Sunglasses Save rise in the search engines
Posted by Dave Wiltshire on January, 30th 2010We have been working on the Sunglasses Save web design, onsite SEO and offsite SEO for 9 months now through the depths of the ICY Winter. The site is now bursting to life as they have progressed to top 5 position for most of their brand sunglasses and on page 3 and rising for the VAST and competitive search phrase Sunglasses.
Sunglasses
The word Sunglasses was searched over a million times in december which is the worst time of year for sunglasses so as we progress the guys at Sunglasses Save should have a busy summer. When our gameplan comes to fruition I am expecting to be furnished with a pair of awesome Ray Ban Aviators for the summer holidays.
The site
Embedding YouTube Videos, Flickr Images and more in WordPress 2.9
Posted by Aaron Keenan on January, 27th 2010WordPress 2.9 has greatly increased the ease of embedding videos, images and other types of content. You are now able to display videos on your site from, for example, YouTube simply by entering the url of the YouTube video as plain text in a WordPress page or post. It is also possible to similarly embed videos from Vimeo, DailyMotion, Google Video and other video sites or embed images from Flickr and Photobucket. Embedding articles from Scribd or polls from PollDaddy is equally staightforward. A more comprehensive list of sites that you can embed from using this method is available at http://codex.wordpress.org/Embeds .
The example displayed below shows the post content in the admin (4 urls entered as plain text on a separate line – one from Flickr, one from Scribd, one from YouTube and one from PollDaddy) and the next
Image Editing in WordPress
Posted by Aaron Keenan on January, 18th 2010The release of version 2.9 provided WordPress users with some very useful additional image editing capabilities. In the following article we will look at some of the new options for reversing, rotating, cropping and resizing images.
When you are editing a page or post, a row of tools for uploading additional files is available just above the main content entry box. These tools are labelled ‘Upload/Insert’ and the first is used to handle image files. Click on this tool to open the media file pop up window.
From the pop up window, click on ‘Select Files’ and choose the image you want to upload.
Once this file has uploaded select the ‘Edit Image’ button.
WordPress Database Backup Plugin
Posted by Aaron Keenan on January, 7th 2010Today we are very thankful for one highly recommend and potentially invaluable plugin: the WordPress Database Backup plugin.
It’s likely that you have been frustrated several times by losing unsaved work when your computer or one of it’s applications has crashed unexpectedly. Just imagine, then, the all-consuming sorrow of losing weeks, months or even years of blog posts or other site content. Your hosting company may provide a responsible backup service (or you may have a well-considered system in place if your site is self-hosted) but some extra insurance can be crucial if the unexpected happens (as it did for one of our client sites today).
The WordPress Database Backup plugin makes backing up WordPress content a painless process. Once the plugin has been added and activated through the WordPress admin section, it is then possible to specify an
Blowtorches – ecommerce research begins
Posted by Dave Wiltshire on January, 6th 2010We are scheduling an ecommerce web design and SEO project for February this year focusing on selling gas items including blowtorches. The proposed site will retail blowtorch products and accessories including propane and butane refills.
Blow torches are tools used in all industries for a range of purposes from cutting and joining metal to browning cakes in the kitchen. Blowtorches are not a seasonal item and sell all year round. Its an exiting project this one as it is a more obscure and less mainstream product. To find out whther it sells online there is really only one way to find out. We will be pushing this one in the search engines and producing a cool web design to increase the likelihood of sale.
A quick note too. We have recently got well into photography for
First aid kits
Posted by Dave Wiltshire on January, 6th 2010First aid Kits are vital for business and the home and are bundles of products, usually including bandaging and treatments for small wounds abrasions and burns. Being the owner of a first aid kit does not necessarily make you a bonafied paramedic but it will help you treat everyday injuries if you know what you are doing.
In the next few months we are carrying out initial SEO research into the First Aid Kit sector for a small ecommerce and web design project we are launching for ourselves. Should we go for it, it will be our first venture into ecommerce not for clients and will be a great learner for us to be on the other side of a sales driven site. We will be implementing all of the web design and SEO methodology that
Getting stuck-in to Magento
Posted by David Wiltshire on January, 6th 2010After really getting stuck into the nuts and bolts of Magento today, it is becoming more clear how useful and and structured Magento is. As time goes on I think the system will make more sense and will become a more efficient way of developing e-commerce websites.
One of the major challenges that I have faced so far is the templating system of Magento. It is different to systems I have used in the past but makes a lot more sense in the fact that everything fits together the way it should.
You can really see that Magento has been clearly thought out and developed in a way that helps the system fit together nicely.
I will be making regular posts about my progress with Magento and how I am using it at Juno Web Design to create cutting edge websites.
Benefits of Using a Content Management System (CMS)
Posted by Aaron Keenan on January, 6th 2010A content management system can be used to:
Simplify the addition and management of content on your site (so that this will all be possible without technical knowledge).
Allow many people to edit and contribute to your site and allow control over which contributors have particular permissions.
Set a template or theme for the site so that new content can be easily set to display with a consistent style.
Incorporate security features, SEO features and other functionality and keep up to date with upgrades.
Provide options to backup and export site content.
Around 5% of sites currently online use some form of web CMS technology – this means that roughly 95% of current websites can only be edited with specialist technical knowledge. This is unfortunate for the vast majority of people who are unlikely to have the familiarity with HTML, CSS,
Hello Magento and Wordpress
Posted by David Wiltshire on January, 6th 2010
Magento eCommerce
I have just started here at Juno Web Design and already I can see a great deal of Wordpress and Magento development going on. Something which I too hope to pick up whilst i’m here. It has become clear that Content Management Systems seem to be very popular for website development at the moment and the fact they can be customised to their needs is important.
I hope to be very involved with new Magento and Wordpress sites over the next few months and hope that my development here at Juno Web Design in Nottingham will really help my career and Juno develop into something great.
I will be posting more about my development here at Juno Web Design in Nottingham soon and hope you
Plastic Cases – Gard Plasticases
Posted by Dave Wiltshire on January, 5th 2010Plastic Cases have for a long time been in my life as once apon a time I worked on a factory line at Gard Plasticases. Gard Plasticases are a supplier of first class top quality Manufacturer of plastic cases and distribute worldwide. Here are some facts about Gard Plasticases:
A high quality manufacturers of plastic cases since 1972.
Excellent reputation for product quality and service.
Huge product range to suit a wide range of applications.
Moulded inserts and screen printing for logos
UK Agents for Gaggione, Wag Cases and Bock
To Find out more about Gard Plasticases follow this link —-> Plastic Cases
Or call +44 (0)1622 871887 (ask for Andy Wheddon…he is the best plastic case expert in 4 counties!)