Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Government advice for trades: Work carried out in people’s homes is acceptable during UK lockdown

Current Government advice for trades, such as electricians, plumbers, maintenance workers, cleaners and other tradespeople carrying out work in people’s homes is that this is currently acceptable even during the lockdown, the advice, as of 10th April 2020 is as follows…

Andy Smart 10th April 2020 12:18 am

WordPress

Why you shouldn’t keep inactive WordPress plugins installed

To be safe, if you’re not going to use a plugin, we recommend you remove it.

Andy Smart 8th April 2020 10:30 pm

SEO

Google’s suggestions on how to avoid Meta Description rewrites

Why does Google rewrite Meta Descriptions? It’s not uncommon for Google to generate a meta description to display in place of the one provided by a web page.

Andy Smart 7th April 2020 5:36 pm

WordPress

Say hello to more and better with WordPress 5.4

Every major WordPress release adds more to the block editor. More ways to make posts and pages come alive with your best images. More ways to bring your visitors in, and keep them engaged, with the richness of embedded media from the web’s top services.

Andy Smart 1st April 2020 10:23 pm

Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Google says don’t disable your site, even during temporary closure

To help business owners preserve their visibility in Google search, Google has published recommendations on how to properly limit your site’s functionality if you need to pause operations.

Andy Smart 27th March 2020 6:53 pm

Microsoft

Microsoft: Co-editor chat directly from documents to be retired

Microsoft have announced that the ability to initiate a Chat directly with a co-editor of a Word, Excel, PowerPoint document will be retired over several weeks beginning mid-April (across the web, Windows and Mac versions of Office).

Andy Smart 25th March 2020 1:28 am

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Coronavirus (COVID-19)

“Online retail is still open and encouraged” Gov Advice 23/03/2020

The Government documents, released following the Prime Ministers televised address of the evening of the 23rd March 2020 included the statement that “Online retail is still open and encouraged and postal and delivery service will run as normal.” this is of course great news for eCommerce retailers of all sizes, and a great deal of our customers, who are self-employed online retailers will be breathing a collective sigh of relief at seeing this.

Chris O'Brien 24th March 2020 12:35 am

Business

How to use Zoom for video conferencing & video meetings

Add a webcam to your desktop PC, or turn to your webcam-enabled laptop, and you have just about everything you need to keep in touch with friends, family and work colleagues from the comfort of your home – or from just about wherever you want.

Andy Smart 21st March 2020 11:49 am

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