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Following on from my recent post on Static or Dynamic (Content Managed) Website - Which is Best? part 2 of my Choosing the Right Website Series focuses on the differences between various design options available for your website, the advantages and disadvantages of each one and the recommended choice. [More...]
Dynamic websites with feature rich content management systems have been around for many, many years now, and offer a lot more features and flexibility compared to static websites, yet so many websites are still being developed as a static site over a content managed (dynamic) website.
I always struggle to properly convert special characters into HTML when adding to a web page or importing into a database… the foreign characters with accents like Umlauts etc. Although PHP has a few functions that claim to do it (e.g. htmlentities() ) , it does not work for all characters I have, just some of them. So I have written a script to do a find and replace on the characters without using PHP built in functions.
The move was primarily to avoid confusion with another similar sounding company and ensure we continue to stand out from competition. It also gave us an opportunity to re-brand the website and logo with a new and improved image (although we released the design some weeks ago).
I just wanted to quickly share a good GMail setup I am trialling to help me stop checking email all the time which can be very counter productive (this is a follow up to my Blog asking what the best email client is for GTD which I have come to the conclusion does not exist!). This little tip could be used for any email client which instantly checks and notifies you of new email. Windows clients like Outlook should have a control to stop checking email so you wont need this.
I recently finished a database intensive website using the Joomla content management system, and upon release the website popularity and therefore high database queries put quite a strain on the site which slowed it down more than usual. I try to develop websites to load as fast as possible, and with Google's new "caffeine" release taking website speed into account it is all the more important. In a situation like this one solution is to use website caching. Any database driven website (e.g. content managed), large or small, will benefit from using caching.
Grants of up to 50% of eligible project costs to a maximum of £2,000 are available to the Heads of the Valleys businesses.
I am always trying to find ways to streamline and speed up my work activities. Blogging using WordPress is something that I find a little tedious, especially if I have images to add. Going through the image uploading and inserting process is counterproductive.
We've released a new website today to replace what we considered an old and outdated design. Our old site was not actually that old, nearly 2 years, but in web years that must be getting on quite a bit! Having a new website every year or two, or at least a major revamp, is always a good idea to ensure your business on the web keeps up with the times and utilises the latest technology, search engine recommendations and user experience and expectation changes.
In a recent post I talked about searching for a perfect task management system to help organise my work project and tasks with the goal of becoming more productive. I have since started to use Todoist, and although lacking in some areas, it is so far the best Task Manager I have found to suit my needs. Integrating with my GMail is crucial and this was one if it’s selling points.
A customer recently asked me for advice on how to speed up their office computers that have been running quite slow lately. There are quite a lot of reasons this may happen so I decided to document a few of the top ways I use to identify and remove the causes of a slow computer. But if these don’t work then it may just be time for a new computer! Note: this is for Windows XP, Vista and 7.
Here’s a quick explanation of how email accounts provided by most website and email hosting providers work (such as us), where and how your email is stored, issues that may occur and some recommendations for different uses.
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