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WordPress security alert!!

WordPress have been hit recently by attackers targeting the "admin" user account.The incredibly popular website software is used by millions of websites around the world and it's important to keep your installation of WordPress up to date.The people attacking WordPress currently seem to be aiming their attack at both stand…

How to add special offers, discounts and vouchers in OpenCart

There are various ways you can offer discounts to your customers with OpenCart - you can do it via "Specials", "Discounts" or "Coupons" (voucher codes).Specials:Specials let you mark an item as being reduced in price - depending on your theme, this might show the old price with a line through…

Google’s semantic web needs to be careful

We've just had a conversation about Gilbey's Gin, after a client of ours did some work for them.So, the first thing I did was Google "Gilbey's Gin", which brought back a result showing me a photo of Sir Walter Gilbey, along with a photo of him and some info about…

Using Twitter Web Intents

We've just added some social media links to Poole Trail so that people can share the great stories and media on the City Insights route.As the design called for custom links rather than just social media icons / widgets, we discovered that the old way of doing things for Twitter…

Adwords conversion tracking in OpenCart

How do you add conversion tracking to OpenCart when it has a shared success page?A client asked me to add some Google Adwords conversion tracking code to their OpenCart website's success page that is shown after someone completes an order.However, OpenCart doesn't have one file for that - it has catalog/view/theme/xxx/template/common/success.tpl…

Merry Christmas from 18a!

Merry Christmas to all of our clients - old and new - from 18a Productions!Woo - what a busy year! We've worked one some great projects during 2012 - lots we'll be adding to our portfolio shortly and lots we can't tell you about! We've worked with lots of new clients…

Adding categories in OpenCart

This is the first in a range of tutorials for getting started with OpenCart. As your business evolves and changes you may find you need to add / edit / delete categories in your shop.Step 1: Log into the admin of your shop, and from the menu bar along the top of…

How to add products to OpenCart

If you've got an OpenCart shop, one thing you might do often is add products.The products section of OpenCart is extremely comprehensive. Therefore there will be LOTS of options you don't need to worry about but here's a run down of what everything means.Step 1:From the menu in admin along…

Adding a WordPress gallery

WordPress is a great piece of software for easy to update websites and it comes with a nifty gallery feature. Here are some instructions for how to use it.Firstly, you need to upload your photos into your Post or Page (galleries work on either). Click on the Insert Media icon…

Emergency server maintenance

We may be on holiday, but that doesn't stop our server monitoring, or us acting on it!Written at: 8.50amUnfortunately I was alerted this morning via text message that one of our servers is currently down. I immediately investigated and our hosting providers have apologised but they have had to carry…

WordPress 3.4 GREEN released

I began customising a WordPress blog for someone on Tuesday - so of course on Thursday I wake up to an email about the latest version (3.4) being released!So when I upgrade the blog I've just done, I'll be able to report back with more details. But right now, the…

Last minute update to EU cookie law – why did we bother?!

I've just come into work on a beautiful sunny Saturday morning to remove a few more cookies from some clients' websites inline with the new EU law coming into force this weekend - just to read that they've changed the rules at the 11th hour!According to the Guardian, they updated…