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Jan 22, 2021 In Informative

Why the two-factor authentication?

By Carla and Tom

Photo from Paweł Czerwiński on Unsplash

Have you ever wondered why online banking has so many OTPs? It’s because cyber security is a big deal, that’s why you hear it on the news more and more. And while you might think that hackers aren’t as interested in your shopping habits as state secrets, you’d be wrong. Whether you are a global superpower or an undercover cat blogger, your data is valuable. Let me explain why “password123” won’t cut the mustard and how two-factor authentication is a must have.

Feb 21, 2019 In Informative

Email? What are you?

By Carla

Email – something we take for granted until it stops working. And as we have no idea how or why it works, when it stops, it can be quite a stressful affair.

Dec 5, 2018 In Behind-the-scenes at Pomegranite, Informative

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We have had a busy, stressful few weeks at Pomegranite: big projects, tight deadlines and long days.

I decided to do a hands-on, practical tutorial to plunge everyone’s brains into the deep end and perhaps flip the reset button at the same time.

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Sep 19, 2018 In Informative

On the importance of WordPress updates

By Carla

So you want a WordPress website, you contact some lovely developers (like Pomegranite), they build you a site and once it is live you never log in again.

A few months down the line you find some kind of issue on the site. Maybe you are receiving a huge amount of spam (viagra anyone?), perhaps the look of the site has changed and you don’t know why, or maybe the site speed has slowly degraded.

Why has this happened? In short, updates. Updates that have not been done. READ MORE

Jul 20, 2018 In Behind-the-scenes at Pomegranite

We are five!

By Carla

This past Friday, we at Pomegranite put on our 5th birthday bash at The German Club in Gardens. To give you an idea of the success of our party, I will begin at the end:

Tom, Liz and I on stage at The Manila Bar performing (read: shouting) Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody:

Liz: “I’ve signed us up to sing Bohemian Rhapsody.”
Carla: “You know I can’t sing, right?”
Liz: “I know.”
Carla: “Cool!”

Needless to say, our Pomegranite trio wowed the crowd.

Jun 15, 2018 In Informative

Embedding a Google Map on your website now requires a credit card

By Carla

In May, Google announced that it was renaming its Map services to ‘Google Maps Platform’ and merging “Standard and Premium plans to form one pay-as-you go pricing plan for [their] core products.”

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May 29, 2018 In Behind-the-scenes at Pomegranite

Made Marian: one of our favourites

By Carla

Personally, mademarian.co.za is my favourite site to date. Since the initial build, we have updated the site and added e-commerce functionality:

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Sep 21, 2017 In Informative

“Your connection to this site is NOT SECURE”

By Carla

On the 27th of April, Google announced that from the beginning of October 2017 “Chrome will show the “Not secure” warning in two additional situations: when users enter data on an HTTP page, and on all HTTP pages visited in Incognito mode.”

You may be wondering What is HTTP and HTTPS? and What does this mean for my site? Let’s start at the beginning:

HTTP and HTTPS

HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP) was the system used in ‘the beginning’ by network administrators as the standard procedure for exchanging information. However once everyone understood this process, it became very easy to intercept these exchanges. Thus HyperText Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTPS) was developed to protect the information exchanged over the network. HTTPS uses an SSL Certificate to encrypt the information. This means that even if someone intercepts information being exchanged they would not be able to read it.READ MORE

Mar 8, 2017 In Informative

Desk habits

By Carla

Sitting at a desk all day is not healthy, but something that’s a reality for most of us. We’ve compiled a few tips to help keep your body happy.

Nov 21, 2016 In Informative

If you aren’t using Canva, you should start today!

– Carla

Last year I was introduced to an online graphic design app called Canva. Today, I don’t know how I would work without it (I use it every day).

This is why I love it:

Nov 4, 2016 In Behind-the-scenes at Pomegranite

Our top five lunch spots

– Carla

Working at Pomegranite means a multitude of things. One of these things is that we work really hard, another is that we are located at the top of Wale Street in the city center (a prime spot for most of our gustatory requirements). Eating amazing food makes us happy and gives us something to look forward to. And yes, sometimes we have second lunch. With all of this in mind, here are our top five lunch spots:

Aug 25, 2016 In Behind-the-scenes at Pomegranite

Back to school: HTML5, CSS3 and responsive design

– Carla

When you work at Pomegranite you have to get used to a few things. One of those things is the fact that your bosses are fantastic strong women who encourage you to be fantastic and strong. Also they check up on you, regularly! And they can see when you have hit a wall and need some help moving forward.