Diary for August 2010
25th Introduction to Social Media DCCI
Social Media platforms are transforming the way businesses act online – information and opinion about your product, service and industry is moving around communities online in real time. This ½ day course is for business decision makers who need to understand the changing social web and what it means for them. (Business to Business and Business to Consumer) This course assumes little or no knowledge of social media, however a general understanding of personal computers a...
20th Credit Control & Telephone Debt Recovery | DCCI
The need for effective credit control is paramount to the success of any business and should be making a positive contribution to your profits. Credit control needs diplomacy and relies on the fragile balance between getting paid and upsetting the customer. Many organisations suffer from late or non-payment of their debts. This workshop has been designed to reduce the risk of non-payment, together with cost-effective controls and techniques to speed up the debt collection process. ...
17th Introduction to Air Sampling in the Workplace | DCCI
SKC’s free 2 hour ‘Introduction to Air Sampling’ seminar is aimed at not only those responsible for the working environment in a manufacturing industry but for those in general business offices where airborne hazards have the potential to impact on the health of employees. Along with explaining the types of hazards you and your employees may face, SKC’s managing director Eddie Salter will demonstrate various types of equipment used in monitoring for dust and gas/v...
12th Branding for New Business | DCCI
Discover the value of branding and how to create a brand that will increase your market share, margins and customer acquisition. This full day workshop will guide you through the basics of brand successes, how to define your communication messages and avoid common mistakes. You will discover how branding plays a major part in building the value of your business. A strategic workshop to identify your key purpose, create differentiation, alignment and a clear strategy, beginning your journe...
31st GlamSchool: The Finishing School for the 21st Century
Today we launched a new website for GlamSchool - a finishing school for the 21st Century. GlamSchool's workshops and courses are designed to help improve confidence and social skills in young people aged 11 - 17 years, through a variety of activities. The school's philosophy is that all children should feel happy and confident in themselves. Through their courses and workshops students learn useful and valuable skills to build confidence, self-esteem and social skills which w...
26th Amazing Treasures at Melplash Court Auction
The end of September will see another fabulous auction by Dukes' Auctioneers of Dorchester and we've just had the pleasure of updating their website with several images of the works to go under the hammer. Taking place at Melplash Court, Dorset the auction will feature oriental treasures like this beautiful Qianlong-marked carving below. A wooden carving of Lohan seated on a buddhistic lion dated 1701, with imperial seal for Qianlong The response to the website update...
24th Relaunch of Bed and Breakfast Website
We've just launched a redesigned website for the fabulous "Old Post Office" bed and breakfast at Adlestrop in the heart of the Cotswolds. This exceptional accommodation is beautifully presented in an elegant, classy new design. The Old Post Office, Adlestrop. A beautiful place to stay. In addition to creating a lovely website to show off the B&B's wonderful accommodation, we have used every search engine optimisation technique possible to ensure that i...
19th The Best Psychotherapy Magazine Yet?
This month we published a new issue of "Reformulation" the newsletter for the Association for Cognitive Analytic Therapy. It marks a step change in the magazine's 10 year life as it finally went into glorious technicolour. The magazine is available to members of ACAT and is distributed around the world. You can see the glossy new design above. We are also working on a whole raft of new changes to the ACAT website that are due to be launched in September. It should m...
11th Continuing Search Engine Optimisation [SEO] for Nightdress Website
We have continued to work with "If Only If" who sell traditional cotton and silk nightdresses to build their site's search engine performance. We've implemented a range of SEO methods within the scope of their site's custom CMS system. This is beginning to lead to better listings and more traffic. We've focused on the environmental and fairtrade credentials of the company, as well as on the luxury cotton and timeless styling of their nightdresses. In par...
9th Rebrand for PG Economics Website
This week we launched the rebranded PG Economics website. We took on the existing content and structure and developed a new look for the site, making it easier to navigate and find the extensive library of reports contained on the site. We sourced new artwork and developed the "brand" to make it more stylish and contemporary. Along with our usual Search Engine Optimisation services we also integrated our Micro Content Management System into the site with lots of useful feat...
6th River Cottage Handbook - Hedgerow - Additional Information
The new site that we created for River Cottage's foraging guru, John Wright, has now got some additional information on it about species that were not able to be included in the new Hedgerow handbook. Along with a series of new species there will also be pages added about how to make some of the essential foragers' equipment that John uses when he's out and about. Here's a screenshot of the Pennycress page on the site, showing the new information and the identificatio...
3rd CKEditor Toolbar Config
We use the marvellous CKEditor and CKFinder on lots of our websites as a WYSIWYG textarea replacement in our Content Management Systems. Very often we customise the CKEditor Toolbar for each site. Here's a little crib sheet we use to remind us of the options available: config.toolbar = 'Complete; config.toolbar_Complete = [ ['Source','-','Save','NewPage','Preview','-','Templates'], &nbs...
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