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Xeno Media had the pleasure of working with Mount Franklin Foods, a national food brand that manufactures unique and flavorful snacks and candies. This Christmas we brought them a quirky, fun, a little bit out-there video concept, and they were all in. 

Google's de-indexing bug has been resolved. What should you do to see if you've been affected?

Web design and web development are two parts of a process - one's drafting a blueprint for a website, the other is building it.

As trends shift in digital marketing, what your visitors will expect and accept will change too. Learn to see the most common red flags that you're in need of a refresh.

Reports have been flowing in of a new email threat: pay a ransom in bitcoin or have embarrassing webcam footage of you sent to your contact list. Learn what to do when this phishing scam lands in your inbox.

We are proud to share that we have been recognized as a top developer in Chicago for our open communication. Now featured on Clutch.co with an overall 5-star rating and on The Manifest. These ratings and reviews are independently verified by an independent business analyst through a phone interview.

Website maintenance is the regular monitoring, updating, and patching of your sites core software as well as optional modules and plugins. This is a critical and often overlooked part of owning a website. We automated a portion of the process for increased accuracy, speed, and thoroughness.

Open-source is great for business. With the source code being openly available, we can modify, improve, or build on it as we need and updates are actively developed and released in a collaborative community. But open source isn't just good for developers. It's great for business.

We were honored to be recognized by the Greater Oakbrook Chamber of Commerce for our "Model Workplace" culture. Why is workplace culture important? Happy people support each other and make better stuff for their clients.

Website design isn't just about delivering a website. It's about delivering the benefits of a website. Your website should be delivering increased sales, or higher conversion rates, or some other specific and measurable goal.

Xeno Media opened it's doors in January of 1997. We're finally 21.

In our third installment on web accessibility, we look at some of the tests, resources and guides to ensure your website is accessible and useful to everyone that needs it.