Blog
How to make and use a typeface for your icons
Posted by
Christopher Cohen on the 17th of May, 2012
Posted in Mobile, Web Development | 1 Comment ›
You’ve probably already heard of using custom typefaces instead of images for icons, but there’s not quite so much information about how to easily create your own, so this is my quick and dirty how-to guide.
Continue reading this post ›
We’re exhibited out and it’s good to be back!
Posted by Ellen Richards on the 15th of May, 2012
Posted in News, Schoolbox | No Comments ›
Exhibiting at the ICT Management and Leadership Conference 2012 organised by the Association of Independent Schools of NSW (AIS) was a huge success.
Aside from enjoying fantastic weather in the Hunter Valley, we were provided an opportunity to catch up with many of our existing clients and engage with key representatives from various independent schools.
The future of digital learning and the impact of mobile technology was a key focus for the delegates. Mobility is certainly changing the landscape and this provided an ideal environment to showcase our recent enhancements to Schoolbox and our future vision. Continue reading this post ›
Jet setting again – Schoolbox off to enlighten NSW independent schools
Posted in News, Schoolbox | No Comments ›
After much preparation we’re making the final touches for our Schoolbox exhibit before heading off this week to the ICT Management and Leadership Conference 2012 organised by the Association of Independent Schools of NSW (AIS).
Set to be a valuable event for ICT managers and professionals in schooling and education. The AIS is the peak body representing the independent schooling sector in NSW and being present at this event is our way of further committing to our focus on helping schools embrace web technology to improve learning and teaching.
How to make offline web applications load responsively
- Posted by
Christopher Cohen on the 7th of May, 2012
Posted in Mobile, Web Development | 1 Comment ›
Two of the bigger challenges of taking a web application onto mobile are:
- Working offline with HTML5
- Creating a fast and responsive feel like native applications
You can find quite a lot on these topics, and I'll repeat some pointers, but for me the big issue is combining the two; making an application load responsively, regardless of online state.
Continue reading this post ›
A BIG THANK YOU to Victoria Government for supporting Alaress and well done to us!
Posted in News | No Comments ›
Yes, a big thank you to the Victorian Government's Department of Business and Innovation for selecting Alaress as one of 32 high growth Victorian SMEs to undertake the Victorian Government MasterClass for Growth.
Were chuffed at being chosen as a high-achieving medium-sized Victorian business to participate in the second year of MasterClass for Growth that aims to assist us to realise the next stage of our development as a leading digital agency.
Continue reading this post ›
Schoolbox Vision For The Future
Posted by
James Leckie on the 21st of December, 2011
Posted in Schoolbox | 1 Comment ›
In a recent pitch we were asked what is the vision for the future of Schoolbox. It was such an interesting question that we had to catalogue our thoughts. Our vision for Schoolbox is divided up in to 3 main areas; access, technology and learning experience.
Time To Relax, Get Festive And Wrap Up 2011
Posted by
Sean Richards on the 8th of December, 2011
Posted in News, Schoolbox | No Comments ›
With the end of 2011 nearing, looking back we can hardly believe the astounding success we have enjoyed and shared this year. We would like to share with you some of the events that have occurred for Alaress over the last twelve months that have made it seem such a successful year. In no particular order, below is a snap shop of some of the achievements we have achieved:
Schoolbox Goes Global – 2011 ASBA Conference New Zealand
- Posted by
Sean Richards on the 7th of September, 2011
Posted in News, Schoolbox | No Comments ›
This year Alaress exhibited at the 2011 Australian School Bursars Accociation, ASBA conference held in Auckland, New Zealand from the 17th to 20th July.
This was a big decision for Alaress having previously only exhibiting in Australian events within the education industry.
Leading up to the conference we had been working closely with our strategic technology partner Synergetic to strenghten both our ongoing relationship and the way in which we work together to improve our solutions for our clients through tighter integration of our two systems.
As part of both our organisation’s commitment to work more collaboratively toghether we decided to exhibit together at ASBA.
Continue reading this post ›
Symfony2 goes live
- Posted by
James Leckie on the 13th of August, 2011
Posted in News, Web Development | 1 Comment ›
At Alaress we have been using Symfony to develop our large scale applications for over 6 months now. We recently released Hotels.com.au based on the 1.4 framework. On July the 25th we were excited to note that Symfony 2.0 was released. This milestone is an important evolution in Symfony. We are particular excited by the introduction of Doctrine2 and Twig as primary functions.
A Big Step Forward – Alaress Wins Placement on Victorian Government Eservices Panel
Posted by
alaress on the 6th of July, 2011
Posted in News | 1 Comment ›
Alaress is over the moon to announce that we have successfully won a position on the Victorian Government's eServices Panel from the 1st July 2011 through to the 30th June 2014.
The appointment will enable our digital agency to provide a range of valuable services including digital strategy, web design and development, information and application architecture, maintenance and support and more.