Mac OSX apps that I use
I’ve found some great apps since switching to Mac, here are some of them. Adium – Free multi-network chat client Billings – Time tracking and invoicing app that makes my life a million times easier! Customisable invoice templates and account snapshots make handling costs so much easier. Coda – Commercial one window web development app […]
New Trading Eye ecommerce site launched
Our first Trading Eye shop was completed and launched this week for Bolton based homeopathic remedy suppliers The Natural Remedy Company. It is hosted on our green web hosting and features a completely rebuilt front page from the Trading Eye default along with a custom programmed “Product Finder”. The system was easy to install, great […]
Don’tDumpThat forum relaunched
If you have stuff to get rid of that is too good for the bin but you can’t be arsed selling it on eBay or whatever, why not give it away? DontDumpThat is a Freecycle type website that is broken down into regional areas so you can view local stuff easily. DontDumpThat is also good […]
How to Detect the Front (Home) Page of a WordPress Blog
When “if (is_home())” or “if (is_front_page())” don’t work, there is another way to do it based on the URL rather than WordPress internal variables that might not work the way you expect: How to Detect the Front (Home) Page of a WordPress Blog | blog.dt.org.
Cloud Computing explained using kittens.
Just got back from a very informative and well delivered talk on what cloud computing is and why it matters at Nott Tuesday, Nottingham’s tech meetup. Powerpoint can be the worst thing ever, but Simon Wardley made his talk extremely entertaining with liberal use of graphs and kittens. I have heard cloud computing debates before […]
Thesis | WordPress SEO and templating framework
A client tipped me off to this SEO and templating framework and I have had a brief play with it. Basically, it installs as a theme, and then gives you a massive amount of control over your layout by clicking buttons instead of programming it. This means quick theming, and that people who don’t code […]