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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…

Update the VAT on your online shop or service.

It's the first working day back for many across the UK (Happy New Year!) - and that means charging the new (or old!) rate of 17.5% for VAT. If your website states the old rate, or uses the old rate for calculations, make sure you ask your web developer to…

Merry Christmas from 18a productions!

It's thick with snow here in Bristol! And we're just closing up shop ready for our Christmas break. So have a lovely Christmas and a very happy New Year - and we'll see you in 2010! (Below is a picture of our 2009 Christmas Card with the snowy view from…

Christmas e-card for Chance to Shine

Chancetoshine.org - the Cricket Foundation and the ECB's charity for supporting and encouraging young people, asked us to build their Christmas e-card and send it to their supporters, sponsors and participating schools. The design, created by Hotrod Creations, had to be built with particular care and tested across a variety…

New User Dashboard and features for Stuff2send.com

Back in September we added a permanent log-in to Stuff2send.com, so that carriers and senders could choose for the website to leave them logged in from a certain computer. And now we've just set live the follow on from this (via a redesign of the home page along the way…

Christmas banners and a new blog for AQuarterOf.co.uk

As Christmas fast approaches I've been busy working with our affiliate management clients making sure their programmes are ready for the shopping season. A little while ago the AQuarterOf Christmas banners went into the Webgains and Affiliate Window interfaces, and I've now set them up a blog on our new…