Website Design on Caktus Group

CSS Tip: Fixed Headers and Section Anchors

Mon, 23 Oct 2017 13:30:00 +0000

Fixed headers are a common design pattern that keeps navigation essentials in easy reach as users meander down a page. Keeping a header fixed as the user scrolls can free up horizontal space for smaller devices by avoiding sidebars, and keeps your branding visible.

Responsive web design

Wed, 04 Jan 2017 15:26:22 +0000

What is responsive web design?

Responsive web design is an approach to web design and development whereby websites and web applications respond to a screen size of the device on which they’re being accessed. The response includes layout changes, rearrangement of content, and in some cases selective display or hiding of content elements. Using a responsive web design approach you can optimize web pages to achieve great user experience on a range of devices, from smartphones to desktop.

What Web Analytics Can’t Tell You About User Experience

Tue, 13 Sep 2016 14:38:47 +0000

Is analytics data collected for a website, an application, or a game sufficient to understand what problems users encounter while interacting with it and what prevents their full engagement?

Caktus Internship Fuels a Career Re-Launch

Thu, 24 Mar 2016 13:28:53 +0000

What is it like to be an intern at Caktus? I am finishing up as the spring Django intern (though I didn’t actually use any Django), so I’ll share my experience.

PyCon 2016: Behind the Design

Wed, 23 Sep 2015 18:30:00 +0000

Having helped to design an award-winning event site for last year’s PyCon in Montreal, we are thrilled to collaborate again with the Python Software Foundation (PSF) on this year’s site for PyCon 2016.

Caktus Wins Two Communicator Awards for PyCon 2015

Wed, 29 Apr 2015 19:59:42 +0000

We’re thrilled to announce that we’ve won two Communicator Awards in this year’s 2015 Communicator Awards competition. With over 6000 entries received from across the US and around the world, the Communicator Awards is considered the largest and most competitive international awards program honoring creative excellence for communications professionals.

PyCon Blog Features Caktus Group

Tue, 27 Jan 2015 21:07:10 +0000

Brian Curtis, the director of the Python Software Foundation, recently interviewed and featured Caktus on the PyCon website. PyCon is the premiere event for those of us within the Python and Django open source communities. Brian writes about our work designing the PyCon 2015 website, our efforts in Libya, and what’s on the horizon in 2015. We’re excited about this recognition!

Supporting Increased Healthcare Access with NCGetCovered.org

Thu, 13 Nov 2014 16:53:49 +0000

We’ve launched NCGetCovered.org, a site dedicated to helping North Carolinians gain access to health insurance. As many know, enrolling in health insurance can feel daunting. NCGetcovered.org aims to simplify that process by centralizing enrollment information and great resources like live help. The site is launching ahead of the November 15th open enrollment period for the federal healthcare exchange (healthcare.gov).

We've Won Two W3 Awards for Creative Excellence on the Web!

Wed, 12 Nov 2014 14:00:00 +0000

We’re honored to announce that we’ve won two W3 Silver Awards for Creative Excellence on the Web. The awards were given in recognition of our homepage redesign and DjangonCon 2014. Many thanks to Open Bastion and, by extension, the Django Software Foundation for selecting us to build the DjangoCon website. Also many thanks to our hardworking team of designers, developers and project managers that worked on these projects: Dan, Daryl, David, Michael, Rebecca, and Trevor!

Website Redesign for PyCon 2015

Thu, 31 Jul 2014 20:14:48 +0000

PyCon 2015’s website launched today (a day early!). PyCon is the premiere conference for the Python community and one we look forward to attending every year. We’re honored that the Python Software Foundation returned to us this year to revamp the site. We were especially happy to work again with organizer-extraordinaires Ewa Jodlowska and Diana Clarke.

Contributing Back to Symposion

Mon, 21 Jul 2014 12:00:00 +0000

Recently Caktus collaborated with the organizers of PyOhio, a free regional Python conference, to launch the PyOhio 2014 conference website. The conference starts this weekend, July 26 - 27. As in prior years, the conference web site utilizes Eldarion’s Symposion, an opensource conference management system. Symposion powers a number of annual conference sites including PyCon and DjangoCon. In fact, as of this writing, there are 78 forks of Symposion, a nod to its widespread use for events both large and small. This collaboration afforded us the opportunity to abide by one our core tenets, that of giving back to the community.

Caktus has a new website!

Wed, 09 Apr 2014 13:00:00 +0000

It’s been a few years since we last updated our website, and we gave it a whole new look!

With the new site, it’s easy to see just what services we offer, and our processes for bringing our client’s ideas to life. The new layout allows for more in-depth reviews of our projects, and also highlights our talented and growing team. We also wanted to share more information on our commitment to the open source community and social good. And the updated structure makes finding out about events and reading our ever-popular blog posts simple.