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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.…

Using WordPress 2.7 – a beginner’s guide

Wordpress are now onto version 2.9.2 - but the fundamentals are the same since 2.7, so use the guide below to help you out! Written December 2008: If you've just got a Wordpress Blog, it should be version 2.7. And if you've used Wordpress before, you'll notice the layout this…

Advertiser stats system goes live for muchbetteradventures.com

muchbetteradventures.com launched in October 2009, and we're really pleased to see how well they're doing already! It takes a lot of time and determination to make a website successful, and Alex and Ed are giving it their all and reaping the benefits with endorsements from Alastair Sawday (Founder of ethical publishers…

HTML newsletter for launch of Wedding Fayres UK

WeddingFayresUK.co.uk got a new look (and features - so a new site actually!) last week, so we designed and built a newsletter to send to our opt-in list of wedding fair organisers. The open rate was high and the click rate very impressive - with the amount of wedding fairs…

Sainsbury’s micro-site goes live.

We got the go ahead this morning to lift the covers on the Sainsbury's Ashton Gate site we designed and built for them recently. The site has been under wraps whilst they populated the content using the SimpleCMS we custom built for them. The site allows Admins to add, edit…

Creating a social networking website with WordPress

We recently got asked to quote on building a social networking website (we were asked by a design agency and we're secret-subcontractors so I'm afraid I can't give examples of the site now it's done) and we gave prices for both a bespoke solution and a wordpress set up (the…

UnwinPhotography.co.uk – new site launches

I built the Unwin Photography website many moons ago (before 18a was even heard of or I'd even met Tom!) and as their business has developed they've needed new things from their site - so the time had come to create a smart new design, with fresh content and lots…

JACJoinery.co.uk goes live

Two working days into the near year and we're setting sites live already! JACJoinery.co.uk is a remake of the client's old site, which was built in Microsoft FrontPage. JAC used FrontPage to update their website... but when they got a new computer they were faced with having to buy more…