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What to expect when shops reopen on April 12th 2021

Chris Grant (he/him) April 10, 2021 0 Comments

Following another easing of the UK lockdown rules, many high street and department stores are set to reopen their doors on Monday 12th April. Our shopping sprees are set to look a little different in the Covid-era, however, and it's likely you may have some questions about what shopping on the high street will look like next week. Every shopping question answered before you hit the high street......

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Rapid testing available to everyone in England from 9th April

Camilo Pires April 08, 2021 0 Comments

The government has announced that from the 9th of April, everyone in England can access free and regular COVID 19 tests twice a week. As society begins to reopen and people return to work, it is important that we get tested to help stop the spread of the virus. What is happening and why is testing important? Currently, rapid testing has only been available to those most in need – frontline...

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‘Recovery Loan Scheme’ launches today!

Camilo Pires April 06, 2021 0 Comments

The government’s new ‘Recovery Loan Scheme’ to support businesses launches today (6th April). This is a new scheme that ensures that businesses can continue to access any loans and types of finance after existing COVID-19 loan schemes close. Businesses of any size can use the scheme. Finance of up to £10 million per business Can be used for any legitimate business purpose, including growth...

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Googlebot does not click on buttons – how does this affect SEO?

Camilo Pires April 05, 2021 0 Comments

It is now confirmed that Google’s web crawler, Googlebot, does not click and interact with buttons when indexing web pages. This blog post will go into the consequences of this and what you can do to improve SEO instead. Why is this an issue? When Googlebot indexes a page, it uses Googlebot to crawl the page. The issue with this is that anything that is behind a button (such as “see more”)...

HTTPS now default in Address Bar with new version of Chrome

Camilo Pires April 01, 2021 0 Comments

The new version of Chrome (Chrome 90) will implement a major change in which it is switching to having HTTPS in the address bar by default. This blog post will help you understand why this major change is taking place and why it is important. Why is Google doing this? Google is carrying out this change as the use of HTTPS has increased significantly since 2014. The reason for this is that in...

Why we love Elementor!

Camilo Pires March 29, 2021 0 Comments

Here at O’Brien Media, we use Elementor to help build our websites. The ease of use allows users to make their own changes to their website, which is something that is really important to us! This blog post will go through some of the reasons (there is a lot!) why we think Elementor is awesome and why you should too! Drag and Drop Editor With Elementor, the great visual Drag and Drop Editor...

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BigCommerce announce new Transactional Email Templates

Camilo Pires March 25, 2021 0 Comments

As a Partner, we love to share new features that our friends over at BigCommerce have come up with. This blog post will talk about BigCommerce’s new transactional email templates. These updates replace the old email templates and allow for new features and the ability to customise the templates. What’s new with the templates? Full Handlebars Support Merchants and developers now have greater...

How to Rsync between two Linux servers

Background rsync is powerful and easy to use utility to keep files in sync between two servers. The principal way of rsync‘s command structure is to push files from point A to point B. A Basic Example of an rsync Command rsync -vzru /home/location_A/ [email protected]:/home/location_B/ In the command above, files from location_A on a local disk and server...

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New ‘Coronavirus Restart Grant’ announced

Camilo Pires March 22, 2021 0 Comments

As we start to have some restrictions lifted and with businesses starting to reopen, things are finally starting to look up! The government has announced the 'Coronavirus Restart Grant' to help support businesses through these times so that they can grow and recover from the effects of the pandemic. This blog post will give you an overview of these new measures. What is it? This scheme supports...

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No more personalised ad tracking on Chrome, say Google

Camilo Pires March 18, 2021 0 Comments

Google has announced that it will no longer be using third-party cookies when tracking individual users across the web on their Chrome browser. They have said that digital advertising practices had to “evolve”. This article will give you an overview of what this means for you. What difference will this make to you? Third-party cookies allow for you to be tracked and ‘followed’ across the...

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