6May
Early this year we were approached by the guys behind Floor Heating Online who are specialists in Underfloor Heating to design, build and optimise their website. A couple of weeks ago the site went live.
From a design stand point the website provided little room for experimentation or innovation but then for heating products you don’t need this. These products are not luxury items or impulse buys so when someone visits the website they need to be able to find and buy a product as quickly and simply as possible. To ensure the website does this we removed the need to register in order to buy, simplified the navigation and rebuilt the Room Selector present on the old website.
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9Mar
In the web community there are many people that have a very elitist view and see the actions of some as second-rate or blatant whoring for traffic. One such example of this is the reaction Paul Boag (of the Boagworld podcast) received recently when starting to post articles in a ‘top ten’ format.
Although I myself am not perfect when it comes to viewing the actions of others I feel Paul has no need to justify himself as these articles make online content more accessible by breaking the content down into manageable chunks under descriptive headings.
So with this in mind I thought I’d post my own top ten, but to take it into the realm of the ridiculous I thought my top ten would be of other top ten lists essentially listing 100 web related tips and tricks.
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9Dec
Back in July I finally decided to sign up to twitter, since then I’ve tweeted 486 times, followed 44 people and have 31 followers. For Twitter these figures aren’t much but this is one social network I’m glad I signed up to. Below I’ve highlighted some of the benefits and limitations I’ve come across since using twitter:
Benefits
1. Knowledge Base
Twitter is full of bright minded people with more specialist knowledge than can be easily accessed via Google. When asking a question on Twitter you can expect a near instant reply. This is best observed with a large number of followers, but for the right answer all you need is one.
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7Sep
It’s now been a month since I moved house, and am still without a broadband connection due to BT taking it’s time installing a working phone line. So with access to a working Internet connection it seemed like a good time to catch up a little.
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