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We went to DrupalCamp London 2017

6 March, 2017
#Drupal
#Press

DrupalCamp London celebrated its fifth birthday this year, and for the first time Real Life Digital were official sponsors of the CxO day.

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SEO in Drupal: an introduction

26 January, 2017
#Drupal
#SEO
#Tutorial

Drupal is absolutely the best CMS platform when it comes to SEO, but our clients don't seem to be aware of this so we finally decided to break it down.

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We went to DrupalCon 2016 in Dublin

3 October, 2016
#Drupal
#Press

Once again this year we had the ultimate pleasure of being guests in another exciting European city as we attending the first ever Drupal conference in Dublin.

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12 SEO top tips for better ranking with Drupal

1 June, 2016
#Drupal
#SEO

SEO. Search engine optimisation. Where to begin with the elusive task of search engine optimisation, around which an entire industry has formed?

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16 Awesome CSS Libraries and Resources

23 May, 2016
#Frontend
#HTML, CSS & Javascript

In his usual wacky style Darren presents his 16 favourite resources for writing better CSS, streamlining your workflow or just having some good old fun!

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How we got a custom Drupal 8 theme up and running with Sass, Singularity, Breakpoint, LiveReload and Gulp

11 April, 2016
#Drupal
#Frontend
#HTML, CSS & Javascript
#Tutorial

Can Drupal, Sass, Singularity, Breakpoint, LiveReload and Gulp all play nicely together? It took us a while to crack it so we thought we'd share our findings.

The attendees of DrupalCamp London 2016.
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We went to DrupalCamp London 2016

18 March, 2016
#Drupal
#Press

Every year the Drupal community meet up at various conferences and more localised camps. This weekend we attended one of the largest camps in the country.

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Websites as an Investment Part 4: What if I wait?

24 February, 2016
#Advice

The clock is ticking and time is money. It turns out that delaying your new website could actually be costing you money. We try and break down why that is.

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Websites as an Investment Part 3: What will it cost?

17 February, 2016
#Advice

Some web agencies will charge you £1000 and others £10000 but why? What's the difference? We break down the true costs & value of building a website.

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Websites as an Investment Part 2: 5 rules for selecting a web team

10 February, 2016
#Advice

When you start thinking about your new website, you'll need to select a team who will drive success. Here are some great tips on how to do that.

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Websites as an Investment Part 1: What exactly do I need?

3 February, 2016
#Advice

When it comes to building a new website you'll need to think 'plan' before you think about 'budget'. What do you need to do to get ready to take the leap?

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Responsive Design Part 4: the drawbacks of responsive and how to overcome them

25 January, 2016
#Frontend

Are there any drawbacks of responsive design and if so what can we do to minimise the impact? We explore many of the concerns we've heard from clients.

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Responsive Design Part 3: The seven deadly sins of responsive design

18 January, 2016
#Frontend

Responsive design can be good, but sometimes it can go bad and even ugly. We explore the 7 deadly sins of responsive design. It's not going to be pretty!.

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Responsive Design Part 2: Why do I need responsive website design?

11 January, 2016
#Frontend

Responsive design isn't just a fad that will fade away. In fact it will make a tremendous difference to your online presence in ways you might not imagine.

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Responsive Design Part 1: What is responsive website design?

4 January, 2016
#Frontend

The first in our series on responsive web design and why you should care about it.

Left to right: Julia, Barry and Darren eating Real Life Digital branded cup cakes.
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Cody Technology Park Free Coffee & Cake Event

14 December, 2015
#Press

We moved on to Cody Technology Park back in August 2015 but still hadn't met a lot of other tenants so we decided to give away coffee and cake to meet people!

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Why you need a Branding Document

4 November, 2015
#Advice
#User experience

Your brand is the face of your business, and you need to be thinking and laying down rules about how your brand is communicated to your customers.

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Creating Drupal 8 themes

21 October, 2015
#Drupal
#Frontend
#HTML, CSS & Javascript
#Tutorial

Drupal 8 has many new exciting features, but perhaps the most exciting of all is the new approach to themes. Our developer Alex gives us the lowdown.

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