The Cascade Blog

Year in Review

Before welcoming the new year with open arms, we wanted to take a look back and reflect on an amazing 2014. It was a year full of everything "new". New partners. New clients. New team members. As well as new successes and challenges. We can’t thank our...

4 Insights from 2014 Black Friday and Cyber Monday

We hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving! We just came out of our tryptophan coma to put together a few insights from sources reporting on 2014's Black Friday and Cyber Monday that we thought you may find interesting: 1) CNN reported...

2014 Small Business and Innovation Awards

On November 12, we picked up some nice, new hardware (pictured to the right). The Portland Business Journal selected cascade web//development as a Small Business of the Year award honoree in the 1-10 Employee Size Category. “The Small Business of the Year...

Friends of Trees Ninkasi Beer Tasting!

On Friday afternoon we were able to get our hands on a bottle of Friends of Trees Pale Ale, a new batch of Ninkasi Brewing Company’s Rare and Delicious series, for a tasting here on the train (a.k.a., the office) - and let me tell you, what a...

3 Tips for Amplifying Content Using Google Analytics

Hey you! We want to fill you in on a pretty sweet tool we use to help assess page traffic trends for our clients -- okay, we’re nerds, but it is helpful: the Google Analytics Navigation Summary. The Navigation Summary is an effective tool for assessing...

Things to Know About the Bash Bug

While it's not quite the Heartbleed Bug, the Bash Bug is a thing that wouldn't hurt to know about. It's actually pretty bad, but cascade web//development's servers are patched up as of yesterday afternoon -- are yours? Below are some quick,...

Client Spotlight: Sak

It has been more than two years since the launch of the SakéOne website on our evergreen CMS platform, implementing a design that showcases individual pages for the saké company's unique brands of saké featured on the site. For your...

How To evergreen: Pages Module Overview

An overview of the Evergreen CMS Pages module - one of the more commonly used modules on this content management system. This is the first in a series of "How To Evergreen" videos, highlighting the functionality and ease of use of the Evergreen CMS...