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Lisa Freeman

Lisa Freeman

Lisa Freeman is a web strategist, founder of 18a and fractional Technical Director.

She started her career over 20 years ago as a coder and now is primarily a “communication bridge” between developers (or tools) and clients, explaining complicated web decisions in easy to understand ways.

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Articles by Lisa Freeman

Senior full-stack developer role, near Weston-Super-Mare

Are you an experienced PHP/full-stack developer looking for a change in 2018? We're looking for someone, full or part time, with experience in the following areas - to take a key role with our busy client list of International brands and digital starts ups. - PHP- SQL- HTML5- CSS3- JavaScript /…

Happy Birthday to us! 10 this year.

18a is 10 years old this year! 2017 marks 10 years since Tom and I started trading as 18a Productions - 18a because we were working in Tom's flat - 18a Gloucester Road. It was a very small basement flat but we lived and worked there 24/7, building our fledgling…

The new wave of child friendly web events

As the mum of a toddler, who works with her developer husband, attending web events has gotten quite tricky over the last few years.

A brief review of Butlins.com

A UX review with some ideas and bug finding, carried out on butlins.com.

Clever copy and paste check from PC World

I selected the title of the product and copied it - ready to paste it into Google - and the site popped up a message telling me about it's price matching promise with selected competitors.

GDPR essentials for web developers and site owners

We've got a year until the GDPR comes into force, by which time websites across the land will need updating to ensure they conform.

How the BBC hide their h1 tag

The BBC home page hides it's h1 tag, but is that good practice?

Are banners to out of stock products losing you sales?

If you link to a certain product with a certain specification and it's out of stock, are you missing out on sales?

Is your search too helpful?

When searching on websites lately I don't always find what I need right away.

Quick tests can save orders

When was the last time you checked your website worked on all devices?

AMP project one year on

It's been over a year since the launch of the AMP Project - or Accelerated Mobile Pages Project - and Google are announcing strong results.

Digital Designer job vacancy nr. Bristol and Weston-Super-Mare

We're looking for an enthusiastic, bright, hard working designer to join our busy little agency to cover our existing Designer's maternity leave (and who knows beyond that). Based in Winscombe (BS25) nestled in the Mendips between Bristol, Weston-Super-Mare, and Cheddar, we make websites for international organisations, tech start ups, and…