The Cascade Blog

eCommerce and live video

At cascade we are lucky to have lots of great partners that we collaborate with on projects and it was fun to be able to write a guest blog post for Nexternal earlier this week about commerce, live video and your brandlive.   Check out the blog post and learn...

Optimizing Images for the Web

Images have been part of the web since almost the very start. While it's easy to put an image online, it's worth considering how to optimize an image for online use. Images can be adjusted to look small in a browser but still have a huge file size....

Evergreen Evolution

We’re constantly evolving our Evergreen Content Management System (CMS), as client needs and requests arise. When we make an upgrade, all of our clients benefit because it’s on a shared code base. Like most upgrades we make to EG, recent adjustments...

Welcome Summer to the Crew

Summer joined the team this week as an intern for the Spring/Summer. She'll be graduating from U of O's School of Journalism this June with a Bachelor of Arts degree, and we're more than happy to have her aboard (pun intended). Followiong new hire...

Serving up Pancakes

People say the best way to start the day is with breakfast – the most important meal of the day…so earlier this week the cascade team stopped by New Avenues for Youth to help with the important meal.    As big fans of the mission of New Avenues...

Protoshare Wireframe Tool

A critical step in any web design or development effort is determining the layout or templates of the site, or page. This visual representation is often referred to as a wireframe. Wireframes are synonymous with blueprints for a house. Just as an architect...

What does "mobile site" really mean?

Clients will often bring up the need for a mobile site, but, more often than not, it's unclear as to what type of mobile site they really want. Over the past several years, "mobile site" has become a very broad term. Developers have introduced a...

Great times at SIA

Its no secret.  One my favorite pastimes is playing in the snow covered mountains; with skiing being at the tip top of that list.  The challenges, beauty and soul cleansing connection to our natural world enriches my life in many ways.  Sharing these...