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Deleting extra line breaks in Dreamweaver

Ben — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 11:56:52 +0000

Recently we took over the management of a clients website. Somehow, somewhere along the way multiple line breaks had found their way into the html on the pages.

There seemed to be an extra one after every line of code. An easy way to fix this is to hit Ctrl F in DW to bring up the “find” box.

In the top box (find) click your mouse into it anc hold down Ctrl and press “m” twice.

In the bottom box (replace) do the same but only press “m” once.

Click the “Replace All” button and bam, double linespaces are no more!

You can either select “Entire current local site” to do all pages at once or select individual files or folders.

Application Development - SwimClub Manager

Ben — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 12:43:25 +0000

After developing a website for our local amateur swimming club, Ormskirk Otters, they came to us requesting an online application that would help them manage their swimming club.

Solution

After weeks of planning, development and testing, SwimClub Manager was born. SwimClub Manager is specifically designed to help with the running of an amateur swimming club.

There are extensive features to help you with every aspect of running your club from unlimited members, instructors and teaching groups to invoice and finance management.

Technologies Used

Dedicated server
SSL
ASP
XHTML
CSS
Bespoke CMS system

Ecommerce web site design

Ben — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 20:12:32 +0000

So, you want an ecommerce website. You want to sell products online but what ecommerce system do you use?

There are loads of options available to you but what you need to think about is not just features, but ease of use and support.

What is the point of having an ecomerce system that is the business, but is an absolute nightmare to use?

You want a system that is easy to use, easy to understand and easy to get help when you need it!

Introducing BPS E-Commerce

We’ve been developing an ecommerce system specially designed for small businesses based in the UK and its ready to roll.

Check out our ecommerce website design site to check out the features and price options.

We’re available for support requests and general questions so feel free to ask away!

Fighting the spammers - is it a losing battle?

Ben — Fri, 30 May 2008 08:05:46 +0000

If you have a website that allows user comments, reviews or similar features, you will no doubt have been subjected to spammers at some point in time.

More so if your website is mature and well indexed in the search engines.

Im talking about these people who constantly add spam comments to blogs, spam product reviews and even spam emails through your contact form.

I’ve seen an increase in this kind of activity recently and was wondering if anyone else has the same problem?

What can you do to help stop it?

Well, if you run your website/blog using wordpress, simply use the Akismet plugin and they will stop most if not all of your comment spam.

But what can you do if you run bespoke applications such as e-commerce software or some other bespoke system? Well, unless your application has some functionality like Akismet, or you can build Akismet support into it, all you can really do is delete them when they come in.

Is the diagonal line background style old hat now?

Ben — Fri, 23 May 2008 08:36:16 +0000

A year or so ago, it was “all the rage” to have diagonal line backgrounds on headers and buttons etc. but when you look through the various CSS galleries now, that diagonal line background style seems to be fading out if not already gone.

Nowadays it seems to be the trend to have big background images and large fonts etc.

Trends come and go and we may see some old trends come back into fashion in years to come.

What emerging design trends do you see at the moment?

Hiring a web design company

Ben — Wed, 21 May 2008 08:55:18 +0000

You’ll see by performing a simple search for “website design” in your favourite search engine that there are a lot of web design “companies” out there.

In my opinion, there are a certain set of factors you should look for when you are looking to hire for your next website project.

Client Testimonials

Every company providing a service, regardless of what sector they are in should try to collect testimonials from past clients.

If you are a new company, don’t make them up! Simply be honest and tell the prospective client that you haven’t had any other clients yet.

Portfolio

Every web design company should have a design portfolio. Look through it and see the quality of their work. Also look at the quality of their actual website. I have seen some so called “web design companies” with websites that are so bad, they look like my 2 year old nephew has designed!

Paperwork

Any decent company will have client worksheets, terms of service, work orders and contracts available. If they are not available on their website, ask for them.

Client Worksheet
The company needs to get a decent idea of what you are trying to achieve with your website. Spending 20 or 30 minutes filling out a client worksheet will enable the company to provide an accurate quote without having to ask you more questions.

Contract
You need to sign a contract so you know where you stand with regards to payment plans, disclaimers, approval of work etc

Work Order
This document is the one that basically tells the company that you want to go ahead with the project. It should list things like project specification, Website hosting and email accounts and deliverables.

Without decent paperwork, it’s hard to keep track of where everyone stands.

Support

Although not essential, it’s a good idea for web design companies to have a decent support system in place. That way emails can be organised in such a way that they are easily searchable, and all members of staff can access them.

Having the above systems in place will make it easier all round for everyone involved.

Introducing BPS Designs Newsletter Services

Ben — Mon, 19 May 2008 08:47:14 +0000

The internet is such a powerful sales tool that every online business should be sending periodic email newsletters to their customers keeping them informed of your services and products.

Creating and sending your own newsletter campaigns isn’t as hard as you may think and you’ll be amazed at the extra business you get as a result of sending them to your customers.

Our newsletter service has all the features you’d need to run successful, profitable email campaigns.

View our newsletter services page for full details.

New SEO Consutancy Services

Ben — Sat, 17 May 2008 10:10:59 +0000

We know how important Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) is for any online business. Without a properly optimised website you will not be achieving the search engine rankings that you could be.

Introducing 5 SEO consultancy packages

Along with our standard SEO packages we are pleased to add 5 more excellent packages to our services.

Ranging from a simple SEO audit of your website to “The Works”, we’ll have something for every budget to help improve natural search engine rankings.

For a full explanation of these new SEO services, visit our SEO Consultation Services page.

Fatal error message when clicking one click update in Wordpress

Ben — Fri, 16 May 2008 08:40:09 +0000

This one’s for all you Wordpressers out there. I came across this problem recently and thought I’d share the solution.

For a few days, in my Wordpress installation, when I clicked on the “one click upgrade” link on the plugins page to upgrade plugins, I was getting the following error message:

Fatal error: Cannot redeclare class pclzip…

I found that if you have the Wordpress Automatic Upgrade plugin installed, and it’s less than version 1.0, you will get that message.

Simply upgrade your Wordpress Automatic Upgrade plugin to the latest version and the problem will go away.

Did you feel the earthquake last night?

Ben — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 08:52:12 +0000

If you live here in England and you are a light sleeper like me, you were probably woken by our biggest earthquake in the last 20 years at about 12:50am!

I’m such a light sleeper that I woke straight away but didn’t realise it was an earthquake until I heard it on the news this morning.