Under going maintenance – but no need to be dull about it

I wandered over to MuchBetterAdventures.com last week and found their site was under going maintenance.

Has link building changed?

I was just reading an article on how to get more out of your website and one line in particular jumped out at me. The article said: "A word of caution – link building isn't what it used to be. Only do it with reputable sites." By this I assume…

Shoes of Prey on the ball with Gmail

I received an interesting email from Shoes of Prey recently, which showed they’ve taken some updates by Gmail to heart and are trying to ensure their businesses isn’t negatively effected.

Creating a basic table in WordPress using Easy Table

As the name might suggest, creating a table in Wordpress using Easy Table is very easy.Creating a tableOnce the plugin is installed you simply go to the text editor within wordpress and enter:[table][/table]Populating your tableTo give your table some data you simply type in the text you want to appear…

A Comprehensive(ish) List of Things to Consider when Building a Website in 2013

I wanted to put this list together as a checklist of things to remember when creating a new site, and more specifically when creating and developing our new site at 18aproductions.co.uk (coming soon...). This is all written in very much a 'note' form as there's just so much to cover.…

Server migration issues

Some of our hosting clients may be experiencing problems with their hosting and email but we are working to get this resolved as soon as possible.Yesterday evening our server alerts made us aware of a problem with the hosting of some of our clients' sites. We immediately investigated everything we…

How to Work Locally

To develop locally there are a number of steps you need to take to get setup. I'm working on a Windows 7 PC. 1. Download Wamp or Xampp Whichever takes your fancy. Personally I work with Wamp, but I've heard good things about Xampp too. 2. Download all the files…

Hash tags are coming to Facebook

After lots of speculation, Facebook have confirmed that they will be introducing hashtag functionality to their platform.

Git based development -> staging -> live workflow

I've been trying to get my head around a simple git based workflow for deploying from development to staging to live server environments. I found this post extremely useful in achieving a basic development -> live workflow, but adding in a staging step is very useful if you want to…

Changes to OpenCart payment’s controller inline with WorldPay updates

If you use WorldPay to process your payments on your OpenCart shop you may have recently received emails from them about updates to their system.For a client running OpenCart v. 1.5.1.3.1 I've just made the following changes to their WorldPay controller, so as to call to a different WorldPay URL.…

The closure of Posterous is just the latest in a long line of acquisitions follo

If you use Posterous, you should already know that the blog network is closing it’s doors on the 30th April 2013.

Real world shops competing online – how about a window shopping tax?

I was shocked to read about an Australian shop who are charging customers $5 for coming into their shop, looking around, and leaving empty handed. However, one line in the article caught my a