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Creating a headless CMS technology stack
By Mark Raymond On December 10, 2018
What does a typical day for your content creators look like? Are they constantly logging into a variety of software platforms to copy and paste the same content again and again? If this ...
Redefining code and a brand: Discussing our rebrand
By Mark Raymond On November 29, 2018
It's been a busy year for us; we relaunched our website, rebranded our company, started learning new technologies and helped some really interesting companies solve many complex web development challenges. With that being ...
Building a faster site: How to improve your website’s page load speed
By Mark Raymond On November 26, 2018
Last week we discussed the importance of page load speed; highlighting the increased emphasis that Google and other search engines have placed on it in recent years. We also shared a little ...
Slow websites suck. Don’t let your website be one of them.
By Mark Raymond On October 22, 2018
Let’s face it, no one likes a slow website. So why are so many marketers building them? Customers don’t like slow, nor do employees, vendors and especially Google’s search ranking algorithm. But instead, what ...
New website; who's this? Relaunching our website!
By Mark Raymond On September 27, 2018
After months of planning, development and hard work we are pleased to announce that today marks the relaunch and rebrand of 4Hilton.com to Surfcode.io. It's been a long time coming but thanks to ...
Securing your website with SSL Certificates
By Mark Raymond On June 12, 2018
If Paul Revere were alive today and had found a career in digital marketing his new proclamation might be “The Google updates are coming!”. The frequency of Google updates doesn’t appear to be ...
4Hilton Earns Top Rankings Among San Diego Developers
By Hilton Sher On June 5, 2018
As web designers & developers, we recognize the importance of intuitively designed and performance driven websites. We are proud of the work we do for our clients and are excited that we have received another ...
9 Tips for Improving Mobile Performance on Your Website
By Mark Raymond On May 14, 2018
Why is mobile performance important? Because—Google said so, with two recent updates that will yet again disrupt the world of indexing and ranking as we know it. If your website’s search ranking is important ...
How content as a service can transform content creation
By Mark Raymond On April 10, 2018
If your organization creates a lot of content and shares it across a number of different channels, such as websites and mobile apps, than this guide is for you. There are a ...
Kentico Site of the Month Recognition - UCSD Extension
By Mark Raymond On February 27, 2018
Our team has been awarded another recognition for Kentico's Site of the Month. This time the recognition is for the development work our team performed on the University of California San Diego ...
Upgrading our shared hosting server
By Mark Raymond On February 6, 2018
As hosting providers we take performance seriously. That's why after evaluating the new M5 instances being offered by AWS we decided to upgrade our shared hosting instance. We offer our shared hosting ...
Should you upgrade to Kentico version 11?
By Mark Raymond On December 11, 2017
If you utilize Kentico’s CMS platform and are considering an upgrade to version 11 than this post is for you. Unlike a neatly packaged iPhone iOS upgrade, Kentico upgrades require a little ...
4Hilton Contributes to Hurricane Maria Relief
By Mark Raymond On October 19, 2017
In the aftermath of Hurricane Maria we decided to show our support for our friends and customers affected with a donation to DirectRelief via Charity Navigator. The damage done by Hurricane Maria ...
Kentico 10 Update: Google Maps - Autocomplete Location
By Mark Raymond On September 14, 2017
The Google Maps - Autocomplete Location form control first created by Adam Gitin of the 4Hilton Inc team has now been updated for Kentico Version 10 thanks to the help of Trevor ...
Country Selector - Predetermining Country Display Order
By Adam Gitin On April 3, 2017
A form control that allows admins to select which country will display at the top of a form dropdown while all remaining countries will display in alphabetical order. This is a new Form ...
Global Kentico Hosting Now Available
By Hilton Sher On August 19, 2016
Now you decide where you host your Kentico site. We have expanded our server locations to cover our clients globally. 4Hilton now offers secure, reliable Kentico hosting in a wide range of locations ...
Kentico Site of the Year: 2014
By Hilton Sher On March 10, 2015
The 4Hilton team takes home the 2014 Kentico Mobile Site of the Year Award! Congratulations DuoCircle.com on the 2014 Mobile Site of the Year Award! Our team is honored to have been selected for ...
Google Maps - Autocomplete Location
By Adam Gitin On January 29, 2015
The 4Hilton team has developed a form control which allows users to enter a text address and then have the form field autocomplete with the appropriate longitude and latitude hanks to Google's ...
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