Helping parents keep away from the school office: ticketing desks for schools

Pupils in the UK are starting to head back to school as the COVID-19 lockdown eases, but with lots of new rules and considerations in place.

How to send HTML emails to one recipient at a time using MailChimp

A step by step guide to sending an HTML email to one individual.

How to recruit a younger team of volunteers: volunteering in the new normal

Up there with "unprecedented" my other least favourite term of lock down has to be "the new normal". But unfortunately it's a term that's set to stay as we are likely to see some long lasting effects of COVID-19.   One area that may well see a shift in uptake…

Insta fraud: are you really looking at a story?

Before you swipe up on a story by one of your fave instagram accounts - you might want to check if the link is actually posted by them.

Why the Government needs coders: the devil is in the detail

Our household is currently going around in circles as to whether we think the proposed return to school the week after next is a good idea. The dilema for us is that there just isn't very much detail about the whole thing yet - and I do love detail. Today a…

Taking your expertise online: how to run your business remotely

If you usually work face to face, what options are open to you in 2020 to move online?

Are NHSX being naive? And when will they delete our data?

Plans are being announced for the UK's contact tracing smarphone app, which will alert people when someone they've been near has started showing symptoms of COVID-19. Apple and Google have both suggested decentralised approaches to this, where you - by updating the app - notify the world that you're showing symptoms and…

Food Home Delivery services now on Hallshire.com

HallsHire.com has been helping the world find event venues for almost 20 years. Initially solely about village halls, it now includes various community centres and conference venues. As the world however, struggles to function with the COVID-19 pandemic turning lives upside down, we've added a new feature to HallsHire.com to help with…

How to help elderly relatives keep intouch with video calls

During this COVID-19 chaos, get your grandparents a smartphone so they can keep in touch.

Keeping motivated when the schools close: class room stand ups

Have a daily video call with your child's class mates so they can stay connected to school.

Notifications failing for some users on Invision Community forums

Our client OilPrice.com use InvisionCommunity to power their very popular oil and energy discussion forums. However, after a recent upgrade to version 4.4.10, we had reports that some users were clicking the popular bell icon to view notifications and encountering an error. The box that would normally display the notifications was instead…

Is your website displaying an insecure message TODAY?

It is estimated around 3,000,000 websites will be effected today by a bug in Let's Encrypt meaning that SSL certificates need to be cancelled and new ones installed.