Archive for the ‘Web Development’ Category

Good old Collingwood forever

Swannie for the Brownlow and Collingwood for the Flag- 2010 Premiers.

Not if, but when, Collingwood win the flag this year, we’ll give you 10% off any web development work during the month of October if you sing the Collingwood club song “Good old Collingwood forever…” to Haleemon. If you’re not a Collingwood supporter, you still must sing it with a smile!

Go the mighty MAGPIES! ;)

“Building a WordPress site” talk given

Brian enjoyed speaking on Saturday 14th at the Melbourne PC User Group Affiliate Marketing monthly meeting on the topic of how to build a WordPress site quickly and easily.  He covered points such as what a CMS is, Why choose WordPress, how to actually setup up a WordPress site, and some things to watch out for once you have the blog setup. Read the rest of this entry »

White Dog comings and goings August 2010

A quick summary of what’s up with the White Dog… Read the rest of this entry »

The use of Wikis for online process documentation

Do you have problems training new staff members?  Do you forget how to do those little tasks that only need to be done every 6 months?  Do you have complex processes that you need to write down so you can refine them?  Do you want to be able to establish that your business has valuable intellectual property?  There’s a solution … and it’s not expensive!! … Read the rest of this entry »

Google’s new search index “Caffeine”

Have you been to Google in the past few days? Of course you have. But! Have you noticed anything different about Google?

Google has just substantially changed the way they index websites. Here’s the official announcement from Google:

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Website tip – How to get your website right the first time

One of the most important things when designing a new website is to be clear about what the website is for, and who it is aimed at.  This might sound like fairly basic stuff, but it’s absolutely foundational and often doesn’t get thought about too much.  I’d like to take a moment to address why this is so important, and why getting really clear about these two things can save you an enormous amount of both time and money in getting your new website up and running… Read the rest of this entry »

Tech tip – Upgrade your software

Every now and then, we receive a support ticket that might seem complicated at the time but the solution is so simple that we’d be foolish not to share… Read the rest of this entry »

Don’t get caught copying!!

We were recently somewhat shocked to receive a “DMCA takedown notice” for a site hosted with us by a friend of ours, a designer who has been using our services for 4 or so years! Read the rest of this entry »

Why some images do not appear in Internet Explorer

We encountered a strange incident yesterday: an image that showed up in Firefox, Chrome, and Safari but not Internet Explorer (IE). … Read the rest of this entry »

Did you know you don’t need Dreamweaver to make a website?

In fact, you don’t even need to buy any software to create your website.Nor do you need to know HTML code. It’s true!

When you buy your White Dog Green Frog hosting you receive a login to cPanel (control panel) which allows you to set up as many emails as you need, backup your website etc. It also gives you access to a range of software programs which includes Joomla and WordPress.

If you have some level of competence, you could set up a website using Joomla or WordPress. If time and inclination hold you up, why not call us? We can do your web development for you for a very reasonable rate. We use Joomla and WordPress (both full content management systems) which then allows you the ability to make any changes to your site.

Our Joomla websites start from a low $999! Visit our website and look under the Web Design tab for some links to what they look like!

The first 5 readers to mention this article will receive the free setup of a WordPress blog with any new Joomla project.**

**New Joomla project must start before May 31, 2010