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19/06/2025

“I can’t find what I’m looking for.” 😤
Sound familiar? Here's how user research can refresh your information architecture by finding the hidden paths your users need.
https://www.civicuk.com/blog-item/your-website-has-desire-paths-and-they-are-costing-you

21/11/2023

Serving Google ads in the EEA and UK: find out more in our latest blog.

Earlier this year, on May 16th, Google announced changes to their ad network which introduced requirements for all businesses using their publisher products - Google AdSense, Ad Manager, or AdMob - to use a Google-certified CMP when serving ads to users in the European Economic Area (EEA) and/or the...

26/10/2023

Most devices these days contain some sort of cloud backup to store securely your data.
But is this always for the best? Sometimes, you may want to consider keeping your data off the cloud, and we have. Here are some reasons we’ve considered when making the decision.

Welcome to 2023, where your personal collection of cat photos is likely to contain more information than the sum of all recorded human knowledge for the past several thousand years. Don’t get us wrong, we love our cats and our cat photos, and this, really, is the point of this post. Stored in our ...

18/10/2023

WCAG 2.2 has been released, will it bring an end to CAPTCHA and if so, what does that mean for your business?
Find out in our latest blog!

It's been just over 5 years since WCAG 2.1 was released to the world. I often joke that the Internet ages in dog years (or should that be cat years) making 5 years a very long time so it's great to see WCAG 2.2 finally released. It's been a long road for what's arguably a minor update, but for those...

13/10/2023

The Internet has changed the world and us relatively quickly.
But how has this impacted the way we access information? Also, is information easily accessible to everyone?
Let's dig a little deeper in our last blog!

It's a daily occurrence to video call people on the other side of the world on my mobile as I sit drinking expresso in some artisan coffee shop, whilst connected to the largest repository of information ever. But as a child, I remember sitting on an old Mac, watching still/slow video streaming from....

03/10/2023

Chair, table, desk, strawberry. One of these stands out. Take the same approach with your brand. Be brave, be distinctive and stand out in your market or sector to gain an advantage.

In our blog, we take a look at the theory of how to be memorable in a competitive landscape.

Chair, table, lamp, stool, strawberry, desk, bed. Give this list to 100 people and ask them to recall one word – most are more likely to say ’strawberry’.

13/09/2023

As the number of threats and data breaches increase, so does the need to further secure your web applications and users. Find out more about Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) and how to implement it in a Spring Boot application in our blog.

As the number of threats and data breaches increase, so does the need to further secure your web applications and users. One of the most powerful ways to do that's by employing Two-Factor Authentication (2FA). Two-Factor Authentication is the process in which users need to verify themselves via two....

15/08/2023

CIVIC has been collaborating in Erasmus+ projects for 7 years now and 2023 marks the year of the end of our journey together. In this blog, we’ll sum up some conclusions and reflections and recap some of our most successful projects.

CIVIC has been collaborating in Erasmus+ projects for 7 years now and 2023 marks the year of the end of our journey together. In this blog, we’ll sum up some conclusions and reflections and recap some of our most successful projects.

10/08/2023

Read our blog "The cost efficiency of investing in your digital presence: a digital agency’s perspective" and start investing in your digital presence with a powerful CMS!

In the rapidly evolving digital landscape, businesses face a critical decision: to invest in their digital presence or risk falling behind their competitors. As a project manager and an account manager in various digital agencies, I’ve witnessed firsthand how strategic investments in a robust Cont...

10/08/2023

Space Guardians 2 is an EU-funded project aiming to improve kids' astronomy literacy coordinated by CIVIC. As our project is almost coming to an end, we created a promotional video to showcase our final results and achievements and the feedback we received during our f2f events! Check it out!

25/07/2023

Some time ago we released the visual configuration sandbox of Cookie Control: a tool that offers the functionality to visually configure many aspects of Cookie Control and preview your selections before deploying them on your website. We've also provided sensible default selections to help you out. Useful, right? Find out more in our blog!

A few weeks ago, we released the visual configuration sandbox of Cookie Control: a tool that offers the functionality to visually configure many aspects of Cookie Control and preview your selections before deploying them on your website. We've also provided sensible default selections to help you ou...

18/07/2023

What's user testing and what are its benefits?
In our latest blog, we explore what considerations to make at different stages of a project when undertaking usability testing.

In this post, we’ll review what considerations to make at different stages of a project when undertaking usability testing.