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The Art of Eliminating Nasty Code Smells

When most people think of the work The C2 Group creates, they envision beautiful designs and a well-planned user experience.  But the visuals created by our design team are not the only beautiful part of the final product.  The developers at C2 work up a sweat make sure their code on the site is pleasing to work with and stays clean.  In other words, the code doesn't smell...

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A Better Way to XSLT

As one of our Senior Advanced Developers, Brian is always looking for ways to optimize his code. Like he says in his blog, "I want my websites to be fast, and it seems I'm always looking for ways to squeeze a little more performance out of my code." Check out one of his solutions here...

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Use the CMS Responsibly

Web content management systems come in all shapes and sizes and with all kinds of functionality... Learn from Jon how to effectively manage your CMS!

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Is Duplicate Content Double the Fun?

There's that famous ad campaign from Wrigley's Gum with the tagline "double your pleasure".  While doubling is often a great thing (ice cream scoops, salary, and fresh breath come to mind), it's not so great when it comes to doubling (or more) your site content, commonly known as "Duplicate Content".

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Part 2: The Permanent “Undeclared” Major

This is part 2 in a 7 part series on The Biggest Mistakes in Higher Ed Web Projects.  Part I is entitled, "The C.E.O. is M.I.A" and can be accessed here on our blog page.  I hope this is useful and thank you for reading and sharing this post through your social networks!

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