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Huyton Web are a small company of talented, creative people coming together on a project-by-project basis. Together, we’ve created hundreds of websites using the latest technology.

Have a look at our website www.huytonweb.com if you have any web work
In this article we'll look at the authentication and how we allow the right access to the right users and processes at the right time. We've already looked at the architecture, project management, data and the User Interface in previous articles, now we move to Authentication

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New CMS - Authentication | Huyton Web
We've already looked at the architecture, project management, data and the User Interface in previous articles, but in this article we'll look at the authentication and how we will allow the right acc...
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December 18, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Working on the the New Content Management System for a few weeks and it's starting to work like a real webapp. We haven't decided on a layout and UI. In this article we start looking at the UI and layout to decide what the Admin users will interact with
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New CMS - User Interface | Huyton Web
We have been working on the the New CMS for a few weeks and it's starting to work like a real webapp, but we haven't really decided on a layout and UI. In this article, we'll look at the User Interfac...
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December 12, 2025 at 10:27 AM
We are creating a new CMS (Content Management System) and writing up our progress in this series of posts. In this post we'll look at how we store the data, the types we use and other validation within the schema.
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New CMS - Adding the schema | Huyton Web
In the last couple of posts we went over the concept, project design and basic architecture, now it's time to look at the schema for the data.
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December 10, 2025 at 1:48 PM
There are multiple ways to create a project, and most approaches will get the results we are looking for. In this post we look at the approach we chose for the new CMS and how we got the project moving. To finish, we look at the basic architecture for this project.

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New CMS - Getting started | Huyton Web
In the last post we talked about what the project is likely to contain and how we expect the new CMS (Content Management System) to work. In this post we will talk about getting the project off the gr...
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November 27, 2025 at 2:34 PM
It's past time we created a new Content Management System so we are! We'll update our progress on the website as we go, and post here too. This is something we've wanted to do for a long time, but it's never been a good time. Let us know what you think
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New CMS incoming | Huyton Web
It's no secret we use Drupal for all our CMS needs at the moment, but what might be a secret is the time it takes to setup a Drupal CMS for a new project. Form scratch, adding the modules, tweaking th...
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November 21, 2025 at 3:47 PM
We've posted a new article to show the difference between Libraries, Frameworks and Environments. It's only a few paragraphs and is extremely simple, as are these terms are simple to define.

Hope this helps and if there is anything not correct, please let us know.

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Software Development Library vs Framework vs Language vs Environment | Huyton Web
What is the difference between a library and a framework and why do people get them so mixed up? And why do people find it so difficult to understand an Environment or the Language that runs on it?
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October 5, 2025 at 8:49 AM
As it's the end of the day and the week, have a quick read of my latest article about Artificial Intelligence. We've all been using the new AI chatbots for a few months, but how do we know if they are right when they tell us something?

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Artificial Intelligence (AI) – LLMs, NLMs, AI Chatbots do get it wrong | Huyton Web
After using Artificial Intelligence (AI) for a few months, specifically Large Language Models (LLMs) and Natural Language Models (NLMs) like OpenAPI ChatGPT, Google Gemini and Microsoft Copilot, I’ve ...
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April 4, 2025 at 3:55 PM
We were contacted via Huyton Web Services contact form by a company looking for help with marketing. This was a scam and we almost fell for it. Find out more and read the emails in our article.
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Almost scammed, here’s our story | Huyton Web
A scammer contacted Huyton Web Services via our contact form and we were able to see though the scam because of the wording, domain, quickly changing information and the worst issue, files not what th...
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March 8, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Had an email from Microsoft, the cost of Office 365 package will change from £79.99 to £104.99, but it doesn't, that is a change in plan to add AI. You can still get the same plan for the same price... for now.
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Microsoft Office price increase is actually a change in plan | Huyton Web
Had an email from Microsoft, the cost of Office 365 package will change from £79.99 to £104.99, but it doesn't, that is a change in plan
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February 27, 2025 at 10:00 AM
The latest article for CI/CD or Continuous Integration / Continuous Development has just gone live. This is the CI/CD workflow for single developers to large, multi-teams. It’s a little shorter read than my usual articles. Let me know what you think

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CI/CD or Continuous Integration / Continuous Development Workflow of a Web App | Huyton Web
CI/CD or Continuous Integration & Continuous Development - How do we allow the people working towards a better a system, to do just that, without unnecessary blocks? I'll try to answer this question i...
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February 13, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Our new article titled Cards, Tickets and Stories – Oh my! How to create tickets to work from has gone live. This is about Tickets and how to create them. It includes everything from meetings to points to who does what as long as it's something to do with tickets www.huytonweb.com/articles/car...
Cards, Tickets and Stories – Oh my! How to create tickets to work from | Huyton Web
For anyone creating or working from tickets, this article is about how a ticket is created, worked on, and completed. It has come from my experience and reading many Scrum and Agile guides. Everything...
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January 9, 2025 at 2:51 PM
We've published a new article, this is a Next.js component tutorial to add an automated References section to webpages showing a numbered list of all the links on the page. Can be useful if you like your visitors to read, then check the links.

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References Section in JavaScript with Next.js | Huyton Web
For this article you'll probably need some HTML, JavaScript and/or CSS knowledge, but if you don't have any you should still be able to follow along.SpecificationIf we wanted to write this as a ticket...
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December 9, 2024 at 2:41 PM
We offer a number of services at Huyton Web services including bespoke websites. These are not the off the shelf sites that every agency or developer will offer, but interesting, creative apps and sites. If you're interested let me know. More info @ www.huytonweb.com/services/bes...
Bespoke Website | Huyton Web
A bespoke website from Huyton Web services - the perfect way to launch your online business. Our knowledgeable team are experienced in creating bespoke, custom websites for a wide range of clients
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November 29, 2024 at 10:00 AM
We've added a new article called "Using Git Version Control in a Team & Branching Strategies". This one goes into types of VCSs with a bit of history, merge conflicts, force push, then some points on how we might use Git in teams with different strategies.
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Using Git Version Control in a Team & Branching Strategies | Huyton Web
Git is a Decentralised Version Control System (VCS) that teams can and should use to manage the versions of a system, but there is so much more to it than just the version control. Let's look at how w...
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November 27, 2024 at 1:28 PM