Monthly Archives: August 2010

Using Twitter and Facebook for Search Engine Optimisation

Posted on August 14, 2010

Unless you’ve been living in a cave for the last couple of years, you’ve probably heard of Twitter. If you’re a business in Bath or Bristol and have had any contact with a web design or web development company they’ve … Continue reading →

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Refurbished iPod Touch 119 quid, MacBook 719 quid, MacBook Pro 849 quid

Posted on August 11, 2010

Apple have some very nice deals on Refurbished MacBook and iPods at the moment. The iPods are probably because the new generation models are looming into view in the next couple of months… – £119 inc VAT and postage – … Continue reading →

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Coping with MobileMe sync duplications

Posted on August 10, 2010

If you’ve used MobileMe on more than one device, you’ve probably had a few instances of duplicate items appearing in your Address Book. And once they are in there, they can hang arrange like the plague. So here’s a quick … Continue reading →

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Learning from the Magento core…

Posted on August 10, 2010

Learning any framework is complex. Learning one as labyrinthine as used by Magento e-Commerce is positively painful. So why not learn from the people who programmed the system? When you are in the Administration interface, note down the url path … Continue reading →

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Fancy a drop of brandy?

Posted on August 9, 2010

Just had a fascinating morning getting a crash course in brandies. A local business in Bradford on Avon, Brandyclassics, have asked me to look at ways of improving the search engine performance of their current e-Commerce website. They sell vintage single … Continue reading →

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Exporting data from Magento

Posted on August 9, 2010

Often when using web applications it’s quicker to export any required data directly from the database using SQL queries. Magento e-Commerce is a very different beast, due to the fact that much of the important data is stored using the … Continue reading →

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iPhone 4? Get your free bumper here…

Posted on August 8, 2010

Apple have finally announced how iPhone 4 owners can go about claiming their free ‘bumper’ to help solve those pesky reception problems. Just install an app and say “yes please!” http://www.apple.com/uk/iphone/case-program/ Continue reading →

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Finally – the death of PHP4…

Posted on August 6, 2010

Wordpress 3.2 will only be supported on servers running PHP 5.2 What does this mean for the evolution of PHP as a language? Continue reading →

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