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Building your website

March 2nd, 2009, by Chris Ward

The process has started and the creation of your website has begun, but you may have a few questions. Below are a selection of the questions most frequently asked when we build a website.

What happens next? What’s the plan?

Once your deposit has been received, our designers will start by making a mock-up of your site. This is usually in the form of a static image, showing the proposed graphical style of the site and how it will be laid out. Once any amendments have been made, you are happy and the ‘proof’ has been signed off (this should be done either in writing or via e-mail), our developers will move on to constructing the site. This next step will involve the hand-coding of individual pages into HTML and any bespoke programming that is necessary.

At this stage we are ready to accept content for your site, including any photography and copy, so that it can be built into the site. There is more on how to supply content later on in this guide.
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3 ideas to improve your presence online

February 10th, 2009, by Chris Ward

Every company, no matter what size, could benefit from a little more activity on their website. Here are 3 ideas to improve your web presence and generate more website traffic:

• Email marketing: If you’re reading this, then it must be worth doing.
• Update your homepage: Give people a reason to look again.
• Start a blog: Give people a reason to look frequently.

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8 ways to save money on software

February 8th, 2009, by Chris Ward

In this article we list a collection of eight open source programs which could potentially save you hundreds of pounds. But what is open source you ask…read on…

What is open source?

An open source product (usually a piece of programming) is the result of a project that has been contributed to by a collection of volunteers. These volunteers are often spread around the globe and collaborate online. Each contributor works on a section of the project, once the product is complete it is available freely for anyone to use and, in most cases, modify.

“The basic idea behind open source is very simple: When programmers can read, redistribute, and modify the source code for a piece of software, the software evolves. People improve it, people adapt it, and people fix bugs. This can happen at a speed that, if one is used to the slow pace of conventional software development, seems astonishing.”
(www.opensource.org)

Who’s using open source?

You are, right now, and us too! The open source web server Apache is the most popular HTTP server on the World Wide Web and as of August 2008 Apache served 49.82% of all websites. The Internet Protocol (IP) which carries network data all around the internet is open source, as is Firefox, the record-breaking web browser used by nearly 20% of web users worldwide. The BBC, Google and NASA all support open source projects.

Why should I use open source?

There are many reasons to use open source software, but the key point for many is cost. Open source is free. Even complex commercial packages such as the Windows operating system and Microsoft Office, have free open source equivalents.

The List

Below we list the 8 applications that could save you money.
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