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Christmas Opening Hours 2015

Well it is that time of year again and what a wonderful one it has been. We've made some fantastic sites, continued to build great relationships, welcomed new 18a team members and even launched our non-for-profit organisation TheWebGuild.org. Like many of you we will be closing at 1pm today in…

Germany strikes deals with social media giants

When does the freedom of speech cross the line? Yesterday, Facebook, Twitter and Google came to an agreement with Germany in which they will remove all hate speech posted on any of their site

SnuffleShuffle Goes Live!

We're very proud to anounce the launch of SnuffleShuffle.com - 'When you've got a snuffle, arrange a shuffle!' This exciting new startup aims to revolutionise the daycare nursery industry, creating a secondary marketplace for reselling prepaid nursery care.The ProblemMost nurseries require that you book and pay for days of nursery…

Tracking marketing campaigns with your OpenCart shop

An often overlooked feature of OpenCart is the ability to track marketing campaigns.

Google releases a challenge to Pinterest

Google just launched a very Pinterest-like feature for its image search, making it almost effortless to bookmark images to collections without downloading them.

Using CSS to create a faded read more link

Whilst using Trello recently I noticed a nice little CSS fade effect. We often have 'read more' links on long paragraphs of text which, once clicked on, reveals the entire body of text. This can be really handy with user interfaces when you don't want to overload the screen with…

Investigation being launched into cloud hosting providers

CMA claims some cloud storage providers may be breaching consumer laws by increasing prices after a customer takes out a contract.

Cookie Widget Tool

Agree with it or not, due to EU law, every website we create these days needs to have the obligatory 'this website contains cookies' warning. Understandably most people have absolutely no idea what they need to include on this page. So to make life easier, we've launched a new tool…

Life in the fast lane – a new website for Performance Verbier

When you're running a business where agility and accuracy are essential attributes, you need your website to do the same. This wasn't quite the case for the specialist ski instructors and experts at Performance Verbier .. until now!When your business demands a quick response you need a website that can…

Social media for customer service: your customers will use it even if you don’t!

New stats show that brands are failing - in a big way - to respond to their customers on social media.

Organic beauty company Green People launch their new website

The new Green People website is packed with useful information and looks great - but could benefit from refined product names.

Our new Digital Account Manager – Meet Lian

Well what a week! I thought I'd start by saying Hi! I'm Lian Simmons, the new Account Manager here at 18a having joined the team on Monday.I'll be on hand full time Monday-Friday to help you with any queries you may have or simply keep you up to date on…