Social media paranoia – would you give your boss your Facebook password?

I was quite shocked to read a blog post this week about job applications actually asking for your Facebook log in details before they consider you for a job!Apparently an application form has come to light in North Carolina for an admin job in a police department where it asks…

Delighted to welcome back AQuarterOf.co.uk

18a are delighted to welcome AQuarterOf.co.uk back to the fold!We helped them with their affiliate marketing management for a couple of years before they decided to take it all inhouse and manage it themselves. But now they're in the swing of it, they've identified an area they'd like us to…

Images missing from cross-sales feature of wp e-commerce

When Christian Day Designs turned on the cross selling feature in their getshopped.org WP e-commerce site, they found the images were missing.Under each item, where it shows you "people who bought this item also bought" it was just an ugly missing photo.So, with a quick fix to the display.functions.php file,…

Kelkoo API switch over – are you going to bother?

For years we've done various affiliate marketing projects using the Kelkoo API, but over the past couple of years the returns have gone through the floor.So I just wondered what anyone else out there who uses Kelkoo thought? Have you noticed the same issue? Or did you give up and…

Customising your menus in WordPress

I had an interesting issue today when something as simple as an icon disappearing made quite a difference to the usability of WordPress!I was working on a site with GetShopped's WP e-commerce installed - which I'm not sure is entirely relevant, but it is a variable that might be significant!I…

Facebook Fan Page covers

I've just been asked by a client about how their Facebook Fan page would look if they don't upload a cover by the 31st March.They wanted to know if their thumbnails which currently sit along the top of their page will still show. But I don't think they will.Instead, as…

Facebook Fan pages will get the timeline by the end of March

The big Facebook news at the moment is that by the end of March all Facebook Fan pages for businesses will display the controversial Timeline layout.Until the 30th March, you can preview your fan page on the Timeline layout and then at the end of the month it will go live.…

How to remove the Reward Points feature from OpenCart

OpenCart is a great piece of Open Source software if you're looking for a cost effective online shop.We've done a few OpenCart sites lately and it's typically very nice to work with.However, for some unknown reason, it seems the developers of OpenCart decided that no shop is complete without the…

Smartphone city guide is launched by the Mayor of Poole!

After lots of careful planning and hard work, PooleTrail.com has gone live, officially opened by the Mayor of Poole on the 31st January.We were approached by City-Insights.com to help them realise the technical side of their fantastic new offering to locations around the world. City Insights are a team of…

Happy New Year from 18a!

Happy 2012! It's our first day back in the office today, and we've hit the ground running with 1 new commission confirmed and requests for 3 other estimates!Hope you all had a lovely Christmas and New Year and we wish you all the best for 2012!

18a Christmas 2011 opening hours

Our offices will be closed from 5.30pm on Friday 23rd December 2011 - 9am on Monday 9th January 2012.  Hosting: All hosting will continue to be monitored 24/7 and any problems will be addressed throughout the Christmas period. We might be on holiday, but we're still on hosting-watch! Support: If…

WordPress 3.3 is released

If you've got a WordPress blog, then you might want to consider upgrading to the latest version - WordPress 3.3.Features include the ability to drag and drop a batch of mixed media instead of uploading each file (there's been a multi-file uploader for a while which I found was never…