Archive for January, 2010


Why should I completely replace my website?

Posted January 29th, 2010 by Chrisi Reid in Miscellaneous, Website Development

If  you have a website that was built a few years ago, you might be thinking about updating or replacing it.  Browsers have changed, with the introduction of new options like Google Chrome – and the coding standards are slowly shifting towards the use of HTML 5 and CSS 3. These things can affect how an older website is shown to your users, and as markets change, it makes sense to review your site and see if it’s time to replace it. But why is it so difficult for site owners to justify rebuilding a website from the ground up?

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Password Protecting Websites with Apache .htaccess

Posted January 27th, 2010 by in Security, Website Development

Keep Out!

There are likely to be areas of your website that you don’t want others to be able to access, such as admin areas. Or sometimes you might want to do some quick updates to your code without the website being accessible to the public. If you’re using the Apache web server the hypertext access (.htaccess) file lets you add password protection in a flash!

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Video Search Engine Optimisation – 10 Top Tips

Posted January 22nd, 2010 by John-Paul in Search Engine Optimisation, Video

Creating a video and publishing it online is an excellent method to differentiate yourself from the competition.  Thanks to rapidly improving technology, it’s now easier than ever to add that warm face to face element to your website.  This offers your visitors an opportunity to check you out before picking up the phone. With video, you can present an interview that addresses all the questions and concerns of potential clients while keeping visitors on-site longer.

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Introduction to Apache mod_rewrite

Posted January 20th, 2010 by in Search Engine Optimisation, Website Development

What is mod_rewrite?

Apache’s mod_rewrite module is a powerful rule-based rewriting engine that rewrites requested URLs on the fly, server-side. This is an incredibly useful feature and importantly it allows you to set up redirects and SEO friendly URLs in minutes.

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Why I stopped using Internet Explorer

Posted January 18th, 2010 by Chrisi Reid in Content Management, Web Standards

By now you may have heard about the coordinated hacking that targeted Google and other corporations, exploiting intellectual property and obtaining user details for specific e-mail accounts. An advisory from Microsoft has stated that the hack was made possible by a security vulnerability in several versions of their browser, Internet Explorer – including IE6, IE7 and IE8.

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Can You Ignore Social Media Marketing?

Posted January 13th, 2010 by John-Paul in Advertising, Internet Consultancy, Online Marketing, Search Engine Optimisation, Social Media Marketing

If you follow the news it’s no secret that social media is big right now and it’s growing fast. Facebook, for example, boasts 350 million users worldwide and grew 145% in 2009, according to their own reports. Because of this tremendous growth and potential, businesses are speeding to gain a social media presence in droves.
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