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.

Longtime colleagues and clients know that Sprocket is a DNN shop. But more and more often, people are asking for WordPress websites. So yes, we are now working with WordPress as well. Of course there are pros and cons and you should know what they are before choosing one over the other.

This week, Pinterest announced the rollout of buyable pins for U.S. Android users. Back in June, Pinterest announced buyable pins for iOS users as well. With Pinterest serving as a huge site for retailers and shoppers, it’s no wonder that they’re putting this sort of tool to use. Because about eighty percent of people buying things on Pinterest are doing so via mobile, buyable pins are a very smart and clear next step. They also announced The Pinterest Shop this week. The Pinterest Shop will serve as an opportunity for people to find collections of buyable pins that are handpicked by Pinterest.

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.