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When to redesign your website

8th Mar 2008 scribed by Rob in Site management

Is your site looking a little outdated? Maybe it's not working for you, or maybe you just want an exciting fresh new look. But just when should you give your site an overhaul?... more

Expressionengine - member groups and modules

1st Mar 2008 scribed by Rob in ExpressionEngine

The second in a series of articles about ExpressionEngine CMS from a site owners perspective. In this second part I'll be looking at some of it's advanced features.... more

The truth and lies of web site statistics

23rd Feb 2008 scribed by Rob in Site management

If you hear someone claim their web site had one million hits last month that's not the full story, the term "hits" is essentially a useless measurement of web site performace.... more

A passion for music and stone circles

16th Feb 2008 scribed by Rob in Out of the box

When I'm not creating web sites I follow my passion for music and stone circles. Once I had the chance to combine the two and played music inside Stonehenge!... more

Welcome to my site

9th Feb 2008 scribed by Rob in Usability

Site authors often open with a "welcome to our site" statement, but is this really necessary and can you say something that offers more value to your visitors?... more

A beginners guide to search engine optimisation

2nd Feb 2008 scribed by Rob in

Getting your site listed in search engines is usually not a problem, but getting found is a completely different ball game and using the right text copy can make or break your sites success.... more

An introduction to JShop Server shopping cart

26th Jan 2008 scribed by Rob in Ecommerce

JShop is a mature shopping cart that's developed in the UK. It's such a well rounded system that it can be easily adapted to suit any type of thing you want to sell.... more

Favicons

19th Jan 2008 scribed by Rob in Web Design

Those little images your see in your browsers address bar are called "favicons" yet few customers actually ask for them. If you didn't know what they were here's an explaination...... more

ExpressionEngine - organising your content

12th Jan 2008 scribed by Rob in ExpressionEngine

The first in a series of articles about ExpressionEngine CMS from a users perspective. In this first part I'll be looking at your web site content and all the options for how you can display it.... more

10 tips for writing for the web

5th Jan 2008 scribed by Rob in Content management

Getting your message across to your sites visitors needs different style of writing to other forms of media. Here are 10 tips you can use when writing content for your site.... more