Taking technology to a new level

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The last week of my life has been dominated by technology discussions but it's been one which has also reinvigorated my interest in the web, in part because I've learned a huge amount from financial advisers about how technology can be used, as well as discovering many ‘packaged' ideas which should make working with technology simpler.

Those of you with a keen eye for detail may have noticed IFAonline has been redesigned and new features of content have been added today, so a lot of work has been going on behind the scenes over the last couple of months to improve navigation, design and how we actually manage the content. When we last relaunched the site in January 2004, the team had to get used to completely new systems of working and how technology worked (or did not, as the case may be). At the same time, however, it still felt like a complicated process, even with a content management system (CMS) which substantiall...

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