We’ve almost completed work for Chelmsford based osteopath Allen Osteopathy and created a new website. The site is a revamp of the client’s existing site and features a clean new look and feel. Additional features include an appointment booking system, homepage slider, search engine friendly pages, special offers, opening times and is easy to update […]
Mass assigning images to products in Open Cart
Whilst working on an e-commerce project for a client we found that we had to add the same 3 images to over 200 products. Now, compared the Zen Cart, the Open Cart admin dashboard is relatively easy on the eyes and intuitive, but it would still take a fair amount of time to manually assign […]
Choosing a Merchant Account for e-commerce
Choosing the right Merchant Account can make a big difference to your expenses when running an e-commerce store. Depending on the volume you do, PayPal and Google Checkout might work out quite expensive. With a good merchant account you usually have to pay a monthly fee, but this often gives you a few hundred that […]
WordPress 3.3 released – how to upgrade
News from WordPress HQ today came early in the morning. The latest version of WordPress (3.3) is available to download now, just in time for the festive season. This update boasts a number of slick new features – we’ll add video tutorials soon. Instead of going over all the new features again, the purpose of […]
Taking your WordPress site mobile, for free!
Using WordPress to power your website and/or blog is a wise move in our books. A lot of our customers spend a lot of time making sure their website is constantly up to date, and their blog packed full of useful information for their visitors. Themes are tweaked to perfection and images resized for optimal […]
WordPress and XML RPC – Settings
To use WordPress when you’re not at your desk, you’ll probably want to use the WordPress App on your smartphone. To make sure you’re able to log in and manage your WordPress site from your mobile device, you need to make sure XML RPC is enabled. How to enable XML RPC on WordPress To turn […]
Is Google Chrome Killing Your MacBook’s Battery?
As I mentioned in my previous post, I made the switch to a MacBook Pro for work purposes. After having a chat with some friends and doing some checking around on the web for confirmation, it seems as if using Google Chrome was killing the battery on my Mac. I wasn’t expecting the advertised 7 […]
[Solved] Flash and Firefox on Mac not working properly
I recently made the switch from using a Windows and Linux (Ubuntu) set up to using a 15″ MacBook Pro (Feb 2011 model). For most of the work I was doing, including web design, the mac seems to handle everything fine. However, I had a few issues with the Firefox and Chrome. With Firefox, flash […]
Blogging for Business
Business Blogging is something we’re seeing a lot of small (and larger) businesses adopt, in order to increase there exposure in the wilderness that is the Internet. To all our clients we recommend WordPress as our platform of choice when it comes to powering their online marketing, whether it’s a Business blog, or a full […]
Transfer WordPress in 10 Easy Steps
This guide is a step by step to moving your WordPress powered blog or website. These instructions should help you if you’re trying to: – Transfer to a different directory on the same web host – Transfer from WordPress.com to WordPress.org (self hosted with a web hosting company) – Transfer from WordPress from one host […]
