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Internet World Conference

I'm writing this on the way back from the last day of the Internet World conference, and overall I'd say it was an interesting day out!There was the usual barage of email marketers, SEO-ers and hosting companies and at least one "newly invented brand new product" that has of course…

Cinemagraph – Amazing Photos That Move

Have you ever seen a photo move?Well if you haven’t, have a look here! Cinemagraphs, which is what they are being called, are a cross between a moving video and a still image. And so far the examples we have seen look great! They are made with the old gif.…

WP e-Commerce Delivery Paypal Fix

We love Wordpress as a CMS platform. It's a very cost effective way for people to get their own basic content managed website online and one of the few 'out of the box' solutions we recommend to clients.One of the great things about Wordpress is the vast array of plugins…

How to stop others seeing your personal Facebook profile

Some people do not mind leaving their Facebook profiles open for everyone to see however that is not the case for everyone. Facebook has different settings put up in place, so that you can change what people can and can’t see and if you only want your friends to see…

Magento launch a pay monthly option – Magento Go!

Magento Go is a piece of shop software that helps business owners and entrepreneurs launch their own professional looking online shop. Magento which was set up in 2008 have launched the new Magento Go platform that allows you to run your own business, where you can list and sell your products.On…

An Example of Two Different HTML Emails

Here is a good example of why it is important to experiment with different layouts of HTML email. Below is an example of a company who have updated their HTML email. The old one (pictured first) looks good but doesnt offer much to the viewer. The new layout (see the…

Affiliate Management of A Quarter Of – A Star Performer

18a are proud to say that we do the affiliate management for A Quarter Of. However on top of this we can tell you that A Quarter Of have been named as a star performer on Affiliate Window for the 4th month in a row! This is great news!If you…

Choosing which page your Facebook fan page opens on – Tips for your Facebook fan page

Thinking about having a Facebook fan page?Well you also need to thing about which page your fan page opens on. If you don't have a lot of discussion or updates on your wall, or you have a competition or promotion to push, you may wish to create a custom page…

Customising your Facebook fan page banner – tips for your Facebook fan page

Last week I wrote an article about fun customisation of your photos on your Facebook page.I just wanted to update that post with an image our 18aProductions business fan page, showing other businesses how they can have fun with their own pages. We have gone with the simple, festive images of…

Adding a Share page on Facebook – tips for your Facebook fan page

So once you've got people liking your Facebook fan page, how do you get them to spread the word?Well one way is to create a Share page, as shown below. A very good adoption of this page is to send people there as soon as they've liked your page. So…

Giving fans exclusive content – tips for your Facebook fan page

If you have a Facebook fan page, a great tip for businesses is to have exclusive content on there.This is great (and a clever) way to get people to ‘like’ your page, as people want to know what the hidden content is. Potentially it could be, special offers or money…

AddMySupport.com changes

Here is another example of the sort of work we can help with...AddMySupport.com needed a home page animation designed to explain their website – and they needed it in a hurry! So in a day we designed and built them a 4 frame animation, which we will shortly be converting…