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

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…

WP e-Commerce Delivery Paypal Fix

We love Wordpress as a CMS platform. It's a very cost effective way for people to get their own basic content managed website online and one of the few 'out of the box' solutions we recommend to clients.One of the great things about Wordpress is the vast array of plugins…

Stop the Black Hatters

Everyone who does even the smallest amount of SEO, appreciates the importance of outbound links. Black hat seo monkeys are no exception. Except rather than sending one of those annoying 'will you be my friend' emails to request a link, they just hack away until they find a route into…

Code Style and Syntax Guide

When writing new code it's really helpful if developers adhere to a few basic rules and conventions. PHP is a fairly lose language which lets developers do things in a multitude of different ways, while this gives a creater level of flexibility and makes picking up PHP quick and easy…

How to generate your own QR codes

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 zapp…

How to make your website talk to you

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…

How to use the TinyMCE Filemanager Plugin

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…

The Web Design Process

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…

UK Number 3 in Top Startup Hotspots

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…

Shop Software Review: OpenCart

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…

Setting up public key authentication over SSH

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…

Think you’ve cleared your cookies? Think again!

There's nothing new about Cookies, most people are aware of their existence and accept that they're just a fact of life. They're fairly easy to delete after all, you can just go into your browser settings and 'clear history' or something similar and all traces of your browsing habits are…