Calgary Web Design Experts - Media Dog
Leading in Calgary web design since 1996, the experts at Media Dog have been building websites, applications & online marketing programs that bridge each touchpoint between your organization and its audiences.
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Media Dog is full service interactive agency in business for almost 15 years
Since 1994, we have been building fully engineered web sites, applications & online marketing programs that bridge each touchpoint between your organization and its audiences.
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Discover who we are and how we work. Read how our web strategies evolve and respond to your changing business requirements, ultimately creating great web experiences for you and your audience.
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15 years of independent, fully engineered web solutions. ON-LINE. ON-TIME. No matter your business, getting you the most out of the web is our business. Watch our demo reel to see how we achieved this for clients like WinSport Canada, the Mayor of Calgary, SAIT, WorldSkills, AIDS Calgary, and West LRT.
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MediaBlog - Recent Posts
Cufon Javascript Error - "Attribute only valid on v:image"
May 06, 2010
After having used Flash based text for the web for a couple of years, I stumbled upon a great script which makes implementing raster, rich typography on the web painless and very customizable. The script Cufón is one of my new favourites...
[Read more]jQuery Superfish Menu Styling
February 16, 2010
I recently had the opportunity to get my hands dirty with the jQuery based menu - Superfish. If you're not familiar with the menu system, its definitely worth checking out. See either the jQuery plugin page, or the author's website. Why did I choose to test out this nav system? It's free, lightweight (4KB), built by an unordered list - which can help out for SEO purposes, jQuery based, and it works well across many browsers - yes, even IE6.
[Read more]A Shift From the Address Bar to the Search Box
January 19, 2010
Before my days at Media Dog, I spent a few years working in Japan, and during my time there I noticed an interesting trend among subway print ads and tv commercials. In a space normally reserved for the companies url, the ads would instead have a mock up of a search box with some keywords. An interesting approach to promote the website and one which I feel speaks much more naturally to a web users browsing habits.
[Read more]Keyword Research and Space
December 22, 2009
A mantra often repeated in SEO is that if a keyword is searched for a lot and is not difficult to rank for, then it's a winner. It's a great generalization to factor into your decisions, but not nearly enough. Here we share some examples of how to dig deeper in your keyword research efforts.
[Read more]SWFAddress and Flash
December 18, 2009
If you're unfamiliar with SWFAddress, its a great library that give you the ability to have unique URLs for every "page" in a flash website or application that can change on the fly, without a page reload. SWFAddress also allows for page bookmarking, browser history, and assists you in utilizing the browser's back and forward buttons within a flash (AS2 & 3) application ....
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