WP e-commerce plugin User Guide

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…

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…

Halloween campaign for AQuarterOf.co.uk

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 content…

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…

Nasty spam email offering tax rebate

Just a quick note to watch out for emails like this one I received supposedly from HMRC this morning. Hovering over the links in the email shows me it's actually trying to send me to recivetaxrefund .xf .cz - quite different to hmrc.gov.uk!  It also doesn't have a "to" address -…

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…

Going that extra mile with WordPress – great feedback for Growing Vision Gardens

A fine example of a bespoke Wordpress customisation, Growing Vision Gardens is now live! This site is a case study of how going the extra mile can make all the difference. Rather than stop at the initial completion of getting content on the pages, we worked with Growing Vision Gardens…

Cost Effective SEO & Link Management

SEO can be extremely time-consuming and expensive. To get results in anything but the least competitive market these days you need to invest a considerable amount of time and effort, over an extended period. Many website owners don't have the time or inclination to get links from other websites, but…

Sexy forms with jQuery

I just found something pretty cool. I've always found form elements really boring, unless of course you view them on a Mac - then they look beautiful. But for most of us we're stuck in the 1980's with some pretty dull elements... Well not anymore! Checkout uniform a neat little…

Impressive Amateur Special Effects

I just found this short film reading an article on reelseo and just had to share it because it's really impressive stuff and just shows what you can do with a couple of $1,000 cameras, a decent software suite, a couple of interesting looking Russian dudes and a lot of…

What is Google? And how does it work with your new website?

One of the most common causes for confusion with website owners is how Google works, so I thought I'd just write a little explanation! When you have a website built, you have a domain name address (www.yourwebsite.co.uk) where you and other people can visit your website. The way to get…