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DUGC go Responsive

The Derbyshire Union of Golf Clubs are the latest golf union to migrate their website over to our cloud hosted web platform. We've created the website using the latest responsive web design, so that it delivers the site at the best optimised level for users accessing the site via desktop computers, tablet devices or smartphones. See www.dugc.co.uk - and check it out using your mobile.

February 19, 2013 12:00 am

Gloucestershire Golf Union's responsive web design

We have just re-built Gloucestershire Golf Union's website as a responsive web design, so that it works seemlessly across desktop, tablet and mobile devices. The GGU have been benefitting from the amazing features and functions in our cloud hosted platform for over a year now, and this latest development ensures they are ready for the huge surge in mobile browsing that is sweeping across the country. See www.gloucestershiregolfunion.co.uk on your desktop, tablet and mobile to see ...

February 16, 2013 12:00 am

Responsive Web Design: Let your customers access your website from anywhere using anything

Broadband coverage is getting better, speed is improving [rapidly so as superfast 4G rolls out across the UK], and smartphones and tablet devices are getting "smarter" and easier to use. The growth in sales of smartphones and tablets is huge, and more and more people use these devices to browse the Internet, check email, use social media, read books, watch TV or be entertained in some shape or form. In addition, more and more businesses are creating apps that provide an even more inter-active ex...

November 28, 2012 12:00 am

Authorize.Net Payment Gateway is now available for businesses in the UK!

At long last, Authorize.net is now available as a payment gateway for businesses in the UK. This is great news for small to medium sized businesses who, until now, have had to use expensive services like Paypal to process their debit/credit card orders, or had to jump through hoops when dealing with their own bank, who seem to have this misguided idea that they are “doing you a favour” just because you want to take money over the phone or to sell products/services via your website! We are sure t...

November 24, 2012 12:00 am

What is Cloud Computing? And What Are The Benefits?

Traditionally, you load software or programmes for applications such as backup, email [ie Outlook] and websites [ie Frontpage, Dreamweaver] on to your computers or internal server, and run them locally. Patches and upgrades have to be added manually, and this often involves having to uninstall the old software first, restarting your machine and all the hassle and aggravation that goes with it. However, cloud computing means that the entire process is Internet based.

October 25, 2012 12:00 am

How to Write A Good Blog Article promoting a product or service

Literally EVERY business or organisation could and should be using a blog on their website to promote products, services or forthcoming events.Regardless of whether they are already included as a page or e-commerce product in your website, you could be adding them as a blog/news item, with a full description and photo and directing interested parties as to the action they need to take [ie call you, complete a form, order online].Google indexes blog posts in our Cloud Hosted Web Platform [and doe...

October 20, 2012 12:00 am

The Importance of Good English in your website content!

We all use email and web sites to communicate now. As someone who belongs to a generation in which you hand wrote proper thankyou letters (albeit with Mother nagging one to do so!), it really annoys me that my kids seem incapable of writing English, and communicate in this kind of phonetic shorthand via text or Facebook. Firstly, a true story.

September 12, 2012 12:00 am

Existing Clients

There’s a natural tendency with any operation to concentrate on the task at hand. From our end, this often means dealing with new clients who want new web sites, or existing clients who contact us to get their current site restructured and developed. From your end, you probably keep thinking about doing something to your web site, but there just aren't enough hours in the day to get round to actually do it.

August 30, 2012 12:00 am

New Image Element

Properly displaying images on websites has always been a challenge. Now, with new devices and screen resolutions such as retina displays the challenge is even greater. Today, we've launched a new element that puts our new Cloud Hosted Web platform even further ahead of our competition.

August 24, 2012 12:00 am