BF Internet - Established 1996

Free image editors – Prepare images for your website

May 28th, 2010, by Chris Ward

If you run a website with updatable content areas, such as an e-commerce platform or content management system, the chances are you’ve been called upon to edit or enhance your own images in order to make them ‘web friendly’. Although Adobe Photoshop has long been the industry standard for image manipulation among professionals, its costly nature and feature-laden interface are generally a turn-off for casual users – however, there are a plethora of free and useful alternatives available for download, a selection of which are outlined in this article.

These free image editors can be divided into two categories:

• Downloadable Image Editing Software
• Web-Based Image Editors

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New additions to our portfolio

September 21st, 2009, by Chris Ward

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  Freeride Snowboards Freeride Snowboards stock an extensive range of boards, boots, bindings and clothing from all of the top brands in the snowboarding industry. All product information is fully synchronized with an in-store EPOS till system.
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  Solway Dory sailing canoes provide exhilarating sailing, yet are still easy to paddle when the wind drops. We created this beautiful brochure website where you can learn about the canoes available.

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We’re recruiting: Senior designer & Experienced PHP programmer required

September 17th, 2009, by Chris Ward

Due to continued growth we have 2 positions available at our offices in Milnthorpe:

1. Senior creative web designer
2. Experienced PHP developer & Linux sysadmin
3. UPDATE: We also require a ASP.NET & C# Developer

For more information, please see our recruitment page.

Please apply directly to Chris or Rob using the details given, no agencies please.

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Password management & security: the do’s & don’ts

July 14th, 2009, by Chris Ward

Despite campaigns recently to increase awareness about the need for secure passwords in the UK, many web users leave use themselves open to hackers by choosing easy to guess and insecure passwords. A survey by Visa Europe found that “over three-quarters choose passwords relating to friends, family and memorable dates” whilst following a recent phishing attack on the website MySpace it was found that “the five most common passwords are: password1, abc123, myspace1, password and blink182 (a band).”

A recent UK Government report carried out as part of the Get Safe Online campaign found the following information:

• 66% of users use the same password for more than one website
• 46% of users use the same 2 to 3 passwords for every website they access
• 45% of users use passwords made up only of dictionary words or names (the most easily cracked)

The lack of proper password security is one of the factors contributing to the ongoing problem of online fraud in the UK. The UK Cybercrime report identified the following worrying statistics: Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: keepass, managment, open source, password, secure, security, software, tips
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The web in 1996

May 11th, 2009, by Chris Ward

Back in 1996 the web was in its infancy; people referred to the new technology by its full name – the World Wide Web – and connected to it by noisy modems, tying up the phone line as they did. A page took minutes to load (using Internet Explorer 3.0), and you paid for your internet connection annually, as well as by the hour!

Google was just an idea in 1996 – a research project by Larry Page – and Yahoo! was king of the search engines. When you searched for a site on Yahoo!, you searched a directory of websites that was built by real humans; Yahoo! employees would painstakingly review submissions and rank them manually.

1996 is also when BF Internet was born – originally as Big Fish internet. A bit like looking fondly through old computer games of the 80’s, we take a look through the websites of 1996 and marvel at how far we’ve all come: Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 1996, history, internet, old websites, web archive, web design
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