Happy Valentine’s Day to us! The cobbler’s children couldn’t have been more barefoot, but we are pleased as punch to announce that on February 14 we launched the new SprocketWebsites.com website. How do you like the cool new look?

When it’s time to build something around the house, how do you choose the right carpenter? What about when it’s time to build your website? When you’re working with a professional, you’ll get better results if you take time to learn a bit about how the job will be done.

Cash-strapped businesses have to make hard financial decisions, but going too cheap on your website may be ham-stringing your success. Whether you went with the lowest bidder or are using a do-it-yourself website builder, check those efforts against our list of best practices, so you can say "My website! It's just what I wanted!"

The end of the year is fast approaching and it’s time to take a look ahead. What do we have to look forward to in 2016? What trends are on the way out and which are here to stay? Anything new on the horizon? Well, slow down, I’ll fill you in.

Growing up the child of a military parent is a unique experience, only truly understood by other military “brats,” which is how the Brat Pride! organization came to be. Sprocket Websites is honored to help re-brand Brat Pride! and launch a new, improved website.

Some web developers are hackers (we mean that in the nicest way). They hand-code the website to meet the custom need. We applaud that; more power to them. But we're integrators and we like it when several standard, well-supported components can be artfully combined to solve the problem. Here's a great example.