Author Archives: Clive Sweeting

Microsoft Office 2011 Outlook for Mac catches up with Windows.

Posted on August 22, 2010

It’s been nearly 10 years since Microsoft last had a true Exchange compatible mail client, the much missed Outlook 2001. Office 2011 for Mac finally brings back a true replacement, not the crippled Entourage that we’ve been forced to use … Continue reading →

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Ultra cheap refurbished Apple iMacs, MacBooks and MacBook Pros

Posted on August 21, 2010

UPDATE: If you look on Amazon and hunt around a little you can find good deals on Macbook Pro, MacBook Air, MacBooks or iMacs you can often find brand new ones for prices very close to what Apple are selling Refurbs … Continue reading →

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Improve performance of Macs with PPC chips

Posted on August 20, 2010

Older Macs used to use a type of chip family called PowerPC (PPC). You’ll probably know them as G3, G4 or G5 Macs. If you’re still using one of these machine, you’re probably noticing more and more that they feel … Continue reading →

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WordPress security basics

Posted on August 16, 2010

I’ve just had an interesting little chat with a Web Designer based in Bradford on Avon about WordPress security. Due to valid concerns about the updates breaking his clients’ WordPress sites, he’s been advising them not to install the updates … Continue reading →

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Bulk updating prices in Magento e-Commerce

Posted on August 14, 2010

Keeping your product catalog up-to-date is always a bit of a pain. Whilst Magento provides you with a very sophisticated multiple product/attribute editing system, you can only do this on 200 products at most. So what do you do if … Continue reading →

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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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