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  Facebook tries to copyright the words face and book!

  26th November 2010 12:00 by lisa

  The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has this week granted the social media giant Facebook a "notice of allowance" to trade mark the word "face".

  Apparently Facebook have a history of going after anyone who use "face" or "book" in their name - UTalkMarketing cites examples such as Teachbook… Read more

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  Bristol restaurants coming up trumps!

  25th November 2010 03:00 by lisa

  We're always mentioning the latest places we've eaten in Bristol to friends and family outside the city - and increasingly these little gems are getting the recognition they deserve!

  After achieving Bristol's first Michelin Star, Casamia in Westbury-on-Trym have just been crowned Britain's best restaurant by Gordon Ramsey! Brothers Jonray… Read more

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  Day and Night design feature on LoveGloucesterRoad.org.uk

  10th November 2010 03:00 by lisa

  This is really quite simple compared to the rest of the coding we do here at 18a Towers, but it's still fun!

  If you visit LoveGloucesterRoad.org.uk - a website we've made for free to help promote our local area - then, depending on whether you visit it in the day… Read more

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  How to use the TinyMCE Filemanager Plugin

  2nd November 2010 03:00 by tom

  TinyMCE is my favourite WYSIWYG editor (and I've used quite a few editors over the years). It's far from perfect - some of the code it produces can be a little non-standards compliant and we  often get clients who copy and paste directly from Word, which causes all sorts of… Read more

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  The Web Design Process

  29th October 2010 03:00 by tom

  Making a website doesn’t have to be complicated, this is how it works.

  1. We have a chat with you about your requirements and what you hope to achieve from your website. It’s important at this stage to fully consider your audience. We can help you ensure that your website… Read more

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  WP e-commerce plugin User Guide

  27th October 2010 03:00 by lisa

  Below are instructions for how to update WP e-commerce, a very good online shop plugin for Wordpress websites.

  Adding products:

  The main thing you need to know how to do, is to add products. Here's a screenshot of (what looks like the very long...) products page. You access it by… Read more

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  UK Number 3 in Top Startup Hotspots

  22nd October 2010 03:00 by tom

  Everyone knows Silicon Valley is the 'home of the startup', but here in the UK, we're not doing too badly in terms of levels of innovation. There are clearly some motivated people around the UK, trying to dream up new ideas and push new online startups. So why then have… Read more

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  Halloween campaign for AQuarterOf.co.uk

  18th October 2010 03:00 by lisa

  Case Study: marketing with the seasons.

  We do the affiliate management for AQuarterOf.co.uk - the UK's favourite online retro sweet shop - and as you can imagine, Halloween is a busy time!

  The Halloween banners were rolled out a month ago, and we've been working with various affiliates on… Read more

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  Shop Software Review: OpenCart

  7th October 2010 03:00 by tom

  I was recently asked to quote for making a few improvements to an OpenCart shop. OpenCart wasn't a package I'd customised before, but as I always like to keep abreast of the latest software packages for use on clients sites, I thought I'd spend a little time having a play… Read more

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  Setting up public key authentication over SSH

  6th October 2010 12:00 by tom

  This post is a little on the techy side, but for those sys admins out there who have ever needed to setup SSH keys between 2 servers so they can authenticate without prompting for a password, you know what a hassle it can be.

  I've done it enough times over… Read more