Ideas for your Site

Ideas and inspiration for your website, including promotional ideas, social media widgets, gadgets and thingamibobs. Ways and means for bringing and maintaining more traffic on your site, making it more interesting for visitors and ultimately achieving more success online.

How to get rid of vertical scrollbars in a Facebook fan page application

12th September 2011 03:00 by tom

More and more companies are getting customised Facebook pages, like ours! But when you create a basic Facebook fan page application you might find that the lovely design you've created gets horrible vertical scroll bars added along the right hand side. Here's a quick 'howto' to explain the steps you… Read more
Wallpaper for your iPad - how to make good sized iPad wallpaper

20th July 2011 03:00 by lisa

If you're using your iPad in a presentation, you might want something more branded and professional than a photo of your cat as the background, whilst being more interesting that than patterns and generic squiggles the ipad comes with by default.
However - as we all know - the wallpaper/background on… Read more
Are you making the most of social media?

22nd June 2011 03:00 by lisa

Social media isn't for every business - and if you're going to bother, then you've got to do it consistently - but there are lots of reasons why it's good to find the time for it.
With over 600,000,000 people using Facebook, it's quite likely that some of them are also… Read more
Facebook Like Box not showing faces?!

23rd May 2011 03:00 by jo

Have you found that your Facebook Like Box doesn’t appear properly on your website? You get the title but it doesn't seem to pull through any faces?
Well the problem is so much simpler than I had imagined!
The default height of the box given by Facebook is too short. The code by… Read more
BoltsHairAndBody.co.uk goes live!

18th March 2011 03:00 by jo

We are really excited to announce that the new look Bolts Hair and Body website has gone live!
Bolts Hair and Body, located in Axminster, wanted a fresh look for their website, so have created a more up to date, modern and lively design, going to show how you don't need… Read more
How to generate your own QR codes

16th February 2011 03:00 by tom

There's nothing particularly new about QR codes, they've been kicking around the web for ages, ever since they first popped up in Japanese car production lines all those years ago.

At first - I have to admit, I didn't really see the point... Ok they're pretty cool... You can… Read more
How to make your website talk to you

16th February 2011 03:00 by tom

If you're like me and you prefer listening rather than reading, then a new API from Ericson might be just up your street!

Their new text to speech API lets developers quickly and easily convert strings of text into audio files. It's then just a small step to creating a… Read more
Snowy website updates

20th December 2010 03:00 by lisa

Don't forget to keep your customers up to speed on your business operations in these snowy times!

If you've got a blog or a CMS, consider adding a message to your website that tells your customers when you're open this Christmas, or about any changes to your normal operating times… Read more
Get your own Google Places page

17th December 2010 12:00 by lisa

You may have noticed, when you use Google, that some listings appear at the top of the results as bullet points next to, or on, a map.

If you want to get featured here, you need to sort yourself out with a Google Places page. Through this you can display… Read more
VAT rise in January 2011

13th December 2010 03:00 by lisa

Yep, it's happening again - the VAT rate is changing. So let us know if you need a hand updating your site for it.

Whether you have an online shop, a subscription based service, an online booking system or just the odd "buy now" Paypal button, get in touch if… Read more