NEWS | Web Design

Web design in very simple terms is the process of creating websites. It encompasses several different aspects such as webpage layout, content production, and graphic design. Websites are usually created using a mark-up language called HTML as well as other technologies such as JavaScript and CSS. Many websites are built using a content management system to allow updating and adding information easily the most common of these is WordPress.

The ultimate goal of website design is to allow anyone visiting your website to quickly find the information that they are looking for or engage and begin a call to action. Therefore, having a website design which makes that process easier and help visitors navigate your website without getting lost.

What is the difference between website design and website development?

In short web design often refers to both the aesthetic portion of the website, it’s graphics and styling and user experience (UX).

Web Developers are usually the more technical specialists (often referring to pure web designers as Window Dressers!), they take a website design add functionality and form. Web developers use HTML, CSS, Javascript, PHP and other programming languages to bring designs to life. However today the lines between the two are very blurred.

Cable Management

Cable Porn

Cable management has become quite an artform! Us I.T. geeks do like a set of sexy cables.  

Social Media Posting for Business

So what can you do to get more from social media? 1) Continually reach out and get more and more people, particularly your satisfied customers, engaged with your activities (and liking, sharing, tweeting and otherwise promoting your web pages and social media posts), 2) promotions, contests, and creative events, 3) use photos, graphics, and videos,

What is SEO ? Search Engine Optimisation – The Basics

Search engine optimization (SEO) is the process of affecting the visibility of a website or a web page in a web search engine’s unpaid results—often referred to as “natural”, “organic”, or “earned” results. In general, the earlier (or higher ranked on the search results page), and more frequently a site appears in the search results list, the more visitors it will

Why is Link Building & Article Sharing important?

Search engines want to give the highest quality results, but unfortunately do not have human intelligence to determine the inherent quality of a page or its content. That is why they also rely on other relevant and credible websites that link to your website as a way to measure the “popularity” of that website or

Reviews and Ratings

It is important to get local satisfied customers to post reviews about your business. The reason Google gives weight to reviews and ratings is because it is a way to utilize local, registered users to confirm or validate you are a credible, local business. GOOGLE BUSINESS REVIEWS FEEFO TRUSTPILOT REVIEWS.CO.UK FACEBOOK REVIEWS

GDPR: Information Commissioner’s Office follows up BA’s record fine with a £99 million fine for Marriott Hotels data security breach.

The ICO found that Marriott had failed to undertake sufficient due diligence when it bought Starwood and should also have done more to secure its hosting and server systems. In the same week as BA’s mega fine, the ICO has issued a notice of its intention to fine Marriott International £99,200,396 for infringements of the

CYBER SECURITY – How British Airways got stung

The scary part of all this is that the vulnerability in Modernizr is a well-known flaw, yet BA’s system had been waiting seven years for an update. The ICO recently announced it was planning to fine the airline for a massive breach of customer data dating back to summer 2018, when users who booked flights

GDPR Breaches finally begin to bite in the UK

British Airways is facing £183m fine for Cyber Security Breach. The airline, owned by IAG, says it is “surprised and disappointed” by the penalty from the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), however under GDPR legislation the fine for the 2017 breach could have been as much as £488 million. In the words of the BBC’s chief

The Mother of all Blacklist Anti Spam Terms

So we have all been there. Trawling through the comments under a new blog article (give it a couple of weeks and I will be doing the same for this WordPress post!) and you will find an endless supply of gibberish with link backs to various dodgy looking websites with wonderful offers of natural Viagra,