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How to embed a Google Map onto your website

If you'd like to display a Google Map on your website, then it's very easy to do thanks to Google's embed code. Just follow these simple instructions. (If you'd rather your website could get the maps from Google itself directly, then ask us about setting up the Google Maps API…

Last minute HTML emergency!

CCT rang us on Thursday afternoon asking if we could help them out by building 3 HTML pages and an HTML email (and test all of it across a variety of email clients and browsers of course!) by Friday lunchtime....! It was a tight deadline but we're not afraid to…

The Times and The Sunday Times to charge for online content

I've just read on utalkmarketing that the Times and The Sunday Times will start charging for access to it's content from June 2010. This is truly a big moment for the entire traditional publishing industry and journalism as a whole. But will it work? Personally while I might be happy…

New holding page for Organic Jam

The Organic Jam had a very funky design for the holding page of their website - and so I was excited to be asked to make it! The large, over blown background image is separate from the top layer, which gives a fluid effect when changing the size of your…

New website goes live for Stuff Advertising

Our friends over at STUFF wanted a new website to showcase their work and services, so we were happy to oblige! The site is a combination of a bespoke CMS - meaning their work and clients pages are easily updateable by them whilst there was no compromise on their design…

Should you use Google Adsense on your website?

I've been asked a few times in the past whether I think a client should put Google Adsense on their website. This question normally comes after they've just read a book called "How to get rich quick on the Internet" or some other similar title. Google Adsense works by displaying…

Win £50k in the Barclays Startup Competition

Getting funding for your startup idea can be a real challenge, particularly in todays climate of financial uncertainty. So a competition offering a prize fund of £50k is what every entrepreneur dreams of, and could really help a business get off to a flying start. This is what they say:…

Logo tweaks for chamonixselfcatered.com

We're currently building a new wordpress-based website for Chamonix Self Catered, and so they asked if we could liven up their existing logo a bit. It was really good that they asked for this, as if you have a dated logo, the chances are your shiny new website design that…

The importance of good photography in web design

As monitors get bigger and Internet connections get faster, more and more eye catching web design is thanks to striking photography. I've just found a blog post of 30 beautiful designs thanks to clever uses of - often simple - imagery. I've always tried to find strong photography for my…

Gmail fetching emails via POP3 which then don’t appear

I check my work email address via POP3 using Gmail which just means that Gmail goes to our server and picks up my latest email and shows them in my Gmail account. And I do it this way so I can manage several different email accounts all from one place.…

How to tell what browser you’re using.

I've just written a long support article on how to find out what browser you're using, and what version of that browser. So whilst it's useful for our clients, I thought it might be useful to anyone else too! So here's a link to it!    

6 tips to great logo design

I've just read an interesting article on istockphoto with 6 tips for great logo design. Sometimes articles like this just state the obvious or retell you what you already know, but it's still helpful to read them and remind yourself of some fundamentals you might have forgotten along the way.…