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Category Archives: Web Development

Minimising MYSQL disk usage

Database optimisation is hard. Whether it’s tweaking a query or digging into my.cnf to change some of the global MYSQL parameters, you can actually make matters worse without intending to. But one thing that is simple, easy and predictable is … Continue reading

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Fixing errors uploading SVG WordPress

If you’re uploading .svg files to the WordPress Media Library, you might have been unable to, seeing the error “Sorry, this file type is not permitted for security reasons.” Open your .svg up with a text editor and check that … Continue reading

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Why we’ve not been posting about Web work for such a long time

I can’t believe it’s been 2 years since we last posted something about web development; time really does fly when you’re up to your neck in client work! So what have we been up to during the last couple of … Continue reading

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Moving and copying Magento product reviews

When running an ecommerce business, you’ll often find yourself having to create a new product when an essentially identical product is released with an updated SKU, or when switching from a Grouped to Configurable product. But what happens to the … Continue reading

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Magento security patch SUPEE-7405 and PHP5.3 compatibility

In late January Magento released a pretty monolithic security patch that covered a wide range of issues, but specifically addressed a number of severe XSS ( Cross Site Scripting ) errors. As is often the cause with patching Magento, there … Continue reading

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When a bad website is worse than no website…

It’s been a very long time since we’ve written any news articles, mainly because we’ve been up to our neck in client work (which pays, whereas writing our own articles for SEO purposes only pays indirectly). But over the last … Continue reading

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New phone number – 01380 830224

Just a quick note to say we’ve moved to Edington, Wiltshire and hence have a new phone number. Please call on 01380 830244. If you need to drop off an unwell iMac or Macbook with us for some TLC there’s … Continue reading

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Showing country specific content on your Magento store

One of the beauties of Magento is the ability to create multiple stores from the same Magento backend. This enables you to create multiple language versions of your site with relative ease. However that may sometimes be overkill for what … Continue reading

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Adding custom field data into WordPress menus

One of the problems almost everyone has with developing CMS driven websites is generating navigation menus; particularly pretty or heavily customised menus that can be easily updated by the end user. WordPress (like Drupal) has a really excellent menu builder … Continue reading

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Creating routes for custom WordPress post types…

When you’re creating a somewhat more complex WordPress website, you might want to create some custom routes for any custom post types that you create. Whether this is to maximise SEO or just make the URLs a bit prettier, it’s … Continue reading

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