingOctober is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month (NCSAM) in the United States. Started by National Cyber Security Alliance and the Department of Homeland Security in 2003 it was conceived to raise awareness of the importance of cybersecurity.
Continue readingWhen testing for performance, WebPageTest is an invaluable tool. While the performance audit tab in Chrome’s Dev Tools tests a web page against Google’s performance algorithm and creates a score along with a list of opportunities to improve performance, WebPageTest offers an in-depth look at what exactly is happening when someone requests a web page from our server.
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The alt attribute is mandatory. It serves several important accessibility purposes. That’s why it is the first guideline of the Web Content Accessibility Guide (WCAG).
We all have seen the most well-known example of the purpose of alternative text: a broken image. In order to make the original intention of the image accessible even if it can’t load the image the browser displays the text as an alternative.
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A web accessibility statement provides your users with information about the accessibility of your content. It shows that you care about accessibility and demonstrates social responsibility.
Boyle Software, Inc. is now a member of the Center for Internet Security (CIS) SecureSuite®. This new partnership provides us access to multiple cyber-security resources including the CIS-CAT Pro configuration assessment tool, remediation content, full-format CIS Benchmarks™ and more.
We are happy to announce that Boyle Software is now an official partner of Contentful, the content infrastructure platform that allows content providers to easily create, manage and distribute content across multiple channels.
Boyle Software is now an official Certified Developer for Authorize.Net, one of the leading payment gateway services. Authorize.net is trusted by more than 430,000 merchants and handles over 1 billion transactions every year.
