Category Archives: Web Development

Fixing problems with DirectoryPress and other Premium templates.

Posted on December 7, 2010

I got a call a few days ago from a Search Engine Optimisation agency in Salisbury, who were having a problem with their WordPress website. They had bought a custom theme, DirectoryPress, which enables you to quickly develop a “Listing” … Continue reading →

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New WordPress website build completed for Bath Direct Marketing Consultant

Posted on December 7, 2010

We’ve just wrapped up work on another WordPress website! We were hired by a web design agency, based in based in Bradford on Avon, to develop the website for a Direct Marketing Consultant who’s based in Bath. They gave us PSDs and … Continue reading →

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Fixing problems with Magento creating empty invoice PDFs

Posted on November 30, 2010

I recently had a problem where Magento was producing the PDF invoice, but no text was visible. After some investigation it turned out it was an issue with the hosting configuration, rather than a problem with Magento at all. Fortunately … Continue reading →

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New e-commerce website launched for vintage cognac retailer

Posted on November 21, 2010

We’ve just wrapped up our latest Magento e-commerce website for Brandyclassics, a retailer of vintage and rare cognac, armagnac and calvados. Whilst they are located in Bradford on Avon, near Bath, they ship their premium brandies to countries across the … Continue reading →

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Creating shipping rules for Magento

Posted on November 19, 2010

Shopping costs are one of those areas that people tend to ignore a little bit when developing an ecommerce store. Now Magento has some brilliant integrations with the major couriers to let the store calculate costs based on destination, but … Continue reading →

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Importing Magento product data from .csv files

Posted on November 10, 2010

Magento is a fantastic ecommerce tool, packed full of just about every feature you might possible need – but some tasks are just painful. Importing product data into the catalog is one such thing. Typically you do this via .csv … Continue reading →

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Sweet-Apple wins new website development for Bristol Copywriters

Posted on November 3, 2010

We were recently appointed to redevelop the website of top copywriting agency S!M. Based in Bristol, they specialise in editorial for the Men’s market. We got Indesign files, fonts and a smattering of images and turned the job around in … Continue reading →

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Faster web development with Textmate

Posted on October 29, 2010

When you’re a freelance web developer it’s important to be able to work quickly and accurately. If you’re working to a fixed price quote there’s a great motivation to get work done as efficiently as possible. Because of this I’m … Continue reading →

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Configuring APC correctly to optimise Magento performance

Posted on October 10, 2010

Magento is a wonderful way of quickly and inexpensively creating an ecommerce website, but it does have some major downsides. The complexity of theming it is well know, as is the extremely mediocre performance on typically web hosting. There are … Continue reading →

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WordPress site developed for Bath publisher

Posted on October 5, 2010

We’ve recently been working for Spaced, a design and publishing agency near Bath, doing the web development for their latest project. They’re publishing a graphic novel, Yuri’s Day : The Road to the Stars to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Yuri … Continue reading →

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