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The O’Brien Media Insider is your behind-the-scenes look at all things digital, creative, and business-focused. From web design trends and SEO tips to small business insights and local Swindon highlights, our blog covers a bit of everything – just like we do at O’Brien Media.
Whether you’re a client, collaborator, or curious visitor, this is the place to catch up on the latest from our team, explore practical advice, and get inspired to grow your digital presence. Dive in and see what’s new!
Mobile Push Notifications for OneDrive for Business and SharePoint are now features of Microsoft's Office 365 solution.
This new feature will allow Office 365 users to receive mobile push notifications when other people share files and folders with them from OneDrive for Business and SharePoint Online.
Previously, we've covered why it's essential to keep your WordPress website, plugins and themes up to date and the same rules apply to sites running any content management system (Drupal, Zencart, Joomla!, etc) but what if you don't? What, aside from the security implications, are there for your website?
First of all, you're going to have to update your website software at some point, let me explain. You can’t keep running an old version of your site software forever. Some day you’re going to want to use a new theme, and your new theme is going to require the latest version. Or you’re going to install a new plugin or module, and it will require an update before you can even start the process.
A question we get frequently from clients (and prospective clients) is “Do I need to install updates for WordPress, plugins, and my theme?” The answer is an unwavering “Yes!“, and it’s because updates do the following:
Web applications such as WordPress are software, just like your operating system (Windows or Mac OS) or smartphone apps, and and in the same way you need to upgrade those periodically WordPress also needs some attention to keep it up to date and running at it's best. Let’s take a quick look at why keeping your WordPress website up to date is important.
Client portals can give companies a significant competitive edge by saving money through reduced overheads and streamlined business processes. Client portals also allow for a greater two-way flow of information for businesses looking to create stronger relationships with their clients, customers or partners. In this article, we'll cover the top three reasons why your business needs to introduce a client portal.
We’re always trying out new ways to speed up websites to improve user experience and help to reduce waiting times for visitors (and improve conversion and reduce visitor
The latest version of WordPress, version 4.6 (named “Pepper” in honor of jazz saxophonist Park Frederick “Pepper” Adams III), is now available to download via the WordPress website at wordpress.org. There are some exciting new features in WordPress 4.6 to help you to focus on the important parts of running your website along with enhancements to simplify some of the the day-to-day administrative tasks you perform on your website.
We can upgrade your WordPress website for you with our cost effective WordPress upgrade service. Contact us for more details or if you're an O'Brien Media website hosting customer you can view your Drupal version information and request an upgrade via Client Connect, just log in and access the "My products" section for more information.
Many of our customers already experience the benefits of Microsoft's Office 365 cloud based solution, combined with the just-released Office 2016 apps means there’s never been a better time to get Microsoft Office 365 E5, the most comprehensive Office 365 offering.
Version updates are included in your subscription and new features are rolled out to Office 365 customers regularly.
Microsoft have listened to customer feedback, and have delivered a new sync client for OneDrive for Business designed to make OneDrive for Business for Office 365 users faster and more reliable.
This update provides a much improved sync experience so that you always have the latest version of your files accessible from any device.
After Google announced that it had started considering HTTPS as a metric when deciding the pagerank of a given website (giving higher priority to SSL secured websites over their non-SSL counterparts) it was only a matter of time before they took the next logical step and started further penalising websites without SSL (HTTPS) support.
Drupal 7.50, the latest release in the Drupal 7 series as of 8th July 2016, is now available for installation on websites running the 7 series of Drupal. Drupal 7.50 contains a variety of new features, performance improvements, security-related enhancements, and bug fixes – the 7.50 release itself includes no security fixes (although if you haven't installed previous updates the 7.50 release will include previous security fixes).
