[caption id="attachment_1212" align="alignleft" width="300"] 2014 Ecommerce[/caption] Ecommerce Don't Miss Out in 2014 With the exception of groceries it is reported that 1 in 5 products are now purchased on-line! 2013 sore Many of the major retailers such as John Lewis, who have reported increased sales online of 26.5% for the 5 weeks before Christmas equating…
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Responsive Web Design for 2014
[caption id="attachment_1071" align="alignleft" width="350"] Responsive web design for tablets and smartphones[/caption] Well it’s almost Christmas, most of the presents are under the tree and once again the gifts will include more and more mobile devices for people to view your website on! With the vast ranges of Laptops and Smartphones on the market, more people…
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QR Code Marketing
QR Codes have been around since the 90's but have only really been adopted as smart phones have become widely available. So what is a QR Code?QR or 'Quick Response Codes' are a type of barcode that can be read by scanning using smartphones and dedicated QR reading devices. The codes link directly to more…
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SEO using OpenCart
OpenCart is one of the many ecommerce platforms that are in use today on the numerous online business websites. It is loaded with different features and applications that make it very easy to navigate and order the products one needs. In fact, many beginners and seasoned online shoppers and webmasters prefer it to other more…
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Open Source CMS why use it?
Open source CMS or content management systems is software whose source code has been released to users worldwide. The different users come up with different changes that make the system more productive or adaptive to different situations. This ensures that the system does not become obsolete in a very shot time span or that it…
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Benefits of Using WordPress for Blogging
WordPress is at the helm of all the other blogging platforms available online today. Its gradual rise to the top of the list is attributed to many things including the fact that it is an open source platform and therefore can be modified to suit your needs as a blogger. WordPress for blogging gives you…
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Are you prepared for IE10 or will your website cease to function?
If your website is built in ‘Flash’, has elements of ‘Flash’, a Flash Gallery or worse has a ‘Flash’ menu then you are or should be aware that your website does not function fully or at all on iPads. Apple took the decision not to support ‘Flash’ and as a result sites that use the…
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It’s Time To Stop Supporting Internet Explorer 7 (IE7)
I can't take it anymore, using IE7 that is! You might wonder why I am still using it? Well as web developers we need to make sure that sites render correctly in all the major browsers and that includes IE7. Yes you can use IE tester but in our experience these give an indication of…
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Pinterest – The benefits for SEO
As soon as you get used to Facebook, Twitter etc... as a form of marketing up pops another one! Have you heard of Pinterest? (That's the name an amalgamation of the words 'Pin' & 'Interest' if you had not spotted that yet). Well this is the latest social network that has popped up and is…
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Pushing the boundaries
2011 was a big year for web. A new coding language (HTML5) and way of styling websites (CSS3) came along after years of development, the only drawback is that older browsers such as Internet Explorer 7 don't support it. But what they all support is Javascript and as a result frameworks such as a jQuery,…
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